(A)walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; (B)he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

10 “If he fathers a son who is violent, (C)a shedder of blood, who does any of these things 11 (though he himself did none of these things), (D)who even eats upon the mountains, (E)defiles his neighbor's wife,

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He follows my decrees(A)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(B)
    he will surely live,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(D) or does any of these other things[a] 11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(E)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother