Deuteronomy 15:2 This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or r...

15:2 NLT

逐节对照

New Living Translation - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the Lord’s time of release has arrived.
新标点和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了；不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 豁免的方式是这样：凡债主要把手里所借给邻舍的全豁免，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 豁免的方式是这样：凡债主要把手里所借给邻舍的全豁免，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
当代译本 - 你们要这样做，所有债主都要免除同胞所欠的债务，不可向他们追讨，因为宣布免除债务的是耶和华。
圣经新译本 - 豁免的方式是这样：债主都要把借给邻舍的一切豁免了，不可向邻舍和兄弟追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
中文标准译本 - 豁免的条例是这样的：所有的债主都要豁免他手中借给邻人的债，不可向他的邻人、他的弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
现代标点和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
和合本（拼音版） - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - Have you made a loan to one of your own people? Then forgive what is owed to you. You can’t require that person to pay you back. The Lord’s time to forgive what is owed has been announced.
English Standard Version - 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.
Christian Standard Bible - This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed.
New American Standard Bible - And this is the regulation for the release of debts: every creditor is to forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
New King James Version - And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.
Amplified Bible - This is the regulation for the release: every creditor shall forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require repayment from his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
American Standard Version - And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed.
King James Version - And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.
New English Translation - This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”
World English Bible - This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.
新標點和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了；不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 豁免的方式是這樣：凡債主要把手裏所借給鄰舍的全豁免，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 豁免的方式是這樣：凡債主要把手裏所借給鄰舍的全豁免，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
當代譯本 - 你們要這樣做，所有債主都要免除同胞所欠的債務，不可向他們追討，因為宣佈免除債務的是耶和華。
聖經新譯本 - 豁免的方式是這樣：債主都要把借給鄰舍的一切豁免了，不可向鄰舍和兄弟追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
呂振中譯本 - 豁免的辦法乃是這樣：凡債主都要把所借給鄰舍的鬆手豁免掉，不可向鄰舍和族弟兄追討，因為所宣告的是永恆主的豁免。
中文標準譯本 - 豁免的條例是這樣的：所有的債主都要豁免他手中借給鄰人的債，不可向他的鄰人、他的弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
現代標點和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
文理和合譯本 - 其例如左、耶和華之豁免、既經布告、凡借貸於鄰者、必豁免之、不索其償、
文理委辦譯本 - 其釋之事有定例焉。貸金與同儕者必釋之、耶和華使人相釋之年普告於眾、則兄弟同儕毋相迫索。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此豁免年之例如斯、凡貸金於鄰與兄弟、兄弟或作同國之人下同此年必豁免、毋相逼索債、因是年稱為主之豁免年、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Lo harás de la siguiente manera: Cada acreedor le perdonará a su prójimo el préstamo que le haya hecho. Ya no le exigirá a su prójimo o hermano que le pague la deuda, porque se habrá proclamado el año del perdón de las deudas en honor del Señor.
현대인의 성경 - 그 면제의 규정은 다음과 같습니다: 자기 동족에게 돈을 빌려 준 사람은 그 빚을 면제해 주고 그것을 억지로 받으려고 독촉하지 마십시오. 여호와께서는 이 해가 되면 모든 빚이 면제된다고 선언하셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодавец пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего друга или брата, потому что провозглашено Господнее время для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voici ce qui concerne cette remise des dettes : lorsque l’année de la remise aura été proclamée en l’honneur de l’Eternel, tout créancier remettra la dette contractée envers lui par son prochain, qui est son compatriote, sans rien exiger de lui.
リビングバイブル - 貸し主は借用証書に『免除』と書き込まなければなりません。それ以上返済の必要はないと主が決められたからです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Isso deverá ser feito da seguinte forma: todo credor cancelará o empréstimo que fez ao seu próximo. Nenhum israelita exigirá pagamento de seu próximo ou de seu parente, porque foi proclamado o tempo do Senhor para o cancelamento das dívidas.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihr jemandem aus eurem Volk etwas geliehen habt, dann fordert es nicht mehr zurück und zwingt eure Schuldner nicht zur Rückzahlung! Denn zur Ehre des Herrn wurde das Jahr des Schuldenerlasses bestimmt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các chủ nợ sẽ hủy bỏ mọi món nợ đã cho anh em mình vay mượn, không được đòi nữa, vì thời kỳ giải nợ được công bố theo lệnh Chúa Hằng Hữu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - โดยทำดังนี้คือ เจ้าหนี้ทุกรายจะยกหนี้ให้พี่น้องร่วมชาติอิสราเอล ไม่เรียกร้องให้ใช้หนี้ เพราะเป็นวาระที่องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงประกาศให้ยกเลิกพันธะหนี้สิน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สิ่งที่ต้องทำคือ ผู้ให้ยืมจะยกหนี้ที่เพื่อนบ้านของเขาติดค้างไว้ เขาจะไม่ทวงคืนจากเพื่อนบ้านหรือพี่น้องของเขา เพราะพระผู้เป็นเจ้าสั่งให้ยกเลิกหนี้สิน

