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# By your own words
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His "words" refer to all that he had said. AT: "Based on what you have said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# You knew that I am a demanding person
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The nobleman was repeating what the servant had said about him. He was not saying that it was true. AT: "You say that I am a demanding person"
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# why did you not put my money ... interest?
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The nobleman uses a question to rebuke the wicked servant. AT: "you should have put my money ... interest." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# put my money in the bank
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"lent my money to a bank." Cultures that do not have banks might translate it as "let someone borrow my money."
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# bank
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A bank is a business that safely holds money for people. Banks lend that money to others for a profit. Therefore it pays an extra amount, or interest, to the people who keep their money in the bank.
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# I would have collected it with interest
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"I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned" or "I would have gained a profit from it"
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# interest
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Interest is money that a bank pays people who put their money in the bank.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/word]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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