Matthew 25:27

NETBible

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, 1  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! 2 

NIV ©

Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

NASB ©

‘Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

NLT ©

Well, you should at least have put my money into the bank so I could have some interest.

MSG ©

The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.

BBE ©

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?

NRSV ©

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.

NKJV ©

‘So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

KJV
Thou
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oughtest
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therefore
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to have put
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my
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money
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to the exchangers
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and
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[then] at my coming
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I
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should
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have received
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mine own
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NASB ©
'Then
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you ought
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to have put
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my money
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in the bank
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, and on my arrival
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I would have received
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my
money
back
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with interest
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.
NET [draft] ITL
Then you
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should
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have deposited
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my
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money
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with the bankers
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, and
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on my return
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I
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would
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have received
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my money
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back with
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interest
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!
GREEK
edei oun balein arguria mou toiv trapezitaiv kai elywn ekomisamhn to emon sun tokw
NETBible

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, 1  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! 2 

NET Notes

1 tn For the translation “deposited my money with the bankers,” see L&N 57.216.

2 sn That is, “If you really feared me you should have done a minimum to get what I asked for.”