¹⁴ “Now behold, he ^[a]has a son who has seen all his father’s sins which he has done. And he ^(A)saw this but does not do likewise. ¹⁵ He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife ¹⁶ or mistreat anyone, or retain a pledge or commit robbery, but he ^(B)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing; ¹⁷ he turns his hand away from ^[b]the afflicted, does not take interest or increase, but does My judgments and walks in My statutes; ^(C)he will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely 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 iniquity.

¹⁹ “Yet you say, ‘^(D)Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ But the son has done ^(E)justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them. He shall surely live. ²⁰ The soul who ^(F)sins will die. The ^(G)son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the ^(H)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.