The New Testament

The

new TesTamenT

of our lord and saviour

jesus Christ

translated out of the

original greeK: and with the

former translations diligently Compared

and revised, by his majesty’s

speCial Command

Published by

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Printed in the United States of America 4/2014

English approval: 11/12

the names and order of all the

booKs of the old and

new testaments

The Books of the Old Testament

Genesis . . . . . . . 1

Exodus . . . . . . . 79

Leviticus . . . . . . . 146

Numbers . . . . . . . 190

Deuteronomy . . . . . 252

Joshua . . . . . . . . 308

Judges . . . . . . . . 343

Ruth . . . . . . . . 377

1 Samuel . . . . . . . 382

2 Samuel . . . . . . . 426

1 Kings . . . . . . . 463

2 Kings . . . . . . . 507

1 Chronicles . . . . . . 548

2 Chronicles . . . . . . 587

Ezra . . . . . . . . 634

Nehemiah . . . . . . 648

Esther . . . . . . . . 668

Job . . . . . . . . . 678

Psalms. . . . . . . . 714

Proverbs . . . . . . . 811

The Books of the New Testament

Matthew . . . . . . 1187

Mark . . . . . . . 1241

Luke . . . . . . . 1271

John . . . . . . . 1324

Acts . . . . . . . 1365

Romans . . . . . . 1415

1 Corinthians . . . . 1438

2 Corinthians . . . . 1460

Galatians . . . . . . 1473

Ephesians . . . . . 1480

Philippians . . . . . 1488

Colossians . . . . . 1493

1 Thessalonians . . . . 1498

2 Thessalonians . . . . 1503

Appendix

Topical Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Bible Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Bible Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Harmony of the Gospels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Joseph Smith Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777

Bible Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

Bible Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825

Ecclesiastes . . . . . . 845

Song of Solomon . . . . 856

Isaiah . . . . . . . . 861

Jeremiah . . . . . . . 942

Lamentations . . . . 1020

Ezekiel . . . . . . 1027

Daniel . . . . . . . 1099

Hosea . . . . . . . 1122

Joel . . . . . . . . 1133

Amos . . . . . . . 1137

Obadiah . . . . . . 1146

Jonah . . . . . . . 1147

Micah . . . . . . . 1150

Nahum . . . . . . 1156

Habakkuk . . . . . 1159

Zephaniah . . . . . 1162

Haggai. . . . . . . 1166

Zechariah. . . . . . 1168

Malachi . . . . . . 1180

1 Timothy . . . . . 1506

2 Timothy . . . . . 1512

Titus . . . . . . . 1517

Philemon . . . . . . 1520

Hebrews . . . . . . 1521

James . . . . . . . 1538

1 Peter. . . . . . . 1544

2 Peter. . . . . . . 1551

1 John . . . . . . . 1555

2 John . . . . . . . 1561

3 John . . . . . . . 1562

Jude . . . . . . . 1563

Revelation . . . . . 1565

Old Testament

Gen. Genesis

Ex. Exodus

Lev. Leviticus

Num. Numbers

Deut. Deuteronomy

Josh. Joshua

Judg. Judges

Ruth Ruth

1 Sam. 1 Samuel

2 Sam. 2 Samuel

1 Kgs. 1 Kings

2 Kgs. 2 Kings

1 Chr. 1 Chronicles

2 Chr. 2 Chronicles

Ezra Ezra

Neh. Nehemiah

Esth. Esther

Job Job

Ps. Psalms

Prov. Proverbs

Eccl. Ecclesiastes

Song Song of Solomon

Isa. Isaiah

Jer. Jeremiah

Lam. Lamentations

Ezek. Ezekiel

Dan. Daniel

Hosea Hosea

Joel Joel

Amos Amos

Obad. Obadiah

Jonah Jonah

Micah Micah

Nahum Nahum

Hab. Habakkuk

Zeph. Zephaniah

Hag. Haggai

Zech. Zechariah

Mal. Malachi

New Testament

Matt. Matthew

Mark Mark

Luke Luke

John John

Acts Acts

Rom. Romans

1 Cor. 1 Corinthians

2 Cor. 2 Corinthians

Gal. Galatians

Eph. Ephesians

Philip. Philippians

Col. Colossians

1 Thes. 1 Thessalonians

2 Thes. 2 Thessalonians

1 Tim. 1 Timothy

2 Tim. 2 Timothy

Titus Titus

Philem. Philemon

Heb. Hebrews

James James

1 Pet. 1 Peter

2 Pet. 2 Peter

1 Jn. 1 John

2 Jn. 2 John

3 Jn. 3 John

Jude Jude

Rev. Revelation

Book of Mormon

1 Ne. 1 Nephi

2 Ne. 2 Nephi

Jacob Jacob

Enos Enos

Jarom Jarom

Omni Omni

W of M Words of Mormon

Mosiah Mosiah

Alma Alma

Hel. Helaman

3 Ne. 3 Nephi

4 Ne. 4 Nephi

Morm. Mormon

Ether Ether

Moro. Moroni

Doctrine and Covenants

D&C Doctrine and

Covenants

OD Official

Declaration

Pearl of Great Price

Moses Moses

Abr. Abraham

JS—M Joseph Smith—

Matthew

JS—H Joseph Smith—

History

A of F Articles of Faith

Other Abbreviations and Explanations

 Joseph Smith Translation

 Topical Guide

 Bible Dictionary

 An alternate translation from the Hebrew

 An alternate translation from the Greek

 An explanation of idioms and difficult wording

 Alternate words that clarify the meaning of an archaic expression

 History of the Church

Italics in biblical text. Following the traditional format, italics in Bible verses indicate words

that are not found in the original text (Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek) but have been added for

clarification in the translation.

abbreviations

The Gospel AccordinG To

sT MATThew

Title: jst entitles this book

“The Testimony of

St. Matthew.”

1 a tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

2 a Gen. 25:19.

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

3 a Ruth 4:18;

1 Chr. 2:4 (4–15).

b Gen. 38:30.

c 1 Chr. 2:9.

4 a Num. 1:7.

5 a Ruth 4:21.

6 a 2 Sam. 12:24 (24–25);

1 Chr. 3:5.

11 a

tg Israel, Bondage of,

in Other Lands.

12 a 1 Chr. 3:19 (17–19);

Ezra 2:2 (1–2);

Hag. 1:1.

16 a Luke 3:23 (23–38).

b 1 Ne. 11:18 (14–21);

Mosiah 3:8.

c Luke 20:14;

D&C 93:14 (3–17).

jst Matt. 1:4 . . . as the

prophets have written,

who is called Christ.

e The Greek title “Christ”

and the Hebrew

title “Messiah” are

synonymous, meaning

“Anointed One.”

17 a

tg Book of

Remembrance.

18 a

jst Matt. 2:1 Now,

as it is written, the

birth of . . .

b D&C 20:1.

gr in this way.

CHAPTER 1

Christ is born of Mary—She conceives

by the power of the Holy Ghost—Our

Lord is named Jesus.

HE book of the generation of

Jesus Christ, the son of

David,

the son of Abraham.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac

begat Jacob; and Jacob begat

Judas

and his brethren;

3 And Judas begat

Phares and

Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat

Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

4 And Aram begat Aminadab;

and Aminadab begat Naasson; and

Naasson begat Salmon;

5 And Salmon begat

Booz of

Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of

Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

6 And Jesse begat David the king;

and David the king begat

Solomon

of her that had been the wife of Urias;

7 And Solomon begat Roboam;

and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia

begat Asa;

8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and

Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram

begat Ozias;

9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and

Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz

begat Ezekias;

10 And Ezekias begat Manasses;

and Manasses begat Amon; and

Amon begat Josias;

11 And Josias begat Jechonias and

his brethren, about the time they

were carried away to

Babylon:

12 And after they were brought to

Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;

and Salathiel begat

Zorobabel;

13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and

Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim

begat Azor;

14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sa-

doc begat Achim; and Achim begat

Eliud;

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and

Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan

begat Jacob;

16 And Jacob begat

Joseph the

husband of

Mary, of whom was

born

Jesus,

who is called

Christ.

17 So all the generations from

Abraham to David are fourteen

generations; and from David un-

til the carrying away into Babylon

are fourteen generations; and from

the carrying away into Babylon

unto Christ are fourteen

genera-

tions.

18 ¶

Now the

birth of Jesus

Christ was

on this wise: When as

his mother Mary was espoused to

1188MATTHEW 1:19–2:9

19 a tg Example.

ie desired to release or

divorce her secretly.

c Deut. 24:1.

20 a

tg Dream.

b 2 Ne. 19:7.

c Luke 1:35;

Alma 7:10.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

b Luke 2:21.

tg Forgive;

Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Mission of;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Jesus Christ, Savior;

Redemption; Salvation.

23 a Isa. 7:14.

tg Jesus Christ,

Birth of.

tg Name.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

24 a Luke 2:5.

25 a

tg Firstborn.

1 a tg Jesus Christ,

Birth of.

2 a

JSt Matt. 3:2 . . . Where

is the child that is born,

the Messiah of the

Jews? . . .

b Isa. 6:5;

Jer. 23:5;

2 Ne. 10:14;

Alma 5:50;

D&C 128:22 (22–23);

Moses 7:53.

c Hel. 14:5 (1–2, 5);

3 Ne. 1:21.

tg Worship.

4 a

JSt Matt. 3:4–6

(Appendix).

gr inquired.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

c 1 Chr. 5:2;

Micah 5:2;

John 7:42.

gr tend, protect,

nurture.

Joseph, before they came together,

she was found with child of the

Holy Ghost.

19 Then Joseph her husband, be-

ing a just man, and not willing to

make her a publick

example,

was

minded to

put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these

things, behold, the angel of the Lord

appeared unto him in a

dream,

saying, Joseph, thou son of

David,

fear not to take unto thee Mary thy

wife: for that which is conceived in

her is of the

Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a

son, and thou shalt call his

name

JESUS: for he shall

save his people

from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it

might be fulfilled which was spoken

of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Behold, a

virgin shall be with

child, and shall bring forth a son,

and they shall call his

name

Em-

manuel, which being interpreted

is, God with us.

24 Then Joseph being raised from

sleep did as the angel of the Lord

had bidden him, and took unto him

his

wife:

25 And knew her not till she had

brought forth her

firstborn son: and

he called his name JESUS.

CHAPTER 2

The wise men are directed by a star

to Jesus—Joseph takes the child to

Egypt—Herod slays the children in

Bethlehem—Jesus is taken to Naza-

reth to dwell.

N when Jesus was

born in Beth-

lehem of Judæa in the days of Herod

the king, behold, there came wise

men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying,

Where is he that is born

King of the Jews? for we have seen

his

star in the east, and are come

worship him.

3 When Herod the king had heard

these things, he was troubled, and all

Jerusalem with him.

And when he had gathered all

the chief priests and scribes of the

people together, he

demanded of

them where Christ should be born.

5 And they said unto him, In Beth-

lehem of Judæa: for thus it is writ-

ten by the prophet,

6 And thou

Bethlehem, in the land

Juda, art not the least among

the princes of Juda: for out of thee

shall come a

Governor, that shall

rule my people Israel.

7 Then Herod, when he had priv-

ily called the wise men, inquired

of them diligently what time the

star appeared.

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem,

and said, Go and search diligently

for the young child; and when ye

have found him, bring me word

again, that I may come and worship

him also.

9 When they had heard the king,

they departed; and, lo, the star,

which they saw in the east, went

1189 MATTHEW 2:10–3:3

11 a Lev. 2:1.

12 a

tg Dream.

15 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

16 a

gr deceived by.

gr became extremely

angry.

tg Tyranny.

gr surrounding regions.

17 a

ie Jeremiah.

18 a Jer. 31:15.

tg Mourning.

c Jer. 40:1.

19 a

JSt Matt. 3:19 . . .

vision . . .

tg Dream.

20 a

tg Israel, Land of.

22 a

gr place.

tg Dream.

23 a 1 Ne. 11:13.

tg Scriptures, Lost.

JSt Matt. 3:24–26

(Appendix).

1 a JS—H 1:72.

2 a The Greek word

denotes “a change of

heart or mind,” i.e., “a

conversion.”

Alma 7:9; 9:25 (25–26);

Hel. 5:32;

D&C 33:10.

b Luke 10:9.

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven; Kingdom of

God, on Earth.

gr has come.

Isa. 56:1; Matt. 4:17;

D&C 39:19.

3 a See

JSt Luke 3:4–11

(Appendix).

tg Foreordination.

b Isa. 40:3; Mark 1:3;

Luke 3:4;

John 1:23;

D&C 65:3; 88:66.

before them, till it came and stood

over where the young child was.

10 When they saw the star, they

rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11 ¶ And when they were come

into the house, they saw the young

child with Mary his mother, and

fell down, and worshipped him:

and when they had opened their

treasures, they presented unto him

gifts; gold, and

frankincense, and

myrrh.

12 And being warned of God in a

dream that they should not return

to Herod, they departed into their

own country another way.

13 And when they were departed,

behold, the angel of the Lord ap-

peareth to Joseph in a dream, say-

ing, Arise, and take the young child

and his mother, and flee into Egypt,

and be thou there until I bring thee

word: for Herod will seek the young

child to destroy him.

14 When he arose, he took the

young child and his mother by night,

and departed into Egypt:

15 And was there until the death

of Herod: that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken of the Lord by

the prophet, saying, Out of

Egypt

have I called my son.

16 ¶ Then Herod, when he saw

that he was

mocked of the wise

men,

was exceeding wroth, and

sent forth, and

slew all the chil-

dren that were in Bethlehem, and

in all the

coasts thereof, from two

years old and under, according to

the time which he had diligently

inquired of the wise men.

17 Then was fulfilled that which

was spoken by

Jeremy the prophet,

saying,

18 In

Rama was there a voice

heard, lamentation, and weeping,

and great

mourning, Rachel weep-

ing for her

children, and would not

be comforted, because they are not.

19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, be-

hold, an angel of the Lord appeareth

in a

dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young

child and his mother, and go into

the

land of Israel: for they are dead

which sought the young child’s life.

21 And he arose, and took the

young child and his mother, and

came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Arche-

laus did reign in Judæa in the

room

of his father Herod, he was afraid

to go thither: notwithstanding, be-

ing warned of God in a

dream, he

turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

23 And he came and dwelt in a

city called

Nazareth: that it might

be fulfilled which was

spoken by

the prophets, He shall be called a

Nazarene.

CHAPTER 3

John the Baptist preaches in Judæa—

Jesus is baptized, and the Father ac-

claims Him as His Beloved Son.

I those days came

John the Bap-

tist, preaching in the wilderness

of Judæa,

2 And saying,

Repent ye: for the

kingdom of heaven

is at hand.

3 For this is he that was spoken

of by the prophet

Esaias, saying,

The

voice of one crying in the

1190MATTHEW 3:4–4:2

wilderness,

Prepare ye the way of

the Lord, make his

paths straight.

4 And the same John had his

rai-

ment of

camel’s hair, and a leath-

ern girdle about his loins; and his

meat was

locusts and wild honey.

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem,

and all Judæa, and all the region

round about Jordan,

6 And were baptized of him in Jor-

dan,

confessing their sins.

7 ¶ But when he saw many of the

Pharisees and Sadducees come to his

baptism, he said unto them, O

gen-

eration of vipers, who hath

warned

you to flee from the wrath to come?

Bring forth therefore fruits

meet for

repentance:

9 And think not to say within

yourselves, We have Abraham

our father: for I say unto you, that

God is able of these stones to raise

up children unto Abraham.

10 And now also the axe is laid

unto the root of the trees: therefore

every tree which

bringeth not forth

good fruit is

hewn down, and cast

into the fire.

I indeed

baptize you with wa-

ter unto

repentance: but

he that

cometh after me is mightier than

I, whose shoes I am not

worthy to

bear: he shall

baptize you with the

Holy Ghost, and with

fire:

12 Whose

fan is in his hand, and

he will throughly purge his floor,

and gather his wheat into the

gar-

ner; but he will burn up the chaff

with unquenchable

fire.

13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Gali-

lee to Jordan unto John, to be

bap-

tized of him.

14 But John forbad him, saying, I

have need to be baptized of thee,

and comest thou to me?

And Jesus answering said unto

him,

Suffer it to be so now: for thus

becometh us to

fulfil all

righ-

teousness. Then he suffered him.

16 And Jesus, when he was

bap-

tized, went up

straightway out of

the water: and, lo, the heavens were

opened unto him, and he saw the

Spirit of God descending like a

dove, and lighting upon him:

17 And lo a

voice from heaven,

saying, This is my

beloved

Son,

in whom I am well pleased.

CHAPTER 4

Jesus fasts forty days and is tempted—

He begins His ministry, calls disciples,

and heals the sick.

T was Jesus

led up of the Spirit

into the wilderness

to be

tempted

of the devil.

2 And when he had

fasted

forty

3 c 1 Ne. 10:8 (7–10);

D&C

34:6; 65:1 (1–2); 84:26.

d Alma 7:19 (9, 19).

4 a gr garment. See also

2 Kgs. 1:8.

b Zech. 13:4.

c Lev. 11:22.

6 a tg Confession.

7 a See JSt Matt. 9:18–21

(Appendix).

Luke 7:29 (29–30).

b gr crop of serpents.

Matt. 12:34; 23:33;

Alma 9:8; 10:17 (17–25).

c tg Warn.

8 a JSt Matt. 3:34–36

(Appendix).

b gr appropriate to,

worthy of.

c tg Baptism, Qualifica-

tions for; Repent.

9 a gr as our father.

10 a Alma 5:36 (36–41);

3 Ne. 14:19;

D&C 52:18; 97:7.

b Luke 13:7;

Jacob 5:42 (42–66).

11 a JSt Matt. 3:38–40

(Appendix).

b Acts 19:3 (1–7);

2 Ne. 31:5 (5–10).

c tg Baptism, Qualifica-

tions for.

d See JSt John 1:27–34

(Appendix).

e tg Worthiness.

f tg Holy Ghost, Baptism of.

g D&C 19:31.

12 a Jer. 51:2.

b gr storehouse.

c D&C 43:32; 63:34 (33–34);

101:66.

13 a tg

Jesus Christ, Baptism of.

15 a JSt Matt. 3:43–46

(Appendix).

b gr Permit it now.

c gr is fitting for us.

d tg Baptism, Essential.

e tg Jesus Christ, Mission

of; Righteousness.

16 a tg Baptism;

Baptism, Immersion.

gr immediately.

tg God, Spirit of.

tg Holy Ghost, Dove,

Sign of.

17 a Mark 9:7;

Luke 9:35 (34–36).

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature;

God, Manifestations of.

b Matt. 17:5; 3 Ne. 11:7;

JS—H 1:17.

tg Witness of the Father.

tg Godhead; God the

Father, Elohim; Jesus

Christ, Divine Sonship.

1 a tg Guidance, Divine.

JSt Matt. 4:1 . . . to be

with God.

tg Jesus Christ, Tempta-

tion of; Temptation; Test.

2 a Mosiah 3:7.

tg Fast, Fasting.

b Ex. 24:18.

1191 MATTHEW 4:3–19

days and forty nights,

he was af-

terward an hungred.

3 And when the

tempter came to

him, he said, If thou be the Son of

God, command that these stones be

made

bread.

4 But he answered and said, It

is written,

Man shall not

live by

bread alone, but by every

word

that proceedeth out of the

mouth

of God.

Then the devil taketh him up

into the

holy city, and setteth him

on a pinnacle of the temple,

And saith unto him,

If thou be

the Son of God, cast thyself down:

for it is written, He shall give his

angels charge concerning thee: and

in their hands they shall bear thee

up, lest at any time thou dash thy

foot against a stone.

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written

again, Thou shalt not

tempt the

Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him up

into an exceeding high mountain,

and sheweth him all the

king-

doms of the world, and the glory of

them;

And saith unto him, All these

things will I give thee, if thou wilt

fall down and worship me.

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get

thee hence,

Satan: for it is written,

Thou shalt

worship the Lord thy

God, and him only shalt thou serve.

11 Then the devil leaveth him,

and, behold,

angels came and

ministered unto him.

12 ¶ Now when Jesus had heard

that John was cast into prison, he

departed into

Galilee;

13 And leaving Nazareth, he came

and dwelt in Capernaum, which is

upon the sea coast, in the borders

of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

14 That it might be

fulfilled which

was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying,

15 The land of

Zabulon, and the

land of Nephthalim, by the way of

the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of

the Gentiles;

16 The people which sat in

dark-

ness saw great

light; and to them

which sat in the region and shadow

of death light is sprung up.

17 ¶ From that time Jesus began

preach, and to say,

Repent: for

the

kingdom of heaven

is at hand.

18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the

sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,

Simon called Peter, and Andrew his

brother, casting a net into the sea:

for they were

fishers.

19 And he saith unto them,

me, and I will make you

fishers

of men.

2 c JSt Matt. 4:2 . . . and

had communed with God,

he was afterwards an

hungered, and was left to

be tempted of the devil.

3 a

tg Devil.

tg Bread.

4 a Deut. 8:3;

D&C 84:44 (43–44).

tg Mortality.

tg Bread.

tg Revelation.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

5 a

JSt Matt. 4:5 Then Jesus

was taken up into the

holy city, and the Spirit

setteth him on the

pinnacle of the temple.

b Neh. 11:1.

6 a

JSt Matt. 4:6 Then the

devil came unto him and

said, If . . .

b Matt. 27:40;

D&C 20:22.

7 a D&C 10:29; 24:13 (13–14).

tg Jesus Christ,

Temptation of;

Test.

8 a

JSt Matt. 4:8 And again,

Jesus was in the Spirit, and

it taketh him . . .

b D&C 10:19.

tg Kings, Earthly.

9 a

JSt Matt. 4:9 And the

devil came unto him again,

and said, All . . .

10 a

tg Devil.

tg Worship.

11 a

JSt Matt. 4:11–12 And

now Jesus knew that John

was cast into prison, and

he sent angels, and,

behold, they came and

ministered unto him

[ John]. And Jesus

departed into Galilee . . .

tg Angels.

12 a Luke 4:14.

14 a D&C 24:14.

15 a Isa. 9:1 (1–2).

16 a D&C 57:10.

tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World;

Jesus Christ, Prophecies

about.

17 a

tg Preaching.

tg Repent.

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

gr has come.

Isa. 56:1;

Matt. 3:2.

18 a

tg Skill.

19 a

JSt Matt. 4:18 . . . I am

he of whom it is written

by the prophets; follow

me . . .

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

tg Apostles;

Missionary Work.

1192MATTHEW 4:20–5:12

20 And they straightway left their

nets, and

followed him.

21 And going on from thence, he

saw other two brethren, James the son

Zebedee, and John his brother,

in a ship with Zebedee their father,

mending their nets; and he

called

them.

22 And they immediately left the

ship and their father, and followed

him.

23 ¶ And Jesus went about all

Gali-

lee,

teaching in their synagogues,

and

preaching the gospel of the

kingdom, and

healing all manner

sickness and all manner of dis-

ease among the

people.

24 And his fame went throughout

all Syria: and they brought unto him

all sick people that were taken with

divers diseases and torments, and

those which were possessed with

devils, and those which were luna-

tic, and those that had the

palsy;

and he

healed them.

25 And there followed him great

multitudes of people from Galilee,

and from Decapolis, and from Jeru-

salem, and from Judæa, and from

beyond Jordan.

CHAPTER 5

Jesus preaches the Sermon on the

Mount—Its teachings replace and

transcend some aspects of the law of

Moses—All are commanded to be per-

fect like their Father in Heaven.

A seeing the multitudes, he went

up into a mountain: and when he

was set, his disciples came unto

him:

2 And he opened his mouth, and

taught them, saying,

Blessed are the

poor in spirit:

for theirs is the

kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that

mourn: for

they shall be

comforted.

5 Blessed are the

meek: for they

shall inherit the

earth.

6 Blessed are they which do

hun-

ger and thirst after

righteousness:

for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the

merciful: for they

shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the

pure in

heart:

for they shall

see God.

9 Blessed are the

peacemakers:

for they shall be called the

chil-

dren of God.

10 Blessed are they which are

per-

secuted for

righteousness’ sake: for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall

revile you, and persecute you, and

shall say all manner of

evil against

you falsely,

for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:

for great is your

reward in heaven:

20 a tg Commitment.

21 a John 21:2.

tg Called of God.

23 a Luke 4:44.

b Matt. 9:35.

c D&C 71:1.

tg Heal; Miracle.

tg Sickness.

JSt Matt. 4:22 . . . people

which believed on his

name.

24 a Matt. 8:16 (16, 28, 33);

9:32 (32–34).

gr paralysis.

c Mosiah 3:5 (5–6).

1 a 3 Ne. 12:1 (1–48).

3 a The Latin beatus is the

basis of the English

“beatitude,” meaning

“to be fortunate,” “to

be happy,” or “to be

blessed.”

tg Blessing.

ie poor in pride, humble

in spirit;

3 Ne. 12:3 reads “. . . the

poor in spirit who come

unto me.”

James 2:5 (1–9);

D&C 56:18 (18–20); 88:17.

tg Contrite Heart;

Humility; Poor in Spirit.

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

4 a

tg Mourning;

Sorrow.

tg Comfort.

5 a

gr gentle, forgiving, or

benevolent; the Hebrew

in Ps. 37:11 characterizes

as the humble those

who have suffered.

tg Meek.

tg Earth, Destiny of.

6 a 3 Ne. 12:6.

tg Teachable.

tg Good Works;

Righteousness.

7 a

tg Mercy.

8 a

tg Chastity; Cleanliness;

Purity.

tg Heart.

tg God, Presence of;

God, Privilege of Seeing.

9 a

tg Contentment; Peace;

Peacemakers.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

10 a

tg Affliction;

Persecution.

tg Righteousness.

c D&C 6:37; 10:55.

11 a

tg Malice; Reviling.

tg Backbiting; Slander.

gr on account of me.

12 a 2 Ne. 9:18.

tg Joy.

b D&C 84:38.

tg Reward.

1193 MATTHEW 5:13–28

for so

persecuted they the prophets

which were before you.

13 ¶ Ye are the

salt of the earth:

but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall it be salted? it is

thenceforth good for nothing, but

to be cast out, and to be trodden

under foot of men.

14 Ye are the

light of the world.

A city that is set on an hill cannot

be hid.

15 Neither do men light a

candle,

and put it under a bushel, but on a

candlestick; and it giveth light unto

all that are in the house.

16 Let your

light so shine before

men, that they may see your good

works, and

glorify your Father

which is in heaven.

17 ¶ Think not that I am come to

destroy the

law, or the prophets:

I am not come to destroy, but to

fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Till

heaven and earth pass, one jot or

one tittle shall in no wise pass from

the

law, till all be

fulfilled.

Whosoever therefore shall

break one of these least command-

ments, and shall

teach men so,

he shall be called the least in the

kingdom of heaven: but whosoever

shall do and

teach them, the same

shall be called great in the kingdom

of heaven.

20 For I say unto you, That except

your

righteousness shall exceed

the righteousness of the

scribes and

Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter

into the kingdom of heaven.

21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said

by them of old time, Thou

shalt not

kill; and whosoever shall kill shall

in danger of the judgment:

22 But I say unto you, That who-

soever is

angry with his brother

without a cause shall be

in dan-

ger of the judgment: and whoso-

ever shall say to his brother,

Raca,

shall be

in danger of the council:

but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,

shall be in danger of hell fire.

23 Therefore if thou bring thy

gift to the altar, and there remem-

berest that thy brother hath ought

against thee;

24 Leave there thy gift before the

altar, and go thy way; first be

rec-

onciled to thy brother, and then

come and offer thy gift.

