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According to the Old Testament, these are the offenses which merit the [[death penalty]]:

According to the Old Testament, these are the offenses which merit the [[death penalty]]:

# [[Murder]] ([[Exodus]] 21:12, 21:15)

# [[Murder]] ([[Exodus]] 21:12, 21:15)

# Kidnapping to sell into slavery ([[Exodus]] 21:16)

# Negligent [[homicide]] Exodus 21:29)

# Cursing Parents ([[Exodus]] 21:17)

# [[Homosexual]] intercourse ([[Leviticus 18]]:22, 20:13)

# Bestiality ([[Leviticus]] 20:15)

# Bestiality (Leviticus 20:15)

# Desecrating the [[Sabbath]] ([[Exodus]] 31:15)

# [[Adultery]] (Leviticus 20:10; 19:20)

# [[Adultery]] ([[Leviticus]] 20:10, [[Leviticus]] 19:20)

# Incest (Leviticus 20:11; (from Moses onward: [[Genesis]] 19:33,35; 4:17)

# Sacrificing children to Molech ([[Leviticus]] 20:2)

# Sex with a woman betrothed to another (Deuteronomy 22:25)

# [[Blasphemy]] ([[Leviticus]] 24:16)

# Un[[chastity]]; marriage under false pretense of virginity (Deuteronomy 22:21-24)

# Incest ([[Leviticus]] 20:11, but see [[Genesis]] 19:33, 19:35, 4:17)

# Worshiping a false god ([[Deuteronomy]] 13:6-10)

# Sex with a woman betrothed to another ([[Deuteronomy]] 22:25)

# False witness in a capital crime ([[Deuteronomy]] 19:16-20)

# Daughter of a priest becoming a prostitute ([[Leviticus]] 21:9)

# Daughter of a priest becoming a prostitute ([[Leviticus]] 21:9)

# Juvenile delinquency ([[Deuteronomy]] 21:18-21)

# Kidnapping to sell into slavery (Exodus 21:16)

# Sacrificing to false gods ([[Exodus]] 22:20)

# Coveting and making a wicked thing one's possession (Deuteronomy 7:26; [[Joshua]] 7:15,25)

# Un[[chastity]] ([[Deuteronomy]] 22:21-24)

 

# Rebellious Sons ([[Deuteronomy]]  21:18-21)

The term "put to death" or similar explicit terms are usually used in commands mandating capital punishment, though the term "cut off from his people" (Lev. 17:4, etc.) may also denote such,<ref>Dr. John Gill (1690-1771) on Lv. 17:4, 14</ref> and which would increase the number of capital offenses.<ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/TheDeathPenalty.html</ref>

 

 

"At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." (Deuteronomy 17:6; cf. Exodus 20:16)  

 

 

 

Few people support capital punishment for non-murder offenses, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the [[New Testament]] nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>

Few people support capital punishment for non-murder offenses, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the [[New Testament]] nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>

Acts states "And surely if a man shall kill another, he shall be put to the death".

In Acts 25:11, the [[apostle Paul]] stated, "...if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die", while Romans 13:1-5 states that God has ordained the just use of the sword by the government. (cf. 1 Pet. 2:14)

==== Catechism of the Catholic Church====

==== Catechism of the Catholic Church====