20 “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’(A)

22 “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words,(B) you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?(C) 23 Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

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20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

21 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.

22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

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20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. 21 (A)For I feared you, because you are [a]an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 And he said to him, (B)‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. (C)You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:21 a severe