Agree with thine adversary

quickly, whiles thou art in the way

with him; lest at any time the ad-

versary deliver thee to the judge,

and the judge deliver thee to the

officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou

shalt by no means come out thence,

till thou hast paid

the uttermost

farthing.

27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said

by them of old time, Thou shalt not

commit

adultery:

28 But I say unto you, That

12 c tg Persecution.

13 a See Lev. 2:13 and

Num. 18:19, where

salt is a token of the

covenant and was part

of sacrificial ritual.

tg Salt.

14 a

tg Mission of Early

Saints.

15 a Luke 11:33 (33–34).

16 a 3 Ne. 18:24.

tg Children of Light;

Example;

Light [noun].

b 1 Pet. 2:12.

tg Good Works.

c John 15:8.

17 a D&C 10:52 (52, 54).

tg Law of Moses.

18 a

tg Law of Moses.

b D&C 1:38.

19 a

JSt Matt. 5:21

(Appendix).

tg Sin.

c 2 Ne. 28:15 (12, 15).

tg Missionary Work.

20 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Scribe.

21 a

tg Commandments of

God.

tg Blood, Shedding of;

Murder.

gr subject to

condemnation.

22 a Prov. 29:22 (21–23);

3 Ne. 12:22 (21–24).

tg Anger;

Rashness.

JSt Matt. 5:24 and

3 Ne. 12:22 omit the

words “without a

cause.”

gr subject to

condemnation.

d A word suggesting

contempt or derision

in both Aramaic and

Greek.

ie subject to the

Sanhedrin.

24 a Matt. 18:15 (15–18).

tg Forgive;

Reconciliation.

25 a

gr Quickly have kind

thoughts for, or be

well disposed toward.

tg Communication;

Disputations.

26 a

gr the last penny.

27 a D&C 42:22 (22–26).

1194MATTHEW 5:29–45

whosoever

looketh on a

woman to

lust after her hath committed

adul-

tery with her already in his heart.

29 And if thy right eye

offend thee,

pluck it out, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee that one

of thy members should perish, and

not that thy whole body should be

cast into

hell.

30 And if thy right

hand offend

thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee that one

of thy members should perish, and

not that thy whole body should be

cast into

hell.

31 It hath been said, Whosoever

shall put away his wife, let him

give her a writing of

divorcement:

32 But I say unto you, That who-

soever shall

put away his

wife,

saving for the cause of

fornication,

causeth her to commit adultery: and

whosoever shall marry her that is

divorced committeth adultery.

33 ¶ Again, ye have heard that it

hath been said by them of old time,

Thou shalt not

forswear thyself,

but shalt

perform unto the Lord

thine

oaths:

34 But I say unto you,

Swear not

at all; neither by heaven; for it is

God’s

throne:

35 Nor by the earth; for it is his

footstool: neither by Jerusalem;

for it is the

city of the great King.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy

head, because thou canst not make

one hair white or black.

37 But let your

communication be,

Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever

is more than these cometh

of evil.

38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath

been said, An

eye for an eye, and

a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye re-

sist not

evil: but whosoever shall

smite thee on thy right

cheek,

turn

to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee

at the law, and take away thy coat,

let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall compel

thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

Give to him that asketh thee,

and from him that would

borrow

of thee turn not thou away.

43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath

been said, Thou shalt

love thy

neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you,

Love your

enemies,

bless them that

curse

you, do

good to them that

hate you,

and

pray for them which despite-

fully use you, and

persecute you;

45 That ye

may be the

children

of your Father which is in heaven:

for he maketh his sun to rise on

the evil and on the good, and sen-

deth

rain on the just and on the

unjust.

28 a D&C 63:16 (16–17).

tg Body, Sanctity of;

Woman.

c Mosiah 4:30 (29–30).

tg Carnal Mind;

Chastity; Fornication;

Lust; Motivations;

Sensuality.

tg Adulterer;

Sexual Immorality.

29 a

gr cause to stumble; see

also Matt. 18:6–9.

tg Offense.

tg Damnation; Hell.

30 a Matt. 18:8;

JSt Matt. 18:9 (Matt. 18:9

note a).

JSt Matt. 5:33–34 . . . hell.

And now this I speak, a

parable concerning your

sins; wherefore, cast them

from you, that ye may not

be hewn down and cast

into the fire.

31 a

tg Divorce.

32 a Ezek. 44:22.

b D&C 42:74.

c 1 Cor. 7:10 (10–11).

tg Fornication.

33 a

gr break your oath, or

perjure yourself.

Ps. 139:20.

tg Dedication.

c Deut. 23:21.

tg Oath.

34 a

tg Honesty; Profanity;

Swearing.

b Isa. 66:1.

35 a Isa. 60:13; Ezek. 43:7.

b Ps. 48:2.

37 a

tg Communication.

gr from the evil one.

38 a Lev. 24:20;

3 Ne. 12:38 (38–40).

tg Punish.

39 a

tg Evil.

b Lam. 3:30.

tg Patience.

tg Forbear.

42 a

tg Almsgiving;

Generosity; Poor.

tg Borrow; Debt.

43 a D&C 112:11.

tg Neighbor.

44 a

tg Love.

tg Enemies; Opposition.

tg Retribution.

tg Curse.

tg Benevolence.

tg Hate.

g Job 42:10;

Acts 7:60 (55–60).

tg Prayer.

tg Persecution.

45 a

gr may become; see

Mosiah 5:7.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

c Job 2:10; 2 Ne. 2:11;

Alma 60:13;

D&C 5:22; 29:39;

122:7 (5–9).

1195 MATTHEW 5:46–6:12

46 For if ye

love them which love

you, what reward have ye? do not

even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren

only, what do ye more than others?

do not even the publicans so?

Be ye therefore

perfect, even

as your

Father which is in heaven

perfect.

CHAPTER 6

Jesus continues the Sermon on the

Mount—He teaches the disciples the

Lord’s Prayer—They are commanded

to seek first the kingdom of God and

His righteousness.

T heed that ye do not your

alms

before men, to be seen of them: oth-

erwise ye have no reward of your

Father which is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest thine

alms, do not sound a trumpet be-

fore thee, as the

hypocrites do in

the synagogues and in the streets,

that they may have

glory of men.

Verily I say unto you, They have

their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let

not thy left hand know what thy

right hand doeth:

4 That thine

alms may be in

secret: and thy Father which seeth

in secret himself shall

reward thee

openly.

5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou

shalt not be as the

hypocrites are:

for they love to pray standing in

the synagogues and in the corners

of the streets, that they may be seen

of men. Verily I say unto you, They

have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest,

enter into thy

closet, and when thou

hast

shut thy door,

pray to thy

Father which is in

secret; and

thy Father which

seeth in secret

shall

reward thee openly.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain

repetitions, as the

heathen do: for

they think that they shall be heard

for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto

them: for your Father

knoweth

what things ye have

need of, be-

fore ye ask him.

After this manner therefore

pray ye: Our

Father which art in

heaven,

Hallowed be thy

name.

10 Thy

kingdom come. Thy

will be done

in earth, as it is in

heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily

bread.

12 And forgive us our

debts, as

forgive our debtors.

46 a Prov. 19:6.

48 a

JSt Matt. 5:50 Ye are

therefore commanded to

be perfect . . .

gr complete, finished,

fully developed.

D&C 67:13.

tg God, the Standard

of Righteousness;

Godliness; Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn;

Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father;

Mission of Early Saints;

Objectives;

Perfection.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

tg God, Perfection of.

1 a JSt Matt. 6:1 And it came

to pass that, as Jesus

taught his disciples, he

said unto them, Take

heed . . .

3 Ne. 13:1 (1–34).

gr righteousness, acts

of religious devotion.

tg Almsgiving;

Generosity; Motivations;

Poor.

2 a

gr pretenders; the

Greek word means “a

play actor,” or “one

who feigns, represents

dramatically, or

exaggerates a part.”

tg Hypocrisy.

b D&C 121:35 (34–35).

4 a

tg Welfare.

b Luke 14:14.

5 a Alma 31:14 (14–22).

6 a Alma 33:7 (4–11);

34:26 (17–27).

b 2 Kgs. 4:33.

tg Prayer.

tg Meditation.

tg God, Omniscience of.

tg Reward.

7 a Eccl. 5:2;

Alma 31:20;

3 Ne. 19:24.

tg Heathen.

8 a D&C 84:83 (81–86).

tg God, Intelligence of;

God, Omniscience of.

b Ps. 23:1.

9 a

ie It is in this way that

you ought to pray.

tg Prayer.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

gr Let Thy name be

sanctified.

tg Name.

10 a

tg Kingdom of God,

on Earth;

Millennium.

tg God, Will of.

gr on earth.

11 a

tg Bread.

12 a

gr debts, offenses,

faults, or sins.

tg Debt.

tg Forgive.

1196MATTHEW 6:13–31

And

lead us not into

tempta-

tion,

but deliver us from evil: For

thine is the kingdom, and the power,

and the

glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if ye

forgive men their

trespasses, your heavenly Father

will also forgive you:

15 But if ye

forgive not men their

trespasses, neither will your Father

forgive your trespasses.

16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not,

as the hypocrites, of a sad counte-

nance: for they disfigure their faces,

that they may appear unto men to

fast. Verily I say unto you, They

have their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest,

anoint thine head, and wash thy

face;

18 That thou appear not unto men

fast, but unto thy Father which

is in secret: and thy Father, which

seeth in secret, shall

reward thee

openly.

19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves

treasures upon earth, where moth

and rust doth corrupt, and where

thieves

break through and steal:

20 But lay up for yourselves

trea-

sures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust doth corrupt, and where

thieves do not break through nor

steal:

21 For where your treasure is, there

will your heart be also.

22 The light of the body is the eye:

if therefore thine

eye be

single, thy

whole body shall be full of

light.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy

whole body shall be full of dark-

ness. If therefore the light that is

in thee be darkness, how great is

that

darkness!

24 ¶

No man can

serve two

mas-

ters: for either he will

hate the

one, and love the other; or else he

will hold to the one, and despise

the other. Ye cannot serve God and

mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Take

thought for your life, what ye

shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor

yet for your body, what ye shall put

on. Is not the life more than meat,

and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for

they sow not, neither do they reap,

nor gather into barns; yet your heav-

enly Father feedeth them. Are ye

not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought

can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for

raiment?

Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not,

neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, That

even Solomon in all his glory was

not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the

grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven,

shall he not much more clothe you,

O ye of little

faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, say-

ing, What shall we eat? or, What

13 a JSt Matt. 6:14 And suffer

us not to be led into

temptation . . .

b Syriac: do not let us

enter into temptation.

tg Temptation; Test.

gr but protect us from

the evil one.

tg Deliver; Evil.

e 1 Chr. 29:11.

tg Glory.

14 a

tg Forbear.

15 a

tg Forgive.

16 a Zech. 7:5 (5–6).

gr receive.

18 a

tg Fast, Fasting;

Motivations.

tg Reward.

19 a

tg Family, Managing

Finances in.

gr dig through (as an

earthen wall).

20 a Heb. 10:34;

1 Pet. 1:4 (1–16).

tg Treasure.

tg Stealing.

22 a 3 Ne. 13:22;

Morm. 8:15;

D&C 4:5; 59:1 (1–2).

gr healthy, sincere,

without guile.

JSt Matt. 6:22 . . . single

to the glory of God . . .

tg Dedication.

c D&C 93:28 (28, 36–38).

23 a

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

24 a

tg Loyalty.

tg Service.

c Alma 5:39 (39–42).

tg Hate.

tg Idolatry; Treasure;

Worldliness.

25 a

JSt Matt. 6:25–27

(Appendix).

gr anxious concern.

Ps. 55:22; Prov. 16:3;

Luke 12:22;

Philip. 4:6;

3 Ne. 13:25;

D&C 84:81.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

28 a

tg Meditation.

30 a

JSt Matt. 6:34 . . . how

much more will he not

provide for you, if ye are

not of little faith?

tg Faith.

1197 MATTHEW 6:32–7:12

shall we drink? or, Wherewithal

shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do

the Gentiles seek:) for your heav-

enly Father

knoweth that ye have

need of all these things.

But

seek ye first the

kingdom

of God, and his

righteousness; and

all these

things shall be

added

unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for

the morrow: for the morrow shall

take

thought for the things of it-

self. Sufficient unto the day is the

evil thereof.

CHAPTER 7

Jesus concludes the Sermon on the

Mount—He commands, Judge not; ask

of God; beware of false prophets—He

promises salvation to those who do the

will of the Father.

J not, that ye be not

judged.

2 For with what

judgment ye

judge, ye shall be judged: and with

what

measure ye mete, it shall be

measured to you again.

And why beholdest thou the

mote that is in thy brother’s eye,

but considerest not the

beam that

is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy

brother, Let me pull out the mote

out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam

is in thine own eye?

5 Thou

hypocrite, first cast out

the beam out of thine own eye; and

then shalt thou see clearly to cast

out the mote out of thy brother’s

eye.

6 ¶

Give not that which is

holy

unto the dogs, neither cast ye your

pearls before swine, lest they tram-

ple them under their feet, and turn

again and rend you.

7 ¶

Ask, and it shall be

given you;

seek, and ye shall find;

knock, and

it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiv-

eth; and he that

seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall

be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you,

whom if his son ask

bread, will he

give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give

him a serpent?

11 If ye then,

being evil, know

how to give good gifts unto your

children, how much more shall your

Father which is in heaven give good

things to them that ask him?

12 Therefore all things

whatsoever

32 a Hel. 8:8; D&C 84:83.

33 a

JSt Matt. 6:38 Wherefore,

seek not the things of this

world but seek ye first to

build up the kingdom of

God, and to establish his

righteousness . . .

b 1 Kgs. 3:13;

Alma 39:14 (12–14);

D&C 6:7 (6–7); 11:23;

68:31 (31–32); 106:3.

tg Commitment;

Dedication;

Priesthood, Magnifying

Callings within.

c Col. 3:2.

tg Mission of Early

Saints; Objectives.

d Prov. 21:21.

tg God, the Standard

of Righteousness;

Righteousness.

e Prov. 28:10.

tg Blessing.

f 2 Ne. 5:11 (10–13);

Mosiah 2:41.

tg Abundant Life.

34 a D&C 84:84.

1 a JSt Matt. 7:1–2 Now

these are the words which

Jesus taught his disciples

that they should say unto

the people. Judge not

unrighteously, that ye

be not judged; but judge

righteous judgment.

Alma 41:14 (14–15);

3 Ne. 14:1 (1–27);

D&C 11:12.

tg Accountability.

2 a

tg Judgment.

b Prov. 11:25; D&C 1:10.

c Esth. 7:10; 1 Ne. 14:3;

D&C 10:26 (25–27).

3 a

JSt Matt. 7:4–8

(Appendix).

gr speck, chip, or

splinter.

tg Gossip.

c The Greek word refers

to a wooden beam used

in constructing houses.

5 a

tg Hypocrisy.

6 a

JSt Matt. 7:9–11

(Appendix).

tg Holiness; Sacred;

Sacrilege.

c Prov. 23:9;

Matt. 15:26 (26–28);

D&C 6:12 (10–12);

10:37 (36–37); 41:6.

7 a

JSt Matt. 7:12–17

(Appendix).

Isa. 58:9 (8–9);

Hel. 10:5 (4–11);

D&C 6:5.

tg Faith; God,

Access to; Prayer;

Problem-Solving.

tg Revelation.

tg Meditation;

Objectives; Study.

tg Learn.

8 a

tg Education.

9 a

tg Bread.

11 a

gr although you are

wicked.

12 a

tg Good Works.

1198MATTHEW 7:13–27

ye would that

men should

do to

you,

do ye even so to them: for this

is the

law and the prophets.

13 ¶ Enter ye in at the

strait

gate:

for wide is the gate, and broad is the

way, that leadeth to

destruction, and

many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because

strait is the

gate, and

narrow is the way, which leadeth

unto

life, and few there be that

find it.

15 ¶ Beware of

false prophets,

which come to you in

sheep’s

clothing, but

inwardly they are

ravening

wolves.

16 Ye shall

know them by their

fruits. Do men gather grapes of

thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth

forth

good

fruit; but a

corrupt tree

bringeth forth

evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth

evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree

bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that bringeth not

forth good

fruit is

hewn down,

and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their

fruits ye

shall know them.

21 ¶ Not every one that

saith unto

me,

Lord, Lord, shall enter into the

kingdom of heaven; but he that

do-

eth the

will of my Father which is

heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day,

Lord, Lord, have we not

prophesied

in thy name? and in thy

name have

cast out devils? and in thy name

done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto

them, I never knew you:

depart

from me, ye that work

iniquity.

24 ¶ Therefore whosoever

heareth

these sayings of mine, and

doeth

them,

I will liken him unto a

wise

man, which

built his house upon

a rock:

25 And the

rain descended, and

the floods came, and the winds

blew, and

beat upon that house;

and it fell not: for it was founded

upon a

rock.

26 And every one that heareth

these sayings of mine, and doeth

them not, shall be likened unto a

foolish man, which built his house

upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and

12 b tg Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in.

c Deut. 15:15 (12–15);

Prov. 24:29.

tg Citizenship;

Courtesy;

Kindness.

tg Benevolence.

tg Law of Moses.

13 a

gr narrow; see also

2 Ne. 31:17–21.

b Luke 13:24; 3 Ne. 27:33;

D&C 22:4 (1–4); 43:7.

c D&C 132:25.

tg Hell.

14 a Mosiah 3:17.

b 1 Ne. 8:20 (19–24);

2 Ne. 33:9.

tg Baptism, Essential.

c Jer. 21:8.

15 a

tg False Prophets.

tg Sheep.

tg Hypocrisy.

tg Guile.

16 a

gr recognize, detect.

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

b Prov. 20:11;

Jer. 28:9 (8–9); Luke 6:44;

Moro. 7:6 (5–17).

tg Good Works.

17 a The Greek wording

carries the meaning of

beautiful, precious fruit

without blemish.

b Matt. 12:33;

3 Ne. 14:20 (17–20).

gr decayed, rotten, stale.

gr bad, spoiled,

degenerate.

19 a Luke 3:9; John 15:2 (1–6);

Jacob 5:26 (26–60);

Alma 5:36; D&C 97:7.

b Luke 13:7.

20 a James 2:18 (14–26);

1 Jn. 3:10 (10–18).

21 a Titus 1:16.

tg Hypocrisy;

Sincere.

Hosea 8:2 (1–4); Luke 6:46.

c Luke 8:21 (9–21);

D&C 138:4.

tg Duty; Good Works;

Obedience.

tg God, Will of.

JSt Matt. 7:30–31 . . .

heaven. For the day

soon cometh, that men

shall come before me to

judgment, to be judged

according to their works.

22 a Jer. 23:25 (25–32).

tg Unrighteous

Dominion.

b D&C 84:67.

tg Name.

23 a

JSt Matt. 7:33 And then

will I say, Ye never knew

me . . .

Ps. 101:4; Matt. 25:12;

Mosiah 26:27 (23–27);

3 Ne. 14:23.

b Ps. 119:115.

tg Judgment, the Last.

gr lawlessness.

tg Sin.

24 a Mosiah 4:10;

Hel. 5:12 (9–12);

D&C 41:5.

tg Commitment;

Obedience.

gr he will resemble.

tg Wisdom.

e D&C 6:34; 11:24.

gr the rock.

3 Ne. 11:39 (39–40).

25 a D&C 90:5.

tg Adversity.

tg Rock.

26 a

tg Foolishness.

1199 MATTHEW 7:28–8:16

the floods came, and the winds blew,

and beat upon that

house; and it

fell: and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus

had ended

these sayings, the people

were

astonished at his

doctrine:

29 For he taught them as one having

authority, and not as

the scribes.

CHAPTER 8

Jesus heals a leper, cures the centurion’s

servant and others, stills the tempest,

and casts out devils—The devils enter

a herd of swine.

W he was come down from the

mountain, great multitudes fol-

lowed him.

2 And, behold, there came a

leper

and worshipped him, saying, Lord,

if thou wilt, thou canst make me

clean.

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and

touched him, saying, I will; be thou

clean. And immediately his leprosy

was

cleansed.

4 And Jesus saith unto him, See

thou tell no man; but go thy way,

shew thyself to the priest, and offer

the gift that Moses commanded, for

a testimony unto them.

5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered

into Capernaum, there came unto

him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying, Lord, my

servant

lieth at home sick of the

palsy,

grievously tormented.

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will

come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said,

Lord, I am not

worthy that thou

shouldest come under my roof: but

speak the word only, and my ser-

vant shall be

healed.

9 For I am a man under

authority,

having soldiers under me: and I say

to this man, Go, and he goeth; and

to another, Come, and he cometh;

and to my servant, Do this, and he

doeth it.

When Jesus heard it, he mar-

velled, and said to them that fol-

lowed, Verily I say unto you, I have

not found so great

faith, no, not

in Israel.

11 And I say unto you, That

many

shall come from the east and west,

and shall sit down with Abraham,

and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king-

dom of heaven.

12 But the

children of the king-

dom shall be cast out into

outer

darkness: there shall be

weeping

and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said unto the centu-

rion, Go thy way; and as thou hast

believed, so be it done unto thee.

And his servant was healed in the

selfsame hour.

14 ¶ And when Jesus was come

into Peter’s house, he saw his

wife’s

mother

laid, and sick of a fever.

15 And he

touched her hand, and

the fever left her: and she arose, and

ministered unto them.

16 ¶ When the even was come, they

brought unto him many that were

possessed with

devils: and he cast

out the

spirits with his word, and

healed all that were sick:

27 a Prov. 14:11.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

28 a

JSt Matt. 7:36 . . . these

sayings with his disciples,

the people . . .

b Matt. 13:54.

c John 7:16; 2 Ne. 31:21.

29 a

JSt Matt. 7:37 . . . author-

ity from God, and not as

having authority from the

scribes.

tg Jesus Christ, Au-

thority of; Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of;

Teaching with the Spirit.

gr their scribes.

tg Scribe.

2 a tg Leprosy.

3 a

tg Miracle.

6 a

gr child, servant, son;

see John 4:43–54.

gr paralysis.

8 a

gr fit, qualified.

tg Heal.

9 a

tg Authority.

10 a

JSt Matt. 8:9 And when

they that followed him,

heard this, they marveled.

And when Jesus . . .

b 3 Ne. 17:8 (5–20).

11 a Luke 13:29 (28–30);

Acts 10:45;

2 Ne. 10:18 (9–18);

D&C 45:9.

12 a 2 Ne. 30:2.

b Matt. 22:13 (1–14);

D&C 77:8; 133:72.

c Isa. 65:14;

Matt. 13:42;

Rev. 19:20;

D&C 112:24.

14 a 1 Cor. 9:5;

1 Tim. 4:3.

gr lying sick and

feverish.

15 a

gr took hold of.

16 a Matt. 4:24; 9:32 (32–34).

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

tg Heal.

1200MATTHEW 8:17–9:4

17 That it might be fulfilled which

was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying,

Himself took our

infirmi-

ties, and bare our

sicknesses.

18 ¶ Now when Jesus saw great

multitudes about him, he gave

commandment to depart unto the

other side.

19 And a certain scribe came, and

said unto him, Master, I will

thee whithersoever thou goest.

20 And Jesus saith unto him, The

foxes have holes, and the birds of

the air have nests; but the Son of

man hath not where to lay his head.

21 And another of his disciples said

unto him, Lord,

suffer me first to

go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said unto him,

Fol-

low me; and let the

dead bury

their dead.

23 ¶ And when he was entered into

a ship, his disciples followed him.

24 And, behold, there arose a great

tempest in the sea, insomuch that

the ship was covered with the waves:

but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him,

and awoke him, saying, Lord, save

us: we perish.

26 And he saith unto them, Why

are ye

fearful, O ye of little faith?

Then he arose, and

rebuked the

winds and the sea; and there was a

great calm.

27 But the men marvelled, say-

ing, What manner of man is this,

that even the winds and the

sea

obey him!

28 ¶ And when he was come to

the other side into the country of

the Gergesenes, there met him two

possessed with

devils, coming out

of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so

that no man might pass by that way.

29 And, behold, they cried out,

saying, What have we to do with

thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art

thou come hither to torment us be-

fore

the time?

30 And there was a good way off

from them an herd of many swine

feeding.

31 So the devils besought him,

saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us

to go away into the herd of swine.

32 And he said unto them, Go.

And when they were come out, they

went into the herd of swine: and,

behold, the whole herd of swine ran

violently down a steep place into

the sea, and perished in the waters.

33 And they that kept them fled,

and went their ways into the city, and

told every thing, and what was be-

fallen to the possessed of the devils.

34 And, behold, the whole city

came out to

meet Jesus: and when

they saw him, they besought him that

he would depart out of their

coasts.

CHAPTER 9

Jesus forgives sins, heals a paralytic,

and calls Matthew—Jesus eats with sin-

ners, heals a woman who touches His

garments, and raises Jairus’s daughter

to life—He opens the eyes of the blind,

casts out a devil, and preaches the gospel.

A he entered into a ship, and

passed over, and came into his own

city.

2 And, behold, they brought to him

a man sick of the

palsy, lying on

a bed: and Jesus seeing their

faith

said unto the sick of the palsy; Son,

be of good

cheer; thy

sins be for-

given thee.

3 And, behold, certain of the

scribes said within themselves, This

man blasphemeth.

4 And Jesus

knowing their

17 a gr He Himself.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Sickness.

19 a Luke 9:57;

2 Ne. 31:10 (10–13);

Moro. 7:11;

D&C 4:3; 56:2.

21 a

gr let, allow.

22 a

tg Commitment.

tg Death.

24 a Jonah 1:4;

1 Ne. 18:13 (9–13).

26 a

tg Courage; Fearful.

b Ps. 65:7; 89:9; 107:29.

tg God, Power of.

27 a Hel. 12:16 (8–17).

28 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

29 a

gr the appointed hour.

34 a John 12:18.

gr lands, regions.

2 a gr stroke, paralysis.

b Luke 7:50.

c D&C 68:6; 112:4.

d D&C 25:3; 62:3.

4 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

1201 MATTHEW 9:5–24

thoughts said, Wherefore think ye

evil in your hearts?

For whether is easier, to say,

Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to

say, Arise, and walk?

6 But that ye may know that the

Son of man hath

power on earth

forgive sins, (then saith he to

the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up

thy bed, and go unto thine house.

7 And he arose, and departed to

his house.

8 But when the multitudes saw

it, they marvelled, and glorified

God, which had given such power

unto men.

9 ¶ And as Jesus passed forth

from thence, he saw a man, named

Matthew, sitting at the

receipt of

custom: and he saith unto him, Fol-

low me. And he arose, and followed

him.

10 ¶ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat

at meat in the house, behold, many

publicans and sinners came and sat

down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it,

they said unto his disciples,

Why

eateth your Master with publicans

and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he

said unto them, They that be whole

need not a physician, but they that

are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that

meaneth,

will have

mercy, and

not sacrifice: for I am not come to

call the

righteous, but sinners to

repentance.

14 ¶ Then came to him the dis-

ciples of John, saying, Why do we

and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy

disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can

the children of the bridechamber

mourn, as long as the bridegroom

is with them? but the days will

come, when the bridegroom shall

be taken from them,

and then shall

they fast.

No man putteth a piece of

new

cloth unto an old garment, for that

which is put in to fill it up taketh

from the garment, and the rent is

made worse.

17 Neither do men put new wine

into old bottles: else the bottles

break, and the wine runneth out,

and the bottles perish: but they put

new wine into new bottles, and both

are preserved.

