Midrash for Sanhedrin 54:20
התם שהיה בידם למחות ולא מיחו
When Scripture states, Everyman shall be put to death for his ownsin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIV, 16. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> [it must refer to those whodo not hold fast to their fathers' ways. Then how shall we interpret, Andalso in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them?]<a rel="footnote" href="#56a_32"><sup>32</sup></a> — As referring to those who continue in the ways of theirfathers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Ber. 7a. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> But do they [really] not[suffer for the sins committed by others]? Is it not written, And they shallstumble one upon another,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVI, 37, lit., 'upon his brother'. The prefix [H] is here taken in the sense of 'because of'. ');"><sup>34</sup></span> meaning,One [will stumble] through the sin of the other, which teaches that all areheld responsible for oneanother?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shewing that the iniquities of one may be borne by the other. ');"><sup>35</sup></span> — There the referenceis to such as had the power to restrain [their fellowmen from evil] but didnot.