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Luke 19:21

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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.

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  1. Luke 19:19

    And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

  2. Luke 19:20

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

  3. 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:

  4. Luke 19:23

    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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