1At the end of seven years you shall make a remission.2And this is the word of the remission: every master of a loan of his hand shall release what he lends to his neighbor; he shall not oppress his neighbor or his brother, for a remission has been called to the LORD.3The foreigner you may oppress, but whatever is with your brother you shall release your hand.4There will be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,5if only you carefully obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping and doing all this commandment that I am commanding you today.6For the LORD your God will bless you as he promised you, so that you will lend to many nations but will not borrow, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.7If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your towns in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your needy brother,8For you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need that he lacks.9Take heed to yourself lest there be a word in your heart of Belial, saying, "The year of the seven, the year of the remission, has drawn near," and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you give nothing to him, and he call to the LORD against you and it be sin in you.10You shall give to him and your heart shall not be evil when you give to him, for on account of this word the LORD your God will bless you in all your deed and in all the sending of your hand.11Since there will never cease to be poor in the land, I therefore command you: Open your hand freely to your brother, to the afflicted, and to the needy in your land.