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Amos 8:4 - Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!
Amos 8:5 - You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.
Amos 8:6 - And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
Matthew 18:25 - He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
Matthew 18:26 - “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
Matthew 18:27 - Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
Matthew 18:28 - “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
Matthew 18:29 - “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.
Matthew 18:30 - But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
Matthew 18:31 - “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.
Matthew 18:32 - Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
Matthew 18:33 - Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
Matthew 18:34 - Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
Matthew 18:35 - “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”
Matthew 6:12 - and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
Nehemiah 5:7 - After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
Nehemiah 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.
Nehemiah 5:9 - Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
Nehemiah 5:10 - I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.
Nehemiah 5:11 - You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Isaiah 58:3 - ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ “I will tell you why!” I respond. “It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers.
Matthew 6:14 - “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
Matthew 6:15 - But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Luke 6:34 - And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.
Luke 6:35 - “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.
Luke 6:36 - You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
Luke 6:37 - “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
Luke 6:38 - Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back. ”
Luke 7:42 - But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”
James 2:13 - There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New Living Translation - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the Lord’s time of release has arrived.
新标点和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了；不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 豁免的方式是这样：凡债主要把手里所借给邻舍的全豁免，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 豁免的方式是这样：凡债主要把手里所借给邻舍的全豁免，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
当代译本 - 你们要这样做，所有债主都要免除同胞所欠的债务，不可向他们追讨，因为宣布免除债务的是耶和华。
圣经新译本 - 豁免的方式是这样：债主都要把借给邻舍的一切豁免了，不可向邻舍和兄弟追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
中文标准译本 - 豁免的条例是这样的：所有的债主都要豁免他手中借给邻人的债，不可向他的邻人、他的弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免已经宣告了。
现代标点和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
和合本（拼音版） - 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - Have you made a loan to one of your own people? Then forgive what is owed to you. You can’t require that person to pay you back. The Lord’s time to forgive what is owed has been announced.
English Standard Version - 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.
Christian Standard Bible - This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed.
New American Standard Bible - And this is the regulation for the release of debts: every creditor is to forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
New King James Version - And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.
Amplified Bible - This is the regulation for the release: every creditor shall forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require repayment from his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
American Standard Version - And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed.
King James Version - And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.
New English Translation - This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”
World English Bible - This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.
新標點和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了；不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 豁免的方式是這樣：凡債主要把手裏所借給鄰舍的全豁免，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 豁免的方式是這樣：凡債主要把手裏所借給鄰舍的全豁免，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
當代譯本 - 你們要這樣做，所有債主都要免除同胞所欠的債務，不可向他們追討，因為宣佈免除債務的是耶和華。
聖經新譯本 - 豁免的方式是這樣：債主都要把借給鄰舍的一切豁免了，不可向鄰舍和兄弟追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
呂振中譯本 - 豁免的辦法乃是這樣：凡債主都要把所借給鄰舍的鬆手豁免掉，不可向鄰舍和族弟兄追討，因為所宣告的是永恆主的豁免。
中文標準譯本 - 豁免的條例是這樣的：所有的債主都要豁免他手中借給鄰人的債，不可向他的鄰人、他的弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免已經宣告了。
現代標點和合本 - 豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了，不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
