The son might do any of these bad things. He might go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. That evil son might do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife.
The Lord commanded you not to eat or drink anything in this place. But you came back and ate and drank. So your body will not be buried in your family grave.”
But the man of God [164] said to the king, “I will not go home with you, even if you give me half of your kingdom! I will not eat or drink anything in this place.
That good son does not go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. He does not pray to those filthy idols in Israel. He does not do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife.
One man does that terrible sin against his own neighbor’s wife. Another man has sex with his own daughter-in-law and makes her unclean. {\cf2\super [171]} And another man rapes his father’s daughter—his very own sister.
And do the things that you learned and received from me. Do the things I told you and the things you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with you.
“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.