Matthew 18:28
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28 But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred (A)denarii,[a] and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’
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- Matthew 18:28 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Matthew 20:2
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2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[a] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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- Matthew 20:2 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Ezekiel 45:9
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9 “Thus says the Lord God: (A)Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease (B)your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
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Deuteronomy 15:2
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2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed.
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 (A)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
(B)and oppress all your workers.
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- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Nehemiah 10:31
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31 (A)And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will forego the crops of the (B)seventh year and the (C)exaction of every debt.
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Nehemiah 5:10-11
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10 Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. 11 Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.”
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Nehemiah 5:7
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7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, (A)“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them
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