The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25:27
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- LSV
- It was necessary [for] you then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received my own with increase.
- YLT
- it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
- DBY
- 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.
- DRC
- Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
- GNV
- Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to ye exchangers, and then at my comming should I haue receiued mine owne with vantage.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read τὰ (“the”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὸ (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἀργύριά (“coins”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀργύριόν (“coin”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σε elsewhere in this verse.
- Spelling of τραπεζίταις: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: τραπεζείταις.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: σε οὖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σε οὖν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὖν σε.
- SBLGNT: τὰ ἀργύριά. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὰ ἀργύριά; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read τὸ ἀργύριόν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἔδει σε οὖν βαλεῖν τὰ ἀργύριά μου τοῖς τραπεζίταις, καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐγὼ ἐκομισάμην ἂν τὸ ἐμὸν σὺν τόκῳ.
- RP2018
- ἔδει οὖν σε βαλεῖν τὸ ἀργύριόν μου τοῖς τραπεζίταις, καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐγὼ ἐκομισάμην ἂν τὸ ἐμὸν σὺν τόκῳ.
- TR-Boyd
- ἔδει οὖν σε βαλεῖν τὸ ἀργύριόν μου τοῖς τραπεζίταις, καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐγὼ ἐκομισάμην ἂν τὸ ἐμὸν σὺν τόκῳ.
- SCR1894
- εδει ουν σε βαλειν το αργυριον μου τοις τραπεζιταις και ελθων εγω εκομισαμην αν το εμον συν τοκω
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Olivet Discourse
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
StewardTalentTrusteeMoney-ChangersOpportunityProbationInterestSelf-CondemnationUnfaithfulnessUsury or Interest
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Jude 1:15to 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.”
- Deuteronomy 23:19–20Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand…
- Luke 19:22–23His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not deposit my money…
- Romans 3:19Now 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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).