Exodus 21:15-17

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁵“Whoever hits their father or their mother must be killed.

¹⁶“Whoever steals someone to sell them as a slave or to keep them for their own slave must be killed.

¹⁷“Whoever curses their father or mother must be killed.

Exodus 21:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵“Anyone who attacks^[a] their father or mother is to be put to death.

¹⁶“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,^(A) whether the victim has been sold^(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

¹⁷“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.^(C)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)