Luke 19:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are a stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.

American Standard Version (1901)

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

Common English Bible

I was afraid of you because you are a stern man. You withdraw what you haven’t deposited and you harvest what you haven’t planted.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.

Luke 19:21 Cross References

Luke 19:20

Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin;

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:7

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot;

2 Timothy 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

1 Samuel 12:20

And Samuel said to the people, “Fear not; you have done all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;