"Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? {mon…" — Luke 19:23

Luke 19:23 · KJV

“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? {money: Gr. silver}”

— Luke 19:23

Verse 22

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:

Verse 24

And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give {it} to him that hath ten pounds.

Luke 19 — Context

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

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? {money: Gr. silver}

And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give {it} to him that hath ten pounds.

(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

Cross References

Exodus 22:25-27

If thou lend money to {any of} my people {that is} poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Romans 2:4-5

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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: