| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Lu 19:22 | Strong Concordance | And [1161] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Out of [1537] thine own [4675] mouth [4750] will I judge [2919] thee [4571], thou wicked [4190] servant [1401]. Thou knewest [1492] that [3754] I [1473] was [1510] an austere [840] man [444], taking up [142] that [3739] I laid [5087] not [3756] down [5087], and [2532] reaping [2325] that [3739] I did [4687] not [3756] sow [4687]: |
| King James | 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: |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Out of thine own mouth - By your own statement, or your own views of my character. If you "knew" that this was my character, and "knew" that I would be rigid, firm, and even severe, it would have been the part of wisdom in you to have made the best use of the money in your power; but as you "knew" my character beforehand, and was well acquainted with the fact that I should demand a strict compliance with your obligation, you have no right to complain if you are condemned accordingly. We are not to suppose that God is "unjust or austere;" but what we are to learn from this is, that as people know that God will be "just," and will call them to a strict account in the day of judgment, they ought to be prepared to meet him, and that they cannot then complain if God should condemn them. |