2 Kings 14:6
Contemporary English Version
6 (A) But the children of those officers were not killed. The Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished, not their parents or children.[a]
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- 14.6 The Lord had commanded … children: See Deuteronomy 24.16.
2 Kings 14:6
New International Version
6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](B)
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- 2 Kings 14:6 Deut. 24:16
2 Chronicles 25:4
Contemporary English Version
4 (A) But the children of those officers were not killed; the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished.[a]
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- 25.4 the Lord had commanded … punished: See Deuteronomy 24.16.
2 Chronicles 25:4
New International Version
4 Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,(A) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](B)
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- 2 Chronicles 25:4 Deut. 24:16
Ezekiel 18:20
Contemporary English Version
20 (A) Only those who sin will be put to death. Children won't suffer for the sins of their parents, and parents won't suffer for the sins of their children. Good people will be rewarded for what they do, and evil people will be punished for what they do.
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Ezekiel 18:20
New International Version
20 The one who sins is the one who will die.(A) The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.(B)
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