King James Version

Matthew 25:27

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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the coins” (τὰ ἀργύριά) before mine here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “coin” (ἀργύριόν) before mine here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸ) before my own here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἔδειedeibindδέω (déō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bind”, an ongoing action in the pastG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.Strong’s files this form under G1163 (δεῖ).oughtestσεseyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “you”, the object formG4771you.οὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.thereforeβαλεῖνbaleinto have putβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to have put”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “put”.to have putτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀργύριάarguriamoneyἀργύριον (argurion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “money”, the object formG694silver, a piece of silver, a shekel, money in general.moneyμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τραπεζίταιςtrapezitaisto the exchangersτραπεζίτης (trapezitēs)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “to the exchangers”, the to- or for-formG5133a money-changer, banker.to the exchangersκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐλθὼνelthōnthen at my comingἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “then at my coming”, a single actionG2064I come, go.then at my comingἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἐκομισάμηνekomisamēnhave receivedκομίζω (komizō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular — “have received”, a single actionG2865(a) act: I convey, bring, carry, (b) mid: I receive back, receive what has belonged to myself but has been lost, or else promised but kept back, or: I get what has come to be my own by earning, recover.have receivedἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐμὸνemonmyἐμός (emós)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “my”, the object formG1699Strong’s files this form under G1473 (ἐγώ).mine ownσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτόκῳtokōusuryτόκος (tokos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “usury”, the to- or for-formG5110interest, usury.This verse uses “usury”.usury

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀργύριόνargurionmoneyἀργύριονnoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “money”, the object formG694silver, a piece of silver, a shekel, money in general.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

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American Standard Version (1901)

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

Young’s Literal Translation

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

World English Bible

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest .

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.

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