And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours forever. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. It puts a different understanding on what we pray for in this prayer, Jesus taught.
Debt is a modern issue.
The leaders of the world's most powerful and rich industrial nations, including our country, were pushed by people to address this pressing international issue. In the last federal budget, the Government continued to completely cancel the debt owed to them by Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, although the condition of Structural Adjustment Programs is attached to this relief. The terms of Jubilee are found in the Book of Leviticus. They are presented to Moses on Mount Sinai by the Lord, who first lays out the Year of Sabbath. For six years, the people of Israel were to work the land, but in the seventh year, there was to be a year of rest for the land.