Deuteronomy 24:16-18

English Standard Version

^16 (A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

^17 (B)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, ^(C)or take a widow's garment in pledge, ¹⁸ but ^(D)you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.