Luke 19:23

Why then did you not put my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?

Revised King James New Testament

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 will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

24And he said to those who stood by, Take from him the mina, 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 forbearance 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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