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9 if he lives his life consistent with my statutes and keeps my ordinances by practicing what’s true, then he’s righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord GOD.
10Standards of Unrighteous Behavior“Now suppose that person produces a son who’s violent, a murderer, and practices any of these things,
11 even though the father hasn’t done any of these things. The son who eats at mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife,
12 oppresses the afflicted and the poor, robs others, doesn’t return security for a debt, looks to idols, does detestable things,
13 loans with usury, and exacts interest; will he live? He certainly will not! He has done all these detestable practices. He will certainly die, and his guilt will be his own fault.”
14Personal Accountability for Sin“Now suppose that he produced a son who practiced all of his father’s sins, but then that son began to fear me and stopped doing all of these things.
15 That is, suppose he doesn’t eat at the mountain shrines, doesn’t look to the idols of Israel’s house, doesn’t defile his neighbor’s wife,
16 doesn’t oppress anyone, doesn’t take possession of a debtor’s pledge, or doesn’t steal, but instead shares his food with the hungry, gives clothes to those who are naked,
17 doesn’t refuse to help the afflicted, or refuses to loan with usury or exact interest, but instead follows my ordinances and lives his life consistent with my statutes. He won’t die because of his father’s sin, will he? No! He’ll certainly live.
18 As for his father, watch out! If he wrongfully oppressed or robbed his brother and did what wasn’t good among his people, he’ll die because of his own sin.”
19The Person who Sins will Die“Yet you keep asking, ‘Why wouldn’t the son bear the punishment of his father’s sin?’ Because the son has done what was lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes and obeyed them, he’s certainly going to live.
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