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18 "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
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If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,
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his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
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They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
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