2 Esdras 7:103-105

Common English Bible

¹⁰³ Will parents be allowed to intercede^[a] for children, children for parents, siblings for each other, relatives for those close to them, faithful ones for those most dear to them?”

¹⁰⁴ He replied to me: “Because I do indeed favor you, I will also show you this. The Judgment Day is decisive.^[b] It reveals the seal of truth to all. Even in the here and now a parent doesn’t send a child, or a child the parent, or a master his servant, or a faithful friend a dear confidant, so that the one should understand or sleep or eat or be taken care of in the other person’s place. ¹⁰⁵ Just so, no one will ever intercede for another; everyone will then bear his or her own deeds of justice or injustice.”