¹⁴ “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.^{[a] 15} He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, ¹⁶ does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry and clothes the naked, ¹⁷ refrains from wrongdoing,^[b] does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations, and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity;^[c] he will surely live. ¹⁸ As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

¹⁹ “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer^[d] for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. ²⁰ The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer^[e] for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer^[f] for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.^[g]