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Right, I forgot it was Leviticus with the most clear passage on the subject. Though, I suppose I've heard more of the anti-usury interpretation of the Parable of Talents than the straight reading. I also know that the Parable of the Moneylender is brought up sometimes as anti-usury by the way it conflates usury with sin directly in its analogy. Also, the tale of kicking the moneylenders out of the temple is often mentioned alongside these examples.


You might find that the tale is about money changers who changed various things into shekels so that the client could then pay the temple tax [1]. I don't think that line of business is connected with usury, unless you look at making a market in an item using a bid-ask spread as selling a cake and charging separately for its consumption [2].

[1] https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/passages/main-articles/jesus... [2] http://www.yourfaithyourfinance.org/money-and-faith/usury-an...




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