Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?

And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

Why then gavest thou not my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest?

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

Why then gave not you my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with usury?

why then did you not put my money into a bank, that when I came I might have received it back with interest?

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

And so, why did you not give my money to the bank, so that, upon my return, I might have withdrawn it with interest?'

Then why didn't you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.

The bank - The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased?
Usury - Interest.

With usury? - Συν τοκῳ, With its produce, i.e. what the loan of the money is fairly worth, after paying the person sufficiently for using it: for, in lent money, both the lender and borrower are supposed to reap profit.

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the (e) bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
(e) To the bankers and money changers. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exodus 22:25-27; Deuteronomy 23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Nehemiah 5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him that why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a "usurer" too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury. (Ed.)

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank,.... Or "on the table", at which the bankers sat, and received and delivered money on interest. The Complutensian edition reads, "to the tablers", or "bankers": had Christ been such a person as he represents him, he ought to have been the more diligent, and made the greater use of his gifts, since he knew that he would, in a rigid manner, as he suggests, demand an account of them:
that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? not that Christ approves of usury in an unlawful way, by extortion, but reproves hereby the sloth of this man, and exposes his folly and wickedness upon his own principles.

With interest - Which does not appear to be contrary to any law of God or man. But this is no plea for usury, that is, the taking such interest as implies any degree of oppression or extortion.