Leviticus 20:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”
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“If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 20:13 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:5They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- Leviticus 18:22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- Deuteronomy 23:17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
- Judges 19:22While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
- Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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