Matthew 25 · Verse 27

Matthew 25:27

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

Matthew 25:27 in other translations

BSBThen you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
WEBYou ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
ASVthou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.
YLTit behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
DARBYthou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.
BBEWhy, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
WebsterThou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest.

What does Matthew 25:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers--the bankers. and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury--interest.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 27. The exchangers. The exchangers were persons who were in the habit of borrowing money, Or receiving it on deposit at a low rate of interest, to be loaned to others at higher interest. They commonly sat by tables in the temple, with money ready to exchange or loan. See Mt 21:12. This money was left with the servant, not to exchange, nor to increase it by any such idle means, but by honest industry and merchandise; but since he was too indolent for that, he ought at least to have loaned it to the exchangers, that his master might have received some benefit from it.

With usury. With interest, increase, or gain. The word usury, in our language, has a bad signification, meaning unlawful or exorbitant interest. This was contrary to the law, Ex 22:25, Lev 25:36. The original means gain, increase, or lawful interest.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 With usury - Συν τοκω, with its produce - not usury; for that is unlawful interest, more than the money can properly produce.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 25:14-30

Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The day of account comes at last. We must all be reckoned with as to what good we have got to our own souls, and have done to others, by the advantages we have…

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Matthew 25:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἔδειedeiIt was necessaryG1163
σεseyouG4771
οὖνounthereforeG3767
βαλεῖνbaleinto putG906
τὰtatheG3588
ἀργύριάarguriacoinsG694
μουmouof mineG3165
τοῖςtoisto theG3588
τραπεζίταις,trapezitaisbankers,G5133
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving comeG2064
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
ἐκομισάμηνekomisamēnreceivedG2865
ἂνanthen wouldG302
τὸto<the>G3588
ἐμὸνemonmy ownG1473
σὺνsunwithG4862
τόκῳ.tokōinterest.G5110

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Cross references for Matthew 25:27

  • Luke 19:22-23

    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

  • Jude 1:15

    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • Deuteronomy 23:19-20

    Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
oughtest.
Lu 19:22,23; Ro 3:19; Jude 1:15
with.
De 23:19,20

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Context

  • Matthew 25:26

    His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

  • Matthew 25:27

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

  • Matthew 25:28

    Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

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Matthew 25:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto te convenía dar mi dinero á los banqueros, y viniendo yo, hubiera recibido lo que es mío con usura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– tu aurais donc dû placer mon argent chez les banquiers, et, quand je serais venu, j’aurais reçu ce qui est à moi avec l’intérêt.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So solltest du nun mein Geld den Wechslern gegeben haben, und wenn ich kam, hätte ich das Meine mit Zinsen erhalten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		oportuit ergo te committere pecuniam meam numulariis, et veniens ego recepissem utique quod meum est cum usura.