Luke 19:23

And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, might have received it with interest?

Literal Standard Version

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 says to him, Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil servant: you knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

24And to those standing by he said, Take the mina from him, and give to him having the ten minas—

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25If you lend money [to] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him;

Romans 2:4Or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, do you despise, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to conversion?

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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