18 ¶ While he spake these things

unto them, behold, there came a

certain

ruler, and worshipped him,

saying,

My daughter is even now

dead: but come and lay thy

hand

upon her, and she shall

live.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed

him, and so did his disciples.

20 ¶ And, behold, a woman, which

was diseased with an

issue of

blood

twelve years, came behind him, and

touched the hem of his garment:

21 For she said within herself, If I

may but touch his garment, I shall

whole.

22 But Jesus turned him about,

and when he saw her, he said,

Daughter, be of good comfort; thy

faith hath made thee

whole. And

the woman was made whole from

that hour.

23 And when Jesus came into the

ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels

and the people making a noise,

24 He said unto them, Give place:

for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

And they

laughed him to scorn.

5 a JSt Matt. 9:5 For is it not

easier to say, Thy sins

be forgiven thee, than to

say, Arise and walk?

6 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

gr authority. tg Jesus

Christ, Authority of.

tg Forgive.

9 a Luke 5:27 (27–32).

gr tax office.

11 a See

JSt Mark 3:21–25

(Appendix).

Isa. 53:3 (1–3); 65:5.

13 a Hosea 6:6.

gr desire.

tg Mercy.

d 1 Tim. 1:15.

tg Righteousness.

tg Repent.

15 a

tg Fast, Fasting.

16 a

JSt Matt. 9:18–21

(Appendix).

gr unshrunken.

18 a Luke 8:41.

JSt Matt. 9:24 . . . My

daughter is even now

dying . . .

tg Administrations to

the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

d D&C 66:9.

20 a

gr hemorrhage.

b Lev. 15:25.

21 a

gr free from disease.

22 a

tg Heal.

24 a

gr ridiculed Him.

1 Ne. 8:27 (26–27).

tg Laughter.

1202MATTHEW 9:25–10:5

25 But when the people were put

forth, he went in, and took her by

the hand, and the maid arose.

26 And the fame hereof went

abroad into all that land.

27 ¶ And when Jesus departed

thence, two blind men followed

him, crying, and saying, Thou Son

of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the

house, the

blind men came to him:

and Jesus saith unto them,

Believe

ye that I am able to do this? They

said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes,

saying, According to your

faith be

it unto you.

30 And their

eyes were

opened;

and Jesus

straitly charged them,

saying, See that no man know it.

31 But they, when they were de-

parted,

spread abroad his

fame in

all that country.

32 ¶ As they went out, behold,

they brought to him a dumb man

possessed with a

devil.

33 And when the devil was cast

out, the dumb spake: and the mul-

titudes marvelled, saying, It was

never so seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He

casteth out devils through the prince

of the devils.

35 And Jesus went about all the

cities and villages,

teaching in

their synagogues, and preaching

the

gospel of the kingdom, and

healing every sickness and every

disease among the people.

36 ¶ But when he saw the multi-

tudes, he was moved with

compas-

sion on them, because

they fainted,

and were scattered abroad, as

sheep

having no

shepherd.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples,

The

harvest truly is plenteous, but

the

labourers are few;

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of

the harvest, that he will send forth

labourers into his harvest.

CHAPTER 10

Jesus instructs and empowers the

Twelve Apostles and sends them forth

to preach, minister, and heal the sick—

Those who receive the Twelve receive

the Lord.

A when he had

called unto him

his

twelve disciples, he gave them

power against

unclean spirits, to

cast them out, and to

heal all man-

ner of

sickness and all manner of

disease.

2 Now the names of the twelve

apostles are these; The first, Simon,

who is called Peter, and Andrew his

brother; James the son of Zebedee,

and John his brother;

3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas,

and Matthew the

publican; James

the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus,

whose surname was Thaddæus;

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas

Iscariot, who also

betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus

sent forth,

and commanded them, saying, Go

not into the way of the Gentiles,

and into any city of the

Samaritans

enter ye not:

28 a Matt. 20:30 (30–34);

John 9:1 (1–4);

Mosiah 3:5;

3 Ne. 17:9 (7–10);

D&C 84:69.

gr Do you have faith

that.

29 a

tg Faith.

30 a Ps. 146:8 (1–10).

tg Heal;

Miracle.

gr warned them sternly.

31 a Mark 7:36.

b John 12:19.

32 a Matt. 4:24;

8:16 (16, 28, 33).

35 a Matt. 4:23.

b D&C 84:80 (79–80);

JS—M 1:31.

c Mosiah 3:5.

36 a

tg Compassion.

gr they were harassed.

tg Sheep.

tg Jesus Christ, Good

Shepherd;

Shepherd.

37 a Luke 10:2.

tg Harvest.

b Jacob 5:70.

1 a 1 Ne. 12:7 (6–7);

Moro. 2:2 (1–3).

tg Delegation of

Responsibility.

tg Apostles.

gr authority over.

D&C 50:32.

tg Authority;

Jesus Christ, Power of;

Priesthood, Power of.

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean;

Uncleanness.

tg Heal.

tg Sickness.

3 a

gr tax collector.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

5 a 3 Ne. 28:34;

D&C 107:35.

b Luke 9:52.

1203 MATTHEW 10:6–26

6 But go rather to the

lost

sheep

of the house of Israel.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying,

The kingdom of heaven

is at hand.

Heal the sick, cleanse the

lep-

ers, raise the dead,

cast out devils:

freely ye have received, freely

give.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver,

nor brass in your

purses,

10 Nor

scrip for your journey, nei-

ther two coats, neither shoes, nor yet

staves: for the workman is

worthy

of his

meat.

11 And into whatsoever city or

town ye shall

enter, inquire who

in it is worthy; and there abide till

ye go thence.

12 And when ye come into an

house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy,

let your peace come upon it: but

if it be not worthy, let your peace

return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive

you, nor hear your words, when ye

depart out of that house or city,

shake off the

dust of your

feet.

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall

be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom and Gomorrha in the day

of judgment, than for that city.

16 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as

sheep in the midst of wolves: be

ye therefore

wise as serpents, and

harmless as doves.

17 But beware of men: for they

will deliver you up to the councils,

and they will scourge you in their

synagogues;

18 And ye shall be brought before

governors and

kings

for my sake,

for a

testimony against them and

the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up,

take no thought how or what ye

shall speak: for it shall be given

you in that same hour what ye shall

speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but

the

Spirit of your Father which

speaketh in you.

21 And the brother shall deliver

up the brother to death, and the

father the child: and the children

shall rise up against their parents,

and cause them to be put to death.

22 And ye shall be

hated of all men

for my

name’s sake: but he that

endureth to the end shall be saved.

23 But when they persecute you

in this city, flee ye into another: for

verily I say unto you, Ye shall not

have gone over the cities of Israel,

till the Son of man be come.

24 The

disciple is not above his

master, nor the servant above his

lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple

that

he be as his master, and the servant

as his lord. If they have called the

master of the house Beelzebub, how

much more shall they call them of

his household?

26 Fear them not therefore: for

6 a tg Missionary Work.

tg Sheep.

7 a

gr has come.

8 a Luke 9:2; D&C 84:68.

tg Leprosy.

c D&C 84:67.

gr without payment.

Isa. 55:1.

tg Generosity.

9 a Luke 10:4; 22:35 (35–36);

D&C 24:18; 84:78.

10 a

gr traveling bag or

beggar’s bag.

Mark 6:8.

b 1 Cor. 9:14.

c Num. 18:31; Luke 10:7.

11 a D&C 24:15.

14 a Luke 10:11 (11–12);

Acts 13:51;

D&C 75:20 (19–22).

b Acts 18:6 (5–6);

D&C 60:15;

84:92 (92–93).

15 a Ezek. 16:48.

16 a Luke 10:3.

b Jacob 6:12;

Alma 18:22;

Morm. 9:28;

D&C 111:11.

gr guileless.

18 a Ps. 119:46;

Acts 9:15;

D&C 1:23;

124:3 (3, 16, 107).

gr on account of me.

gr witness to.

19 a

gr do not be anxiously

concerned.

Dan. 3:16;

Acts 20:24.

b Ex. 4:12 (12–15);

Mark 13:11;

Luke 21:15 (14–15);

D&C 24:6.

tg Teaching.

20 a

tg God, Spirit of;

Teaching with the

Spirit.

22 a 1 Ne. 22:5.

tg Hate; Martyrdom;

Persecution.

gr because of my name.

tg Name.

d Mark 13:13;

3 Ne. 15:9;

D&C 10:4; 53:7.

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

24 a John 15:20.

25 a

gr that he become.

1204MATTHEW 10:27–11:1

there is nothing

covered, that shall

not be revealed; and hid, that

shall not be known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that

speak ye in light: and what ye hear

in the ear, that preach ye upon the

housetops.

28 And

fear not them which kill

the body, but are not able to kill the

soul: but rather

fear him which

is able to

destroy both

soul and

body in

hell.

29 Are not two

sparrows sold for

a farthing? and one of them shall

not fall on the ground without your

Father.

30 But the very

hairs of your head

are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of

value than many

sparrows.

32 Whosoever therefore shall

confess me before men, him will I

confess also before my Father which

is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall

deny me

before men, him will I also deny be-

fore my Father which is in heaven.

34 Think not that I am come to

send

peace on earth: I came not

to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at

variance against his father, and the

daughter against her mother, and

the daughter in law against her

mother in law.

36 And a man’s

foes shall be they

of his own

household.

37 He that

loveth father or mother

more than me is not worthy of me:

and he that

loveth son or daughter

more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not his

cross, and followeth after me, is

not

worthy of me.

He that findeth his life shall

lose it: and he that

loseth his

life

for my sake shall find it.

40 ¶ He that

receiveth you

receiv-

eth me, and he that receiveth me

receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that

receiveth a prophet

in the name of a prophet shall re-

ceive a prophet’s

reward; and he

that receiveth a righteous man in

the name of a righteous man shall

receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 And whosoever shall give to

drink unto one of these little ones

a cup of cold water only in the

name of a disciple, verily I say unto

you, he shall in no wise

lose his

reward.

CHAPTER 11

Jesus acclaims John as more than a

prophet—The cities of Chorazin, Beth-

saida, and Capernaum are rebuked for

unbelief—The Son reveals the Father—

The yoke of Christ is easy, and His

burden is light.

A it came to pass, when Jesus

had made an end of commanding

his twelve disciples, he departed

thence to teach and to

preach in

their cities.

26 a Morm. 5:8.

28 a Isa. 51:7; Jer. 1:8 (7–8);

Luke 12:4 (4–5).

b Deut. 13:8 (6–11);

D&C 3:7 (6–8).

tg Devil.

tg Soul.

tg Hell.

29 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

30 a Luke 21:18 (17–18).

31 a Gen. 39:3 (1–6);

Ps. 37:25;

Rom. 8:39 (35–39);

1 Ne. 17:3 (1–5, 12–14);

Mosiah 2:41;

D&C 121:33.

tg Nature, Earth.

32 a

gr solemnly covenant

with, promise me.

tg Witness.

33 a Rom. 1:16 (15–18);

2 Tim. 2:12 (10–15);

2 Ne. 31:14 (12–21);

D&C 101:5 (1–5).

34 a John 7:43.

tg Peace.

36 a

tg Persecution.

b Micah 7:6.

37 a

tg Love.

b Luke 14:26.

c 1 Sam. 2:29.

38 a Matt. 16:24;

Luke 9:23; 14:27;

3 Ne. 12:30;

D&C 23:6.

tg Worthiness.

39 a

JSt Matt. 10:34 He who

seeketh to save his life . . .

gr sacrifice.

c Luke 9:24 (23–26).

tg Loyalty.

tg Martyrdom;

Self-Sacrifice.

40 a Luke 9:48; 10:16;

D&C 84:36 (36–38).

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within; Teachable.

b Ex. 16:8.

tg Hospitality.

41 a

tg Sustaining Church

Leaders.

tg Reward.

42 a

tg Name.

b Mark 9:41;

D&C 84:90.

1 a tg Missionary Work.

1205 MATTHEW 11:2–23

2 Now when

John had heard in

the prison the works of Christ, he

sent two of his disciples,

3 And said unto him, Art thou he

that should come, or do we look for

another?

4 Jesus answered and said unto

them, Go and shew John again those

things which ye do hear and see:

5 The

blind receive their

sight,

and the lame walk, the

lepers are

cleansed, and the deaf hear, the

dead are raised up, and the

poor

have the gospel preached to them.

6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall

not be

offended in me.

7 ¶ And as they departed, Jesus

began to say unto the multitudes

concerning John, What went ye out

into the wilderness to see? A reed

shaken with the wind?

8 But what went ye out for to see?

A man clothed in soft raiment? be-

hold, they that wear soft clothing are

kings’ houses.

9 But what went ye out for to see?

A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and

more than a

prophet.

10 For this is he, of whom it is writ-

ten, Behold, I send my

messenger

before thy face, which shall

pre-

pare thy way before thee.

11 Verily I say unto you, Among

them that are born of

women there

hath not risen a greater than

John

the Baptist:

notwithstanding he that

is least in the kingdom of heaven is

greater than he.

12 And from the days of John the

Baptist until now the kingdom of

heaven suffereth violence, and

the

violent take it by force.

For all the

prophets and the

law

prophesied until John.

14 And if ye will receive it, this is

Elias, which was for to come.

15 He that hath ears to

hear, let

him hear.

16 ¶ But whereunto shall I liken

this generation? It is like unto chil-

dren sitting in the markets, and

calling unto their fellows,

17 And saying, We have piped

unto you, and ye have not danced;

we have mourned unto you, and ye

have not lamented.

18 For John came neither eating

nor drinking, and they say, He hath

a devil.

19 The Son of man came eating

and drinking, and they say, Behold

a man gluttonous, and

a winebib-

ber, a friend of

publicans and sin-

ners. But wisdom is justified

her children.

20 ¶ Then began he to upbraid the

cities wherein most of his mighty

works were done, because they re-

pented not:

21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe

unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the

mighty works, which were done

in you, had been done in Tyre and

Sidon, they would have

repented

long ago in sackcloth and

ashes.

22 But I say unto you, It shall be

tolerable for Tyre and Sidon

at the day of judgment, than for

you.

23 And thou, Capernaum, which

art

exalted unto heaven, shalt be

brought down to

hell: for if the

mighty works, which have been

done in thee, had been done in

2 a Luke 7:18 (18–35).

4 a John 5:36.

5 a Ps. 146:8; Isa. 42:7.

tg Sight.

tg Leprosy.

d D&C 35:15.

6 a Isa. 8:14 (14–15);

Matt. 24:10.

8 a

tg Kings, Earthly.

9 a Matt. 14:5; 21:26;

Luke 20:6.

10 a Mal. 3:1; Mark 1:2;

1 Ne. 11:27;

D&C 35:4; 45:9.

b Isa. 40:3.

11 a

tg Woman.

b John 5:35 (32–35).

gr but he who is less

important.

Luke 7:28; D&C 50:26.

12 a

gr violent men are

seizing control of it, or

plundering it.

13 a

JSt Matt. 11:13–15

(Appendix).

b Zech. 7:12; 1 Ne. 3:20;

Mosiah 15:13.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

ie The law and prophets

foretold such violence.

14 a Luke 1:17.

15 a Ezek. 33:31 (30–33);

Heb. 5:11 (11–14);

2 Ne. 9:31; D&C 1:14.

19 a

gr a drunkard.

gr tax collectors.

gr by her deeds, works.

20 a Alma 34:31 (31–36);

3 Ne. 9:3; D&C 84:114.

21 a Ezek. 3:6.

b Job 2:8; 42:6.

22 a D&C 45:54; 75:22.

23 a

tg Haughtiness.

tg Hell.

1206MATTHEW 11:24–12:11

Sodom, it would have remained

until this day.

24 But I say unto you, That it shall

be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom in the day of judgment,

than for thee.

25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered

and said, I

thank thee, O Father,

Lord of heaven and earth, because

thou hast

hid these things from

the wise and

prudent, and hast

revealed them unto

babes.

26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed

good in thy sight.

27 All

things are delivered unto

me of my Father: and no man

knoweth the Son, but the Father; nei-

ther

knoweth any man the Father,

save the Son,

and he to whomsoever

the Son will

reveal him.

28 ¶

Come unto me, all ye that

labour and are heavy laden, and I

will give you

rest.

29 Take my

yoke upon you, and

learn of me; for I am

meek and

lowly in

heart: and ye shall find

rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is

easy, and my

burden is light.

CHAPTER 12

Jesus proclaims Himself Lord of the

Sabbath and heals on the Sabbath

day—He is accused of casting out devils

through the power of Beelzebub—He

speaks of blasphemy against the Holy

Ghost and says that an evil and adul-

terous generation seeks signs.

A that time Jesus went on the

sab-

bath day through the

corn; and

his disciples were an hungred, and

began to pluck the

ears of corn,

and to eat.

2 But when the Pharisees saw it,

they said unto him, Behold, thy dis-

ciples do that which is not lawful

to do upon the sabbath day.

3 But he said unto them, Have ye

not

read what

David did, when

he was an hungred, and they that

were with him;

4 How he entered into the house

of God, and did eat the

shewbread,

which was not lawful for him to eat,

neither for them which were with

him, but only for the priests?

5 Or have ye not read in the law,

how that on the

sabbath days the

priests in the temple profane the

sabbath, and are blameless?

6 But I say unto you, That in this

place is one greater than the

temple.

7 But if ye had known what this

meaneth, I will have

mercy, and

not sacrifice, ye would not have

condemned the guiltless.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even

of the

sabbath day.

9 And when he was departed

thence, he went into their synagogue:

10 ¶ And, behold, there was a man

which had his hand withered. And

they asked him, saying, Is it lawful

to heal on the sabbath days? that

they might accuse him.

11 And he said unto them, What

man shall there be among you,

24 a Ezek. 16:48.

25 a

gr praise.

Luke 10:21.

b Matt. 13:11;

D&C 6:11 (11–12).

tg Prudence.

d Alma 32:23;

D&C 133:58.

gr innocent people.

2 Ne. 9:42 (42–43);

Alma 32:23;

3 Ne. 26:16 (14–16);

D&C 128:18.

27 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

tg Knowledge.

JSt Matt. 11:28 . . . and

they to whom the Son

will reveal himself; they

shall see the Father also.

d Luke 10:22;

John 14:6 (6–14).

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

28 a Ps. 55:22;

Isa. 55:3;

D&C 10:67.

tg Problem-Solving.

tg Labor.

tg Rest.

29 a 1 Jn. 2:6.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of.

b D&C 32:1.

tg Learn.

gr gentle and humble.

tg Humility;

Meek.

tg Contrite Heart.

tg Heart.

f Mosiah 2:41;

Alma 37:34 (33–34);

D&C 54:10; 59:23.

tg Comfort.

30 a 1 Jn. 5:3 (1–5);

Alma 37:46 (43–47).

1 a John 5:9.

gr grain.

c Deut. 23:25.

3 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

b 1 Sam. 21:6 (3–6).

4 a

tg Bread, Shewbread.

5 a Num. 28:9 (9–10).

6 a

tg Temple.

7 a Hosea 6:6.

8 a

tg Sabbath.

1207 MATTHEW 12:12–32

that shall have one sheep, and if it

fall into a pit on the sabbath day,

will he not lay hold on it, and lift

it out?

12 How much then is a man better

than a sheep? Wherefore it is law-

ful to do well on the sabbath days.

13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch

forth thine hand. And he stretched

it forth; and it was restored whole,

like as the other.

14 ¶ Then the Pharisees went out,

and held a council against him, how

they might destroy him.

15 But

when Jesus knew it, he

withdrew himself from thence: and

great multitudes followed him, and

he healed them all;

16 And charged them that they

should not make him known:

17 That it might be fulfilled which

was spoken by

Esaias the prophet,

saying,

18 Behold my

servant, whom I

have

chosen; my

beloved, in whom

my soul is well pleased: I will put

my spirit upon him, and he shall

shew judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not strive, nor

cry; nei-

ther shall any man hear his voice

in the streets.

20 A bruised reed shall he not

break, and smoking flax shall he

not quench, till he send forth

judg-

ment unto victory.

21 And in his

name shall the

Gentiles trust.

22 ¶ Then was brought unto him

one possessed with a devil, blind,

and dumb: and he healed him, in-

somuch that the blind and dumb

both spake and saw.

23 And all the people were amazed,

and said, Is not this the son of

Da-

vid?

24 But when the Pharisees heard

it, they said, This fellow doth not

cast out devils, but by

Beelzebub

the prince of the devils.

25 And Jesus knew their

thoughts,

and said unto them, Every

kingdom

divided against itself is brought

to desolation; and every city or

house divided against itself shall

not stand:

26 And if

Satan cast out Satan, he

is divided against himself; how shall

then his kingdom stand?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out

devils, by whom do your children

cast them out? therefore they shall

be your judges.

28 But if I cast out

devils by the

Spirit of God, then the kingdom of

God is come unto

you.

29 Or else how can one enter into

a strong man’s house, and

spoil

his goods, except he first bind the

strong man? and then he will spoil

his house.

30 He that is not with me is against

me; and he that gathereth not

with

me scattereth abroad.

31 ¶ Wherefore I say unto you,

All manner of sin and blasphemy

shall be forgiven

unto men: but

the

blasphemy against the Holy

Ghost shall

not be forgiven unto

men.

32 And whosoever speaketh a word

against the Son of man, it shall

be forgiven him: but whosoever

speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it

shall not be

forgiven him, neither

15 a JSt Matt. 12:13 . . .

Jesus knew when they

took counsel, and he

withdrew . . .

17 a Isa. 42:1–3.

18 a

gr son.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Witness of the

Father.

19 a

gr cry for help.

20 a D&C 52:11.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of; Name.

gr nations.

2 Ne. 10:18 (9, 11, 18).

23 a

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

24 a 2 Kgs. 1:2 (2–6).

25 a Ps. 139:2; Luke 11:17;

John 2:25; Mosiah 24:12;

D&C 6:16.

tg Governments.

26 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

28 a

tg Devil.

tg God, Spirit of.

JSt Matt. 12:23 . . . you.

For they also cast out

devils by the Spirit of God,

for unto them is given

power over devils, that

they may cast them out.

29 a

gr plunder.

30 a Mark 9:40; Luke 9:50;

2 Ne. 10:16.

31 a

JSt Matt. 12:26 . . . unto

men who receive me and

repent; but . . .

tg Blaspheme; Holy

Ghost, Unpardonable

Sin against.

tg Holy Ghost, Loss of.

32 a

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second; Forgive.

1208MATTHEW 12:33–50

in this world, neither in the world

to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and

his

fruit good; or else make the

tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:

for the tree is known by his

fruit.

34 O

generation of vipers, how can

ye, being evil,

speak good things?

for out of the abundance of the

heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good

treasure of the heart bringeth forth

good things: and an evil man out

of the evil treasure bringeth forth

evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every

idle

word that men shall

speak,

they shall give

account thereof in

the day of

judgment.

37 For by thy

words thou shalt

be justified, and by thy words thou

shalt be condemned.

38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes

and of the Pharisees answered, say-

ing, Master, we would see a

sign

from thee.

39 But he answered and said

unto them, An evil and adulterous

generation seeketh after a

sign;

and there shall no sign be given

to it, but the sign of the prophet

Jonas:

40 For as Jonas was three days and

three nights in the whale’s belly;

so shall the Son of man be

three

days and three nights in the heart

of the earth.

41 The men of

Nineveh shall rise

in judgment with this generation,

and shall condemn it: because they

repented at the preaching of Jonas;

and, behold, a greater than Jonas

is here.

42 The

queen of the south shall

rise up in the judgment with this

generation, and shall condemn it: for

she came from the uttermost parts

of the earth to hear the wisdom of

Solomon; and, behold, a greater than

Solomon is here.

When the

unclean spirit is

gone out of a man, he walketh

through dry places, seeking rest,

and findeth none.

44 Then he saith, I will return into

my house from whence I came out;

and when he is come, he findeth it

empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then goeth

he, and taketh with

himself seven other

spirits more

wicked than himself, and they en-

ter in and dwell there: and the last

state of that man is

worse than the

first. Even so shall it be also unto

this wicked generation.

46 ¶ While he yet talked to the

people, behold, his mother and his

brethren stood

without, desiring

to speak with him.

47 Then one said unto him, Behold,

thy mother and thy brethren stand

without, desiring to speak with thee.

48 But he answered and said

unto him that told him, Who is my

mother? and who are my brethren?

49 And he stretched forth his hand

toward his disciples, and said, Be-

hold my

mother and my brethren!

50 For whosoever shall do the

will

of my Father which is in heaven,

the same is my

brother, and sister,

and mother.

33 a Matt. 7:17 (16–20);

3 Ne. 14:20 (17–20).

b Moro. 7:16 (5–19).

34 a Matt. 3:7; 23:33;

D&C 121:23.

b Luke 6:45;

James 3:10 (10–12).

35 a

tg Treasure.

tg Evil.

36 a Eccl. 5:2;

Eph. 5:4.

tg Gossip.

tg Profanity.

tg Accountability.

e Alma 11:43 (43–44).

tg Judgment, the Last.

37 a Prov. 18:21.

38 a John 6:30.

39 a

tg Miracle; Signs;

Sign Seekers.

40 a

tg Jesus Christ, Death

of; Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

41 a Jonah 3:5.

tg Repent.

42 a 1 Kgs. 10:1 (1–10).

43 a

JSt Matt. 12:37–38

(Appendix).

tg Uncleanness.

45 a

JSt Matt. 12:39 . . . the

evil spirit, and taketh . . .

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

d Alma 24:30.

46 a John 7:3 (3, 5, 10);

1 Cor. 9:5.

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

gr outside.

49 a Mosiah 5:7.

tg Marriage,

Motherhood.

50 a Mark 3:35.

tg God, Will of.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

1209 MATTHEW 13:1–19

CHAPTER 13

Jesus explains why He teaches with

parables—He gives the parables of

the sower, the wheat and the tares, the

grain of mustard seed, the leaven, the

treasure hidden in the field, the pearl

of great price, and the net cast into the

sea—A prophet is not honored by his

own people.

T same day went Jesus out of the

house, and sat by the

sea side.

2 And great multitudes were gath-

ered together unto him, so that he

went into a ship, and sat; and the

whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 And he spake many things unto

them in parables, saying, Behold, a

sower went forth to sow;

4 And when he sowed, some seeds

fell by the way side, and the fowls

came and devoured them up:

5 Some fell upon

stony places,

where they had not much earth: and

forthwith they sprung up, because

they had no deepness of earth:

6 And when the sun was up, they

were scorched; and because they

had no root, they withered away.

7 And some fell among

thorns;

and the thorns sprung up, and

choked them:

8 But other fell into good ground,

and

brought forth fruit, some an

hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some

thirtyfold.

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him

hear.

10 And the disciples came, and

said unto him, Why speakest thou

unto them in

parables?

11 He answered and said unto

them, Because it is given unto you

to know the

mysteries of the king-

dom of heaven, but to them it is

not given.

For whosoever hath, to him

shall be

given, and he shall have

abundance: but whosoever

hath not, from him shall be taken

away even that he hath.

13 Therefore speak I to them in

parables: because they seeing see

not; and hearing they hear not, nei-

ther do they understand.

14 And in them is fulfilled the

prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By

hearing ye shall

hear, and shall not

understand; and seeing ye shall see,

and shall not perceive:

15 For this people’s

heart is waxed

gross, and their ears are dull of

hearing, and their

eyes they have

closed; lest at any time they should

see with their eyes, and hear with

their ears, and should understand

with their heart, and should be con-

verted, and I should

heal them.

16 But blessed are your

eyes, for

they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17 For verily I say unto you, That

many

prophets and righteous men

have desired to see those things which

ye see, and have not seen them; and

to hear those things which ye hear,

and have not heard them.

