But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?
Matthew 25:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest. American Standard Version (1901) thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. Common English Bible In that case, you should have turned my money over to the bankers so that when I returned, you could give me what belonged to me with interest. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. |
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?
So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”