Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. New Living Translation why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’ English Standard Version Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. Berean Standard Bible Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. Berean Literal Bible Therefore it behooved you to put my money to the bankers, and having come, I would have received my own with interest. King James Bible Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. New King James Version So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. New American Standard Bible Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. NASB 1995 Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. NASB 1977 ‘Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. Amplified Bible Then you ought to have put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest. Christian Standard Bible then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned. Holman Christian Standard Bible then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest. American Standard Version thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. Contemporary English Version You could have at least put my money in the bank, so I could have earned interest on it." English Revised Version thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. GOD'S WORD® Translation then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest. Good News Translation Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned. International Standard Version Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.' Majority Standard Bible Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. NET Bible Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! New Heart English Bible You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. Webster's Bible Translation Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. Weymouth New Testament Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest. World English Bible You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIt was necessary [for] you then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received my own with increase. Berean Literal Bible Therefore it behooved you to put my money to the bankers, and having come, I would have received my own with interest. Young's Literal Translation it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase. Smith's Literal Translation Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money-changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and then, at my arrival, at least I would have received what is mine with interest. New American Bible Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? New Revised Standard Version Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou should then have put my money in the exchange, and when I returned I would have demanded my own with interest. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And it was incumbent upon you to cast my money to the exchange, so that when I would come, I could require my own with its interest. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentTherefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament thou oughtest then to have placed my money with the bankers, so when I came I should have received my own with interest. Mace New Testament should not you then have lodged my money at the banker's, and so at my return I should have received my own with interest. Weymouth New Testament Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Talents…26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. 28Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.… Cross References Luke 19:23 Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’ Matthew 13:12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Luke 16:10-12 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. / So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? / And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own? Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. Proverbs 14:23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty. James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. Proverbs 10:4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 6:6-8 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. / Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, / it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. / Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land. 1 Timothy 6:18-19 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Galatians 6:7-9 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Proverbs 19:17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. Treasury of Scripture You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury. oughtest. Luke 19:22,23 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: … Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. with. Deuteronomy 23:19,20 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: … Jump to Previous Arrival Bank Behoved Deposit Deposited Duty Exchangers Increase Interest Money Ought Oughtest Property Received UsuryJump to Next Arrival Bank Behoved Deposit Deposited Duty Exchangers Increase Interest Money Ought Oughtest Property Received UsuryMatthew 25 1. The parable of the ten virgins,14. and of the talents. 31. Also the description of the last judgment. Then you should have This phrase implies a missed opportunity and a call to action that was not taken. In the Greek, the word "should" (Greek: ἔδει, edei) conveys a sense of obligation or necessity. It suggests that the servant had a clear duty to act wisely with what was entrusted to him. This reflects the Christian responsibility to use God-given talents and resources for His glory, emphasizing accountability and stewardship. deposited my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received it back with interest Usury.--Better, interest; the word not necessarily implying, as usury does now, anything illegal or exorbitant. The question--What answers to this "giving to the exchangers" in the interpretation of the parable?--is, as has been said, analogous to that which asks the meaning of "them that sell" in the answer of the wise virgins in Matthew 25:9. Whatever machinery or organisation the Church possesses for utilising opportunities which individual men fail to exercise, may be thought of as analogous to the banking-system of the old world. When men in the middle ages gave to a cathedral or a college, when they subscribe largely now to hospitals or missions, doing this and nothing more, they are "giving their money to the exchangers." It is not so acceptable an offering as willing and active service, but if it be honestly and humbly given, the giver will not lose his reward. Verse 27. - Thou oughtest therefore, etc. Your conception of my character ought to have made you more diligent and scrupulous; and if you were really afraid to rust any risks with my money or invest it in any hazardous speculation, there were many ordinary and safe methods of employing it which would have yielded some profit, and some of these you would have adopted had you been faithful and earnest. The return might have been trifling in amount, but the lord shows that he is not grasping and harsh by being willing to accept even this in token of the servant's labour. To have put (βαλείν). The term means to have thrown the money, as it were, on the banker's table. This would have been less trouble than digging a hole to bury it. Exchangers; τραπεζίταις: numulariis; bankers. In St. Luke (Luke 19:23) we find ἐπὶ τράπεζαν, with the same meaning. These money changers or bankers (for the business seems always to have combined the two branches) were a numerous class in Palestine, and wherever the Jewish community was established. They received deposits at interest, and engaged in transactions such as are usual in modern times. With usury (σὺν τόκῳ, with interest). At one time, law had forbidden usurious transactions between Israelites, though the Gentile was left to the mercy of his creditor (Deuteronomy 23:19, 20); but later such limitations were not observed. The rate of interest varied from four to forty per cent. The spiritual interpretation of this feature of the parable has most unnecessarily exercised the ingenuity of commentators. Some see in the bankers an adumbration of the religious societies and charitable institutions, by means of which persons can indirectly do some work for Christ, though unable personally to undertake such enterprises. Olshausen and Trench regard them as the stronger characters who, by example and guidance, lead the timid and hesitating to employ their gifts aright. But it is more reasonable to consider this detail of the parable as supplementary to its chief purpose, and not to be pressed in the interpretation. The Lord is simply concerned to show that all talents, great or small, must be used in his service according to opportunities; and that, whether the return be large or little, it is equally acceptable, if it show a willing mind and real fidelity in the agent. In illustration he uses two cases which yield most profit, and one which produces the least. Nothing can he inferred hence concerning the morality of usury. Christ draws his picture from the world as he finds it, pronouncing no opinion on its ethical bearing.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thenοὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. you σε (se) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. should ἔδει (edei) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary. have deposited βαλεῖν (balein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. money ἀργύριά (argyria) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 694: Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. with the τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. bankers, τραπεζίταις (trapezitais) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 5133: A money-changer, banker. From trapeza; a money-broker or banker. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. on my return ἐλθὼν (elthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. I would have received ἐκομισάμην (ekomisamēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2865: From a primary komeo; properly, to provide for, i.e. to carry off. it {back} ἐμὸν (emon) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 1st Person Singular Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. with σὺν (syn) Preposition Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. interest. τόκῳ (tokō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 5110: Interest, usury. From the base of tikto; interest on money loaned. Links Matthew 25:27 NIVMatthew 25:27 NLT Matthew 25:27 ESV Matthew 25:27 NASB Matthew 25:27 KJV Matthew 25:27 BibleApps.com Matthew 25:27 Biblia Paralela Matthew 25:27 Chinese Bible Matthew 25:27 French Bible Matthew 25:27 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 25:27 You ought therefore to have deposited my (Matt. Mat Mt) |