Bible in Basic English
"Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?"
— Luke 19:23, Bible in Basic English
“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
“then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest? ”
“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?”
“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, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;
Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.
He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?
And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.
And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.
And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.