Deuteronomy 13:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

But thou shalt presently put him to death. Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
Douay-Rheims

לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וְלֹא־תָח֤וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֥ל וְלֹֽא־תְכַסֶּ֖ה עָלָֽיו׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Pacianus of Barcelona

4th centuryChurch Father

It is evident that this does not apply to those who turn away from their sins, but rather to those who persist in their wrongdoing and continue to lead others into temptation. Such individuals must be abandoned, regardless of our affection for them or their usefulness to us; we must release our hold on them.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Luke 14:26If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Matt 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
Acts 7:58And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Deut 17:2When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant,
Deut 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the rest of the people: that thou mayst take away the evil out of the midst of thee.
John 8:7When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.