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18 When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways so they won't be punished. If you refuse, you are responsible for their death. 19 However, if you do warn them, and they keep on sinning, they will die because of their sins, and you will be innocent.

20 Now suppose faithful people start sinning, and I decide to put stumbling blocks in their paths to make them fall. They deserve to die because of their sins. So if you refuse to warn them, I will forget about the times they were faithful, and I will hold you responsible for their death.

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18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(A)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(B) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(C) from their wickedness(D) or from their evil ways, they will die(E) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(F)

20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(G) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(H) before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20