New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ezekiel 18:7-18 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

7. if he oppresses no one, gives back the pledge received for a debt, commits no robbery; gives food to the hungry and clothes the naked;

8. if he does not lend at interest or exact usury; if he refrains from evildoing and makes a fair judgment between two opponents;

9. if he walks by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is just—he shall surely live—oracle of the Lord God.

10. But if he begets a son who is violent and commits murder, or does any of these things,

11. even though the father does none of them—a son who eats on the mountains, defiles the wife of his neighbor,

12. oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not give back a pledge, raises his eyes to idols, does abominable things,

13. lends at interest and exacts usury—this son certainly shall not live. Because he practiced all these abominations, he shall surely be put to death; his own blood shall be on him.

14. But, in turn, if he begets a son who sees all the sins his father commits, yet fears and does not imitate him—

15. a son who does not eat on the mountains, or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile a neighbor’s wife;

16. who does not oppress anyone, or exact a pledge, or commit robbery; who gives his food to the hungry and clothes the naked;

17. who refrains from evildoing, accepts no interest or usury, but keeps my ordinances and walks in my statutes—this one shall not die for the sins of his father. He shall surely live!

18. Only the father, since he committed extortion and robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people—he will die because of his sin!