⁶ Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law^(A) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”^[a](B)

⁴ Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,^(A) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”^[a](B)

²⁹ “In those days people will no longer say,

³⁰ Instead, everyone will die for their own sin;^(C) whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

²⁰ The one who sins is the one who will die.^(A) The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.^(B)