18 ¶

Hear ye therefore the para-

ble of the sower.

19 When any one heareth the word

of the kingdom, and

understandeth

it not, then cometh the wicked one,

and

catcheth away that which was

sown in his heart. This is he which

received seed by the way side.

1 a Mark 4:1 (1–12).

5 a

ie rocky land over

which a thin layer of

soil is spread.

7 a Jer. 4:3 (3–18).

8 a

gr began to bring forth.

10 a Dan. 12:10.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

11 a Matt. 11:25;

D&C 6:11 (11–12); 19:8.

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

12 a

JSt Matt. 13:10–11 For

whosoever receiveth,

to him shall be given,

and he shall have

more abundance; but

whosoever continueth not

to receive, from him shall

be taken away even that

he hath.

b Matt. 25:29.

c Prov. 9:9.

14 a Jer. 5:21;

Rom. 11:8;

2 Ne. 9:31; 16:10.

15 a

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Hardheartedness.

tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Unbelief.

d 3 Ne. 9:13; 18:32.

16 a Luke 10:23.

17 a Heb. 11:13;

1 Pet. 1:10 (10–11).

18 a

gr Learn, Understand.

19 a 1 Ne. 8:23 (20–23).

b D&C 84:50 (49–53);

93:39 (38–39).

1210MATTHEW 13:20–38

20 But he that received the seed

into

stony places, the same is he

that heareth the word, and anon

with joy receiveth it;

21 Yet hath he not root in himself,

but dureth for a while: for when

tribulation or

persecution ariseth

because of the word, by and by

is offended.

22 He also that received seed

among the thorns is he that heareth

the word; and the care of this

world,

and the

deceitfulness of

riches,

choke the word, and he becometh

unfruitful.

23 But he that received seed into

the good ground is he that

heareth

the word, and

understandeth

it; which also beareth

fruit, and

bringeth forth, some an hundred-

fold, some sixty, some thirty.

24 ¶ Another

parable put he forth

unto them, saying, The

kingdom of

heaven is likened unto a man which

sowed good

seed in his field:

25 But while men slept, his enemy

came and sowed

tares among the

wheat, and went his way.

26 But when the blade was sprung

up, and brought forth fruit, then

appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the house-

holder came and said unto him,

Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in

thy field? from whence then hath

it tares?

28 He said unto them, An enemy

hath done this. The servants said

unto him, Wilt thou then that we

go and gather them up?

29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye

gather up the tares, ye root up also

the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until

the

harvest: and in the time of

harvest I will say to the reapers,

Gather ye together

first the tares,

and bind them in bundles to

burn

them: but gather the wheat into

my barn.

31 ¶ Another parable put he forth

unto them, saying, The kingdom of

heaven is like to a

grain of mustard

seed, which a man took, and sowed

in his field:

32 Which indeed is the least of

all seeds: but when it is grown, it

is the greatest among herbs, and

becometh a tree, so that the

birds

of the air come and lodge in the

branches thereof.

33 ¶ Another parable spake he

unto them; The kingdom of heaven

is like unto

leaven, which a woman

took, and hid in three measures of

meal, till the whole was leavened.

34 All these things spake Jesus

unto the multitude in parables;

and without a parable spake he not

unto them:

35 That it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the prophet,

saying, I will open my mouth in

parables; I will utter things which

have been kept

secret from the

foundation of the world.

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude

away, and went into the house: and

his disciples came unto him, saying,

Declare unto us the parable of the

tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto

them, He that soweth the good

seed

is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good

seed are the children of the kingdom;

20 a Zech. 7:12.

21 a

tg Test; Tribulation.

b D&C 40:2 (1–3).

tg Persecution.

gr he stumbles, falls

away.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Offense.

22 a Hel. 7:5;

D&C 39:9.

tg Worldliness.

tg Deceit.

tg Treasure.

23 a

tg Teachable.

JSt Matt. 13:21 . . .

understandeth and

endureth; which . . .

c Alma 32:42 (41–43).

tg Good Works.

24 a D&C 86:1 (1–11).

tg Kingdom of God, on

Earth.

c Matt. 13:37 (36–43).

25 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

30 a

tg Harvest.

JSt Matt. 13:29 . . . first

the wheat into my barn;

and the tares are bound in

bundles to be burned.

c D&C 38:12.

31 a Isa. 60:22.

32 a

tg Nature, Earth.

33 a

gr yeast.

tg Leaven.

35 a Ps. 78:2;

Mark 4:11 (11–12).

b D&C 35:18.

36 a D&C 86:1 (1–7);

101:65 (65–67).

37 a Matt. 13:24 (24–30).

1211 MATTHEW 13:39–58

but the

tares are the children of

the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is

the devil;

the

harvest is the end

of the world; and the reapers are

the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gath-

ered and burned in the fire; so shall

it be in the

end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth

his

angels, and they shall gather out

of his kingdom all things that

of-

fend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a fur-

nace of fire: there shall be

wailing

and

gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the

righteous

shine

forth as the

sun in the kingdom of

their Father. Who hath ears to hear,

let him hear.

44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven

is like unto

treasure hid in a field;

the which when a man hath found,

he hideth, and for joy thereof go-

eth and selleth all that he hath, and

buyeth that field.

45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven

is like unto a merchant man, seek-

ing goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one

pearl of great price, went and sold

all that he had, and bought it.

47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven

is like unto a net, that was cast into

the sea, and

gathered of every kind:

48 Which, when it was full, they

drew to shore, and sat down, and

gathered the good into vessels, but

cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the

end of the

world: the angels shall come forth,

and

sever the wicked from among

the

just,

And shall cast them into the

furnace of fire: there shall be wail-

ing and gnashing of teeth.

51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye

understood all these things? They

say unto him, Yea, Lord.

52 Then said he unto them, There-

fore every

scribe

which is instructed

unto the kingdom of heaven is like

unto a man that is an householder,

which bringeth forth out of his trea-

sure things new and old.

53 ¶ And it came to pass, that when

Jesus had finished these parables,

he departed thence.

54 And when he was come into

his own country, he taught them

in their synagogue, insomuch that

they were

astonished, and said,

Whence hath this man this

wisdom,

and these mighty works?

55 Is not this the carpenter’s

son?

is not his mother called Mary? and

his

brethren, James, and Joses, and

Simon, and Judas?

56 And his sisters, are they not all

with us? Whence then hath this man

all these things?

57 And they were offended in him.

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet

is not without

honour, save in his

own country, and in his own house.

58 And he did not many mighty

works there because of their

un-

belief.

38 a D&C 88:94.

tg Devil, Church of.

39 a

JSt Matt. 13:39–44

(Appendix).

tg Harvest.

40 a

tg World, End of.

41 a

tg Angels.

tg Offense.

42 a Matt. 8:12;

Rev. 19:20;

D&C 19:5; 29:15; 112:24.

tg Pain.

43 a Ps. 68:3;

Alma 40:25.

tg Righteousness.

tg Celestial Glory.

c D&C 76:70.

44 a

tg Treasure.

46 a Rev. 3:18.

b Alma 22:15.

47 a Matt. 22:10 (1–14).

49 a

tg World, End of.

JSt Matt. 13:49–51 . . .

world. And the world is

the children of the wicked.

The angels . . .

gr separate.

tg Righteousness.

50 a

JSt Matt. 13:51 . . .

and shall cast them

out into the world to be

burned. There shall be

wailing . . .

52 a

tg Scribe.

gr which has become

a disciple in.

54 a Matt. 7:28.

tg God, Wisdom of;

Jesus Christ, Teaching

Mode of.

55 a Mark 6:3.

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

57 a

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

58 a Luke 4:23 (23–27);

Ether 12:12 (6–19);

Moro. 7:37 (33–39).

1212MATTHEW 14:1–26

CHAPTER 14

John the Baptist is beheaded—Jesus

feeds the five thousand and walks on

the sea—Those who touch the hem of

His garment are made whole.

A that time

Herod the tetrarch

heard of the fame of Jesus,

2 And said unto his servants, This is

John the Baptist; he is risen from the

dead; and therefore mighty works

do shew forth themselves in him.

3 ¶ For Herod had laid hold on

John, and bound him, and put him

in prison for Herodias’ sake, his

brother Philip’s wife.

4 For John said unto him, It is not

lawful for thee to have her.

5 And

when he would have put

him to death, he feared the multi-

tude, because they counted him as

prophet.

6 But when Herod’s birthday was

kept, the daughter of Herodias

danced before them, and pleased

Herod.

7 Whereupon he

promised with

an oath to give her whatsoever she

would ask.

8 And she, being before instructed

of her mother, said, Give me here

John Baptist’s head in a

charger.

9 And the king was sorry: nev-

ertheless for the oath’s sake, and

them which sat with him at meat,

he commanded it to be given her.

10 And he sent, and

beheaded

John in the prison.

11 And his head was brought in

a charger, and given to the damsel:

and she brought it to her mother.

12 And his disciples came, and

took up the body, and buried it, and

went and told Jesus.

13 ¶ When Jesus heard of it, he de-

parted thence by ship into a desert

place apart: and when the people

had heard thereof, they followed him

on foot out of the cities.

14 And Jesus went forth, and saw

a great multitude, and was moved

with

compassion toward them, and

he healed their

sick.

15 ¶ And when it was evening, his

disciples came to him, saying, This

is a desert place, and the time is now

past; send the multitude away, that

they may go into the villages, and

buy themselves

victuals.

16 But Jesus said unto them, They

need not depart; give ye them to eat.

17 And they say unto him, We have

here but five loaves, and two fishes.

18 He said, Bring them hither to me.

19 And he commanded the multi-

tude to sit down on the grass, and

took the five loaves, and the two

fishes, and looking up to heaven,

he blessed, and

brake, and gave

the loaves to his disciples, and the

disciples to the multitude.

20 And they did all eat, and were

filled: and they

took up of the

fragments that remained twelve

baskets full.

21 And they that had eaten were

about

five thousand men, beside

women and children.

22 ¶ And straightway Jesus con-

strained his disciples to get into a

ship, and to go before him unto the

other side, while he sent the mul-

titudes away.

23 And when he had sent the multi-

tudes away, he went up into a moun-

tain apart to

pray: and when the eve-

ning was come, he was there alone.

24 But the ship was now in the

midst of the sea, tossed with waves:

for the wind was contrary.

25 And

in the fourth watch of the

night Jesus went unto them, walk-

ing on the sea.

26 And when the disciples saw

1 a Luke 9:7.

4 a Lev. 18:16; 20:21.

tg Divorce.

5 a

gr although he desired

to kill him.

b Matt. 11:9; 21:26;

Luke 20:6.

7 a

tg Vow.

8 a

gr platter.

10 a

tg Tyranny.

14 a

tg Compassion.

tg Sickness.

15 a

gr food.

19 a 3 Ne. 18:5 (4–5);

20:6 (6–7).

20 a 2 Kgs. 4:44 (42–44);

Matt. 15:37 (36–38).

21 a Mark 6:44 (32–44);

Luke 9:14 (10–17);

John 6:10 (1–13).

23 a Matt. 26:36;

Luke 6:12; 9:28.

25 a

ie between three and

six in the morning.

1213 MATTHEW 14:27–15:13

him walking on the sea, they were

troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and

they cried out for fear.

27 But straightway Jesus spake

unto them, saying, Be of good

cheer;

it is I; be not afraid.

28 And Peter answered him and

said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come

unto thee on the water.

29 And he said, Come. And when

Peter was come down out of the

ship, he walked on the water, to go

to Jesus.

30 But when he saw the wind boister-

ous, he was

afraid; and beginning to

sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

31 And immediately Jesus stretched

forth his hand, and caught him, and

said unto him, O thou of little

faith,

wherefore didst thou

doubt?

32 And when they were come into

the ship, the wind ceased.

33 Then they that were in the ship

came and worshipped him, saying,

Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

34 ¶ And when they were gone

over, they came into the land of

Gennesaret.

35 And when the men of that place

had knowledge of him, they sent

out into all that country round

about, and brought unto him all

that were diseased;

36 And besought him that they

might only touch the

hem of his

garment: and as many as touched

were made perfectly

whole.

CHAPTER 15

The scribes and Pharisees contend against

Jesus—He heals the daughter of a gentile

woman—He feeds the four thousand.

T came to Jesus

scribes and

Pharisees, which were of Jerusa-

lem, saying,

2 Why do thy disciples transgress

the

tradition of the elders? for they

wash not their hands when they

eat bread.

But he answered and said unto

them, Why do ye also transgress the

commandment of God by your

tra-

dition?

4 For God commanded, saying,

Honour thy father and mother: and,

He that curseth father or mother,

let him die the death.

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say

to his father or his mother, It is a

gift, by whatsoever thou mightest

be profited by me;

6 And honour not his father or his

mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye

made the commandment of God of

none effect by your tradition.

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias

prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people draweth nigh unto

me with their

mouth, and

hon-

oureth me with their lips; but their

heart is far from me.

9 But in vain they do

worship me,

teaching for

doctrines the

com-

mandments of men.

10 ¶ And he called the multitude,

and said unto them, Hear, and un-

derstand:

11 Not that which goeth into the

mouth

defileth a man; but that

which cometh out of the

mouth,

this defileth a man.

12 Then came his disciples, and

said unto him, Knowest thou that

the Pharisees were offended, after

they heard this saying?

13 But he answered and said,

Every

plant, which my heavenly

27 a tg Cheerful.

30 a

tg Courage; Fearful.

31 a Mark 4:40; 16:14;

Luke 24:25.

tg Doubt.

35 a

gr recognized Him.

36 a Mark 5:27 (25–34).

tg Heal.

1 a tg Scribe.

2 a Alma 24:7;

D&C 123:7 (7–8).

3 a

tg Traditions of Men.

4 a

tg Honor; Honoring

Father and Mother;

Respect.

gr he shall surely die.

tg Capital Punishment.

5 a Mark 7:11.

8 a Jer. 12:2.

b Isa. 29:13;

Titus 1:16 (15–16);

2 Ne. 27:25 (24–25).

tg Hypocrisy.

c Ezek. 33:31;

Alma 34:28;

D&C 45:29.

9 a Isa. 1:13.

b Matt. 16:12;

Col. 2:22 (18–22);

Titus 1:14 (13–14);

2 Ne. 28:9.

tg Apostasy of Israel.

11 a

tg Cleanliness.

tg Gossip; Profanity.

13 a John 15:2 (1–2).

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

1214MATTHEW 15:14–37

Father hath not planted, shall be

rooted up.

14 Let them alone: they be

blind

leaders of the blind. And if the

blind lead the blind, both shall fall

into the ditch.

15 Then answered Peter and

said unto him, Declare unto us this

parable.

16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet

without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, that

whatsoever entereth in at the mouth

goeth into the belly, and is cast out

into the draught?

18 But those things which proceed

out of the

mouth come forth from

the heart; and they defile the man.

19 For out of the

heart proceed

evil thoughts,

murders,

adulteries,

fornications, thefts,

false witness,

blasphemies:

20 These are the things which

defile

a man: but to eat with unwashen

hands defileth not a man.

21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and

departed into the

coasts of Tyre

and Sidon.

22 And, behold, a woman of Ca-

naan came out of the same coasts,

and cried unto him, saying, Have

mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of

David; my daughter is grievously

vexed with a devil.

23 But he answered her not a word.

And his disciples came and besought

him, saying, Send her away; for she

crieth after us.

24 But he answered and said, I am

not

sent but unto the lost sheep of

the house of

Israel.

25 Then came she and worshipped

him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It

is not meet to take the children’s

bread, and to cast it to

dogs.

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet

the dogs eat of the crumbs which

fall from their masters’ table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said

unto her, O woman, great is thy

faith: be it unto thee even as thou

wilt. And her daughter was made

whole from that very hour.

29 And Jesus departed from thence,

and came nigh unto the sea of Gali-

lee; and went up into a mountain,

and sat down there.

30 And great multitudes came unto

him, having with them those that

were lame, blind, dumb, maimed,

and many others, and cast them

down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed

them:

31 Insomuch that the multitude

wondered, when they saw the dumb

to speak, the maimed to be whole,

the lame to walk, and the blind to

see: and they glorified the God of

Israel.

32 ¶ Then Jesus called his disci-

ples unto him, and said, I have com-

passion on the multitude, because

they continue with me now three

days, and have nothing to eat: and

I will not send them away fasting,

lest they faint in the way.

33 And his disciples say unto him,

Whence should we have so much

bread in the wilderness, as to fill

so great a multitude?

34 And Jesus saith unto them, How

many loaves have ye? And they said,

Seven, and a few little fishes.

35 And he commanded the mul-

titude to sit down on the ground.

36 And he took the seven

loaves

and the fishes, and gave thanks,

and brake them, and gave to his

disciples, and the disciples to the

multitude.

37 And they did all eat, and were

14 a tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Governments;

Leadership.

18 a Mosiah 4:30 (29–30).

19 a Gen. 6:5; Heb. 3:12;

Hel. 12:4.

tg Chastity.

tg Blood, Shedding of;

Murder.

tg Adulterer;

Sexual Immorality.

tg Fornication.

e Ps. 27:12;

Hel. 7:21 (21–22).

gr slanderous

statements.

tg Blaspheme.

20 a

tg Pollution.

21 a

gr regions.

24 a 3 Ne. 15:23.

tg Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant.

tg Israel, Scattering of.

26 a Prov. 23:9;

Matt. 7:6;

D&C 6:12 (10–12);

10:37 (36–37); 41:6.

28 a James 5:15 (14–15).

36 a

tg Bread.

1215 MATTHEW 15:38–16:18

filled: and they

took up of the

broken meat that was left seven

baskets full.

38 And they that did eat were four

thousand men, beside women and

children.

39 And he sent away the multi-

tude, and took ship, and came into

the coasts of Magdala.

CHAPTER 16

Jesus warns against the doctrine of

the Pharisees and Sadducees—Peter

testifies that Jesus is the Christ and is

promised the keys of the kingdom—Jesus

foretells His death and resurrection.

T Pharisees also with the Saddu-

cees came, and tempting desired

him that he would shew them a

sign from

heaven.

2 He

answered and said unto them,

When it is evening, ye say, It will be

fair weather: for the sky is red.

3 And in the morning, It will be

foul weather to day: for the sky is

red and

lowring. O ye

hypocrites,

ye can discern the face of the sky;

but can ye not discern the

signs of

the

times?

4 A wicked and

adulterous genera-

tion seeketh after a

sign; and there

shall no sign be given unto it, but

the

sign of the prophet

Jonas. And

he left them, and departed.

5 And when his disciples were

come to the other side, they had

forgotten to take bread.

6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them,

Take heed and beware of the

leaven

of the Pharisees and of the Saddu-

cees.

7 And they reasoned among them-

selves, saying, It is because we have

taken no bread.

Which when Jesus perceived,

he said unto them, O ye of little

faith, why reason ye among your-

selves, because ye have brought no

bread?

9 Do ye not yet understand, nei-

ther remember the five loaves of

the five thousand, and how many

baskets ye took up?

10 Neither the seven loaves of the

four thousand, and how many bas-

kets ye took up?

11 How is it that ye do not un-

derstand that I spake it not to you

concerning bread, that ye should

beware of the leaven of the Phari-

sees and of the Sadducees?

12 Then understood they how that

he bade them not beware of the

leaven of bread, but of the

doc-

trine of the Pharisees and of the

Sadducees.

13 ¶ When Jesus came into the

coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked

his disciples, saying, Whom do men

say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou

art John the Baptist: some,

Elias;

and others, Jeremias, or one of the

prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom

say

ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and

said, Thou art the

Christ, the

Son

of the

living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said

unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon

Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath

not

revealed it unto thee, but my

Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That

37 a 2 Kgs. 4:44 (42–44);

Matt. 14:20 (19–21).

gr excess food.

1 a tg Heaven.

2 a Prov. 26:5.

3 a

gr dark, gloomy.

tg Hypocrisy.

c 2 Pet. 3:4 (3–10).

d Esth. 1:13.

4 a

tg Adulterer.

b Mark 8:12 (11–21).

c Jonah 1:17.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

6 a

tg Leaven.

8 a

JSt Matt. 16:9 And

when they reasoned

among themselves, Jesus

perceived it . . .

12 a Matt. 15:9.

b Matt. 22:23 (23–33).

14 a

ie Elijah.

15 a

ie The plural pronoun

used here in the Greek

indicates that Jesus

asked this question of

all the apostles and not

just one of them.

16 a

tg Loyalty.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

17 a

ie Son of Jonah.

tg Revelation;

Testimony;

Witness.

1216MATTHEW 16:19–17:2

thou art Peter, and upon this

rock I

will build my

church; and the gates

hell shall not

prevail against it.

19 And I will

give unto thee the

keys of the

kingdom of heaven:

and whatsoever thou shalt

bind

on earth shall be bound in heaven:

and whatsoever thou shalt loose

on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20 Then charged he his disciples

that they should tell no man that

he was Jesus the

Christ.

21 ¶ From that time forth began

Jesus to shew unto his disciples,

how that he must go unto Jerusa-

lem, and suffer many things of the

elders and chief priests and scribes,

and be killed, and be

raised again

the third day.

22 Then Peter took him, and began

to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from

thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

23 But he turned, and said unto

Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:

thou art an offence unto me: for

thou

savourest not the things that

be of God, but those that be of men.

24 ¶

Then said Jesus unto his dis-

ciples, If any man will come after

me, let him

deny himself, and take

up his

cross, and

me.

25 For whosoever will save his life

shall lose it: and whosoever will

lose

his life for my sake shall

find it.

26 For what is a man

profited, if

he shall

gain the whole

world, and

lose his own

soul? or what shall a

man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the

Son of man shall come

in the

glory of his Father with

his angels; and then he shall

re-

ward every man according to his

works.

28 Verily I say unto you, There be

some standing here, which shall not

taste of

death, till they see the Son

of man coming in his

kingdom.

CHAPTER 17

Jesus is transfigured before Peter, James,

and John on the mount—Jesus heals a

lunatic, tells of His coming death, and

pays taxes in a miraculous manner.

A after six days Jesus taketh

Peter, James, and John his brother,

and bringeth them up into an high

mountain apart,

2 And was

transfigured before

them: and his face did shine as the

sun, and his raiment was white as

the light.

18 a Here is a subtle

wordplay upon “Peter”

(Greek petros = small

rock) and “rock” (Greek

petra = bedrock). Christ

is the Stone of Israel.

John 1:42;

1 Cor. 3:11 (9–11); 10:4;

D&C 50:44; 128:10.

tg Rock.

tg Church Organization;

Jesus Christ, Head of the

Church.

tg Hell.

d D&C 17:8; 21:6.

19 a D&C 7:7; 27:13.

tg Delegation of

Responsibility;

God, Gifts of.

tg Apostles; Priesthood;

Priesthood, Authority;

Priesthood, History of;

Priesthood, Keys of.

tg Kingdom of God, on

Earth.

d Hel. 10:7 (5–11);

D&C 138:58 (58–60).

tg Genealogy and

Temple Work;

Marriage, Celestial;

Salvation for the Dead;

Sealing.

20 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

23 a Hel. 10:4 (4–5).

24 a

JSt Matt. 16:25–29

(Appendix).

tg Self-Mastery.

c Matt. 10:38;

3 Ne. 12:30.

d Philip. 3:17 (13–21);

2 Ne. 31:12 (12–13).

JSt Matt. 16:25–26 . . .

me. And now for a man to

take up his cross, is to deny

himself all ungodliness,

and every worldly lust, and

keep my commandments.

25 a

tg Self-Mastery;

Self-Sacrifice.

tg Abundant Life.

26 a 1 Sam. 12:21;

Prov. 13:7;

Eccl. 1:3 (2–3).

b Job 27:8.

tg Selfishness;

Treasure.

tg Worldliness.

d Luke 9:25.

tg Mortality; Soul.

27 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

tg Glory;

Jesus Christ, Glory of;

Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge;

Judgment, the Last;

Retribution; Reward.

d Prov. 24:12.

tg Good Works.

28 a

tg Translated Beings.

tg Millennium.

1 a D&C 128:20.

2 a Mark 9:2 (2–13);

Luke 9:29 (28–36);

John 1:14;

2 Pet. 1:16 (16–19).

tg Jesus Christ, Glory

of; Transfiguration.

1217 MATTHEW 17:3–24

3 And, behold, there appeared

unto them

Moses and

Elias talk-

ing with him.

4 Then answered Peter, and said

unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us

to be here: if thou wilt, let us make

here three tabernacles; one for thee,

and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, behold, a

bright

cloud overshadowed them:

and behold a

voice out of the cloud,

which said, This is my

beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased;

hear ye him.

6 And when the disciples heard

it, they fell on their face, and were

sore

afraid.

7 And Jesus came and touched

them, and said, Arise, and be not

afraid.

8 And when they had lifted up

their eyes, they saw no man, save

Jesus only.

9 And as they came down from

the mountain, Jesus charged them,

saying, Tell the

vision to no

man,

until the Son of man be risen again

from the

dead.

10 And his disciples asked him,

saying, Why then say the scribes

that Elias must first come?

And Jesus answered and said

unto them, Elias truly shall first

come, and

restore all things.

12 But I say unto you, That Elias is

come already, and they knew him

not, but have done unto him what-

soever they

listed. Likewise shall

also the Son of man suffer of them.

13 Then the disciples understood

that he spake unto them of John

the Baptist.

14 ¶ And when they were come to

the multitude, there came to him a

certain man, kneeling down to him,

and saying,

15 Lord, have mercy on my son:

for he is lunatic, and sore vexed:

for ofttimes he

falleth into the fire,

and oft into the water.

16 And I brought him to thy disci-

ples, and they could not cure him.

17 Then Jesus answered and said,

faithless and

perverse genera-

tion, how long shall I be with you?

how long shall I suffer you? bring

him hither to me.

18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;

and he departed out of him: and the

child was cured from that very hour.

19 Then came the disciples to Jesus

apart, and said, Why could not we

cast him out?

20 And Jesus said unto them, Be-

cause of your

unbelief: for verily

I say unto you, If ye have

faith as

a grain of mustard seed, ye shall

say unto this

mountain, Remove

hence to yonder place; and it shall

remove; and nothing shall be

im-

possible unto you.

21 Howbeit this

kind goeth not

out but by prayer and

fasting.

22 ¶ And while they abode in Gali-

lee, Jesus said unto them, The Son

of man shall be

betrayed into the

hands of men:

23 And they shall kill him, and the

third day he shall be

raised again.

And they were exceeding sorry.

24 ¶ And when they were come to

Capernaum, they that received trib-

ute money came to Peter, and said,

Doth not your master pay

tribute?

3 a D&C 63:21; 110:11.

tg Priesthood, Keys of;

Translated Beings.

ie Elijah.

1 Kgs. 17:1; Luke 4:25;

D&C 110:13 (13–16).

5 a Ex. 24:15.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

c Matt. 3:17; 3 Ne. 11:7;

JS—H 1:17.

Witness of the Father.

d tg God; Godhead;

God the Father, Elohim;

Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

6 a Ex. 3:6; Deut. 5:5.

9 a

tg Vision.

b Mark 9:9 (9–13).

tg Death.

11 a

JSt Matt. 17:10–14

(Appendix).

b D&C 27:6; 77:14;

110:13–16.

tg Dispensations; Resto-

ration of the Gospel.

12 a

gr desired.

15 a

gr throws himself.

17 a

tg Unbelief.

b Deut. 32:5.

20 a

gr little faith.

tg Doubt.

tg Faith.

c Ether 12:30; Moses 7:13.

tg God, Power of.

21 a D&C 84:67 (65–73).

tg Fast, Fasting.

