Deuteronomy 13:6–14

Don’t Tolerate Idolatry

⁶“If your brother, the son of your mother, ^yor your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’—which neither you nor your fathers have known, ⁷any of the gods of the peoples around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other— ⁸you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, ^zand do not spare him or shield him. ^a9Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. ^b10Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. ^c11All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do anything evil like this among you. ^d

¹²“If ^eyou hear it said about one of your cities the Lord your God is giving you to live in, ¹³that wicked men have sprung up among you, led the inhabitants of their city astray, and said, ‘Let us go and worship other gods,’ which you have not known, ¹⁴you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable thing has happened among you,