Matthew 25:27
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Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

oughtest.

Luke 19:22,23 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow. . . .

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly: and for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.

with.

Deuteronomy 23:19,20 Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing: . . .

Context
The Parable of the Talents
26And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed. 27Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. 28Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it him that hath ten talents.…
Cross References
Matthew 25:26
And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.

Matthew 25:28
Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it him that hath ten talents.

Luke 19:23
And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury?

Lexicon
Then
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

you
σε (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

should
ἔδει (edei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1163: 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
Strong's Greek 906: (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
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

money
ἀργύριά (argyria)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 694: Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling.

with the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: 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
Strong's Greek 5133: A money-changer, banker. From trapeza; a money-broker or banker.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

on my return
ἐλθὼν (elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

I would have received
ἐκομισάμην (ekomisamēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2865: 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
Strong's Greek 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

interest.
τόκῳ (tokō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5110: Interest, usury. From the base of tikto; interest on money loaned.


Additional Translations
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Therefore it behooved you to put my money to the bankers, and having come, I would have received my own with interest.

You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest.

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.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
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