25 “If you lend money to my people, to any of the down-and-out among you, don’t come down hard on them and gouge them with interest.

26-27 “If you take your neighbor’s coat as security, give it back before nightfall; it may be your neighbor’s only covering—what else does the person have to sleep in? And if I hear the neighbor crying out from the cold, I’ll step in—I’m compassionate.

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25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.(A) 26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,(B) return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?(C) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.(D)

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