Deuteronomy 24:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

Parents must not be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children must not be put to death for crimes committed by their parents. Don't put anyone to death for someone else's crime.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:20

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.

2 Chronicles 25:4

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.

Numbers 26:11

But the Korahite clan wasn't destroyed.

Daniel 6:24

And the king ordered the men who had brought charges against Daniel to be thrown into the pit, together with their wives and children. But before they even reached the bottom, the lions ripped them to pieces.

1 Samuel 22:16

“Ahimelech,” Saul said, “you and your whole family are going to die.”

Ezekiel 18:4

The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. However, only those who sin will be put to death.