Matthew 25:27 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:27

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

But what he thought would be his excuse is turned into his condemnation. He calls him wicked servant, because he cavilled against his Lord; and slothful, because he would not double his talent; condemning his pride in the one, and his idleness in the other. If you knew me to be hard and austere, and to seek after other men's goods, you should also have known that I exact with the more rigour that is mine own, and should have given my money to the bankers; for the Greek word here (ἀζγύριον) means money.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Matthew (1107)

And you, O unprofitable servant, ought also to have multiplied what you had received and made disciples from whom I, the Master, could demand what is due. Christ calls disciples "bankers," for both exactly account for that which has been delivered to them. What is …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Mat 21:

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the talents which we have now read is near akin to that of the ten virgins. Both direct our minds to the same important event: the second advent of Jesus Christ. Both bring before us the same persons: the members of the professing church of Christ. The virgins and the servants are one and the same people—but the same people regarded from a different point, and viewed on different sides. The practical lesson of each parable is the main point of difference: vigilance is the keynote of the first parable, diligence that of the second.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔδει	edei	It was necessary	G1163 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
βαλεῖν	balein	to put	G906 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἀργύριά	arguria	coins	G694 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
τραπεζίταις,	trapezitais	bankers,	G5133 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἐκομισάμην	ekomisamēn	received	G2865 →
ἂν	an	then would	G302 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμὸν	emon	my own	G1473 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
τόκῳ.	tokō	interest.	G5110 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
leads to
- Galatians 3:10
  All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:22–23
  But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Romans 2:12–18
  All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- Romans 3:9
  What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Galatians 5:18
  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Through
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 11:9
  Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes,…
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Romans 14:10
  Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.