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  • Sure, Judas "liked" Jesus's status "Casting Out The Moneylenders," and they both attended "Surprise Last Supper," but the frame misses the picture.

    The break-up graph, the new profile, and why I hate Facebook's new See Friendship button Alexandra Petri 2010

  • JEWS Moneylenders: Because the Catholic religion commanded its believer 's not to charge interest, ,and because Polish knightly tradition forbade its members to engage in businessof any kind (an injunction ignored in the case of wheat and lumber), the handling of money became the accepted responsibility of the Jew.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • Moneylenders under this influence have the greatest power, next after them, blackmailers of all kinds, and next after these eccentrics who may blurt or break out.

    First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • "What about the Moneylenders 'Act?" asked Easleby.

    The Chestermarke Instinct 1899

  • Moneylenders had charged usurious interest for default, and debtors were crying for _novae tabulae_, and hoped to clear themselves by bankruptcy.

    Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

  • Moneylenders are back in the temple: US churches face foreclosure crisis

    The Guardian World News Dominic Rushe 2011

  • Florence, Italy: the bankers who built a city Moneylenders helped Michelangelo and friends to flourish in Florence in Italy, says Harry Mount.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • Moneylenders are back in the temple: US churches face foreclosure crisis

    The Guardian World News Dominic Rushe 2011

  • Moneylenders are common across rural India, often providing loans at extortionate rates.

    Staradvertiser Headlines 2010

  • Moneylenders are common across rural India, often providing loans at extortionate rates.

    Staradvertiser Headlines 2010

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