3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
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Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? …
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here is, I. A law for the relief of poor debtors, such (we may suppose) as were insolvent. Every seventh year was a year of release, in which the ground rested from being tilled and servants were discharged from their services; and, among other acts of grace, this was one, that those who had borrowed money, and had not been able to pay it before, should this year be released from it; and though, i…
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