22 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

23 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

24 a D&C 58:21 (21–22).

1218MATTHEW 17:25–18:14

25 He saith, Yes. And when he was

come into the house, Jesus

pre-

vented him, saying, What thinkest

thou, Simon? of whom do the

kings

of the earth take custom or trib-

ute? of their own children, or of

strangers?

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strang-

ers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are

the children free.

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should

offend them, go thou to the sea, and

cast an hook, and take up the fish

that first cometh up; and when thou

hast opened his mouth, thou shalt

find a piece of

money: that take,

and

give unto them for me and thee.

CHAPTER 18

Jesus explains how we are to treat our

offending brethren—The Son of Man

came to save that which was lost—

All of the Twelve receive the keys of

the kingdom—Jesus explains why we

should forgive.

A the same time came the disci-

ples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the

greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 And Jesus called a little child

unto him, and set him in the midst

of them,

3 And said, Verily I say unto you,

Except ye be converted, and become

as little

children, ye shall not enter

into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall

hum-

ble himself as this little

child, the

same is greatest in the kingdom of

heaven.

5 And whoso shall receive one

such little child in my

name re-

ceiveth me.

6 But whoso shall

offend one of

these little ones which believe in

me, it were better for him that a

millstone were hanged about his

neck, and that he were drowned in

the depth of the sea.

7 ¶ Woe unto the world because

offences! for it must needs be

that offences come; but woe to that

man by whom the offence cometh!

8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot

offend thee, cut them off, and cast

them from thee: it is better for thee

to enter into life halt or maimed,

rather than having two hands or

two feet to be cast into everlasting

fire.

9 And if thine eye offend thee,

pluck it out, and cast it from thee:

it is better for thee to enter into life

with one eye, rather than having

two eyes to be cast into

hell fire.

10 Take heed that ye despise not

one of these

little ones; for I say

unto you, That in heaven their an-

gels do always behold the face of

my Father which is in heaven.

11 For the

Son of man is come to

save that which was

lost.

12 How think ye? if a man have an

hundred

sheep, and one of them be

gone astray, doth he not leave the

ninety and nine, and goeth into the

mountains, and seeketh that which

is gone astray?

13 And if so be that he find it, ver-

ily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more

of that sheep, than of the ninety and

nine which went not astray.

14 Even so it is not the will of

your Father which is in heaven,

that one of these

little ones should

perish.

25 a gr spoke to him first.

tg Kings, Earthly.

27 a Ex. 30:13; 38:26.

tg Citizenship.

1 a Luke 9:46.

3 a 1 Cor. 14:20;

Mosiah 3:19.

tg Children; Salvation

of Little Children.

4 a

tg Humility; Meek.

tg Children.

5 a

tg Name.

6 a

gr cause to stumble.

D&C 121:19 (19–22).

tg Offense.

7 a

tg Sin.

9 a

JSt Matt. 18:8–9 . . .

hellfire. And a man’s

hand is his friend, and

his foot, also; and a man’s

eye, are they of his own

household.

10 a

tg Children;

Family, Children, Re-

sponsibilities toward.

11 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

tg Jesus Christ, Mission

of; Life, Sanctity of;

Worth of Souls.

JSt Matt. 18:11 . . . lost,

and to call sinners to

repentance; but these

little ones have no need of

repentance, and I will save

them.

12 a

tg Sheep.

14 a

tg Children.

b Mosiah 28:3.

1219 MATTHEW 18:15–35

15 ¶ Moreover if thy brother shall

trespass against thee, go and

tell

him his

fault between thee and him

alone: if he shall hear thee, thou

hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear thee, then

take with thee one or two more,

that in the mouth of two or three

witnesses every word may be es-

tablished.

17 And if he shall neglect to hear

them, tell it unto the

church: but

if he

neglect to hear the

church,

let him be unto thee as an heathen

man and a publican.

18 Verily I say unto you, Whatso-

ever ye shall

bind on earth shall

be bound in heaven: and whatso-

ever ye shall loose on earth shall

be loosed in heaven.

19 Again I say unto you, That if

two of you shall

agree on earth as

touching any thing that they shall

ask, it shall be done for them of my

Father which is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are

gath-

ered

together in my

name, there

am I in the

midst of them.

21 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and

said, Lord, how oft shall my brother

sin against me, and I

forgive him?

till seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not

unto thee, Until seven times: but,

Until

seventy times seven.

23 ¶ Therefore is the kingdom of

heaven likened unto a certain king,

which would

take account of his

servants.

24 And when he had begun to

reckon, one was brought unto him,

which owed him ten thousand

talents.

25 But forasmuch as he had not to

pay, his lord commanded him to be

sold, and his wife, and children,

and all that he had, and payment

to be made.

26 The servant therefore fell down,

and worshipped him, saying, Lord,

have patience with me, and I will

pay thee all.

27 Then the lord of that servant

was moved with compassion, and

loosed him, and forgave him the

debt.

28 But the same servant went out,

and found one of his fellowservants,

which owed him

an hundred pence:

and he laid hands on him, and took

him by the throat, saying, Pay me

that thou owest.

29 And his fellowservant fell down

at his feet, and besought him, say-

ing, Have patience with me, and I

will pay thee all.

30 And he would not: but went and

cast him into prison, till he should

pay the debt.

31 So when his fellowservants

saw what was done, they were very

sorry, and came and told unto their

lord all that was done.

32 Then his lord, after that he had

called him, said unto him, O thou

wicked servant, I forgave thee all

that

debt, because thou desiredst

me:

Shouldest not thou also have

had

compassion on thy fellowser-

vant, even as I had

pity on thee?

34 And his lord was wroth, and

delivered him to the tormentors,

till he should pay all that was due

unto him.

35 So likewise shall my heavenly

15 a tg Offense.

tg Reproof.

c Matt. 5:24 (23–24);

Luke 17:3 (3–4);

D&C 42:88 (88–92).

16 a 2 Ne. 29:8.

tg Witness.

17 a 1 Cor. 6:1;

D&C 42:81.

b Titus 3:10.

tg Church.

18 a

tg Apostles;

Priesthood, Keys of;

Sealing.

19 a

tg Common Consent.

b D&C 6:32; 42:3.

tg Prayer.

20 a

tg Church.

tg Unity.

tg Name.

d D&C 29:5; 32:3;

45:59; 49:27.

21 a

tg Forbear.

22 a D&C 98:40 (39–48).

tg Patience.

23 a

gr settle accounts with.

tg Accountability;

Stewardship.

tg Servant.

25 a 2 Kgs. 4:1.

28 a

ie approximately three

months’ wages of a poor

working man.

31 a

gr distressed.

32 a

tg Debt.

33 a

tg Ingratitude.

tg Compassion;

Mercy.

gr compassion.

1220MATTHEW 19:1–18

Father do also unto you, if ye from

your hearts

forgive not every one

his brother their trespasses.

CHAPTER 19

Jesus teaches about marriage and di-

vorce—Eternal life is for those who

keep the commandments—The Twelve

Apostles will judge the house of Israel.

A it came to pass, that when

Jesus had finished these sayings,

he departed from Galilee, and came

into the coasts of Judæa beyond

Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed

him; and he healed them there.

3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto

him, tempting him, and saying

unto him, Is it lawful for a man to

put away his wife for every cause?

4 And he answered and said unto

them, Have ye not read, that he

which

made them at the beginning

made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a

man leave father and mother, and

shall

cleave to his wife: and they

twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more

twain, but one flesh. What there-

fore God hath

joined together, let

not man

put asunder.

7 They say unto him, Why did

Moses then command to give a

writing of

divorcement, and to

put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses be-

cause of the

hardness of your hearts

suffered you to put away your

wives:

but from the beginning it was not so.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever

shall put away his wife, except it

be for

fornication, and shall marry

another, committeth

adultery: and

whoso marrieth her which is put

away doth commit adultery.

10 ¶ His disciples say unto him, If

the case of the man be so with his

wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men

cannot receive this saying, save they

to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs,

which were so born from their moth-

er’s womb: and there are some eu-

nuchs, which were made eunuchs of

men: and there be eunuchs, which

have made themselves eunuchs for

the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He

that is able to receive it, let him

receive it.

13 ¶ Then were there brought unto

him little children, that he should

put his

hands on them, and pray:

and the disciples rebuked

them.

14 But Jesus said,

Suffer little

children, and forbid them not, to

come unto me: for of such is the

kingdom of heaven.

15 And he laid his hands on them,

and departed thence.

16 ¶ And, behold, one came and

said unto him, Good Master, what

good thing shall I do, that I may

have

eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why

callest thou me good? there is none

good but one, that is, God: but if

thou wilt enter into

life, keep the

commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus

said, Thou shalt do no

murder,

Thou shalt not commit

adultery,

Thou shalt not

steal, Thou shalt

not bear

false witness,

35 a tg Forgive.

3 a gr divorce.

4 a

tg Man, Physical

Creation of.

5 a

tg Family, Love

within;

Marriage, Celestial.

6 a

tg Marriage, Marry.

gr divide, separate.

7 a

gr certificate of

divorce.

tg Divorce.

8 a

tg Hardheartedness.

tg Family, Eternal.

9 a

tg Fornication.

tg Sexual Immorality.

13 a

tg Hands, Laying

on of.

JSt Matt. 19:13 . . . them,

saying, There is no need,

for Jesus hath said, Such

shall be saved.

14 a

gr Allow, Permit.

b D&C 137:10.

tg Children;

Salvation of Little

Children.

16 a

tg Eternity.

17 a

tg God, Perfection of.

b Prov. 4:22.

c 1 Ne. 22:31.

18 a

tg Blood, Shedding of;

Murder.

tg Adulterer.

tg Stealing.

d Prov. 25:18.

1221 MATTHEW 19:19–20:8

Honour thy father and thy

mother: and, Thou shalt

love thy

neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him,

All these things have I kept from my

youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt

perfect, go and sell that thou

hast, and

give to the

poor, and thou

shalt have

treasure in heaven: and

come and

follow me.

22 But when the young man heard

that saying, he went away sorrow-

ful: for he had

great possessions.

23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his dis-

ciples, Verily I say unto you, That a

rich man shall

hardly enter into

the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It

is easier for a camel to go through

the eye of a needle, than for a

rich

man to enter into the kingdom

of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they

were exceedingly amazed, saying,

Who then can be saved?

But Jesus beheld them, and

said unto them, With men this is

impossible; but with God all things

are

possible.

27 ¶ Then answered Peter and said

unto him, Behold, we have forsaken

all, and followed thee; what shall

we have therefore?

28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily

I say unto you, That ye which have

followed me, in the

regeneration

when the Son of man shall sit in the

throne of his glory, ye also shall sit

upon twelve thrones,

judging the

twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath

for-

saken houses, or brethren, or sis-

ters, or father, or mother, or wife, or

children, or lands, for my

name’s

sake, shall receive an hundredfold,

and shall inherit

everlasting life.

30 But many that are

first shall be

last; and the last shall be first.

CHAPTER 20

Jesus gives the parable of the laborers

in the vineyard—He foretells His cru-

cifixion and resurrection—He came

to give His life as a ransom for many.

F the kingdom of heaven is like

unto a man that is an householder,

which went out early in the morning

to hire

labourers into his vineyard.

2 And when he had agreed with

the labourers for a penny a day, he

sent them into his

vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third

hour, and saw others standing

idle

in the marketplace,

4 And said unto them; Go ye also

into the vineyard, and whatsoever

is right I will give you. And they

went their way.

5 Again he went out about the sixth

and ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 And about the

eleventh hour he

went out, and found others stand-

ing idle, and saith unto them, Why

stand ye here all the day idle?

7 They say unto him, Because no

man hath hired us. He saith unto

them, Go ye also into the vineyard;

and whatsoever is right, that shall

ye receive.

8 So when even was come, the lord

19 a tg Family, Children,

Duties of; Honoring

Father and Mother.

tg Citizenship; Love.

tg Fellowshipping;

Neighbor.

21 a

tg Commitment;

Perfection.

tg Almsgiving; Sacrifice.

tg Poor.

tg Treasure.

e Alma 22:15.

22 a

gr many.

23 a 2 Ne. 9:30;

Jacob 2:19 (16–19);

D&C 6:7 (5–7).

gr with difficulty.

24 a Prov. 18:11.

26 a

JSt Matt. 19:26 But

Jesus beheld their

thoughts, and said unto

them, With men this is

impossible; but if they

will forsake all things

for my sake, with God

whatsoever things I speak

are possible.

b Job 42:2.

tg God, Power of.

28 a

JSt Matt. 19:28 . . .

resurrection . . .

b Morm. 3:18 (18–20);

D&C 29:12.

tg Apostles;

Judgment, the Last.

29 a D&C 19:36.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

tg Name.

tg Exaltation.

30 a D&C 29:30.

1 a tg Labor.

2 a

tg Vineyard of the

Lord.

3 a Alma 38:12.

6 a D&C 33:3 (1–3).

1222MATTHEW 20:9–30

of the vineyard saith unto his

steward, Call the

labourers, and

give them their

hire, beginning

from the last unto the first.

9 And when they came that were

hired about the eleventh hour, they

received every man a penny.

10 But when the first came, they

supposed that they should have

received more; and they likewise

received every man a penny.

11 And when they had received it,

they murmured against the good-

man of the house,

12 Saying, These last have wrought

but one hour, and thou hast made

them equal unto us, which have

borne the burden and heat of the

day.

13 But he answered one of them,

and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong:

didst not thou agree with me for a

penny?

14 Take that thine is, and go thy

way: I will give unto this last, even

as unto thee.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what

I will with mine own? Is thine eye

evil, because I am good?

16 So the

last shall be first, and

the first last: for many be

called,

but few chosen.

17 ¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusa-

lem took the twelve disciples apart

in the way, and said unto them,

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;

and the Son of man shall be

be-

trayed unto the chief priests and

unto the scribes, and they shall

condemn him to

death,

19 And shall deliver him to the

Gentiles to

mock, and to scourge,

and to

crucify him: and the third

day he shall

rise again.

20 ¶ Then came to him the mother

of Zebedee’s children with her sons,

worshipping him, and desiring a

certain thing of him.

21 And he said unto her, What wilt

thou? She saith unto him, Grant that

these my two sons may sit, the one

on thy right hand, and the other on

the left, in thy kingdom.

22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye

know not what ye ask. Are ye able

to drink of the cup that I shall drink

of, and to be baptized with the bap-

tism that I am baptized with? They

say unto him, We are able.

23 And he saith unto them, Ye

shall drink indeed of my cup, and

be baptized with the baptism that

I am baptized with: but to sit on

my right hand, and on my left, is

not mine to give, but it shall be given

to them for whom it is prepared of

Father.

24 And when the ten heard it,

they were moved with indignation

against the two brethren.

25 But Jesus called them unto him,

and said, Ye know that the princes

of the Gentiles exercise dominion

over them, and they that are great

exercise authority upon them.

26 But it shall not be so among you:

but whosoever will be

great among

you, let him be your

minister;

27 And whosoever

will be chief

among you, let him be your

servant:

28 Even as the

Son of man came

not to be ministered unto, but to

minister, and to

give his life a

ran-

som for many.

29 And as they departed from

Jericho, a great multitude followed

him.

30 ¶ And, behold, two

blind men

8 a D&C 39:13.

tg Wages.

16 a Jacob 5:63.

tg Called of God;

Foreordination.

18 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

19 a

tg Mocking.

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of;

Martyrdom.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

23 a

tg Godhead.

26 a

tg Leadership.

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within.

27 a

gr desires to be.

tg Humility;

Self-Sacrifice; Servant;

Service.

28 a Moses 6:57.

tg God, Gifts of.

c D&C 138:2 (2–4).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Redemption.

30 a Matt. 9:28 (28–31);

Mark 10:46 (46–52);

John 9:1 (1–4);

Mosiah 3:5;

3 Ne. 17:9 (7–10);

D&C 84:69.

1223 MATTHEW 20:31–21:18

sitting by the way side, when they

heard that Jesus passed by, cried

out, saying, Have mercy on us, O

Lord, thou Son of David.

31 And the multitude rebuked

them, because they should hold

their peace: but they cried the more,

saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,

thou Son of David.

32 And Jesus stood still, and called

them, and said, What will ye that I

shall do unto you?

33 They say unto him, Lord, that

our eyes may be opened.

34 So Jesus had

compassion on

them, and touched their eyes: and

immediately their eyes received

sight, and they followed him.

CHAPTER 21

Jesus rides in triumph into Jerusalem—

He cleanses the temple, curses the fig

tree, and discusses authority—He gives

the parables of the two sons and the

wicked husbandmen.

A when they drew nigh unto Je-

rusalem, and were come to Beth-

phage, unto the mount of Olives,

then sent Jesus two disciples,

2 Saying unto them, Go into the vil-

lage

over against you, and straight-

way ye shall find an ass tied, and a

colt with her: loose them, and bring

them unto me.

3 And if any man say ought unto

you, ye shall say, The Lord hath

need of them; and straightway he

will send them.

4 All this was done, that it might

be fulfilled which was spoken by

the prophet, saying,

5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be-

hold, thy

King cometh unto thee,

meek, and sitting upon an ass, and

a colt the foal of an ass.

6 And the disciples went, and did

as Jesus commanded them,

And brought the ass, and the

colt, and put on them their clothes,

and they set him thereon.

8 And a very great multitude

spread their garments in the way;

others cut down branches from the

trees, and strawed them in the way.

9 And the multitudes that went

before, and that followed, cried,

saying,

Hosanna to the Son of

David:

Blessed is he that cometh

in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in

the highest.

10 And when he was come into

Jerusalem, all the city was moved,

saying, Who is this?

11 And the

multitude said, This

is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of

Galilee.

12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple

of God, and cast out all them that

sold and bought in the temple, and

overthrew the tables of the money-

changers, and the seats of them that

sold doves,

13 And said unto them, It is writ-

ten, My

house shall be called the

house of

prayer; but ye have made

it a

den of thieves.

14 And the blind and the lame

came to him in the temple; and he

healed them.

15 And when the chief priests and

scribes saw the wonderful things

that he did, and the

children crying

in the temple, and saying, Hosanna

to the Son of David; they were sore

displeased,

16 And said unto him, Hearest thou

what these say? And Jesus saith unto

them, Yea; have ye never read, Out

of the mouth of babes and sucklings

thou hast perfected praise?

17 ¶ And he left them, and went

out of the city into Bethany; and

he lodged there.

18 Now in the morning as he re-

turned into the city, he hungered.

34 a tg Compassion.

tg Sight.

2 a gr in front of you.

5 a Isa. 62:11;

Zech. 9:9 (9–11).

7 a

JSt Matt. 21:5 . . . and

brought the colt, and

put on it their clothes;

and Jesus took the colt

and sat thereon;

and they followed him.

9 a Luke 19:40.

b Ps. 118:25–26.

11 a

gr crowds kept saying.

13 a Ps. 27:4.

tg Temple.

tg Prayer.

c Jer. 7:11.

15 a

JSt Matt. 21:13 . . .

children of the kingdom

crying . . .

1224MATTHEW 21:19–34

19 And when he saw a fig tree

the way, he came to it, and found

nothing thereon, but leaves only,

and said unto it, Let no

fruit grow

on thee henceforward for ever. And

presently the fig tree withered

away.

20 And when the disciples saw it,

they marvelled, saying, How soon

is the fig tree withered away!

21 Jesus answered and said unto

them, Verily I say unto you, If ye

have

faith, and

doubt not, ye shall

not only do this which is done to the

fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto

this

mountain, Be thou removed,

and be thou cast into the sea; it

shall be done.

22 And all

things, whatsoever ye

shall

ask in

prayer, believing,

ye shall receive.

23 ¶ And when he was come into

the temple, the chief priests and the

elders of the people came unto him

as he was teaching, and said, By

what

authority doest thou these

things? and who gave thee this

authority?

24 And Jesus answered and said

unto them, I also will ask you one

thing, which if ye tell me, I in like

wise will tell you by what

author-

ity I do these things.

25 The baptism of John, whence

was it? from heaven, or of men? And

they reasoned with themselves, say-

ing, If we shall say, From heaven;

he will say unto us, Why did ye not

then believe him?

26 But if we shall say, Of men; we

fear the people; for all hold John

as a

prophet.

27 And they answered Jesus, and

said, We cannot tell. And he said

unto them, Neither tell I you by

what authority I do these things.

28 ¶ But what think ye? A certain

man had two sons; and he came to

the first, and said, Son, go

work to

day in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said,

I will

not: but afterward he repented,

and went.

30 And he came to the second, and

said likewise. And he answered

and said, I go, sir: and

went

not.

31 Whether of them twain did the

will of his father? They say unto

him, The first. Jesus saith unto them,

Verily I say unto you, That the pub-

licans and the harlots go into the

kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came unto you in the

way of

righteousness, and ye

be-

lieved him not: but the

publicans

and the harlots believed him:

and

ye, when ye had seen it, repented

not afterward, that ye might be-

lieve him.

33 ¶

Hear another parable: There

was a certain householder, which

planted a vineyard, and hedged it

round about, and digged a winepress

in it, and built a tower, and let it

out to

husbandmen, and went into

a far country:

34 And when the time of the fruit

drew near, he sent his servants to

the husbandmen, that they might

receive the fruits of it.

19 a gr by the road.

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

gr immediately; see

also Mark 11:20–24.

21 a

tg Faith.

tg Doubt.

tg God, Power of.

22 a

tg Blessing.

b 3 Ne. 18:20;

Morm. 9:21.

tg Prayer.

23 a

tg Authority.

24 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

26 a Matt. 11:9; 14:5;

Luke 20:6.

28 a Jacob 5:71 (70–71).

29 a

gr I don’t desire to go.

30 a

tg Hypocrisy.

b D&C 41:5.

32 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Unbelief.

c Luke 3:12; 7:29 (28–30).

JSt Matt. 21:32–34

. . . and ye, afterward,

when ye had seen me,

repented not, that ye

might believe him. For

he that believed not John

concerning me, cannot

believe me, except he first

repent. And except ye

repent, the preaching of

John shall condemn you in

the day of judgment . . .

33 a

JSt Matt. 21:34–35 . . .

And again, hear another

parable; for unto you

that believe not, I speak

in parables; that your

unrighteousness may

be rewarded unto you.

Behold, there was . . .

tg Stewardship;

Watchman.

1225 MATTHEW 21:35–22:10

35 And the husbandmen took his

servants, and

beat one, and killed

another, and stoned another.

36 Again, he sent other servants

more than the first: and they did

unto them likewise.

37 But last of all he sent unto them

his son, saying, They will reverence

my son.

38 But when the husbandmen saw

the son, they said among themselves,

This is the

heir; come, let us kill him,

and let us seize on his inheritance.

39 And they caught him, and cast

him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

40 When the lord therefore of the

vineyard cometh, what will he do

unto those husbandmen?

41 They say unto him, He will

miserably destroy those wicked

men, and will let out his

vineyard

unto other husbandmen, which

shall render him the fruits in their

seasons.

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye

never read in the scriptures, The

stone which the builders

rejected,

the same is become the head of the

corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and

it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The

kingdom of God shall be

taken

from you, and

given to a

nation

bringing forth the fruits thereof.

And whosoever shall fall on

this stone shall be broken: but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind

him to powder.

And when the chief priests and

Pharisees had heard his parables,

they perceived that he spake of

them.

46 But when they sought to lay

hands on him, they feared the mul-

titude, because they took him for a

prophet.

CHAPTER 22

Jesus gives the parable of the marriage

of the king’s son—Pay tribute to Cæsar

and to God—Worldly marriages endure

in this life only—The first command-

ment is to love the Lord—Jesus asks,

What think ye of Christ?

A Jesus answered and spake unto

them again by parables, and said,

2 The kingdom of heaven is like

unto a certain king, which

made

marriage for his son,

3 And sent forth his servants to

call them that were bidden to the

wedding: and

they would not come.

4 Again, he sent forth other ser-

vants, saying, Tell them which are

bidden, Behold, I have prepared my

dinner: my oxen and my fatlings

are killed, and all things are ready:

come unto the marriage.

5 But they made light of it, and

went their ways, one to his farm,

another to his merchandise:

6 And the remnant took his ser-

vants, and entreated them spitefully,

and slew them.

7 But when the king heard thereof,

he was wroth: and he sent forth his

armies, and destroyed those mur-

derers, and burned up their city.

8 Then saith he to his servants, The

wedding is ready, but they which

were bidden were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the high-

ways, and as many as ye shall find,

bid to the marriage.

10 So those servants went out into

the highways, and

gathered to-

gether all as many as they found,

35 a Matt. 23:30 (29–38).

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

38 a John 11:53 (47–53);

Heb. 1:2.

41 a

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

42 a

tg Cornerstone;

Jesus Christ, Prophecies

about;

Rock.

b Luke 9:22;

1 Pet. 2:7.

c Zech. 10:4.

43 a Isa. 5:5 (1–7);

Luke 14:24 (21–24);

Acts 13:46;

1 Ne. 13:26;

D&C 90:3 (1–5).

b Dan. 2:44.

c Isa. 48:11.

tg Nations.

44 a Isa. 8:14 (13–15);

Luke 2:34;

Rom. 9:32 (28–33);

1 Pet. 2:8 (6–8).

45 a

JSt Matt. 21:47–56

(Appendix).

2 a gr gave a wedding

celebration.

b Luke 5:34;

Rev. 19:7 (7–9); 21:2;

D&C 65:3.

3 a

gr they did not want

to come.

10 a Matt. 13:47 (47–53).

1226MATTHEW 22:11–34

both bad and good: and the wedding

was furnished with guests.

11 ¶ And when the king came in

to see the guests, he saw there a

man which had not on a wedding

garment:

12 And he saith unto him, Friend,

how camest thou in hither not hav-

ing a wedding garment? And he was

speechless.

13 Then said the king to the ser-

vants, Bind him hand and foot,

and take him away, and cast him

into

outer darkness; there shall

be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are

called, but few

are

chosen.

15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and

took counsel how they might

en-

tangle him in his talk.

16 And they sent out unto him

their disciples with the Herodians,

saying, Master, we know that thou

art true, and teachest the way of

God in truth,

neither carest thou

for any man: for thou

regardest not

the person of men.

17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest

thou? Is it

lawful to give tribute

unto Cæsar, or not?

18 But Jesus perceived their wick-

edness, and said, Why

tempt ye me,

ye hypocrites?

19 Shew me the tribute money.

And they brought unto him a penny.

20 And he saith unto them, Whose

is this image and superscription?

21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s.

Then saith he unto them,

Render

therefore unto

Cæsar the things

which are Cæsar’s; and unto God

the things that are God’s.

22 When they had heard these

words, they marvelled, and left him,

and went their way.

23 ¶ The same day came to him

the

Sadducees, which say that there

is no resurrection, and asked him,

24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If

a man die, having no children, his

brother shall

marry his wife, and

raise up seed unto his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven

brethren: and the first, when he

had married a wife, deceased, and,

having no issue, left his wife unto

his brother:

26 Likewise the second also, and

the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died

also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection

whose wife shall she be of the seven?

for they all had her.

29 Jesus answered and said unto

them, Ye do err, not knowing the

scriptures, nor the

power of God.

30 For in the

resurrection they

neither

marry, nor are given in

marriage, but are as the

angels of

God in heaven.

31 But as touching the resurrec-

tion of the dead, have ye not read

that which was spoken unto you by

God, saying,

32 I am the

God of Abraham, and

the God of Isaac, and the God of Ja-

cob? God is not the God of the dead,

but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard

this, they were astonished at his

doctrine.

34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had

heard that he had put the Saddu-

cees to silence, they were gathered

together.

