Luke 19:23 — Meaning and Application

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 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:

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? {money: Gr. silver}

And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give {it} to him that hath ten pounds.

(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)