文理和合譯本 - 其例如左、耶和華之豁免、既經布告、凡借貸於鄰者、必豁免之、不索其償、
文理委辦譯本 - 其釋之事有定例焉。貸金與同儕者必釋之、耶和華使人相釋之年普告於眾、則兄弟同儕毋相迫索。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此豁免年之例如斯、凡貸金於鄰與兄弟、兄弟或作同國之人下同此年必豁免、毋相逼索債、因是年稱為主之豁免年、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Lo harás de la siguiente manera: Cada acreedor le perdonará a su prójimo el préstamo que le haya hecho. Ya no le exigirá a su prójimo o hermano que le pague la deuda, porque se habrá proclamado el año del perdón de las deudas en honor del Señor.
현대인의 성경 - 그 면제의 규정은 다음과 같습니다: 자기 동족에게 돈을 빌려 준 사람은 그 빚을 면제해 주고 그것을 억지로 받으려고 독촉하지 마십시오. 여호와께서는 이 해가 되면 모든 빚이 면제된다고 선언하셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодавец пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего друга или брата, потому что провозглашено Господнее время для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вот как это следует делать: каждый заимодатель пусть простит долг, который он дал ближнему. Пусть он не требует уплаты долга со своего ближнего или брата, потому что провозглашено время Вечного для прощения долгов.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voici ce qui concerne cette remise des dettes : lorsque l’année de la remise aura été proclamée en l’honneur de l’Eternel, tout créancier remettra la dette contractée envers lui par son prochain, qui est son compatriote, sans rien exiger de lui.
リビングバイブル - 貸し主は借用証書に『免除』と書き込まなければなりません。それ以上返済の必要はないと主が決められたからです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Isso deverá ser feito da seguinte forma: todo credor cancelará o empréstimo que fez ao seu próximo. Nenhum israelita exigirá pagamento de seu próximo ou de seu parente, porque foi proclamado o tempo do Senhor para o cancelamento das dívidas.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihr jemandem aus eurem Volk etwas geliehen habt, dann fordert es nicht mehr zurück und zwingt eure Schuldner nicht zur Rückzahlung! Denn zur Ehre des Herrn wurde das Jahr des Schuldenerlasses bestimmt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các chủ nợ sẽ hủy bỏ mọi món nợ đã cho anh em mình vay mượn, không được đòi nữa, vì thời kỳ giải nợ được công bố theo lệnh Chúa Hằng Hữu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - โดยทำดังนี้คือ เจ้าหนี้ทุกรายจะยกหนี้ให้พี่น้องร่วมชาติอิสราเอล ไม่เรียกร้องให้ใช้หนี้ เพราะเป็นวาระที่องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงประกาศให้ยกเลิกพันธะหนี้สิน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สิ่งที่ต้องทำคือ ผู้ให้ยืมจะยกหนี้ที่เพื่อนบ้านของเขาติดค้างไว้ เขาจะไม่ทวงคืนจากเพื่อนบ้านหรือพี่น้องของเขา เพราะพระผู้เป็นเจ้าสั่งให้ยกเลิกหนี้สิน

Amos 8:4 - Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!
Amos 8:5 - You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.
Amos 8:6 - And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
Matthew 18:25 - He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
Matthew 18:26 - “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
Matthew 18:27 - Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
Matthew 18:28 - “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
Matthew 18:29 - “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.
Matthew 18:30 - But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
Matthew 18:31 - “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.
Matthew 18:32 - Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
Matthew 18:33 - Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
Matthew 18:34 - Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
Matthew 18:35 - “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”
Matthew 6:12 - and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
Nehemiah 5:7 - After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
Nehemiah 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.
Nehemiah 5:9 - Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
Nehemiah 5:10 - I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.
Nehemiah 5:11 - You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Isaiah 58:3 - ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ “I will tell you why!” I respond. “It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers.
Matthew 6:14 - “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
Matthew 6:15 - But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Luke 6:34 - And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.
Luke 6:35 - “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.
Luke 6:36 - You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
Luke 6:37 - “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
Luke 6:38 - Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back. ”
Luke 7:42 - But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”
James 2:13 - There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.