11 a Rev. 19:8.

13 a Matt. 8:12 (11–12);

D&C 77:8;

133:72 (71–73).

14 a D&C 121:34 (34–40).

JSt Matt. 22:14 . . .

chosen; wherefore all do

not have on the wedding

garment.

15 a Mark 12:13 (13–17);

Luke

11:54; 20:20 (19–26).

16 a ie you court no man’s

favor.

b Prov. 24:23.

17 a D&C 58:22 (20–23).

18 a

gr are you testing.

tg Test.

21 a

tg Citizenship.

tg Governments.

23 a Matt. 16:12 (1, 6, 11–12);

Acts 23:8.

24 a Deut. 25:5;

Mark 12:19.

b Ruth 3:13.

29 a D&C 138:1 (1–4).

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of;

Scriptures, Study of.

tg God, Power of.

30 a

tg Resurrection.

tg Marriage, Marry;

Marriage, Temporal.

c D&C 131:4 (1–4);

132:16 (15–17).

32 a Gen. 32:9;

1 Ne. 19:10;

D&C 136:21.

1227 MATTHEW 22:35–23:12

35 Then one of them, which was a

lawyer, asked him a question,

tempt-

ing him, and saying,

36 Master, which is the great com-

mandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt

love the Lord thy God with all thy

heart, and with all thy soul, and

with all thy

mind.

38 This is the first and great

com-

mandment.

39 And the second is like unto it,

Thou shalt

love thy neighbour as

thyself.

40 On these two commandments

hang all the

law and the prophets.

41 ¶ While the Pharisees were

gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 Saying, What think ye of Christ?

whose son is he? They say unto him,

The Son of

David.

43 He saith unto them, How then

doth David in spirit call him Lord,

saying,

44 The L said unto my Lord, Sit

thou on my right hand, till I make

thine enemies thy footstool?

45 If David then call him Lord,

how is he his son?

46 And no man was able to answer

him a word, neither

durst any man

from that day forth ask him any

more questions.

CHAPTER 23

Jesus pronounces woes upon the scribes

and Pharisees—They will be held re-

sponsible for killing the prophets—

They will not escape the damnation

of hell.

T spake Jesus to the multitude,

and to his disciples,

2 Saying, The

scribes and the

Pharisees sit in Moses’

seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they

bid you observe, that observe and

do; but do not ye after their works:

for they say, and do not.

4 For they bind heavy burdens

and grievous to be borne, and lay

them on men’s shoulders; but they

themselves will not move them with

one of their fingers.

5 But all their works they do for to

be seen of men: they

make broad

their

phylacteries, and enlarge the

borders of their garments,

6 And love the

uppermost rooms

at feasts, and the chief seats in the

synagogues,

7 And greetings in the markets, and

to be called of men, Rabbi,

Rabbi.

8 But be not ye called

Rabbi: for

one is your

Master, even Christ; and

all ye are brethren.

And call no man your father

upon the earth: for one is your

Father, which is in heaven.

10 Neither be ye called masters:

for one is your Master,

even Christ.

11 But he that is

greatest among

you shall be your

servant.

12 And whosoever shall

exalt

himself shall be

abased; and he

that shall

humble himself shall

be exalted.

35 a tg Test.

37 a

tg Dedication;

God, Love of;

Love.

tg Heart.

tg Mind.

38 a

tg Commandments

of God.

39 a

tg Love.

40 a Mark 12:33 (13–37);

Rom. 13:10 (8–10).

tg Law of Moses.

42 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Davidic Descent of.

46 a

gr dared.

2 a tg Scribe.

The Greek word

connotes

a chair of

judgment and

instruction.

5 a

gr enlarge their

phylacteries.

b Ex. 13:9 (9, 16);

Deut. 6:8.

c Num. 15:38.

6 a Luke 11:43; 14:7.

7 a

JSt Matt. 23:4 . . . Rabbi,

(which is master).

8 a Hebrew and Aramaic:

Master, or, My master.

b Col. 4:1 (1–11).

9 a

JSt Matt. 23:6 And call

no one your creator

upon the earth, or your

heavenly Father; for

one is your creator and

heavenly Father, even he

who is in heaven.

10 a

JSt Matt. 23:7 . . . even

he whom your heavenly

Father sent, which is

Christ; for he hath sent

him among you that ye

might have life.

11 a Mark 10:44 (42–45);

Luke 22:24 (24–30).

tg Leadership.

tg Servant.

12 a

tg Haughtiness;

Pride.

b D&C 49:10.

c James 1:9 (8–16);

D&C 112:3; 124:114.

tg Humility.

1228MATTHEW 23:13–32

13 ¶ But woe unto you,

scribes and

Pharisees,

hypocrites! for ye shut

up the kingdom of heaven against

men: for ye neither go in yourselves,

neither suffer ye them that are en-

tering to go in.

14 Woe unto you, scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye

devour

widows’ houses, and for a pretence

make long prayer: therefore ye shall

receive the greater

damnation.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari-

sees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea

and land to make one proselyte,

and when he is made, ye make him

twofold more the child of hell

than

yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye

blind guides,

which say, Whosoever shall swear

by the temple, it is nothing; but

whosoever shall swear by the gold

of the temple, he is a debtor!

17 Ye fools and blind: for whether

is greater, the gold, or the temple

that sanctifieth the gold?

18 And, Whosoever shall swear

by the altar, it is nothing; but who-

soever sweareth by the gift that is

upon it, he is guilty.

19 Ye fools and blind: for whether

is greater, the gift, or the altar that

sanctifieth the gift?

20 Whoso therefore shall swear by

the altar, sweareth by it, and by all

things thereon.

21 And whoso shall swear by the

temple, sweareth by it, and by him

that dwelleth therein.

22 And he that shall swear by

heaven, sweareth by the throne of

God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari-

sees,

hypocrites! for ye pay

tithe of

mint and

anise and cummin, and

have

omitted the weightier matters

of the law,

judgment,

mercy, and

faith: these ought ye to have done,

and not to leave the other undone.

24 Ye blind guides, which strain at

a gnat, and swallow a

camel.

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari-

sees, hypocrites! for ye make clean

the outside of the cup and of the

platter, but within they are full of

extortion and

excess.

26 Thou blind Pharisee,

cleanse

first that which is within the cup

and platter, that the outside of them

may be clean also.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari-

sees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto

whited

sepulchres, which indeed

appear

beautiful outward, but are

within full of dead men’s bones, and

of all

uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear

righteous unto men, but within ye

are full of

hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye

build the tombs of the prophets,

and garnish the sepulchres of the

righteous,

30 And say, If we had been in the

days of our fathers, we would not

have been partakers with them in

the blood of the

prophets.

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto

yourselves, that ye are the children

of them which

killed the

prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the

measure of

your

fathers.

13 a tg Scribe.

tg Apostasy of Israel.

gr actors.

14 a

tg Injustice.

tg Damnation.

15 a

JSt Matt. 23:12 . . . than

he was before, like unto

yourselves.

16 a

tg Spiritual Blindness.

23 a

tg Hypocrisy.

tg Tithing.

gr dill.

gr abandoned.

tg Justice.

f

tg Mercy.

24 a

JSt Matt. 23:21 . . .

camel; who make

yourselves appear unto

men that ye would not

commit the least sin,

and yet ye yourselves,

transgress the whole law.

25 a

gr rapacity, greediness.

gr self-indulgence,

lack of self-control.

tg Temperance.

26 a

tg Purification;

Wash.

27 a

gr whitewashed tombs.

Acts 23:3.

b Luke 11:44.

tg Beauty.

tg Cleanliness.

28 a D&C 10:37.

tg Guile.

30 a Matt. 21:35 (33–42).

31 a

tg Martyrdom.

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

32 a Judg. 2:19.

b Acts 7:51 (51–52);

Hel. 13:25 (25–29).

1229 MATTHEW 23:33–24:8

33 Ye serpents, ye

generation of

vipers, how can ye escape the

dam-

nation of hell?

34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto

you

prophets, and wise men, and

scribes: and some of them ye shall

kill and crucify; and some of them

shall ye scourge in your synagogues,

and persecute them from city to city:

35 That upon you may come all

the righteous

blood shed upon the

earth, from the blood of

righteous

Abel unto the blood of Zacharias

son of Barachias, whom ye slew

between the

temple and the altar.

36 Verily I say unto you, All these

things shall come upon this

gen-

eration.

37 O

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou

that

killest the prophets, and ston-

est them which are sent unto thee,

how often

would I have

gathered

thy children together, even as a hen

gathereth her chickens under her

wings, and ye

would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto

you

desolate.

For I say unto you, Ye shall not

see me henceforth, till ye shall say,

Blessed is he that cometh in the

name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 24

Jesus foretells the doom of Jerusalem

and the destruction of the temple—

Great calamities will precede His Sec-

ond Coming—He gives the parable of

the fig tree.

A Jesus went out, and departed

from the temple: and his disciples

came to him for to

shew him the

buildings of the

temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them,

See

ye not all these things? verily I say

unto you, There shall not be left

here one

stone upon another, that

shall not be thrown down.

3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount

of Olives, the disciples came unto

him privately, saying, Tell us, when

shall these things be? and what shall

be the

sign of thy coming, and of

the end of the

world?

4 And Jesus answered and said

unto them, Take heed that no man

deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my

name, saying, I am

Christ; and

shall

deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of

wars and

rumours of wars: see that ye be not

troubled: for all these things must

come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For

nation shall rise against

nation, and kingdom against king-

dom: and there shall be

famines,

and pestilences, and earthquakes,

in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of

sorrows.

33 a Matt. 3:7; 12:34.

tg Damnation;

Punish.

34 a D&C 1:38; 43:25.

tg Scribe.

35 a

tg Martyrdom.

tg Righteousness.

c Luke 11:51.

36 a

JSt Matt. 23:33–35

. . . generation. Ye

bear testimony against

your fathers, when ye,

yourselves, are partakers

of the same wickedness.

Behold your fathers did

it through ignorance, but

ye do not; wherefore, their

sins shall be upon your

heads.

37 a

tg Jerusalem.

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

gr have I desired to

gather.

d 3 Ne. 10:6 (4–6);

D&C 29:2;

43:24 (24–25).

tg Israel, Gathering of.

e D&C 138:21 (21–22).

tg Rebellion;

Stubbornness.

38 a Ps. 69:25;

Jer. 12:7; 22:5.

39 a JS—M 1:1.

b Ps. 118:26.

1 a JS—M 1:2.

b D&C 45:20 (15–21).

tg Temple.

2 a D&C 45:18.

b Luke 19:44 (41–44);

JS—M 1:3 (1–55).

3 a Luke 21:7 (7–36);

D&C 45:16 (16–75).

b JS—M 1:4 adds “or

the destruction of the

wicked, which is the end

of the world.”

D&C 45:22.

tg Last Days;

World, End of.

4 a Col. 2:18 (16–23);

D&C 49:23 (22–24).

tg Lying.

5 a

tg Name.

tg False Christs.

c Mark 13:6.

tg Apostasy of the Early

Christian Church.

6 a

tg War.

gr frightened.

D&C 45:35 (34–35).

7 a

tg Last Days;

Nations.

tg Drought.

8 a

tg Sorrow.

1230MATTHEW 24:9–30

9 Then shall they deliver you up

to be afflicted, and shall

kill you:

and ye shall be

hated of all nations

for my name’s sake.

10 And then shall many be

of-

fended, and shall betray one an-

other, and shall hate one another.

11 And many

false prophets shall

rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because

iniquity shall

abound, the love of many shall

wax

cold.

13 But he that shall

endure unto

the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this

gospel of the

kingdom

shall be preached in all the world

for a witness unto all nations; and

then shall the

end come.

15 When ye therefore shall see the

abomination of desolation, spoken

of by Daniel the prophet, stand in

the

holy place, (whoso readeth, let

him

understand:)

16 Then let them which be in

Judæa

flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the house-

top not come down to take any thing

out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the

field return back to take his clothes.

19 And

woe unto them that are

with child, and to them that give

suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be

not in the winter, neither on the

sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great

trib-

ulation, such as was not since the

beginning of the world to this time,

no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be

shortened, there should no flesh be

saved: but for the elect’s sake those

days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto

you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;

be-

lieve it not.

24 For there shall arise

false

Christs, and

false prophets, and

shall shew great

signs and wonders;

insomuch that, if it were possible,

they shall

deceive the very

elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto

you, Behold, he is in the desert; go

not forth: behold, he is in the

secret

chambers; believe it not.

27 For as the

lightning cometh out

of the

east, and shineth even unto

the west; so shall also the coming

of the Son of man be.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is,

there will the eagles be

gathered

together.

29 ¶ Immediately after the tribu-

lation of those

days shall the

sun

darkened, and the moon shall

not give her light, and the stars shall

fall from heaven, and the powers of

the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the

sign

of the Son of man in

heaven: and

then shall all the tribes of the earth

mourn, and they shall see the

Son

9 a tg Martyrdom.

tg Persecution.

gr on account of my

name.

10 a Isa. 8:14 (14–15);

Matt. 11:6.

11 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

False Prophets.

12 a D&C 45:27.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

13 a

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

14 a

tg Gospel;

Restoration of the

Gospel.

tg Kingdom of God, on

Earth.

c D&C 29:23; 43:31.

15 a

tg Abomination of

Desolation.

tg Jerusalem.

c D&C 57:9.

16 a

tg Israel, Scattering of.

19 a Luke 23:29.

21 a JS—M 1:18.

tg Tribulation.

22 a

tg Time.

23 a D&C 49:22.

24 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg False Christs.

tg False Prophets.

d Rev. 16:14 (13–14).

tg Signs; Sign Seekers.

e Rev. 13:14 (11–18).

tg Deceit.

f D&C 29:7 (7–8);

84:34 (33–34).

26 a D&C 49:22 (22–23).

27 a D&C 45:36 (36–44).

b Ezek. 43:2.

28 a D&C 29:8 (7–8);

JS—M 1:27.

29 a

tg Day of the Lord.

tg Astronomy.

c Isa. 13:10;

Ezek. 32:7; 34:12 (11–19);

Joel 2:10;

Rev. 6:12.

30 a D&C 88:93.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

tg Heaven.

c Zech. 12:12;

Rev. 1:7 (7–8).

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

1231 MATTHEW 24:31–51

of man coming in the clouds of

heaven with

power and great

glory.

31 And he shall send his

angels

with a great sound of a

trumpet,

and they shall gather together his

elect from the four winds, from one

end of

heaven to the other.

32 Now learn a parable of the

fig

tree; When his branch is yet tender,

and putteth forth leaves, ye know

that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall

see all these things, know that

is near, even at the

doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This

gen-

eration shall not pass, till all these

things be

fulfilled.

35 Heaven and earth shall

pass

away, but my

words shall not

pass away.

36 ¶ But of that

day and

hour

knoweth no man, no, not the

an-

gels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of

Noe were,

so shall also the coming of the Son

of man be.

38 For as in the days that were

before the

flood they were eating

and drinking, marrying and giving

in marriage, until the day that Noe

entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood

came, and took them all away; so

shall also the coming of the Son of

man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field;

the one shall be taken, and the

other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at

the mill; the one shall be taken, and

the other left.

42 ¶

Watch therefore: for ye know

not what hour your Lord doth

come.

43 But know this, that if the good-

man of the house had known in

what watch the thief would come,

he would have watched, and would

not have suffered his house to be

broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also

ready: for

in such an

hour

as ye think not

the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a

faithful and

wise

servant, whom his lord hath made

ruler over his household, to give

them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that

servant, whom

his lord when he cometh shall find

so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he

shall make him ruler over all his

goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall

say in his heart, My lord

delayeth

his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fel-

lowservants, and to eat and drink

with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall

come in a day when he looketh not

for him, and in an hour that he is

not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and

appoint him his portion with the

hypocrites: there shall be weeping

and gnashing of teeth.

CHAPTER 25

Jesus gives the parables of the ten virgins,

the talents, and the sheep and the goats.

30 e tg

Jesus Christ, Power of.

f tg Jesus Christ, Glory of.

31 a

tg Angels.

b Isa. 27:13;

1 Thes. 4:16;

D&C 49:23 (23–28).

c Ps. 147:2 (1–20);

JS—M 1:27.

tg Election.

d Deut. 30:4.

32 a D&C 35:16.

33 a

gr He is near.

b D&C 45:63.

34 a JS—M 1:34 (31–35).

b Isa. 10:22 (21–34);

D&C 1:7.

c D&C 45:21.

35 a D&C 29:23 (22–29).

b D&C 1:38 (37–39).

c Josh. 21:45;

1 Kgs. 8:56;

D&C 45:23.

36 a D&C 39:21; 49:7.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

tg Angels.

37 a

ie Noah.

Gen. 7:1;

Luke 17:27 (26–27);

3 Ne. 22:9.

38 a

tg Worldliness.

42 a

tg Millennium,

Preparing a People

for; Watch.

43 a Ex. 22:2 (1–4).

44 a

tg Procrastination.

b Luke 12:40;

D&C 45:2; 51:20.

gr when you do not

expect Him.

45 a D&C 51:19.

b D&C 72:4.

c D&C 58:26 (26–29);

84:86 (85–86);

107:100 (99–100).

tg Stewardship.

46 a

tg Servant.

48 a D&C 45:26.

1232MATTHEW 25:1–25

T shall the kingdom of heaven

be likened unto ten

virgins, which

took their

lamps, and went forth to

meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and

five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their

lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their

vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried,

they all

slumbered and

slept.

6 And at midnight there was a

cry made, Behold, the

bridegroom

cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and

trimmed their

lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the

wise, Give us of your oil; for our

lamps

are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying,

Not so; lest there be not enough for

us and you: but go ye rather to them

that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy,

the bridegroom came; and they

that were

ready went in with him

to the marriage: and the door was

shut.

11 Afterward came also the other

virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open

to us.

12 But he answered and said,

Ver-

ily I say unto you, I

know you not.

Watch therefore, for ye know

neither the day nor the hour wherein

the Son of man cometh.

14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as

a man travelling into a far country,

who called his own servants, and

delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he

gave five

tal-

ents, to another two, and to another

one; to every man according to his

several ability; and straightway took

his journey.

16 Then he that had received the

five talents went and traded with

the same, and made them other five

talents.

17 And likewise he that had received

two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one

went and digged in the earth, and

hid his lord’s money.

19 After a long time the lord of

those servants cometh, and

reck-

oneth with them.

20 And so he that had received

five talents came and brought

other five talents, saying, Lord, thou

deliveredst unto me five talents:

behold, I have gained beside them

five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well

done, thou good and faithful

ser-

vant: thou hast been

faithful over

a few things, I will make thee

ruler

over many things: enter thou into

the

joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two

talents came and said, Lord, thou

deliveredst unto me two talents:

behold, I have gained two other

talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well

done, good and

faithful servant;

thou hast been faithful over a few

things, I will make thee ruler over

many things: enter thou into the

joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received

the one talent came and said, Lord,

I knew thee that thou art an

hard

man, reaping where thou hast not

sown, and gathering where thou

hast not strawed:

25 And I was

afraid, and went and

1 a JSt Matt. 25:1 And then,

at that day, before the

Son of man comes, the

kingdom of . . .

b D&C 45:56 (56–59);

63:54.

c Lev. 24:2.

5 a D&C 35:21.

tg Sleep.

6 a D&C 88:92; 133:10.

7 a Luke 12:35; D&C 33:17.

8 a

gr are going out.

10 a

tg Millennium,

Preparing a People for;

Procrastination.

gr locked.

12 a

JSt Matt. 25:11 . . .

Verily I say unto you,

Ye know me not.

b Matt. 7:23.

13 a

tg Watch.

15 a Mark 4:24 (23–25).

tg Talents;

Work, Value of.

19 a

gr settled accounts.

D&C 72:3 (3–5).

20 a

gr entrustedst.

21 a

tg Servant.

b Luke 16:10;

D&C 132:53.

c Rev. 3:21;

D&C 132:20.

tg Leadership;

Stewardship.

tg Joy.

23 a D&C 52:13.

tg Trustworthiness.

24 a

gr strict.

25 a D&C 60:2 (2–3, 13).

1233 MATTHEW 25:26–45

hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there

thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto

him, Thou wicked and

slothful

servant, thou knewest that I

reap

where I sowed not, and gather where

I have not strawed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have

put my money to the exchangers,

and then at my coming I should have

received mine own with

usury.

28 Take therefore the

talent from

him, and give it unto him which

hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath

shall be

given, and he shall have

abundance: but from him that hath

not shall be

taken away even that

which he hath.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable

servant into outer darkness: there

shall be weeping and gnashing of

teeth.

31 ¶ When the

Son of man shall

come in his

glory, and all the holy

angels with him, then shall he sit

upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gath-

ered all

nations: and he shall

separate them one from another,

as a

shepherd divideth his

sheep

from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on

his

right hand, but the goats on

the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto

them on his

right hand, Come, ye

blessed of my Father,

inherit the

kingdom prepared for you from

the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an

hungred, and ye

gave me meat: I was thirsty, and

ye gave me drink: I was a

stranger,

and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I

was sick, and ye

visited me: I was

prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer

him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee

an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty,

and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger,

and took thee in? or naked, and

clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee

sick, or

in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and

say unto them, Verily I say unto

you, Inasmuch as ye have

done it

unto one of the

least of these my

brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto

them on the

left hand,

Depart

from me, ye

cursed, into everlast-

ing

fire,

prepared for the devil

and his angels:

42 For I was an

hungred, and ye

gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and

ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took

me not in: naked, and ye clothed

me not: sick, and in prison, and ye

visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him,

saying, Lord, when saw we thee an

hungred, or athirst, or a stranger,

or naked, or sick, or in prison, and

did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, say-

ing, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch

26 a tg Laziness.

tg Harvest.

27 a

tg Usury.

28 a D&C 82:18.

29 a Matt. 13:12.

b D&C 82:3.

c Alma 12:11 (9–11);

D&C 1:33; 60:3 (2–3).

31 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son

of Man.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming;

Millennium.

32 a

tg Nations.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge;

Judgment, the Last;

Separation.

tg Shepherd.

tg Sheep.

33 a D&C 29:27.

34 a Moses 7:56 (56–57).

tg Blessing.

tg Exaltation;

Reward.

d Luke 12:32;

Rev. 22:5.

35 a

tg Poor.

tg Almsgiving;

Generosity.

tg Hospitality;

Stranger.

36 a

gr took care of,

cared for.

b Heb. 13:3.

39 a

tg Health.

40 a Mosiah 2:17;

D&C 42:38.

tg Good Works;

Neighbor; Poor.

tg Welfare.

41 a D&C 19:5.

b D&C 29:28.

gr who have come

under a curse. (See also

2 Ne. 9:16;

D&C 76:31–38, 43–48.)

tg Curse.

tg Hell.

gr which has been

prepared.

42 a Job 22:7 (6–7).

1234MATTHEW 25:46–26:23

as ye did it not to one of the

least

of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into

everlasting

punishment: but the

righteous into

life

eternal.

CHAPTER 26

Jesus is anointed—He keeps the Pass-

over and institutes the sacrament—He

suffers in Gethsemane, is betrayed by

Judas, and is taken before Caiaphas—

Peter denies that he knows Jesus.

A it came to pass, when Jesus had

finished all these sayings, he said

unto his disciples,

2 Ye know that after two days

is the feast of the

passover, and

the Son of man is

betrayed to be

crucified.

3 Then assembled together the

chief priests, and the scribes, and

the elders of the people, unto the

palace of the high priest, who was

called

Caiaphas,

4 And

consulted that they might

take Jesus by

subtilty, and

kill

him.

5 But they said, Not on the feast

day, lest there be an

uproar among

the people.

6 ¶ Now when Jesus was in Beth-

any, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 There came unto him a woman

having an alabaster box of very pre-

cious

ointment, and poured it on

his head, as he sat at meat.

8 But when his disciples saw it,

they had indignation, saying, To

what purpose is this

waste?

9 For this ointment might have

been sold for much, and given to

the poor.

10 When Jesus understood it, he

said unto them, Why trouble ye

the woman? for she hath

wrought

a good work upon me.

11 For ye have the poor always

with you; but me ye have not always.

12 For in that she hath poured

this ointment on my body, she did

for my burial.

13 Verily I say unto you, Whereso-

ever this gospel shall be preached

in the whole world, there shall also

this, that this woman hath done, be

told for a memorial of her.

14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, called

Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief

priests,

15 And said unto them, What will

ye give me, and I will deliver him

unto you? And they covenanted

with him for

thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that time he sought

opportunity to

betray him.

17 ¶ Now the first day of the feast

unleavened bread the disciples

came to Jesus, saying unto him,

Where wilt thou that we prepare

for thee to eat the

passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city

such a man, and say unto him, The

Master saith, My

time is at hand; I

will keep the passover at thy house

with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus

had appointed them; and they made

ready the

passover.

20 Now when the even was come,

he sat down with the twelve.

21 And as they did eat, he said,

Verily I say unto you, that one of

you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sor-

rowful, and began every one of them

to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

23 And he answered and said, He

45 a Prov. 14:31.

46 a D&C 19:11 (6–12).

tg Damnation;

Punish.

tg Righteousness.

tg Resurrection.

tg Eternal Life.

2 a tg Passover.

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

tg Martyrdom.

3 a John 11:49 (47–52).

4 a

gr plotted.

gr treachery, cunning.

Matt. 27:20 (11–26).

c Mark 14:1 (1–2);

Luke 22:2 (1–2).

5 a

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

7 a John 11:2.

8 a

tg Waste.

10 a

tg Benevolence.

12 a

gr to prepare me for

my burial.

15 a Ex. 21:32 (28–32).

16 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

17 a

tg Bread, Unleavened.

tg Passover.

18 a

gr to a certain man.

b John 7:6.

19 a Ex. 12:27 (1–51).

1235 MATTHEW 26:24–40

that dippeth his hand with me in

the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man goeth as it is

written of him: but woe unto that

man by whom the

Son of man is

betrayed!

it had been good for that

man if he had not been

born.

25 Then Judas, which betrayed

him, answered and said, Master, is it

I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 ¶

And as they were eating,

Jesus took

bread,

and blessed

it, and brake it, and gave it to the

disciples, and said, Take, eat; this

is my

body.

27 And he took the

cup, and gave

thanks, and gave it to them, saying,

Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my

blood of the new

testament, which is shed for many

for the

remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not

drink henceforth of this fruit of the

vine, until that day when I

drink

it new with you in my Father’s

kingdom.

30 And when they had sung an

hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

31 Then saith Jesus unto them,

All ye shall be

offended because

of me this night: for it is written, I

will

smite the

shepherd, and the

sheep of the flock shall be scattered

abroad.

32 But after I am

risen again, I will

go before you into Galilee.

33 Peter answered and said unto

him, Though all men shall be of-

fended because of thee, yet will I

never be

offended.

34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I

say unto thee, That this night, be-

fore the cock crow, thou shalt deny

me thrice.

35 Peter said unto him, Though I

should die with thee, yet will I not

deny thee. Likewise also said all

the disciples.

36 ¶ Then cometh Jesus with

them unto a place called

Gethsem-

ane, and saith unto the disciples,

Sit ye here, while I go and

pray

yonder.

37 And he took with him Peter

and the two sons of Zebedee, and

began to be sorrowful and very

heavy.

38 Then saith he unto them, My

soul is

exceeding sorrowful, even

unto death: tarry ye here, and

watch

with me.

39 And he went a little further,

and fell on his face, and

prayed,

saying, O my

Father, if it be pos-

sible, let this

cup pass from me:

nevertheless not as I

will, but as

thou

wilt.

