Ezekiel 33:12-20

New American Standard Bible

¹² And you, son of man, say to ^[a]your fellow citizens, ‘The ^(A)righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will ^(B)not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live ^[b]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ ¹³ When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he ^(C)commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die. ¹⁴ But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he ^(D)turns from his sin and practices ^(E)justice and righteousness, ¹⁵ if a wicked person returns a pledge, ^(F)pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the ^(G)statutes ^[c]which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. ^16 (H)None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.

¹⁷ “Yet ^[d]your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right. ¹⁸ When the righteous turns from his righteousness and ^(I)commits injustice, then he shall die in ^[e]it. ¹⁹ But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them. ²⁰ Yet you say, ‘^(J)The way of the Lord is not right.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”