A Rebellious Son

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, 19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate(A) of his hometown. 20 They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death.(B) You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

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18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son[a] who does not listen to[b] the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey[c] them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him, and they shall bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his town,[d] 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us,[e] and he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones and let him die; and so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all of Israel will hear, and they will fear.

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Notas al pie

  1. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “If shall be for a man, a son stubborn and rebellious”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “and there is no listening/obedience”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:18 Or “listen to”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:19 Literally “place”
  5. Deuteronomy 21:20 Literally “there is no listening to our voice”