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At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’ <a href="/esv/matthew/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/matthew/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. <a href="/blb/matthew/25.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore it behooved you to put my money to the bankers, and having come, I would have received my own with interest. <a href="/kjv/matthew/25.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/25.htm">New King James Version</a> So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/nasb/matthew/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/lsb/matthew/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/amp/matthew/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then you ought to have put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/csb/matthew/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/asv/matthew/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. <a href="/cev/matthew/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You could have at least put my money in the bank, so I could have earned interest on it." <a href="/erv/matthew/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. <a href="/gwt/matthew/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest. <a href="/gnt/matthew/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned. <a href="/isv/matthew/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.' <a href="/msb/matthew/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. <a href="/net/matthew/25.htm">NET Bible</a> Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! <a href="/nheb/matthew/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. <a href="/wbt/matthew/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. <a href="/wey/matthew/25.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/web/matthew/25.htm">World English Bible</a> You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> It was necessary [for] you then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received my own with increase. <a href="/blb/matthew/25.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore it behooved you to put my money to the bankers, and having come, I would have received my own with interest. <a href="/ylt/matthew/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase. <a href="/slt/matthew/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money-changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/matthew/25.htm">New American Bible</a> Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You should then have put my money in the exchange, and when I returned I would have demanded my own with interest. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/25.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/25.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Therefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest. <a href="/godbey/matthew/25.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Therefore it behooved thee to put my money in the bank, and having come, I would receive my own with the product.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/25.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> thou oughtest then to have placed my money with the bankers, so when I came I should have received my own with interest. <a href="/mace/matthew/25.htm">Mace New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/wey/matthew/25.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/worrell/matthew/25.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>It behooved you, therefore, to put my money to the bankers; and, at my coming, I would have received my own with interest.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/25.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>thou oughtest then to have put my money to the bankers, and when I came I should have received my own with interest.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/25-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=7692" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/25.htm">The Parable of the Talents</a> …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. 27<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Then</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: se (PPro-A2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1163.htm" title="1163: edei (V-IIA-3S) -- Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.">should</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: balein (V-ANA) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">have deposited</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">my</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/694.htm" title="694: argyria (N-ANP) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling.">money</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with the</a> <a href="/greek/5133.htm" title="5133: trapezitais (N-DMP) -- A money-changer, banker. From trapeza; a money-broker or banker.">bankers,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I."></a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthōn (V-APA-NMS) -- To come, go. ">on my return</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/2865.htm" title="2865: ekomisamēn (V-AIM-1S) -- From a primary komeo; properly, to provide for, i.e. to carry off.">I would have received</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1699.htm" title="1699: emon (PPro-AN1S) -- My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.">it back</a> <a href="/greek/4862.htm" title="4862: syn (Prep) -- With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.">with</a> <a href="/greek/5110.htm" title="5110: tokō (N-DMS) -- Interest, usury. From the base of tikto; interest on money loaned.">interest.</a> 28Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Luke 19:23</a> Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’ <a href="/matthew/13-12.htm">Matthew 13:12</a> 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. <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Luke 16:10-12</a> 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? <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Proverbs 13:11</a> Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. <a href="/proverbs/14-23.htm">Proverbs 14:23</a> There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty. <a href="/james/2-26.htm">James 2:26</a> As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-2.htm">1 Corinthians 4:2</a> Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. <a href="/proverbs/10-4.htm">Proverbs 10:4</a> Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. <a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">Proverbs 6:6-8</a> 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. <a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12</a> For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. <a href="/proverbs/21-5.htm">Proverbs 21:5</a> The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/1_timothy/6-18.htm">1 Timothy 6:18-19</a> 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. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a> 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. <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a> Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/luke/19-22.htm">Luke 19:22,23</a> 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: … <a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19</a> 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.<a href="/jude/1-15.htm">Jude 1:15</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19,20</a> Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Arrival</a> <a href="/daniel/12-5.htm">Bank</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm">Behoved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Deposit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-20.htm">Deposited</a> <a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Duty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Exchangers</a> <a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/matthew/25-18.htm">Money</a> <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">Oughtest</a> <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Property</a> <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Received</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Usury</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/11-17.htm">Arrival</a> <a href="/mark/5-13.htm">Bank</a> <a href="/luke/24-46.htm">Behoved</a> <a href="/luke/12-17.htm">Deposit</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Deposited</a> <a href="/mark/13-34.htm">Duty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Exchangers</a> <a href="/luke/17-5.