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Luke 19:23

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Luke 19:23 · King James Version

In other versions

  • then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

    ASV

  • Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

    BBE

  • And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

    DBY

  • Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

    WEB

  • and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

    YLT

  • Wherefore then gave not you my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with interest?

    ENG

  • Why then gavest thou not my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest?

    WBT

  • Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

    BSB

In context

21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

22And 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:

23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

24And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

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

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