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

And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back, I would have collected it with interest?’

nor are you taking into account that it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.”

Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was in their best interest for one man to die in behalf of the people.

and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.