... words robbery and violence between both terms. James is not the only person in the Bible to write that the poor are oppressed, Tamez gives examples from Leviticus 19:13, "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning." Deuteronomy 24:14-15 also states ... "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates. At his ... day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go sown upon it; for ...

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... as the somewhat dubious theological basis for the sale of indulgences: "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (The Catholic Living Bible 1971: Matt. 16:19). Of course, the idea of selling "a remission of worldly ... ...

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