Exodus 20:5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,

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Exodus 20:6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation^[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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Exodus 20:6 Or to thousands

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