But the sons of the [a]slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, “(A)The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but (B)each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

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  1. 2 Kings 14:6 Lit smiters

However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which the Lord commanded, saying, “(A)Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

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29 “In those days they will not say again,
(A)The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are [a]set on edge.’

30 But (B)everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be [b]set on edge.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:29 Or dull
  2. Jeremiah 31:30 Or dull

20 The person who (A)sins will die. The (B)son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the (C)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

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