Jesus wasn’t focused on condemning interest (usury) per se in this moment. He was defending the sanctity of God’s house protesting how commerce and greed had polluted what was supposed to be a place of reverence and inclusion. Jesus was a capitalist. “ But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Mat. 20:13-15