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He said to him, `Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn`t lay down, and reaping that which I didn`t sow.
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Judged by Your Own Words
Commentators unanimously highlight that the master does not accept the servant's accusation of being 'austere.' Instead, he turns the servant's own excuse against him, essentially saying, 'If you truly believed I was so demanding, your inaction was even more foolish.' This shows how our justifications for disobedience can become the very basis for our judgment.
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Luke
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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
Thou knewest (ηιδεις). Second past perfect of οραω, to see, used as imperfect of οιδα, to know. Either it must be taken as a quest…
19th Century
Anglican
Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee.—See Note on Matthew 25:26. These words are, perhaps, somewhat more emphatic tha…
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Baptist
Taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow: why then did you not give my money into the bank, so that at my coming I mig…
Luke’s readers would certainly know about the various forms of heavy Roman taxation. These totaled over one-third of a person’s income and included…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he saith unto him By way of reply to his vile slander, and unrighteous charge;
out of your ow…
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