17. He must agree to give the older son two shares of everything he owns, even though the older son is from the wife he does not love. That son was the first to prove his father could have children, so he has the rights that belong to the older son.
18. If someone has a son who is stubborn, who turns against his father and mother and doesn’t obey them or listen when they correct him,
19. his parents must take him to the elders at the city gate.
20. They will say to the elders, “Our son is stubborn and turns against us. He will not obey us. He eats too much, and he is always drunk.”
21. Then all the men in his town must throw stones at him until he dies. Get rid of the evil among you, because then all the people of Israel will hear about this and be afraid.
22. If someone is guilty of a sin worthy of death, he must be put to death and his body displayed on a tree.
23. But don’t leave his body hanging on the tree overnight; be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone whose body is displayed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not ruin the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.