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If ye lend (ean danisēte). Third-class condition, first aorist active subjunctive from danizō (old form daneizō) to lend for interest in a business transaction (here in active to lend and Mat 5:42 middle to borrow and nowhere else in N.T.), whereas kichrēmi (only Luk 11:5 in N.T.) means to loan as a friendly act.
To receive again as much (hina apolabōsin ta isa). Second aorist active subjunctive of apolambanō, old verb, to get back in full like apechō in Luk 6:24. Literally here, “that they may get back the equal” (principal and interest, apparently). It could mean “equivalent services.” No parallel in Matthew.