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/mark/4-24.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/matthew/26-9.htm">Money</a> <a href="/mark/7-12.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/acts/10-6.htm">Oughtest</a> <a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Property</a> <a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Received</a> <a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Usury</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 25</div>1. <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">The parable of the ten virgins,</a> 14. <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">and of the talents.</a> 31. <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Also the description of the last judgment.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers In the context of the Parable of the Talents, this phrase highlights the expectation of stewardship and responsibility. The "money" symbolizes the gifts, talents, and resources God entrusts to individuals. The "bankers" represent safe and productive avenues for investment. In ancient times, bankers were known to lend money at interest, a practice that was common in the Roman Empire. This phrase underscores the importance of using one's resources wisely and productively for the Kingdom of God. Biblically, it aligns with the principle of being faithful in small things (<a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Luke 16:10</a>).and on my return This phrase refers to the anticipated return of the master, symbolizing Christ's second coming. The expectation of accountability upon His return is a recurring theme in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/24-42.htm">Matthew 24:42-44</a>). It emphasizes the need for readiness and vigilance among believers, as the timing of His return is unknown. Theologically, it points to the eschatological hope and the final judgment where each person will give an account of their stewardship (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a>).I would have received it back with interest The concept of "interest" here signifies growth and increase. Spiritually, it suggests that God expects His gifts to be used in a way that they multiply and bear fruit (<a href="/john/15-8.htm">John 15:8</a>). The idea of receiving back with interest implies that God values the diligent and fruitful use of what He has entrusted to His followers. This aligns with the biblical principle of sowing and reaping (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a>), where faithful service leads to spiritual rewards. Theologically, it reflects the expectation that believers will contribute to the expansion of God's Kingdom through their actions and decisions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_master.htm">The Master</a> Represents Jesus Christ, who entrusts His followers with responsibilities and expects them to be faithful stewards. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_servants.htm">The Servants</a> Symbolize believers who are given different talents and resources to manage for the Kingdom of God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_bankers.htm">The Bankers</a> Refer to those who can help increase the value of what is entrusted, symbolizing opportunities to grow and expand God's work. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_talents.htm">The Talents</a> Represent the gifts, resources, and opportunities God gives to each believer to use for His glory. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_return.htm">The Return</a> The second coming of Christ, when He will hold His followers accountable for their stewardship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithful_stewardship.htm">Faithful Stewardship</a> Believers are called to be diligent and responsible with the resources and opportunities God provides. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_investment.htm">Spiritual Investment</a> Just as the servant was expected to invest the talent, Christians should seek to grow spiritually and expand God's Kingdom. <a href="/topical/a/accountability.htm">Accountability</a> There will be a time of reckoning when Christ returns, and believers must be prepared to give an account of their stewardship. <a href="/topical/u/utilizing_resources.htm">Utilizing Resources</a> It is important to recognize and utilize the gifts and talents God has given, rather than letting them go to waste. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Keeping an eternal perspective helps believers prioritize their actions and investments in light of Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 25</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_parable's_setting.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence corroborating the setting implied in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14–30)? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_usury.htm">What is the Bible's stance on usury?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god's_justice_shown_in_matt_25_24-30.htm">How can the harsh judgment on the servant in Matthew 25:24-30 be reconciled with a supposedly just and merciful God?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_matthew_27_5_and_acts_1_18_align.htm">Matthew 27:5 describes Judas hanging himself, yet Acts 1:18 gives a different account; how can these two explanations be reconciled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers.--Literally, table or counter-keepers, just as bankers were originally those who sat at their bancum, or bench. These were the bankers referred to in the Note on <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm" title="For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.">Matthew 25:14</a>. In that case, if the servant had been honestly conscious of his own want of power, there would have been at least some interest allowed on the deposit.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 <a href="/matthew/25-9.htm" title="But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.">Matthew 25:9</a>. 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.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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 (<a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Luke 19:23</a>) 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 (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19, 20</a>); 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. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/25-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. you σε (se) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. should ἔδει (edei) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1163.htm">Strong's 1163: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (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 <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. money ἀργύριά (argyria) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_694.htm">Strong's 694: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. with the τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_5133.htm">Strong's 5133: </a> A money-changer, banker. From trapeza; a money-broker or banker. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. on my return ἐλθὼν (elthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. I would have received ἐκομισάμην (ekomisamēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2865.htm">Strong's 2865: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. with σὺν (syn) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4862.htm">Strong's 4862: </a> With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. interest. τόκῳ (tokō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> Interest, usury. 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