King James Version
Luke 19:23 in the King James Version says “Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?” — study this verse from Luke chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
Luke 19:23 · KJV
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?
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.)
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“gavest”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“money”
G694silvery, i.e., (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e., drachma or shekel)
“into”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“the bank”
G5132a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal); also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans
“that”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“at my coming”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
“have required”
G4238to "practise", i.e., perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from g4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute,
“mine own”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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