Text -- Luke 19:21 (NET)

19:21 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.’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 19:21

¹ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

² tn Grk “man, taking out.” The Greek word can refer to withdrawing money from a bank (L&N 57.218), and in this context of financial accountability that is the most probable meaning. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “you” as subject and translating the participle αἴρεις (airei") as a finite verb.

³ tn The Greek verb τίθημι (tiqhmi) can be used of depositing money with a banker to earn interest (L&N 57.217). In effect the slave charges that the master takes what he has not earned.