Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’ "
— Luke 19:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'”
“For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
And the second came, saying: ‘Lord, your one pound has earned five pounds.’
And he said to him, ‘And so, you shall be over five cities.’
And another approached, saying: ‘Lord, behold your one pound, which I kept stored in a cloth.
For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’
He said to him: ‘By your own mouth, do I judge you, O wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
And so, why did you not give my money to the bank, so that, upon my return, I might have withdrawn it with interest?’
And he said to the bystanders, ‘Take the pound away from him, and give it to him who has ten pounds.’