If thou
buy an Hebrew servant,
six years
he shall serve:
and
in the seventh
he shall
go out
free
for nothing.
If he
came in
by himself,
he shall go out
by himself:
if he
were married,
then his wife
shall go out
with him.
If his master
have given him
a wife,
and
she have born him sons
or daughters;
the wife and her children
shall be
her master's,
and
he shall go out
by himself.
And
if the servant
shall plainly say,
I love my master,
my wife,
and my children;
I will not
go out free:
Then his master
shall bring him
unto the judges;
he shall also bring him
to the door,
or unto the door post;
and his master
shall
bore
his ear
through
with an aul;
and
he shall serve him
for ever.
If a man
deliver
unto his neighbour an ass,
or an ox,
or a sheep,
or any beast,
to keep;
and it die,
or be hurt,
or driven away,
no man
seeing it:
Then shall
an oath
of the LORD
be between them both,
that he
hath not put his hand
unto his neighbour's goods;
and the owner of it
shall accept
thereof,
and
he shall not make it good.
And
if it
be stolen from him,
he shall make restitution
unto the owner
thereof.
If it
be torn
in pieces,
then let him
bring it
for witness,
and
he shall not make good
that which
was torn.
And
if a man
borrow ought
of his neighbour,
and it
be hurt,
or die,
the owner
thereof being not
with it,
he shall surely make it good.
But if the owner
thereof be
with it,
he shall not make it good:
if it
be an hired thing,
it came
for his hire.
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.
If thou
at all take
thy neighbour's raiment
to pledge,
thou shalt deliver
it unto him by
that the sun
goeth down:
For that is his covering only,
it is his raiment
for his skin:
wherein shall
he sleep?
and it
shall come
to pass,
when
he crieth unto me,
that I
will hear;
for I
am gracious.
And
if thou
sell ought
unto thy neighbour,
or buyest ought
of thy neighbour's hand,
ye shall not oppress one
another:
According to
the number of years
after the jubile thou
shalt buy
of thy neighbour,
and according
unto the number of years
of the fruits
he shall sell
unto thee:
According to the multitude
of years
thou
shalt increase
the price thereof,
and
according to the fewness
of years
thou shalt diminish
the price of it:
for according to
the number
of the years
of the fruits
doth
he sell
unto thee.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one
another;
but
thou shalt fear
thy God:for I
am the LORD
your God.
If thy brother
be waxen poor,
and hath sold away some of
his possession,
and
if any
of his kin come
to redeem it,
then shall
he redeem that
which his brother sold.
And
if the man
have none
to redeem it,
and himself
be able
to redeem it;
Then let him
count
the years
of the sale
thereof,
and restore
the overplus
unto the man
to whom
he sold it;
that he
may return
unto his possession.
But
if he
be not able
to restore it
to him,
then that which
is sold
shall remain
in the hand
of him that
hath bought it
until the year
of jubile:
and
in the jubile
it shall go out,
and
he shall return
unto his possession.
And
if a man
sell a
dwelling
house in a
walled city,
then he
may redeem
it
within a whole year
after it
is sold;
within a full year
may
he redeem it.
And
if it
be not redeemed
within the space
of a full year,
then the house
that is
in the walled city
shall be established
for ever to him
that bought it
throughout his generations:
it shall not go out
in the jubile.
But the houses
of the villages
which have
no wall round
about them shall be counted
as the fields
of the country:
they may be redeemed,
and
they shall go out
in the jubile.
Notwithstanding
the cities
of the Levites,
and the houses
of the cities
of their possession,
may the Levites
redeem
at any time.
And
if a man
purchase
of the Levites,
then the house
that was sold,
and the city
of his possession,
shall go out
in the year
of jubile:
for the houses
of the cities
of the Levites
are their possession
among the children
of Israel.
But the field
of the suburbs
of their cities
may not be sold;
for it
is their perpetual possession.
