Luke 19:23

Why then did you not give my money to a bank, and when I came, I would have collected it with interest?’

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

In Context

22And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I did not deposit, and reaping what I did not sow.

24“And he said to those standing by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’

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Cross References

Romans 2:4Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28

The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →

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