Luke 19:22

22 To him the master said, `You wicked servant! I will judge you by your own words! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, taking out what I didn't put in and harvesting what I didn't plant?

Luke 19:22 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:22

And he saith unto him
By way of reply to his vile slander, and unrighteous charge;

out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant;
as he might be justly called: he was not only a wicked man, as all men are, even enemies by wicked works, and lie in wickedness; and a wicked professor of religion, as there be some; but a wicked minister, and that not on account of his bad principles, and sinful life and conversation, but for his sloth and negligence, and the wrong thoughts he entertained of, and the false charges he brought against Christ; and Christ turns his own argument upon him, and by his own words condemns him:

thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not
down, and reaping that I did not sow;
not allowing this, but supposing it was as he said; then Christ argues as follows, for his conviction.

Luke 19:22 In-Context

20 "Then another one came and said, `Sir, here is your maneh. I kept it hidden in a piece of cloth,

21 because I was afraid of you -- you take out what you didn't put in, and you harvest what you didn't plant.'

22 To him the master said, `You wicked servant! I will judge you by your own words! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, taking out what I didn't put in and harvesting what I didn't plant?

23 Then why didn't you put my money in the bank? Then, when I returned, I would have gotten it back with interest!'

24 To those standing by, he said, `Take the maneh from him and give it to the one with ten manim.'