for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’
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Luke 19:21 in context
Luke 19:18–24
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“The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
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“So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
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Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
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for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’
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“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
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Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
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He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’
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