23 Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'
23 Why didn't you at least invest the money in securities so I would have gotten a little interest on it?'
23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'
23 why didn't you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 19:23
Commentary on Luke 19:11-27
(Read Luke 19:11-27)
This parable is like that of the talents, 1 Peter 4:10. The account required, resembles that in the parable of the talents; and the punishment of the avowed enemies of Christ, as well as of false professors, is shown. The principal difference is, that the pound given to each seems to point out the gift of the gospel, which is the same to all who hear it; but the talents, distributed more or less, seem to mean that God gives different capacities and advantages to men, by which this one gift of the gospel may be differently improved.