Luke 19:22 Meaning and Explanation
“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:”
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Read Full Chapter →The king turns the excuse into the verdict: by his own description of the master, the servant stands condemned.
What Does Luke 19:22 Mean?
Out of thine own mouth is courtroom language. The king does not concede the portrait; he takes it up for the sake of argument. Granting every word of it, a servant who truly believed his master so exacting had all the more reason to act, and he acted not at all.
Excuses have a way of becoming indictments. If God were as severe as our fears insist, the fear itself should drive us to diligence; since he is as generous as the gospel declares, ingratitude has no cover either. Wicked here describes not what the servant did but what he refused to do.
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What does Luke 19:22 mean?
The king turns the excuse into the verdict: by his own description of the master, the servant stands condemned.