Matthew 25:27

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ¹  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ² 

Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

‘Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

Well, you should at least have put my money into the bank so I could have some interest.

The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.

‘So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ¹  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ² 

¹ tn For the translation “deposited my money with the bankers,” see L&N 57.216.

² sn That is, “If you really feared me you should have done a minimum to get what I asked for.”