28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

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28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[a] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:28 Greek a hundred denarii; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2).

Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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  1. Matthew 20:2 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.

Laws Governing the Prince

‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Enough, O princes of Israel! (B)Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.

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“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression(A) and do what is just and right.(B) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.

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And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall [a]release it; he shall not [b]require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 exact it

This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.

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‘Why(A) have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we (B)afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’

“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And [a]exploit all your laborers.

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  1. Isaiah 58:3 Lit. drive hard

‘Why have we fasted,’(A) they say,
    ‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(B) ourselves,
    and you have not noticed?’(C)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(D)
    and exploit all your workers.

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31 (A)if the peoples of the land brought [a]wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the (B)seventh year’s produce and the (C)exacting[b] of every debt.

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  1. Nehemiah 10:31 merchandise
  2. Nehemiah 10:31 collection

31 “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath,(A) we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land(B) and will cancel all debts.(C)

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10 I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this [a]usury! 11 Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.”

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  1. Nehemiah 5:10 interest

10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!(A) 11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest(B) you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

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After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, (A)“Each of you is [a]exacting usury from his brother.” So I [b]called a great assembly against them.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:7 charging interest
  2. Nehemiah 5:7 Lit. held

I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!”(A) So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

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