Ezekiel 18:1-18: "The word of Jehovah came again unto me saying, What mean ye that ye use this proverb, concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine, as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. But if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right, and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity, and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken naught by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment: he hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man, hath walked in my statutes and hath kept my ordinances, to deal truly: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.
"Si engendra un hijo que sea ladrón, derramador de sangre, y que hace alguna de estas cosas, y no cumple con ninguno de aquellos deberes, sino que incluso ha comido sobre los montes, y ha deshonrado a la mujer de su prójimo, ha agraviado al pobre y al necesitado, ha robado mediante violencia, no ha devuelto la prenda, y ha levantado sus ojos hacia los ídolos, ha cometido abominación, ha prestado con interés y ha tomado usura; ¿vivirá acaso? No vivirá: ha hecho todas estas abominaciones; ciertamente morirá; su sangre será sobre él.
"Y he aquí que, si engendra un hijo que ve todos los pecados que su padre ha cometido, y los ve y no hace cosa semejante; que no come sobre los montes, ni alza sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel, ni contamina la mujer de su prójimo, ni agravia a nadie, ni retiene la prenda, ni comete robo, sino que da su pan al hambriento y cubre al desnudo con un vestido; que aparta su mano del pobre, que no recibe usura ni crecido