Ezekiel 18:10–18

¹⁰“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood^a or does any of these other things^{a 11}(though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.^b

He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

¹²He oppresses the poor^c and needy.

He commits robbery.

He does not return what he took in pledge.^d

He looks to the idols.

He does detestable things.^e

¹³He lends at interest and takes a profit.^f

Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.^g

¹⁴“But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:^h

¹⁵“He does not eat at the mountain shrinesⁱ

or look to the idols^j of Israel.

He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

¹⁶He does not oppress anyone

or require a pledge for a loan.

He does not commit robbery

but gives his food to the hungry^k

and provides clothing for the naked.^l

¹⁷He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor

and takes no interest or profit from them.

He keeps my laws^m and follows my decrees.

He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live. ¹⁸But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.