Matthew 25:27

Matthew 25:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’

Context of Matthew 25:27

25So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ 26“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 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. 28“ ‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

Matthew 25:27 word by word

ἔδει σε οὖν βαλεῖν τὰ ἀργύριά μου τοῖς τραπεζίταις, καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐγὼ ἐκομισάμην ἂν τὸ ἐμὸν σὺν τόκῳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thouσύsu · youG4771
• oughtestδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• to have putβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
• to the exchangersτραπεζίτηςtrapezitēs · money lenderG5133
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• at my comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• should have receivedκομίζωkolumbaō · to bring/be repaidG2865
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• mine ownἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• usuryτόκοςtokos · interestG5110

Cross-references for Matthew 25:27

• Luke 19:22“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Jude 1:15to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
• Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

Commentaries on Matthew 25:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27With usury - , with its produce - not usury; for that is unlawful interest, more than the money can properly produce.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27The exchangers - The “exchangers” were persons who were in the habit of borrowing money, or receiving it on deposit at a low rate of interest, to be loaned to others at higher interest. They commonly sat by “tables” in the temple, with money ready to exchange or loan. See Matthew 21:12. This money was left with the servant, not to exchange, nor to increase it by any such idle means, but by honest industry and merchandise; but since he was too indolent for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The day of account comes at last. We must all be reckoned with as to what good we have got to our own souls, and have done to others, by the advantages we have enjoyed. It is not meant…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-30This parable teaches that the Lord expects his servants to be faithful to the task given to them while waiting for his return. The delay of Christ’s return will cause some to do evil things (Matthew 24:48–49), some to become inactive (25:3), and others may become fearfully passive (25:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers--the bankers. and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury--interest.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 25:27

• Civil Service
• Gifts from God
• Infidelity
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Money
• Opportunity
• Probation
• Punishment
• Responsibility
• Self-Condemnation
• Servant
• Slothfulness
• Steward
• Trustee
• Unfaithfulness
• Works

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Commentaries on Matthew 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings