“Furthermore, we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
Matthew 18:28 - Tree of Life Version “Now that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii. And he grabbed him and started choking him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii [about twenty dollars]; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe! American Standard Version (1901) But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest. Common English Bible “When that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred coins. He grabbed him around the throat and said, ‘Pay me back what you owe me.’ Catholic Public Domain Version But when that servant departed, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarius. And taking hold of him, he choked him, saying: 'Repay what you owe.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest. |
“Furthermore, we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
I pondered them in my heart and then I opposed the nobles and the officials, saying to them, “Usury! Each of you is putting his brother in debt!” So I convened a great assembly to deal with them.
A poor man who oppresses the weak is like pounding rain without food.
“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Let it be enough for you, princes of Israel. Get rid of violence and destruction, execute justice and righteousness, take away your oppression from My people”—it is a declaration of Adonai.
And the master of that slave, filled with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
“So his fellow slave fell down and kept begging him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I’ll pay you back.’
Now when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor!” And they kept scolding her.
But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said to Him, “Should we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread to give them something to eat?”
The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him. And whatever else you spend, upon my return I will repay you myself.’
“A moneylender had two debtors. One owed him five hundred denarii, but the other fifty.
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii isn’t enough to buy bread for each to get a little bit!”
This is how you are to cancel debts: every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbor. He must not force his neighbor or his brother to repay, for Adonai’s debt cancellation has been proclaimed.