Thou oughtest therefore (εδσ σε ουν). His very words of excuse convict him. It was a necessity (εδε) that he did not see.

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The exchangers. The exchangers were persons who were in the habit of borrowing money or receiving it on deposit at a low rate of interest,…

You ought to have put my money to the exchangers—literally, table or counter-keepers, just as bankers were origi…

His lord took the wicked and slothful servant on his own ground and condemned him out of his own mouth. The master did not mean to admit t…

Glossa Ordinaria: In the preceding parable is set forth the condemnation of those who have not prepared sufficient oil for the…

The master condemns the servant on the basis of the servant’s own words, which prove his guilt. If the master really was so harsh and greedy, shoul…

You ought therefore to have put my money to the
exchangers
"Trapezites", or "tablets", the same whom the Jews