Ezekiel 18:20-28

English Standard Version

²⁰^(A)The soul who sins shall die. ^(B)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. ^(C)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, ^(D)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

²¹^(E)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^(F)what is just and right, ^(G)he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²²^(H)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. ²³^(I)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? ²⁴^(J)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? ^(K)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for ^(L)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

²⁵^(M)“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? ²⁶^(N)When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷Again, ^(O)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.