Ezekiel 18:14-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴ “Now behold, he has fathered a son who saw all his father’s sins which he committed, but he has ^(A)seen them and does not do likewise. ¹⁵ He does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he has not defiled his neighbor’s wife, ¹⁶ nor oppressed anyone, nor retained a pledge, nor committed robbery; instead, he ^(B)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, ¹⁷ he keeps his hand from ^[a]the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; ^(C)he will not die for his father’s guilt, he will certainly live. ¹⁸ As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt.

¹⁹ “Yet you say, ‘^(D)Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced ^(E)justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live. ²⁰ The person who ^(F)sins will die. A ^(G)son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the ^(H)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.