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"Now behold, he has fathered a son who saw all his father's sins which he committed, but he has ^(C1)seen them and does not do likewise.

"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,

nor oppressed anyone, nor retained a pledge, nor committed robbery; instead, he ^(C1)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

he keeps his hand from ^(F1)the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; ^(C1)he will not die for his father's guilt, he will certainly live.

"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.

"Yet you say, '^(C1)Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father's guilt?' When the son has practiced ^(C2)justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live.

"The person who ^(C1)sins will die. A ^(C2)son will not suffer the punishment for the father's guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son's guilt; the ^(C3)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.