New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ezekiel 18:8-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

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;