40 And he cometh unto the disci-

ples, and findeth them

asleep, and

24 a tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

gr it would have been

good.

d Luke 22:22;

Acts 2:23.

26 a

JSt Matt. 26:22, 24–25

(Appendix).

tg Bread; Bread of Life;

Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Memory.

JSt Matt. 26:22 . . . and

brake it, and blessed it,

and gave to his disciples,

and said, Take, eat;

this is in remembrance of

my body which I give a

ransom for you.

tg Sacrament.

27 a 1 Cor. 10:16 (16–17).

gr All of you drink

from it.

tg Sacrament.

28 a Ex. 24:8 (3–8);

Deut. 32:14;

Heb. 9:16 (15–22).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

gr covenant.

tg Covenants.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer;

Remission of Sins.

29 a Mark 14:25; Luke 22:18.

JSt Matt. 26:26 . . . shall

come and drink it . . .

D&C 27:5 (5–14).

30 a

tg Singing.

31 a

tg Offense.

gr strike, hit, slay.

c Zech. 13:7.

32 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

33 a Luke 22:33–34, 56–62.

36 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

b Matt. 14:23;

Luke 6:12; 9:28.

37 a

gr began to be dis-

tressed and troubled.

38 a

gr deeply grieved.

tg Pain; Sorrow.

gr stay awake.

39 a Heb. 5:7.

tg Prayer.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

c Mark 14:36 (32–42);

Mosiah 3:7;

D&C 19:18 (16–19).

gr wish, desire.

Isa. 50:5.

tg Agency.

tg Godhead.

tg Obedience;

Self-Mastery.

40 a

tg Sleep.

1236MATTHEW 26:41–63

saith unto Peter, What,

could ye not

watch with me one hour?

Watch and

pray, that ye enter

not into

temptation: the spirit in-

deed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the sec-

ond time, and prayed, saying, O

my Father, if this cup may not pass

away from me, except I drink it, thy

will be done.

43 And he came and found them

asleep again: for their eyes were

heavy.

44 And he left them, and went

away again, and prayed the third

time, saying the same words.

45 Then cometh he to his disciples,

and saith unto them, Sleep on now,

and take your rest: behold, the hour

is at hand, and the Son of man is

betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going: behold,

he is at hand that doth betray me.

47 ¶ And while he yet spake, lo,

Judas, one of the twelve, came, and

with him a great multitude with

swords and staves, from the chief

priests and elders of the people.

48 Now he that betrayed him gave

them a sign, saying, Whomsoever

I shall kiss, that same is he: hold

him fast.

49 And

forthwith he came to

Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and

kissed him.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend,

wherefore art thou come? Then

came they, and laid hands on Jesus,

and took him.

51 And, behold, one of them which

were with Jesus stretched out his

hand, and drew his sword, and

struck a

servant of the high priest’s,

and smote off his ear.

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put

up again thy sword into his place:

for all they that take the sword shall

perish with the sword.

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot

now pray to my Father, and he shall

presently give me more than twelve

legions of angels?

54 But how then shall the

scrip-

tures be fulfilled, that thus it must

be?

55 In that same hour said Jesus to

the multitudes, Are ye come out

as against a thief with swords and

staves for to take me? I sat daily

with you

teaching in the temple,

and ye laid no hold on me.

56 But all this was done, that the

scriptures of the prophets might

be fulfilled. Then all the disciples

forsook him, and fled.

57 ¶ And they that had laid hold

on Jesus led him away to

Caiaphas

the high priest, where the scribes

and the elders were assembled.

58 But Peter followed him afar off

unto the high priest’s palace, and

went in, and sat with the servants,

to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests, and el-

ders, and all the council, sought

false

witness against Jesus,

to put

him to death;

60 But found none: yea, though

many false witnesses came, yet

found they none. At the last came

two false

witnesses,

61 And said, This fellow said, I am

able to destroy the

temple of God,

and to build it in three days.

62 And the high priest arose, and

said unto him, Answerest thou noth-

ing? what is it which these witness

against thee?

63 But Jesus

held his

peace.

And the high priest answered and

40 b gr are you so powerless

that you could not stay

awake with me . . .

41 a

tg Watch.

tg Prayer.

tg Temptation.

42 a Acts 21:14.

tg God, Will of.

45 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

49 a

gr immediately.

51 a John 18:10.

52 a

tg Punish;

Retribution.

54 a 2 Ne. 9:7 (5–10);

Mosiah 3:15 (11–17).

55 a Luke 21:37;

John 8:2 (1–2).

tg Teaching.

57 a John 18:13 (13, 24).

tg Jesus Christ, Trials of.

59 a

tg Slander.

gr so that they might

put Him to death.

60 a Deut. 19:15 (15–19).

61 a Matt. 27:40;

Mark 14:58;

John 2:19 (18–22).

63 a

gr was silent, “kept

silent.”

b Isa. 53:7.

1237 MATTHEW 26:64–27:9

said unto him, I

adjure thee by

the

living God, that thou tell us

whether thou be the Christ, the

Son of God.

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast

said: nevertheless I say unto you,

Hereafter shall ye see the

Son of

man sitting on the right hand of

power, and

coming in the clouds

of heaven.

65 Then the high priest rent his

clothes, saying, He hath spoken

blasphemy; what further need

have we of witnesses? behold, now

ye have heard his blasphemy.

66 What think ye? They answered

and said, He is

guilty

death.

67 Then did they

spit in his

face, and buffeted him; and others

smote him with the palms of their

hands,

68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou

Christ, Who is he that

smote thee?

69 ¶ Now Peter sat without in the

palace: and a

damsel came unto

him, saying, Thou also wast with

Jesus of Galilee.

70 But he denied before them all,

saying, I know not what thou sayest.

71 And when he was gone out into

the porch, another maid saw him,

and said unto them that were there,

This fellow was also with Jesus of

Nazareth.

72 And again he denied with an

oath, I do not know the man.

73 And after a while came unto him

they that stood by, and said to Peter,

Surely thou also art one of them; for

thy speech

bewrayeth thee.

74 Then began he to curse and to

swear, saying, I know not the man.

And immediately the

cock crew.

75 And Peter remembered the

word of Jesus, which said unto him,

Before the cock crow, thou shalt

deny me thrice. And he went out,

and wept bitterly.

CHAPTER 27

Jesus is accused and condemned before

Pilate—Barabbas is released—Jesus is

mocked, crucified, and buried in the

tomb of Joseph of Arimathæa.

W the morning was come, all

the chief priests and elders of the

people took counsel against Jesus

to put him to death:

2 And when they had bound him,

they led him away, and delivered

him to

Pontius Pilate the governor.

3 ¶ Then Judas, which had be-

trayed him, when he saw that he

was condemned, repented himself,

and brought again the thirty pieces

of silver to the chief priests and

elders,

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I

have

betrayed the innocent

blood.

And they said, What is that to us?

see thou to that.

5 And he cast down the pieces of

silver in the temple, and departed,

and went

and

hanged himself.

6 And the chief priests took the sil-

ver pieces, and said, It is not lawful

for to put them into the treasury,

because it is the price of blood.

7 And they took counsel, and

bought with them the

potter’s field,

to bury

strangers in.

8 Wherefore that field was called,

The field of blood, unto this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which

was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,

63 c gr charge (you) under

oath (“cause you to

swear”).

tg Oath; Swearing.

64 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

tg Celestial Glory.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

65 a

tg Blaspheme.

66 a

tg Guilt.

JSt Matt. 26:67 . . . and

worthy of death.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

67 a Isa. 50:6.

68 a Luke 22:64.

69 a

gr servant-girl.

73 a

gr reveals you.

74 a

gr rooster crowed.

75 a

tg Honesty.

2 a tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

tg Blood, Shedding of.

gr that is your affair.

JSt Matt. 27:5 . . . See

thou to it; thy sins be

upon thee.

5 a

JSt Matt. 27:6 . . . and

hanged himself on a

tree. And straightway he

fell down, and his bowels

gushed out, and he

died.

b Acts 1:18 (15–20).

7 a Zech. 11:13 (12–13).

tg Stranger.

1238MATTHEW 27:10–32

saying, And they took the

thirty

pieces of silver, the price of him

that was valued, whom they of the

children of Israel did value;

10 And gave them for the potter’s

field, as the Lord appointed me.

11 And Jesus stood before the

governor: and the governor asked

him, saying, Art thou the King of

the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,

Thou sayest.

12 And when he was accused of

the chief priests and elders, he an-

swered

nothing.

13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hear-

est thou not how many things they

witness against thee?

14 And he answered him to never

a word; insomuch that the governor

marvelled greatly.

15 Now at that feast the governor

was

wont to

release unto the peo-

ple a prisoner, whom they

would.

16 And they had then a notable

prisoner, called Barabbas.

17 Therefore when they were

gathered together, Pilate said unto

them, Whom will ye that I release

unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which

is called Christ?

18 For he knew that for

envy they

had

delivered him.

19 ¶ When he was set down on the

judgment seat, his wife sent unto

him, saying, Have thou nothing to

do with that just man: for I have

suffered many things this day in a

dream because of him.

20 But the chief

priests and el-

ders

persuaded the multitude that

they should

ask Barabbas, and de-

stroy Jesus.

21 The governor answered and said

unto them, Whether of the twain

will ye that I release unto you? They

said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate saith unto them, What

shall I do then with Jesus which is

called Christ? They all say unto him,

Let him be

crucified.

23 And the governor said, Why,

what evil hath he done? But they

cried out

the more, saying, Let him

be crucified.

24 ¶ When Pilate saw that he

could

prevail nothing, but that rather a

tumult was made, he took water,

and washed his hands before the

multitude, saying, I am innocent

of the blood of this

just person:

see ye to it.

25 Then answered all the people,

and said, His

blood be on us, and

on our children.

26 ¶ Then released he Barab-

bas unto them: and when he had

scourged Jesus, he delivered him

to be crucified.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor

took Jesus into the

common hall,

and gathered unto him the whole

band of soldiers.

28 And they stripped him, and put

on him a

scarlet robe.

29 ¶ And when they had

plaited

a crown of thorns, they put it upon

his head, and a

reed in his right

hand: and they bowed the knee be-

fore him, and mocked him, saying,

Hail, King of the Jews!

30 And they

spit upon him, and

took the reed, and smote him on

the head.

31 And after that they had mocked

him, they took the robe off from him,

and put his own raiment on him,

and led him away to crucify him.

32 And as they came out, they

9 a tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

11 a

JSt Matt. 27:12 . . . Thou

sayest truly; for thus it is

written of me.

12 a

tg Jesus Christ, Trials of.

15 a

gr accustomed.

b Luke 23:17.

gr desired.

18 a

tg Envy.

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

19 a

tg Dream.

20 a

tg Priestcraft.

b Matt. 26:4 (3–4);

Acts 3:13; 13:28;

2 Ne. 10:5 (3–6).

gr request.

22 a 2 Ne. 10:3.

23 a

gr exceedingly, beyond

measure.

24 a

gr was accomplishing.

tg Rioting and Reveling.

c John 18:38 (28–38).

25 a Ps. 69:27;

Acts 5:28;

2 Ne. 6:10 (8–11).

26 a Isa. 50:6.

tg Cruelty.

27 a

gr governor’s house,

residence.

28 a

JSt Matt. 27:30 . . .

purple . . .

29 a

gr woven.

gr stalk, staff.

30 a 1 Ne. 19:9.

1239 MATTHEW 27:33–55

found a man of Cyrene, Simon by

name: him they compelled to bear

his cross.

33 And when they were come unto

a place called Golgotha, that is to

say, a place of

a skull,

34 ¶ They gave him

vinegar to

drink mingled with gall: and when

he had tasted thereof, he would not

drink.

35 And they

crucified him, and

parted his garments, casting lots:

that it might be fulfilled which was

spoken by the prophet, They parted

garments among them, and

upon my vesture did they cast lots.

36 And sitting down they watched

him there;

37 And set up over his head his

accusation written, THIS IS JESUS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then were there two thieves

crucified with him, one on the right

hand, and another on the left.

39 ¶ And they that passed by

re-

viled him, wagging their heads,

40 And saying, Thou that destroy-

est the

temple, and buildest it in

three days, save thyself. If thou be

the

Son of God, come down from

the cross.

41 Likewise also the chief priests

mocking him, with the scribes and

elders, said,

42 He saved others; himself he can-

not save. If he be the King of Israel,

let him now come down from the

cross, and we will believe him.

43 He

trusted in God; let him

de-

liver him now, if he will have him:

for he said, I am the

Son of God.

44 The thieves also, which were

crucified with him,

cast the same

in his teeth.

45 Now from the sixth hour there

was

darkness over all the land unto

the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus

cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,

Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say,

My God, my God, why hast thou

forsaken me?

47 Some of them that stood there,

when they heard that, said, This man

calleth for

Elias.

48 And straightway one of them

ran, and took a sponge, and filled it

with

vinegar, and put it on a reed,

and gave him to drink.

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see

whether Elias will come to save him.

50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried

again with

a loud voice, yielded

up the ghost.

51 And, behold, the

veil of the

temple was

rent in twain from the

top to the bottom; and the earth did

quake, and the rocks rent;

52 And the

graves were opened;

and many

bodies of the

saints

which slept

arose,

53 And came out of the graves after

his resurrection, and went into the

holy city, and appeared unto many.

54 Now when the centurion, and

they that were with him, watching

Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those

things that were done, they feared

greatly, saying, Truly this was the

Son of God.

55 And many

women were there

beholding afar off, which followed

33 a JSt Matt. 27:35 . . .

burial . . .

34 a Ps. 69:21.

35 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

ie they divided

His clothes among

themselves.

c Ps. 22:18.

39 a

tg Reviling.

40 a Matt. 26:61;

Mark 14:58;

John 2:19 (18–22).

b Matt. 4:6;

D&C 20:22.

43 a Ps. 22:8.

tg Deliver.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

44 a

gr insulted, reproached

Him.

45 a

tg Darkness, Physical.

46 a Ps. 22:1.

b D&C 121:1 (1–8).

47 a

ie Elijah.

48 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

50 a

JSt Matt. 27:54 . . . a loud

voice, saying, Father, it is

finished, thy will is done,

yielded up the ghost.

51 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Veil.

gr torn into two pieces.

c 3 Ne. 8:6 (5–12);

Moses 7:56 (55–56).

52 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

b D&C 129:1.

tg Saints.

gr who had died.

tg Resurrection.

53 a Neh. 11:1.

55 a

tg Woman.

1240MATTHEW 27:56–28:10

Jesus from Galilee, ministering

unto him:

56 Among which was Mary Mag-

dalene, and Mary the mother of

James and

Joses, and the mother

of Zebedee’s children.

57 When the even was come, there

came a rich man of Arimathæa,

named

Joseph, who also himself

was Jesus’

disciple:

58 He went to Pilate, and

begged

the body of Jesus. Then Pilate com-

manded the body to be delivered.

59 And when Joseph had taken

the body, he wrapped it in a clean

linen cloth,

60 And laid it in his own new tomb,

which he had hewn out in the rock:

and he rolled a great

stone to the

door of the

sepulchre, and departed.

61 And there was Mary Magdalene,

and the other Mary, sitting

over

against the sepulchre.

62 ¶ Now the next day, that fol-

lowed the day of the

preparation,

the chief priests and Pharisees came

together unto Pilate,

63 Saying, Sir, we remember that

that

deceiver said, while he was

yet alive, After three days I will

rise again.

64 Command therefore that the

sepulchre be made sure until the

third day, lest his disciples come by

night, and steal him away, and say

unto the people, He is risen from

the dead: so the last

error shall be

worse than the first.

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have

a watch: go your way, make it as

sure as ye can.

66 So they went, and made the

sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,

and setting a watch.

CHAPTER 28

Christ the Lord is risen—He appears

to many—He has all power in heaven

and earth—He sends the Apostles to

teach and baptize all nations.

I the end of the

sabbath, as it be-

gan to dawn toward the first day of

the week, came Mary Magdalene and

the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2 And, behold, there was a great

earthquake: for

the

angel of the

Lord descended from heaven, and

came and rolled back the stone from

the door, and sat upon it.

His

countenance was like light-

ning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for fear of him the keepers

did shake, and became as dead men.

And the angel answered and

said unto the women, Fear not ye:

for I know that ye seek Jesus, which

was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is

risen, as

he said. Come, see the place where

the

Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his

disciples that he is risen from the

dead; and, behold, he goeth before

you into Galilee; there shall ye see

him: lo, I have told you.

8 And they departed quickly from

the sepulchre with fear and great

joy; and did run to bring his disci-

ples word.

9 ¶ And as they went to tell his

disciples, behold,

Jesus met them,

saying, All hail. And they came

and held him by the feet, and wor-

shipped him.

10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be

not afraid: go tell my brethren that

they go into Galilee, and there shall

they see me.

56 a gr Joseph.

57 a John 19:38.

b John 8:31.

58 a

gr asked for, requested.

60 a John 11:38 (37–40); 20:1.

b 1 Ne. 19:10.

61 a

gr in front of, before.

62 a

tg Passover.

63 a John 2:19.

64 a

gr deception.

1 a gr After the sabbath.

tg Sabbath.

2 a

JSt Matt. 28:2 . . . two

angels . . .

tg Angels.

3 a

JSt Matt. 28:3 And

their countenance was

like lightning, and

their raiment white as

snow . . .

b D&C 20:6.

5 a

JSt Matt. 28:4 And the

angels answered and

said unto the women,

Fear not ye; for we

know . . .

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection;

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

1241 MATTHEW 28:11–MARK 1:4

11 ¶ Now when they were going,

behold, some of the

watch came into

the city, and

shewed unto the chief

priests all the things that were done.

12 And when they were assembled

with the elders, and had taken coun-

sel, they gave

large money unto

the soldiers,

13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples

came by night, and stole him away

while we slept.

14 And if this come to the gover-

nor’s ears, we will persuade him,

and

secure you.

15 So they took the money, and did

as they were taught: and this saying

is commonly reported among the

Jews until this day.

16 ¶ Then the eleven disciples went

away into Galilee, into a moun-

tain where Jesus had appointed

them.

17 And when they saw him, they

worshipped him: but some

doubted.

18 And

Jesus came and spake

unto them, saying, All

power is

given unto me in heaven and in

earth.

19 ¶ Go ye therefore, and

teach

all

nations,

baptizing them in the

name of the

Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to

observe

all things whatsoever I have

com-

manded you: and, lo,

I am with

you alway, even unto the

end of the

world. Amen.

11 a GR guard.

b GR reported.

12 a GR much money.

14 a GR keep you out of

trouble.

17 a TG Doubt.

18 a TG Jesus Christ,

Appearances, Postmortal.

b Heb. 2:8;

1 Ne. 9:6.

TG God, Power of;

Jesus Christ, Messiah;

Jesus Christ, Power of;

Priesthood, Power of.

19 a GR preach to, make

disciples of (meaning

“make Christians in all

nations”).

TG Apostles;

Israel, Mission of;

Missionary Work;

Mission of Early Saints;

Mission of Latter-day

Saints; Teaching.

b TG Nations.

c TG Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

d TG Godhead.

20 a The Greek text

suggests this would be

post-baptismal teaching.

TG Prophets, Mission of.

b TG Baptism,

Qualifications for.

c Jer. 1:7 (7–10).

d D&C 30:11; 31:13;

61:10; 62:9.

TG Guidance, Divine;

Protection, Divine.

e D&C 24:8; 132:49.

TG World, End of.

[M ]

Title: 

JST entitles this book

“The Testimony of

St. Mark.”

1 a TG Gospel.

2 a Mal. 3:1;

Matt. 11:10.

3 a Matt. 3:3;

Luke 3:4;

John 1:23.

4 a

TG Missionary Work.

TG Baptism.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

ST MARK

CHAPTER 1

Jesus is baptized by John—He preaches

the gospel, calls disciples, casts out

devils, heals the sick, and cleanses a

leper.

HE beginning of the

gospel

of Jesus Christ, the Son of

God;

2 As it is written in the prophets,

Behold, I send my

messenger be-

fore thy face, which shall prepare

thy way before thee.

3 The

voice of one crying in the

wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 John did baptize in the wilder-

ness, and

preach the

baptism of

1242MARK 1:5–25

repentance for the

remission of

sins.

5 And there went out unto him

all the land of Judæa, and they of

Jerusalem, and were all

baptized

of him in the river of Jordan,

con-

fessing their sins.

6 And John was

clothed with

camel’s hair, and with a girdle of

a skin about his loins; and he did

eat

locusts and wild honey;

7 And preached, saying, There

cometh one mightier than I after me,

the latchet of whose shoes I am not

worthy to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptized you

with water:

but he shall baptize

you with the Holy Ghost.

9 And it came to pass in those days,

that Jesus came from Nazareth of

Galilee, and was

baptized of John

in Jordan.

10 And straightway coming

out of the water, he saw the heavens

opened, and the Spirit like a

dove

descending upon him:

11 And there came a voice from

heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And immediately the Spirit

driveth him into the

wilderness.

13 And he was there in the wilder-

ness forty days, tempted of Satan;

and was with the wild beasts; and

the angels ministered unto him.

14 Now after that John was put

in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,

preaching the gospel of the king-

dom of God,

15 And saying, The

time is ful-

filled, and the

kingdom of God

at hand:

repent ye, and

believe

the gospel.

16 Now as he walked by the sea of

Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew

his brother casting a net into the

sea: for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said unto them, Come

ye after me, and I will make you to

become

fishers of men.

18 And straightway they forsook

their nets, and followed him.

19 And when he had gone a little

further thence, he saw James the son

of Zebedee, and John his brother,

who also were in the ship mending

their nets.

20 And straightway he called them:

and they left their father Zebedee

in the ship with the hired servants,

and went after him.

21 And they went into Capernaum;

and straightway on the sabbath day

he entered into the synagogue, and

taught.

22 And they were astonished at

his doctrine: for he taught them as

one that had

authority, and not as

the

scribes.

23 And there was in their syna-

gogue a man with an

unclean spirit;

and he cried out,

24 Saying, Let us alone;

what have

we to do with thee, thou Jesus of

Nazareth? art thou come to destroy

us? I know thee who thou art, the

Holy One of God.

25 And Jesus

rebuked him, saying,

Hold thy peace, and come out of

him.

4 c tg Repent.

tg Remission of Sins.

5 a

tg Baptism, Immersion.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

6 a

tg Clothing.

b 2 Kgs. 1:8.

c Lev. 11:22.

8 a

JSt Mark 1:6 . . . but he

shall not only baptize

you with water, but with

fire, and the Holy Ghost.

9 a

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Essential;

Jesus Christ, Baptism of.

10 a

tg Baptism, Immersion.

tg Holy Ghost, Dove,

Sign of.

12 a

JSt Mark 1:10–11 And

immediately the Spirit

took him into the

wilderness. And he was

there in the wilderness

forty days, Satan seeking

to tempt him; and was

with . . .

gr desert.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

15 a

tg Time.

b D&C 33:10 (1–18).

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

gr has arrived.

tg Repent.

tg Faith.

17 a

tg Apostles;

Missionary Work.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

22 a

tg Authority;

Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Scribe.

23 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

24 a

gr what business do

you have with us . . .

tg Holiness.

25 a

tg Heal.

1243 MARK 1:26–2:3

26 And when the unclean spirit

had

torn him, and cried with a loud

voice, he came out of him.

And they were all amazed, inso-

much that they questioned among

themselves, saying, What thing is this?

what new doctrine is this? for with

authority commandeth he even the

unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

28 And immediately his fame

spread abroad throughout all the

region round about Galilee.

29 And forthwith, when they were

come out of the synagogue, they

entered into the house of Simon

and Andrew, with James and John.

30 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay

sick of a fever, and

anon they tell

him of her.

31 And he came and took her by

the hand, and

lifted her up; and

immediately the fever left her, and

she ministered unto them.

32 And at even, when the sun did

set, they brought unto him all that

were diseased, and them that were

possessed with devils.

33 And all the city was gathered

together at the door.

34 And he

healed many that were

sick of divers diseases, and cast out

many

devils; and

suffered not the

devils to speak, because they knew

him.

35 And in the morning, rising up

a great while before day, he went

out, and departed into a solitary

place, and there prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were

with him followed after him.

37 And when they had found him,

they said unto him, All men seek for

thee.

38 And he said unto them, Let us

go into the next towns, that I may

preach there also: for therefore

came I forth.

39 And he preached in their syna-

gogues throughout all Galilee, and

cast out

devils.

40 And there came a

leper to him,

beseeching him, and kneeling down

to him, and saying unto him, If thou

wilt, thou canst make me

clean.

41 And Jesus, moved with

com-

passion, put forth his hand, and

touched him, and saith unto him,

I will; be thou clean.

42 And as soon as he had spoken,

immediately the leprosy departed

from him, and he was cleansed.

43 And he

straitly charged him,

and forthwith sent him away;

44 And saith unto him, See thou

say nothing to any man: but go thy

way, shew thyself to the priest, and

offer for thy cleansing those things

which Moses commanded, for a tes-

timony unto them.

45 But he went out, and began

to publish it much, and to

blaze

abroad the matter, insomuch that

Jesus could no more openly enter

into the city, but was without in

desert places: and they came to him

from every quarter.

CHAPTER 2

Jesus forgives sins, heals a paralytic,

eats with tax gatherers and sinners,

and announces that He is Lord of the

Sabbath.

A again he entered into Caper-

naum after some days; and it was

noised that he was

in the house.

2 And straightway many were gath-

ered together, insomuch that there

was no room to receive them, no,

not so much as about the door: and

preached the word unto them.

3 And they come unto him, bring-

ing one sick of the palsy, which was

borne of four.

26 a Mark 9:20 (14–29).

27 a

tg Authority; Jesus

Christ, Authority of.

30 a

gr immediately.

31 a

tg Heal.

34 a

tg Heal;

Miracle.

b Mosiah 3:6 (5–6).

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

gr did not allow.

38 a

tg Jesus Christ, Mission

of; Teaching.

39 a Luke 4:36 (31–37);

D&C 35:9 (6–12).

40 a

tg Leprosy.

gr pure.

41 a

tg Compassion.

43 a

gr warned him sternly.

45 a

gr spread widely.

1 a or at home.

2 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

3 a

gr carried.

1244MARK 2:4–24

4 And when they could not come

nigh unto him for the press, they

uncovered the roof where he was:

and when they had broken it up,

they let down the bed wherein the

sick of the palsy lay.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, he

said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,

thy sins be

forgiven thee.

6 But there were certain of the

scribes sitting there, and reasoning

in their hearts,

7 Why doth this man thus speak

blasphemies? who can forgive sins

but God only?

8 And immediately when Jesus

perceived in his spirit that they so

reasoned within themselves, he said

unto them, Why reason ye these

things in your hearts?

9 Whether is it easier to say to the

sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven

thee; or to say, Arise, and take up

thy bed, and walk?

10 But that ye may know that the

Son of man hath power on earth

to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick

of the palsy,)

11 I say unto thee,

Arise, and take

up thy

bed, and go thy way into

thine house.

12 And immediately he arose, took

up the bed, and went forth before

them all; insomuch that they were

all amazed, and glorified God,

saying, We never saw it on this

fashion.

13 And he went forth again by the

sea side; and all the multitude re-

sorted unto him, and he taught them.

14 And as he passed by, he saw

Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at

the

receipt of custom, and said unto

him, Follow me. And he arose and

followed him.

15 And it came to pass, that, as

Jesus sat at meat in his house, many

publicans and sinners sat also to-

gether with Jesus and his disciples:

for there were many, and they

followed him.

16 And when the scribes and

Phari sees saw him eat with

publi-

cans and sinners, they said unto his

disciples, How is it that he eateth

and drinketh with publicans and

sinners?

