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Matthew 25:27
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KJ21
Thou ought therefore to have placed my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.
ASV
thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.
AMP
Then you ought to have put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest.
AMPC
Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest.
BRG
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
CSB
then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
CSBA
then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
CEB
In that case, you should have turned my money over to the bankers so that when I returned, you could give me what belonged to me with interest.
CJB
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I returned, I would at least have gotten back interest with my capital!
CEV
You could have at least put my money in the bank, so I could have earned interest on it.”
DARBY
thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.
DLNT
Therefore you should-have put my money with the bankers. And having come, I would have received-back what was mine with interest.
DRA
Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
ERV
So you should have put my money in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would get my money back. And I would also get the interest that my money earned.’
EASY
So you should have put the money into a bank. Then, when I came home, I could have received my money back from the bank, with extra money.”
EHV
Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers so that when I came I would get my money back with interest.
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.
ESVUK
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.
EXB
So you should have put my ·gold [money] in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would have received ·my gold [what was mine] back with interest.’
GNV
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming should I have received mine own with vantage.
GW
then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest.
GNT
Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned.
HCSB
then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.
ICB
So you should have put my money in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would get my money back with interest.’
ISV
Then you should’ve invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would’ve received my money back with interest.’
PHILLIPS
“‘You’re a wicked, lazy servant!’ his master told him. ‘You say you knew that I reap where I never sowed and collect where I never laid out? Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and when I came out I should at any rate have received what belongs to me with interest. Take his thousand pounds away from him and give it to the man who now has the ten thousand!’ (For the man who has something will have more given to him and will have plenty. But as for the man who has nothing, even his ‘nothing’ will be taken away.) ‘And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where he can weep and wail over his stupidity.’
JUB
therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.
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.
AKJV
thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
LSB
Therefore, you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
LEB
Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and when I returned I would have gotten back what was mine with interest!
TLB
you should at least have put my money into the bank so I could have some interest.
MSG
“The master was furious. ‘That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least? The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.
MEV
Then you ought to have given my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
MOUNCE
Then you ought to have deposited · my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have recovered what was mine plus interest!
NOG
then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest.
NABRE
Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
NASB
Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
NASB1995
Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
NCB
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have gotten back my money with interest.
NCV
So you should have put my gold in the bank. Then, when I came home, I would have received my gold back with interest.’
NET
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!
NIRV
Well then, you should have put my money in the bank. When I returned, I would have received it back with interest.’
NIV
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.
NIVUK
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.
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.
NLV
You should have taken my money to the bank. When I came back, I could have had my own money and what the bank paid for using it.
NLT
why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’
NMB
You ought therefore to have put my money with the moneychangers, and then at my coming I would have received what is my own with profit.
NRSVA
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
NRSVACE
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
NRSVCE
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
NRSVUE
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
NTFE
Then you should have put my money with the bankers, and when I returned I would have received back what I had with interest!’
OJB
Then why was it not necessary for you to deposit my gelt with the bankers, and having returned, I would have received back that which was mine with interest?
RGT
“‘Therefore, you ought to have put my money in the bank. And then at my coming I would have received my own with interest.
RSV
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.
RSVCE
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.
TLV
Then you should have brought my money to the brokers, and when I came I would have received it back with interest.
VOICE
You could have at least put this talent in the bank; then I could have earned a little interest on it!
WEB
You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
WE
You should have put my money in the bank. Then when I came home, I would have had my money with interest on it.
WYC
Therefore it behooved thee to betake my money to (ex)changers [Therefore it behooved thee to have sent my money to changers], that when I came, I should have received that that is mine with usuries.
YLT
it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
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