A moment in scripture
Luke 19:20
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And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 19:18
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
- Luke 19:19
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
- 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.
- Luke 19:22
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:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.