¹⁰“But suppose he has a mean son who harms other people. The son commits murder. Or he does some other things that are wrong. ¹¹Suppose he does those things even though his father never did.

“Suppose he eats at the mountain temples.

And he has sex with another man’s wife.

¹²He treats poor and needy people badly.

He steals.

He does not pay back what he owes.

He worships statues of gods.

He does other things I hate.

¹³He lends money and charges too much interest.

Will a man like that live? He will not! You can be sure he will be put to death. And what happens to him will be his own fault. He did many things I hate.

¹⁴“But suppose that son has a son of his own. And the son sees all of the sins his father commits. He sees them, but he does not do them.

¹⁵“Suppose he does not eat at the mountain temples.

And he does not worship the statues of Israel’s gods.

He does not have sex with another man’s wife.

¹⁶He does not treat anyone badly.

He does not make people give him something

to prove they will pay back what they owe him.

He does not steal.

Instead, he gives his food to hungry people.

He provides clothes for those who are naked.

¹⁷He keeps himself from committing sins.

He does not lend money and charge too much interest.

He keeps my laws and follows my rules.

He will not die because of his father’s sin. You can be sure he will live. ¹⁸But his father will die because of his own sin. He got rich by cheating others. He robbed his relatives. He also did what was wrong among his people.

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