King James Version (KJV)
Luke 19:23
“‹Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?›”
Verse in context — Luke 19
21
‹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.›
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‹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:›
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‹Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?›
24
‹And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give› [it] ‹to him that hath ten pounds.›
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‹(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)›
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