Ezekiel 18:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ He refuses to do evil^[a] and doesn't lend money for profit. He keeps my laws and obeys my commands. He will not die because of his father's sins, but he will certainly live. ¹⁸ His father, on the other hand, cheated and robbed^[b] and always did evil to everyone. And so he died because of the sins he himself had committed.

¹⁹ “But you ask, ‘Why shouldn't the son suffer because of his father's sins?’ The answer is that the son did what was right and good. He kept my laws and followed them carefully, and so he will certainly live.