27it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.


In Context

24 'And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;

25 and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

26 'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

27 it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

28 'Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,

29 for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;

Matthew 25:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:27Well 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:27thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:27thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:27You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury.