Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 18:2

A church father on this verse
“For both this man hath sinned and his parents, but his blindness proceedeth not from that. And this He said, not signifying that though this man indeed was not in such case, yet that others had been made blind from such a cause, the sins of their parents, since it cannot be that when one sinneth another should be puni…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 56

Source: Septuagint

Original

2Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth have been set on edge?

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In context

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

— Ezekiel 18:2 —

3As I live, saith the Lord, surely this parable shall no more be spoken in Israel.

4For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, they are mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.

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