Commentary for Bava Metzia 143:7

תנן התם שטרי חוב המוקדמין פסולין והמאוחרין כשרין מוקדמין אמאי פסולין נהי דלא גבו מזמן ראשון ניגבו מזמן שני

Our Rabbis taught: If a bond contains interest written therein, he [the note-holder] is penalised and can collect neither the principal nor the interest; this is R. Meir's view. The Sages maintain: He may exact the principal, but not the interest. Wherein do they differ? — R. Meir is of the opinion that we inflict the forfeiture of what is permissible on account of what is forbidden; whilst the Sages hold that we do not inflict the forfeiture of the permissible on account of the forbidden.

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