20 Again, (A)when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits sin, and I place an (B)obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require from your hand.

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20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(A) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(B) 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.(C)

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24 “But when a righteous person (A)turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? (B)All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his (C)treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

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24 “But if a righteous person turns(A) from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness(B) they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.(C)

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12 And you, son of man, say to [a]your fellow citizens, ‘The (A)righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will (B)not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live [b]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ 13 When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he (C)commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:12 Lit the sons of your people
  2. Ezekiel 33:12 Lit by it

12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people,(A) ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’(B) 13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(C)

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