Matthew 25:27

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
then

King James Version (1611)
Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to the exchangers, and then at my comming I should haue receiued mine owne with vsurie.

King James Version
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

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.

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.

New Century Version
So you should have put my gold in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would have received my gold 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.

New American Standard Bible (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.

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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
You could have at least put my money in the bank, so that I could have earned interest on it."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I returned, I would at least have gotten back interest with my capital!

Darby Translation
thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.

Easy-to-Read Version
So you should have put my money in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would get my money back. And I would also get the interest that my money earned.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to ye exchangers, & then at my comming should I haue receiued mine owne with vantage.

George Lamsa Translation
You should then have put my money in the exchange, and when I returned I would have demanded my own with interest.

Lexham English Bible
Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and when I returned I would have gotten back what was mine with interest!

Literal Translation
Then you ought to have put my silver to the bankers, and coming I would have received my own 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.

Bible in Basic English
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

Hebrew Names Version
You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

International Standard Version
Then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest.

Etheridge Translation
Did it not behove thee to cast my money upon the table, that when I came I might require mine own with its increase ?

Murdock Translation
Thou oughtest to have cast my money into the exchange; and I might have come and demanded my property with its interest.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

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.

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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with interest.

Weymouth's 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor it bihofte thee to bitake my money to chaungeris, that whanne Y cam, Y schulde resseyue that that is myn with vsuris.

Update Bible Version
you ought therefore to have put my money to 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.

New English Translation
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!

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 Living Translation
why didn't you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.'

New Life Bible
You should have taken my money to the bank. When I came back, I could have had my own money and what the bank paid for using it.

New Revised Standard
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.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
It was binding on thee, therefore, to cast my silver into the money-changers, - and, I, when I, came, might have obtained what was mine, with interest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

Revised 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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
thou oughtest therfore to have had my money to ye chaugers and then at my comynge shulde I have receaved myne awne with vauntage.

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers, and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

Mace New Testament (1729)
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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
You could have at least broke this horse so I could use him durin' brandin' season coming up.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ "At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to leave home on a trip; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property. ¹⁵ He gave to each one according to his ability: to one he gave five thousand gold coins, to another he gave two thousand, and to another he gave one thousand. Then he left on his trip. ¹⁶ The servant who had received five thousand coins went at once and invested his money and earned another five thousand. ¹⁷ In the same way the servant who had received two thousand coins earned another two thousand. ¹⁸ But the servant who had received one thousand coins went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. ²⁰ The servant who had received five thousand coins came in and handed over the other five thousand. ‘You gave me five thousand coins, sir,' he said. ‘Look! Here are another five thousand that I have earned.' ²¹ ‘Well done, you good and faithful servant!' said his master. ‘You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!' ²² Then the servant who had been given two thousand coins came in and said, ‘You gave me two thousand coins, sir. Look! Here are another two thousand that I have earned.' ²³ ‘Well done, you good and faithful servant!' said his master. ‘You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!'

Bible Verse Review
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oughtest: Luke 19:22, Luke 19:23, Romans 3:19, Jude 1:15

with: Deuteronomy 23:19, Deuteronomy 23:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - Because Exodus 22:25 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,

Genesis 10:9
By the Lord 's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!"

Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter.

Genesis 25:3
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.

Genesis 25:5
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac;

Genesis 25:10
It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; both Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.

Genesis 25:11
After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."

Genesis 27:40
You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."

Genesis 46:34
be sure to tell him that you have taken care of livestock all your lives, just as your ancestors did. In this way he will let you live in the region of Goshen." Joseph said this because Egyptians will have nothing to do with shepherds.

Job 1:1
There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers,.... "Trapezites", or "tablets", the same whom the Jews z call שולחנים, and is the same word which is here used in Munster's Hebrew Gospel; who were so called from the table that stood before them, on which they told, and paid their money, and the exchange and use: hence all the Oriental versions here read, "thou shouldest have put my money to, or on the table"; put it into the hand of these bankers, where it would have been not only safe, as in the earth, where it was hid, but also would have made some increase, and would have been returned with profit;

and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury: this is said not so much to encourage usury, though it may be lawful; and it seems to have been a practice in those times to put money out to use upon a reasonable interest; but to reprove the sloth and inactivity of this servant, upon his own reasonings, and the character he had given of his master.

z Maimon. Hilch. Shekalim, c. 1. sect. 9. & c. 2. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The exchangers - The “exchangers” were persons who were in the habit of borrowing money, or receiving it on deposit at a low rate of interest, to be loaned to others at higher interest. They commonly sat by “tables” in the temple, with money ready to exchange or loan. See Matthew 21:12. This money was left with the servant, not to exchange, nor to increase it by any such idle means, but by honest industry and merchandise; but since he was too indolent for that, he ought at least to have loaned it to the exchangers, that his master might have received some benefit from it.

With usury - With interest, increase, or gain. The word “usury,” in our language, has a bad signification, meaning unlawful or exorbitant interest. This was contrary to the law, Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36. The original means “gain,” increase, or lawful interest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 25:27. With usury. — συν τοκω, with its produce - not usury; for that is unlawful interest, more than the money can properly produce.