Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
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Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
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Wherfore then gavest not thou my money into the banke that at my cominge I might have required myne awne with vauntage?
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Wherefore then gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my coming I might haue required it with vantage?
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Passages linked to Luke 19:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 22:25-27 “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest. If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
- Deuteronomy 23:19-20 You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Romans 2:4-5 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To the bankers and changers.
To the bankers and changers.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into…
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Ver. 23. Into the bank] Gr. Unto the table, er (according to some copies) "unto the usurers," τοις τραπεζιταις, whom Beza here rightly calleth humani certe generis perniciosissimas pestes, the most pernicious pests of mankind.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them that stood by,.... The…
And he said unto them that stood by,.... The angels, it may be; though this may not be strictly taken, as if any persons, angels, or men, will be employed in what follows, only that it will be done, or may be expected:
take from him the pound; which shows, that it was not special grace, for that is a good part that shall never be taken away, but gifts which may be taken away from men, or they from them:
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and give it to him that hath ten pounds; not that, strictly speaking, the gifts of some men are taken from them and bestowed on others; but the design of the expression is to show, that to diligent and laborious ministers, there is an increase of gifts; their knowledge enlarges, and their light shines more and more to the perfect day, and they become more useful; and they appear brighter, and more illustrious, through the sloth of others, or when compared with indolent, negligent, and useless ministers.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain With interest - Which does not appear to be…
With interest - Which does not appear to be contrary to any law of God or man. But this is no plea for usury, that is, the taking such interest as implies any degree of oppression or extortion.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. With usury?] συν τοκω, With its produce,…
Verse 23. With usury?] συν τοκω, With its produce, i.e. what the loan of the money is fairly worth, after paying the person sufficiently for using it: for, in lent money, both the lender and borrower are supposed to reap profit.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The bank - The treasury, or the place of…
The bank - The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased?
Usury - Interest.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. into the bank] Rather, into a bank. The…
23. into the bank] Rather, into a bank. The Greek word for ‘bank’ is trapeza (‘a table’); hence a banker is trapezites. This touch contains the germ of the unrecorded saying (agraphon dogma) of our Lord, which is one of the most certainly genuine of those which are preserved by tradition—“Shew yourselves approved money-changers” (γίνεσθε τραπεζῖται δόκιμοι).
I might have required mine own with usury] Rather, I might have exacted it with interest (on epraxa, see Luk_3:13).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Into the bank.—Literally, the table, or counter. The…
(23) Into the bank.—Literally, the table, or counter. The Greek substantive is the root of the word translated “exchangers” in Mat_25:27 (where see Note).
That at my coming I might have required . . .—Literally, And when I came I should have got it with interest.
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Usury.—The word is used (as in Mat_25:27) in its older meaning, as including interest of any kind, and not exclusively that which we call usurious.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the…
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? Many in "the bank" have seen mirrored those Christian societies and religious organizations to which every believer may entrust the resources which he is uncertain how best to use himself. Without particularizing, however, it seems better to understand the Lord here simply intending to teach, by his image of the bank, that no man in this world is doomed to inactivity or uselessness, but that there will be opportunity afforded to every one who is willing to use his talent in a humble and obscure, if not in a heroic and conspicuous, way.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 19:23 deposit my money in the bank: Literally put…
19:23 deposit my money in the bank: Literally put the money on the table, which means to give it to moneylenders who would loan it out at interest.
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