Key Verse Spotlight
Matthew 25:27 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and {then} at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.”
Matthew 25:27
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, {there} thou hast {that is} thine.
His lord answered and said unto him, {Thou} wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and {then} at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Take therefore the talent from him, and give {it} unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
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