But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred silver coins: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.
And if the people of the land bring merchandise or any food on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it from them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would forsake the crops of the seventh year, and the demanding of every debt.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, You require interest, every one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them.
Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see it? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge of it? Behold, in the day of your fast you indulge your desires, and oppress all your laborers.
Thus says the Lord GOD; Let it suffice for you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and robbery, and execute justice and righteousness, take away your exactions from my people, says the Lord GOD.
He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred silver coins worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?
And on the next day when he departed, he took out two silver coins, and gave them to the host, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release.