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Luke 19:21

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.

KJV

ἐφοβούμην γάρ σε, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος αὐστηρὸς εἶ, αἴρεις ὃ οὐκ ἔθηκας, καὶ θερίζεις ὃ οὐκ ἔσπειρας.

Greek NT

timui enim te, quia homo austerus es : tollis quod non posuisti, et metis quod non seminasti.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
αὐστηρός
austeros
adjective · 2×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θερίζω
therizo
verb · 21×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 1:27 — And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
  • Matt 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: