“The master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant, and that I gather crops where I did not put any seed.
Matthew 25:27 - 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.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
“The master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant, and that I gather crops where I did not put any seed.
“\{So the master told his other servants,\} ‘Take the one bag of money from that servant and give it to the servant that has ten bags of money.
These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.