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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. Alternate translation: "you should have put my money ... interest."
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# put my money in the bank
"lent my money to a bank." Cultures that do not have banks might translate it as "let someone borrow my money."
# bank
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A bank is a business that safely holds money for people. A bank lends that money to others for a profit. It also pays an extra amount, called interest, to the people who keep their money in the bank.
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# I would have collected it with interest
"I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned" or "I would have gained a profit from it"