And
if thy brother
be waxen poor,
and fallen
in decay
with thee;
then
thou shalt relieve him:
yea,
though he
be
a stranger,
or a sojourner;
that he
may live
with thee.
Take
thou no usury
of him,
or increase:
but fear thy God;
that thy brother
may live
with thee.
Thou shalt not give him
thy money
upon usury,
nor lend him
thy victuals
for increase.
I am the LORD
your God,
which brought
you forth
out of the land
of Egypt,
to give
you the land
of Canaan,
and to be
your God.
And
if thy brother
that
dwelleth by thee
be waxen poor,
and be sold
unto thee;
thou shalt not compel him
to serve
as a bondservant:
But as an hired servant,
and
as a sojourner,
he shall be
with thee,
and shall serve thee
unto the year
of jubile.
And
then shall
he depart
from thee,
both he
and his children
with him,
and shall return
unto his own family,
and
unto the possession
of his fathers
shall he return.
And
if a sojourner
or stranger wax rich
by thee,
and thy brother
that dwelleth
by him wax poor,
and sell himself
unto the stranger
or sojourner
by thee,
or to the stock
of the stranger's family:
After that
he is sold
he may be redeemed again;
one
of his brethren
may redeem him:
Either his uncle,
or his uncle's son,
may redeem him,
or any
that is nigh
of kin unto him
of his family
may redeem him;
or if
he be able,
he may redeem himself.
And he
shall reckon
with him that
bought him
from the year
that
he was sold
to him
unto the year
of jubile:
and
the price
of his sale
shall be according
unto the number of years,
according to the time
of an hired servant
shall
it be with him.
If there be yet many years
behind,
according
unto them he
shall give again
the price
of his redemption
out of the money
that he
was bought for.
And
if there remain
but few years
unto the year
of jubile,
then
he shall count with him,
and according
unto his years
shall
he give him again
the price
of his redemption.
And as a
yearly hired servant
shall
he be with him:
and the other
shall not rule
with rigour
over him
in thy sight.
And
if he
be not redeemed
in these years,
then
he shall go out
in the year
of jubile,
both he,
and his children
with him.
For unto me the children
of Israel
are servants;
they are my servants whom
I brought forth
out of the land
of Egypt:
I am the LORD
your God.
No man
shall take
the nether
or the upper millstone
to pledge:
for he taketh
a man's life
to pledge.
When
thou dost lend
thy brother any thing,
thou shalt not go
into his house
to fetch his pledge.
Thou shalt stand abroad,
and the man
to whom
thou dost lend
shall bring
out the pledge
abroad unto thee.
And
if the man
be poor,
thou shalt not sleep
with his pledge:
In any case thou
shalt deliver him
the pledge
again
when the sun
goeth down,
that he
may sleep
in his own raiment,
and bless thee:
and it
shall be righteousness
unto thee
before the LORD thy God.
Now there cried
a certain woman
of the wives
of the sons
of the prophets
unto Elisha,
saying,
Thy servant my husband
is dead;
and
thou knowest
that thy servant
did fear
the LORD:
and the creditor
is come to take
unto him my two sons
to be bondmen.
And Elisha
said
unto her,
What
shall
I do for thee?
tell me,
what hast
thou
in the house?
And she said,
Thine handmaid
hath not any thing
in the house,
save a pot
of oil.
Then he said,
Go,
borrow thee vessels
abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty
vessels;
borrow not a few.
And
when
thou art come in,
thou shalt shut
the door
upon thee
and upon thy sons,
and shalt pour out
into all those vessels,
and
thou shalt set
aside that which
is full.
So she
went from him,
and shut
the door
upon her
and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels
to her;
and
she
poured out.
And it
came
to pass,
when the vessels
were full,
that she
said
unto her son,
Bring me yet
a vessel.
And he
said
unto her,
There
is not
a vessel more.
And the oil stayed.
Then she
came
and told
the man
of God.
And he said,
Go,
sell the oil,
and pay thy debt,
and live
thou
and thy children
of the rest.
