capital punishment

⁶Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

¹²Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.

¹⁷Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death. ¹⁸Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life. ¹⁹Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him: ²⁰fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer. ²¹Whoever strikes down a beast, shall repay another. Whoever strikes a man shall be punished. ²²Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.

¹⁷Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

¹¹For if I have harmed them, or if I have done anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying. But if there is nothing to these things about which they accuse me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

³Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them. ⁴And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery. ⁵And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?” ⁶But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth. ⁷And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, “Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” ⁸And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.

⁵For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind. ⁶Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

¹Let every soul be subject to higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God and those who have been ordained by God. ²And so, whoever resists authority, resists what has been ordained by God. And those who resist are acquiring damnation for themselves. ³For leaders are not a source of fear to those who work good, but to those who work evil. And would you prefer not to be afraid of authority? Then do what is good, and you shall have praise from them. ⁴For he is a minister of God for you unto good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid. For it is not without reason that he carries a sword. For he is a minister of God; an avenger to execute wrath upon whomever does evil. ⁵For this reason, it is necessary to be subject, not solely because of wrath, but also because of conscience. ⁶Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this.

¹³You shall not murder.

³⁰The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person. ³¹You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.