Luke 19:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

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  • Exod 20:19-20 : 19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us. 20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
  • 1 Sam 6:19-21 : 19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us? 21 And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.
  • 1 Sam 12:20 : 20 Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;
  • 2 Sam 6:9-9 : 9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me? 10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
  • Ezek 18:25-29 : 25 But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him. 27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul. 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate. 29 But still the children of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, are my ways not equal? are not your ways unequal?
  • Mal 3:14-15 : 14 You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies? 15 And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
  • Matt 25:24-25 : 24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: 25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
  • Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
  • Jas 2:10 : 10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
  • 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

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  • Luke 19:22-26
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    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

    23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

    25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 25:24-28
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    24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

    25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

    26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

    27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

    28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

  • Luke 19:15-20
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    15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

    16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

    17 And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

    18 And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

    19 And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

    20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

  • Luke 16:2-3
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    2 And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

    3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

  • Matt 25:18-21
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    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

    19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

    20 And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

    21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

  • Matt 18:34
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    34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

  • Luke 12:20-21
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    20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Job 6:21
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    21 So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

    32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

  • Luke 19:13
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    13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

    18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

  • Job 19:29
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    29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

  • Luke 18:4
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    4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

  • Luke 12:5
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    5 But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

  • Matt 18:28
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    28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

  • Matt 18:23-25
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    23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

    24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

    25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

  • Luke 12:46-47
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    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

    47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

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    2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

  • Luke 16:5
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    5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

  • Matt 13:29
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    29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

  • Matt 13:27
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    27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

  • Matt 21:33
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    33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

  • Matt 21:41
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    41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

  • John 4:37-38
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    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

    38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.