Some
also there were
that said,
We have mortgaged
our lands,
vineyards,
and houses,
that we
might buy corn,
because
of the dearth.
There were also
that said,
We have borrowed money
for the king's tribute,
and
that upon our lands
and vineyards.
Yet now
our flesh
is as the flesh
of our brethren,
our children
as their children:
and,
lo,
we bring
into bondage
our sons
and our daughters
to be servants,
and some of
our daughters
are brought
unto bondage already:
neither is it
in our power
to redeem them;
for other men
have our lands
and vineyards.
And
if the people
of the land
bring ware
or any victuals
on the sabbath day
to sell,
that we
would not buy it
of them
on the sabbath,
or on the holy day:
and
that we
would leave
the seventh year,
and the exaction
of every debt.
That which
he laboured
for shall
he restore,
and shall not swallow it down:
according to
his substance
shall
the restitution be,
and
he shall not rejoice
therein.
For thou
hast taken a pledge
from thy brother
for nought,
and stripped
the naked
of their clothing.
They pluck
the fatherless
from the breast,
and take
a pledge
of the poor.
He that is surety
for a stranger
shall smart
for it:
and he
that
hateth
suretiship is sure.
Be not
thou one
of them that strike hands,
or of them that
are sureties
for debts.
And
they lay themselves down
upon clothes
laid
to pledge
by every altar,
and
they drink
the wine
of the condemned
in the house
of their god.
Agree with thine
adversary quickly,
whiles
thou art
in the way
with him;
lest at any
time the adversary
deliver thee
to the judge,
and the judge
deliver thee
to the officer,
and
thou be cast
into prison.
Verily
I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no
means
come out thence,
till thou
hast paid
the uttermost farthing.
Therefore is
the kingdom
of heaven
likened
unto a certain king,
which would take account
of his servants.
And
when
he had begun
to reckon,
one
was brought unto him,
which owed him
ten thousand talents.
But forasmuch as he
had not to pay,
his lord
commanded him
to be sold,
and his wife,
and children,
and all that
he had,
and payment
to be made.
The servant
therefore fell down,
and worshipped him,
saying,
Lord,
have patience
with me,
and
I will pay
thee all.
Then the lord
of that servant
was moved
with compassion,
and loosed him,
and forgave him
the debt.
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.
And his fellowservant
fell down
at his feet,
and besought him,
saying,
Have patience
with me,
and
I will pay
thee all.
And he
would not:
but went
and cast him
into prison,
till he
should pay
the debt.
So when his fellowservants
saw
what was done,
they were very sorry,
and came
and told
unto their lord all
that was done.
Then his lord,
after that
he had called him,
said unto him,
O thou wicked servant,
I forgave thee all
that debt,
because
thou desiredst me:
Shouldest not
thou also have had compassion
on thy fellowservant,
even as
I had
pity on thee?
Then began
he to speak
to the people
this parable;
A certain man
planted a vineyard,
and let it forth
to husbandmen,
and went into a far country
for a long time.
And at the season
he sent a servant
to the husbandmen,
that they
should give him of the fruit
of the vineyard:
but the husbandmen
beat him,
and sent him
away empty.
And again
he sent
another servant:
and
they beat him also,
and entreated him shamefully,
and sent him
away empty.
And again
he sent a third:
and
they wounded him also,
and
cast him out.
Then said
the lord
of the vineyard,
What
shall I do?
I will send
my beloved son:
it may be
they will reverence him
when they see him.
But
when the husbandmen
saw him,
they reasoned
among themselves,
saying,
This is the heir:
come,
let us
kill him,
that the inheritance
may be ours.
So they cast him
out of the vineyard,
and killed him.
What therefore shall
the lord
of the vineyard
do unto them?
He shall come
and destroy
these husbandmen,
and shall give
the vineyard
to others.
And
when
they heard it,
they said,
God forbid.
Owe
no man any thing,
but
to love one
another:
for he
that loveth
another
hath fulfilled
the law.