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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mat 18:28 — 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.
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an hundred
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"Rather, ""a hundred denarii,"" as our penny does not convey one seventh of the meaning. This would amount to about 3£. 2s. 6d. English; which was not one six hundred thousandth part of the 10,000 talents, even calculating them as Roman talents." |
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pence
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"""The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny."" Mat 20:2" |
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and took
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Deu 15:2; Neh 5:7,10,11; Neh 10:31; Isa 58:3; Eze 45:9 |
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Mat 20:2 |
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. |
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Deu 15:2 |
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. |
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Neh 5:7 |
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. |
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Neh 5:10 |
I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. |
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Neh 5:11 |
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. |
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Neh 10:31 |
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. |
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Isa 58:3 |
Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. |
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Eze 45:9 |
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 18:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/18/28.html>.
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