American Standard Version
"then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest? "
— Luke 19:23, American Standard Version
“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
“Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'”
“Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’”
“And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury?”
“Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?”
“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.
He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?
And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.
And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.
I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.