17 When Jesus heard it, he saith

unto them, They that are

whole

have no need of the physician, but

they that are sick: I came not to

call the righteous, but sinners to

repentance.

18 And the disciples of John and

of the Pharisees used to

fast: and

they come and say unto him, Why

do the disciples of John and of the

Pharisees fast, but thy disciples

fast not?

19 And Jesus said unto them, Can

the children of the bridecham-

ber fast, while the

bridegroom is

with them? as long as they have

the

bridegroom with them, they

cannot fast.

20 But the days will come, when

the bridegroom shall be taken away

from them, and then shall they fast

in those days.

21 No man also seweth a piece of

new cloth on an old garment: else

the new piece that filled it up taketh

away from the old, and the rent is

made worse.

22 And no man putteth new

wine into old bottles: else the

new wine doth burst the bottles, and

the wine is spilled, and the bottles

will be marred: but new wine must

be put into new bottles.

23 And it came to pass, that he

went through the corn fields on

the sabbath day; and his disciples

began, as they went,

to pluck the

ears of corn.

24 And the Pharisees said unto him,

Behold, why do they on the sabbath

day that which is not lawful?

5 a Luke 7:48;

James 5:15 (14–15).

7 a

tg Blaspheme.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

11 a Alma 15:10 (4–11);

3 Ne. 9:13 (10–22).

b 3 Ne. 7:22.

14 a

gr tax office.

16 a Luke 15:1 (1–2).

17 a Moro. 8:8 (8–27).

18 a Luke 5:33 (33–38).

19 a Luke 5:35.

b D&C 65:3.

21 a gr unshrunken or

unsized.

23 a

gr occasionally picking

some grain.

1245 MARK 2:25–3:18

25 And he said unto them, Have ye

never read what David did, when

he had need, and was an hungred,

he, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of

God in the days of Abiathar the high

priest, and did eat the shewbread,

which is not lawful to eat but for

the priests, and gave also to them

which were with him?

27 And he said unto them, The

sabbath was made for man, and

not man for the sabbath:

Therefore the

Son of man is

Lord also of the sabbath.

CHAPTER 3

Jesus heals on the Sabbath day—He

chooses and ordains the Twelve Apos-

tles—He asks, Can Satan cast out Sa-

tan?—Jesus speaks of blasphemy against

the Holy Ghost and identifies those who

believe as being members of His family.

A he entered again into the syna-

gogue; and there was a man there

which had a withered hand.

2 And they

watched him, whether

he would heal him on the sabbath

day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith unto the man which

had the withered hand, Stand forth.

4 And he saith unto them, Is it

lawful to do good on the

sabbath

days, or to do evil? to save life, or

to kill? But they

held their peace.

5 And when he had looked round

about on them with

anger, being

grieved for the

hardness of their

hearts, he saith unto the man,

Stretch forth thine hand. And he

stretched it out: and his hand was

restored whole as the other.

6 And the Pharisees went forth, and

straightway took

counsel with the

Herodians against him, how they

might destroy him.

7 But Jesus withdrew himself with

his disciples to the sea: and a great

multitude from Galilee followed

him, and from Judæa,

8 And from Jerusalem, and from

Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan;

and they about Tyre and Sidon, a

great multitude, when they had

heard what great things he did,

came unto him.

9 And he spake to his disciples,

that a small

ship should wait on

him because of the multitude, lest

they should throng him.

10 For he had healed many; inso-

much that they

pressed upon him

for to touch him, as many as had

plagues.

11 And

unclean spirits, when they

saw him, fell down before him, and

cried, saying, Thou art the Son of

God.

12 And he straitly charged them

that they should not make him

known.

13 And he goeth up into a moun-

tain, and calleth unto him whom he

would: and they came unto him.

14 And he

ordained twelve, that

they should be with him, and that

he might send them forth to

preach,

15 And to have

power to heal

sicknesses, and to cast out

devils:

16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;

17 And James the son of Zebedee,

and John the brother of James; and

he surnamed them Boanerges, which

is, The sons of

thunder:

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and

Bartholomew, and Matthew, and

Thomas, and James the son of

Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Si-

mon the Canaanite,

27 a tg Sabbath.

28 a

JSt Mark 2:26–27

(Appendix).

tg Jesus Christ, Son

of Man.

2 a gr watched carefully,

maliciously.

4 a

tg Sabbath.

gr remained silent.

5 a

tg God, Indignation of.

gr insensibility,

dullness.

tg Cruelty.

6 a

tg Counsel.

9 a

gr boat.

10 a

gr impetuously rushed

at Him.

11 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

13 a

gr desired.

14 a

tg Apostles;

Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Priesthood, Authority;

Priesthood, History of;

Priesthood, Ordination.

tg Missionary Work.

15 a

gr authority.

tg Priesthood;

Priesthood, Power of.

tg Sickness.

tg Devil.

17 a Luke 9:54.

1246MARK 3:19–4:9

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also

betrayed him: and they

went into

an house.

20 And the multitude cometh to-

gether again, so that they could not

so much as

eat bread.

21 And when his friends heard of

it, they went out to lay hold on him:

for they said, He is

beside himself.

22 ¶ And the scribes which came

down from Jerusalem said, He hath

Beelzebub, and by the prince of the

devils casteth he out devils.

23 And he called them unto him,

and said unto them in parables, How

can Satan cast out Satan?

24 And if a kingdom be divided

against itself, that kingdom can-

not stand.

25 And if a house be divided against

itself, that house cannot stand.

26 And if Satan rise up against

himself, and be divided, he cannot

stand, but hath an end.

27 No man can enter into a strong

man’s house, and spoil his goods,

except he will first bind the strong

man; and then he will spoil his

house.

Verily I say unto you, All sins

shall be forgiven unto the sons of

men, and blasphemies

wherewith

soever they shall blaspheme:

29 But he that shall

blaspheme

against the Holy Ghost hath never

forgiveness, but is in danger of

eternal damnation:

30 Because they said, He hath an

unclean spirit.

31 ¶ There came then his

breth-

ren and his mother, and, standing

without, sent unto him, calling

him.

32 And the multitude sat about

him, and they said unto him, Be-

hold, thy mother and thy brethren

without seek for thee.

33 And he answered them, saying,

Who is my mother, or my brethren?

34 And he looked round about on

them which sat about him, and said,

Behold my mother and my brethren!

35 For whosoever shall do the

will

of God, the same is my brother, and

my sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 4

Jesus gives the parables of the sower, the

candle under a bushel, the seed grow-

ing secretly, and the mustard seed—He

stills the tempest.

A he began again to teach by the

sea side: and there was gathered

unto him a great multitude, so that

he entered into a ship, and sat in

the sea; and the whole multitude

was by the sea on the land.

2 And he taught them many things

by parables, and said unto them in

his

doctrine,

3 Hearken; Behold, there went out

sower to sow:

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed,

some fell by the way side, and the

fowls of the air came and devoured

it up.

5 And some fell on stony ground,

where it had not much earth; and

immediately it sprang up, because

it had no depth of earth:

6 But when the sun was up, it was

scorched; and because it had no root,

it withered away.

7 And some fell among thorns, and

the thorns grew up, and choked it,

and it yielded no fruit.

8 And other fell on good ground,

and did yield fruit that sprang up

and increased; and brought forth,

some thirty, and some sixty, and

some an hundred.

9 And he said unto them, He that

hath ears to hear, let him hear.

19 a or went home.

20 a Mark 6:31 (30–36).

21 a

gr out of his senses.

28 a

JSt Mark 3:21–25

(Appendix).

gr however so many.

29 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Unpardonable Sin

against.

tg Forgive.

tg Damnation;

Eternity;

Punish.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

or outside.

35 a Matt. 12:50.

1 a Matt. 13:1.

2 a 3 Ne. 11:39 (31–41).

3 a D&C 86:2 (2–3).

1247 MARK 4:10–32

10 And when he was

alone, they

that were about him with the twelve

asked of him the parable.

11 And he said unto them, Unto you

it is given to know the

mystery of

the kingdom of God: but unto them

that are without, all these things are

done in

parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and

not

perceive; and hearing they may

hear, and not understand; lest at any

time they should be converted, and

their sins should be

forgiven them.

13 And he said unto them, Know

ye not this parable? and how then

will ye know all parables?

14 ¶ The sower soweth the word.

15 And these are they by the

way side, where the word is sown;

but when they have heard,

Satan

cometh immediately, and taketh

away the word that was sown in

their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise

which are sown on stony ground;

who, when they have heard the

word, immediately

receive it with

gladness;

17 And have no root in themselves,

and so endure but for a time: after-

ward, when

affliction or

persecu-

tion ariseth for the word’s sake, im-

mediately they are offended.

18 And these are they which are

sown among thorns; such as hear

the word,

19 And the cares of this world, and

the deceitfulness of

riches, and the

lusts of other things entering in,

choke the word, and it becometh

unfruitful.

20 And these are they which are

sown on good ground; such as hear

the word, and receive it, and bring

forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some

sixty, and some an hundred.

21 ¶ And he said unto them, Is a

candle brought to be put under a

bushel, or under a bed? and not to

be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid, which

shall not be manifested; neither

was any thing kept secret, but that

it should come abroad.

If any man have ears to hear,

let him hear.

24 And he said unto them, Take

heed what ye hear: with what mea-

sure ye mete, it shall be measured to

you:

and unto you that hear shall

more be

given.

For he that hath, to him shall

be given: and he that hath not, from

him shall be

taken even that which

he hath.

26 ¶ And he said, So is the king-

dom of God, as if a man should cast

seed into the ground;

27 And should sleep, and rise night

and day, and the seed should spring

and

grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth

fruit of herself; first the blade,

then the ear, after that the full corn

in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought

forth, immediately he putteth in the

sickle, because the

harvest is come.

30 ¶ And he said, Whereunto shall

we liken the kingdom of God? or

with what comparison shall we

compare it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard

seed, which, when it is sown in the

earth, is less than all the seeds that

be in the earth:

32 But when it is sown, it grow-

eth up, and becometh greater than

10 a JSt Mark 4:9 . . . alone

with the twelve, and they

that believed in him, they

that were . . .

11 a

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

b Matt. 13:35 (34–35);

Luke 8:10.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

12 a

tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Forgive.

15 a

tg Devil.

16 a D&C 40:2.

17 a 1 Ne. 8:28 (24–28).

tg Affliction.

tg Persecution.

19 a

tg Treasure.

tg Lust.

21 a 3 Ne. 18:24.

23 a See

JSt Isa. 42:19–23

(Appendix).

24 a

JSt Mark 4:20 . . . and

unto you that continue

to receive, shall more be

given . . .

b Matt. 25:15; Luke 8:18.

25 a

JSt Mark 4:20 . . . for

he that receiveth, to him

shall be given; but he

that continueth not to re-

ceive, from him shall . . .

b D&C 43:10; 60:3.

27 a 1 Cor. 3:6 (6–7).

28 a

tg Nature, Earth.

29 a

tg Harvest.

1248MARK 4:33–5:15

all herbs, and shooteth out great

branches; so that the fowls of the air

may lodge under the shadow of it.

33 And with many such parables

spake he the word unto them, as

they were

able to hear it.

34 But without a parable spake he

not unto them: and when they were

alone, he expounded all things to

his disciples.

35 And the same day, when the

even was come, he saith unto them,

Let us pass over unto the other side.

36 And when they had sent away

the multitude, they took him even

as he was in the ship. And there

were also with him other little

ships.

37 And there arose a great storm of

wind, and the waves beat into the

ship, so that it was now full.

38 And he was in the hinder part

of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and

they awake him, and say unto him,

Master, carest thou not that we

perish?

39 And he arose, and rebuked the

wind, and said unto the sea,

Peace,

be still. And the wind ceased, and

there was a great

calm.

40 And he said unto them, Why

are ye so

fearful? how is it that ye

have no

faith?

41 And they feared exceedingly,

and said one to another, What man-

ner of man is this, that even the

wind and the sea obey him?

CHAPTER 5

Jesus casts out a legion of devils, who

then enter the swine—A woman is

healed by touching Jesus’ clothes—He

raises Jairus’s daughter from the dead.

A they came over unto the other

side of the sea, into the country of

the Gadarenes.

2 And when he was come out of

the ship, immediately there met

him out of the tombs a man with

an unclean spirit,

3 Who had his dwelling among the

tombs; and no man could bind him,

no, not with chains:

4 Because that he had been often

bound with fetters and chains, and

the chains had been

plucked asun-

der by him, and the fetters broken

in pieces: neither

could any man

tame him.

5 And always, night and day, he

was in the mountains, and in the

tombs, crying, and cutting himself

with stones.

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off,

he ran and worshipped him,

7 And cried with a loud voice, and

said, What have I to do with thee,

Jesus, thou Son of the most high

God? I

adjure thee by God, that

thou torment me not.

8 For he said unto him, Come out

of the man, thou

unclean

spirit.

9 And he asked him, What is thy

name? And he answered, saying, My

name is Legion: for we are many.

10 And he besought him much that

he would not send them away out

of the country.

11 Now there was there nigh unto

the mountains a great herd of swine

feeding.

12 And all the devils besought him,

saying, Send us into the swine, that

we may enter into them.

13 And forthwith Jesus gave them

leave. And the unclean spirits went

out, and entered into the swine: and

the herd ran violently down a steep

place into the sea, (they were about

two thousand;) and were

choked

in the sea.

14 And they that fed the swine

fled, and told it in the city, and in

the country. And they went out to

see what it was that was done.

15 And they come to Jesus, and

see him that was possessed with the

33 a JSt Mark 4:26 . . . able to

bear; but without . . .

39 a

tg Peace.

b Ps. 89:9.

40 a Matt. 14:31;

Mark 16:14;

Luke 24:25.

b Alma 44:4 (1–5);

D&C 4:5 (1–7).

4 a gr broken, taken apart.

gr was any man strong

enough to tame him.

7 a

or implore.

8 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

tg Heal.

13 a

or drowned.

1249 MARK 5:16–40

devil, and had the legion, sitting,

and clothed, and in his right

mind:

and they were afraid.

16 And they that saw it told them

how it befell to him that was pos-

sessed with the devil, and also con-

cerning the swine.

17 And they began to pray him to

depart out of their coasts.

18 And when he was come into the

ship, he that had been possessed

with the devil prayed him that he

might be with him.

19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not,

but saith unto him, Go home to thy

friends, and tell them how great

things the Lord hath done for thee,

and hath had

compassion on thee.

20 And he departed, and began

publish in Decapolis how great

things Jesus had done for him: and

all men did marvel.

21 And when Jesus was passed

over again by ship unto the other

side, much people gathered unto

him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

22 And, behold, there cometh one

of the rulers of the synagogue, Jai-

rus by name; and when he saw him,

he fell at his feet,

23 And besought him greatly, say-

ing, My little daughter lieth at the

point of death: I pray thee, come and

lay thy

hands on her, that she may

be healed; and she shall live.

24 And Jesus went with him; and

much people followed him, and

thronged him.

25 And a certain woman, which

had an

issue of blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things

of many physicians, and had spent

all that she had, and was nothing

bettered, but rather grew worse,

27 When she had heard of Jesus,

came in the press behind, and

touched his

garment.

28 For she said, If I may touch but

his clothes, I shall be whole.

29 And straightway the fountain

of her blood was dried up; and she

felt in her body that she was healed

of that plague.

30 And Jesus, immediately know-

ing in himself that

virtue had gone

out of him, turned him about in

the press, and said, Who touched

my clothes?

31 And his disciples said unto him,

Thou seest the multitude thronging

thee, and sayest thou, Who touched

me?

32 And he looked round about to

see her that had done this thing.

33 But the woman fearing and

trembling, knowing what was done

in her, came and fell down before

him, and told him all the truth.

34 And he said unto her, Daughter,

thy

faith hath made thee whole;

go in

peace, and be whole of thy

plague.

35 While he yet spake, there came

from the ruler of the synagogue’s

house certain which said, Thy daugh-

ter is dead: why troublest thou the

Master any further?

36 As soon as Jesus heard the word

that was spoken, he saith unto the

ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid,

only

believe.

37 And he suffered no man to fol-

low him, save Peter, and James, and

John the brother of James.

38 And he cometh to the house

of the ruler of the synagogue, and

seeth the tumult, and them that

wept and wailed greatly.

39 And when he was come in, he

saith unto them, Why make ye this

ado, and weep? the damsel is not

dead, but sleepeth.

40 And they

laughed him to scorn.

But when he had put them all out,

he taketh the father and the mother

of the damsel, and them that were

with him, and entereth in where

the damsel was lying.

15 a 1 Ne. 11:31; Morm. 9:24.

tg Mind.

19 a

tg Compassion.

20 a Luke 8:39.

23 a

tg Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

25 a

or hemorrhage.

27 a Matt. 14:36.

30 a

gr power, strength.

Luke 6:19 (17–19);

8:46 (41–48).

34 a Hel. 15:9 (9–10);

D&C 46:19.

tg Peace of God.

36 a

gr exercise faith.

39 a

or uproar, tumult.

40 a

or ridiculed Him.

1250MARK 5:41–6:19

41 And he took the damsel by the

hand, and said unto her, Talitha

cumi; which is, being interpreted,

Damsel, I say unto thee,

arise.

42 And straightway the damsel

arose, and walked; for she was of

the age of twelve years. And they

were astonished with a great as-

tonishment.

43 And he

charged them straitly

that no man should know it; and

commanded that something should

be given her to eat.

CHAPTER 6

Jesus sends forth the Twelve—John the

Baptist is beheaded by Herod—Our

Lord feeds the five thousand, walks on

the water, and heals multitudes.

A he went out from thence, and

came into his own country; and his

disciples follow him.

2 And when the sabbath day was

come, he began to teach in the syna-

gogue: and many hearing him were

astonished, saying, From whence

hath this man these things? and what

wisdom is this which is given unto

him, that even such mighty works

are wrought by his hands?

3 Is not this the

carpenter, the son

of Mary, the

brother of James, and

Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and

are not his sisters here with us?

And they were offended at him.

4 But Jesus said unto them, A

prophet is not without honour, but

in his own country, and among his

own kin, and in his own house.

5 And he could there do no

mighty

work, save that he

laid his

hands

upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

6 And he marvelled because of

their

unbelief. And he went round

about the villages, teaching.

7 ¶ And he called unto him the

twelve, and began to send them

forth by

two and two; and gave

them power over unclean spirits;

8 And commanded them that they

should take nothing for their jour-

ney, save a staff only; no

scrip, no

bread, no money in their purse:

9 But be shod with sandals; and

not put on two coats.

10 And he said unto them, In what

place soever ye enter into an house,

there abide till ye depart from that

place.

11 And whosoever shall not receive

you, nor hear you, when ye depart

thence, shake off the

dust under

your feet for a testimony against

them. Verily I say unto you, It shall

be more tolerable for Sodom and

Gomorrha in the day of judgment,

than for that city.

12 And they went out, and

preached that men should repent.

13 And they cast out many devils,

and

anointed with oil many that

were sick, and healed them.

14 And king

Herod heard of him;

(for his name was spread abroad:)

and he said, That John the Baptist

was risen from the dead, and there-

fore mighty works do shew forth

themselves in him.

15 Others said, That it is Elias. And

others said, That it is a prophet, or

as one of the prophets.

16 But when Herod heard thereof,

he said, It is John, whom I beheaded:

he is risen from the dead.

17 For Herod himself had sent

forth and laid hold upon John, and

bound him in prison for Herodias’

sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for

he had married her.

18 For John had said unto Herod,

It is not lawful for thee to have thy

brother’s wife.

19 Therefore Herodias had a

41 a tg Death, Power over.

42 a

tg Heal.

43 a

gr strongly warned

them.

2 a Eccl. 9:16.

3 a Matt. 13:55.

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

5 a Morm. 9:18 (18–21).

tg Hands, Laying on of.

tg Administrations to

the Sick.

6 a

or lack of faith.

7 a

tg Apostles.

b Luke 10:1;

D&C 42:6.

8 a Matt. 10:10 (9–11).

11 a Luke 10:11;

D&C 24:15.

12 a

tg Preaching.

13 a Ex. 31:11.

tg Administrations to

the Sick; Anointing.

14 a Luke 9:7 (7–9).

1251 MARK 6:20–39

quarrel against him, and would

have killed him; but she could not:

20 For Herod feared John, know-

ing that he was a

just man

and an

holy, and

observed him; and when

he heard him, he did many things,

and heard him gladly.

21 And when a convenient day was

come, that Herod on his birthday

made a supper to his

lords, high

captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

22 And when the daughter of the

said Herodias came in, and danced,

and pleased Herod and them that

sat with him, the king said unto the

damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou

wilt, and I will give it thee.

23 And he

sware unto her, What-

soever thou shalt ask of me, I will

give it thee, unto the

half of my

kingdom.

24 And she went forth, and said

unto her mother, What shall I ask?

And she said, The head of John the

Baptist.

25 And she came in straightway

with

haste unto the king, and asked,

saying, I will that thou give me

and by in a

charger the head of

John the Baptist.

26 And the king was exceeding

sorry; yet for his

oath’s sake, and

for their sakes which sat with him,

he would not reject her.

27 And immediately the king sent

an executioner, and commanded his

head to be brought: and he went

and beheaded him in the prison,

28 And brought his head in a

charger, and gave it to the damsel:

and the damsel gave it to her mother.

29 And when his disciples heard of

it, they came and took up his corpse,

and laid it in a tomb.

30 And the apostles gathered them-

selves together unto Jesus, and told

him all things, both what they had

done, and what they had taught.

31 And he said unto them, Come

ye yourselves apart into a

desert

place, and rest a while: for there were

many coming and going, and they

had no

leisure so much as to eat.

32 And they departed into a

des-

ert place by ship privately.

33 And the people saw them de-

parting, and many knew him, and

ran afoot thither out of all cities,

and outwent them, and came to-

gether unto him.

34 And Jesus, when he came out,

saw much people, and was moved

with

compassion toward them, be-

cause they were as sheep not having

shepherd: and he began to

teach

them many things.

35 And when the day was now far

spent, his disciples came unto him,

and said,

This is a desert place, and

now the time is far passed:

36 Send them away, that they may

go into the country round about, and

into the villages, and buy themselves

bread: for they have nothing to eat.

37 He answered and said unto

them, Give ye them to eat. And they

say unto him, Shall we go and buy

two hundred

pennyworth of bread,

and give them to eat?

38 He saith unto them, How many

loaves have ye? go and see. And

when they knew, they say, Five,

and two fishes.

39 And he commanded them to

20 a gr righteous and holy

man.

JSt Mark 6:21 . . . and a

holy man, and one who

feared God and observed

to worship him; and

when he heard him

he did many things for

him, and heard . . .

gr protected.

21 a

gr nobles, military

commanders, and

prominent men.

23 a

tg Swearing.

b Esth. 5:3.

25 a

tg Haste.

gr at once.

or platter.

tg Martyrdom.

26 a

tg Vow.

gr he did not desire to

refuse.

31 a

JSt Mark 6:32 . . .

solitary . . .

b Mark 3:20.

32 a

JSt Mark 6:33 . . .

solitary . . .

34 a

tg Compassion.

tg Shepherd.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

35 a

JSt Mark 6:36 . . . This is

a solitary place, and now

the time for departure is

come . . .

37 a

gr denarii; one denarius

was a workman’s daily

wage.

1252MARK 6:40–7:6

make all sit down by companies

upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by

hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And when he had taken the

five loaves and the two fishes, he

looked up to heaven, and blessed,

and brake the loaves, and gave them

to his disciples to set before them;

and the two fishes divided he among

them all.

42 And they did all eat, and were

filled.

43 And they took up twelve bas-

kets full of the fragments, and of

the fishes.

44 And they that did eat of the

loaves were about

five thousand

men.

45 And straightway he constrained

his disciples to get into the ship,

and to go to the other side before

unto Bethsaida, while he sent away

the people.

46 And when he had

sent them

away, he departed into a mountain

to pray.

47 And when even was come, the

ship was in the midst of the sea,

and he alone on the land.

48 And he saw them

toiling in

rowing; for the wind was contrary

unto them: and about the fourth

watch of the night he cometh unto

them, walking upon the sea, and

would have passed by them.

49 But when they saw him walking

upon the sea, they supposed it had

been a spirit, and cried out:

50 For they all saw him, and were

troubled. And immediately he

talked with them, and saith unto

them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be

not afraid.

51 And he went up unto them into

the ship; and the wind ceased: and

they were sore amazed in themselves

beyond measure, and wondered.

52 For they

considered not the

miracle of the loaves: for their heart

was

hardened.

53 And when they had passed over,

they came into the land of Genne-

saret, and drew to the shore.

54 And when they were come out

of the ship, straightway they knew

him,

55 And ran through that whole

region round about, and began to

carry about in beds those that were

sick, where they heard he was.

56 And whithersoever he entered,

into villages, or cities, or country,

they laid the sick in the streets, and

besought him that they might touch

if it were but the border of his gar-

ment: and as many as touched him

were made whole.

CHAPTER 7

Jesus reproves the Pharisees for their

false traditions and ceremonies—He

casts a devil out of the daughter of a

Greek woman—He opens the ears and

loosens the tongue of a person with an

impediment.

T came together unto him the

Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,

which came from Jerusalem.

2 And when they saw some of his

disciples eat bread with defiled,

that is to say, with unwashen, hands,

they found fault.

3 For the Pharisees, and all the

Jews, except they

wash their hands

oft, eat not, holding the tradition

of the elders.

4 And when they come from the

market, except they wash, they eat

not. And many other things there

be, which they have received to

hold, as the washing of cups, and

pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes

asked him, Why walk not thy dis-

ciples according to the tradition of

the elders, but eat bread with

un-

washen hands?

6 He answered and said unto

them, Well hath Esaias prophesied

of you hypocrites, as it is written,

44 a Matt. 14:21 (13–21);

Luke 9:14 (10–17);

John 6:10 (1–13).

46 a

gr bid them farewell.

48 a

gr struggling at their

oars.

50 a

or terrified.

52 a

or did not understand.

1 Cor. 2:11.

tg Hardheartedness.

3 a tg Purification.

5 a

tg Wash.

1253 MARK 7:7–28

This people

honoureth me with

their lips, but their heart is far from

me.

7 Howbeit in vain do they worship

me, teaching for doctrines the com-

mandments of men.

8 For laying aside the command-

ment of God, ye hold the

tradition

of men, as the washing of pots and

cups: and many other such like

things ye do.

9 And he said unto them, Full

well ye reject the commandment

of God, that ye may keep your own

tradition.

For Moses said, Honour thy

father and thy mother; and, Whoso

curseth father or mother, let him

die the death:

11 But ye say, If a man shall say to

his father or mother, It is

Corban,

that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever

thou mightest be profited by me;

he shall be free.

12 And ye suffer him no more to do

ought for his father or his mother;

13 Making the word of God of none

effect through your tradition, which

ye have delivered: and many such

like things do ye.

14 ¶ And when he had called all

the people unto him, he said unto

them, Hearken unto me every one

of you, and understand:

15 There is nothing from without

a man, that entering into him can

defile him: but the things which

come out of him, those are they that

defile the man.

16 If any man have ears to hear,

let him hear.

17 And when he was entered into

the house from the people, his

disciples asked him concerning

the parable.

18 And he saith unto them, Are

ye so without understanding also?

Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever

thing from without entereth into

the man, it cannot defile him;

19 Because it entereth not into his

heart, but into the belly, and go-

eth out into the draught, purging

all meats?

20 And he said, That which cometh

out of the man, that

defileth the

man.

21 For from within, out of the

heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,

adulteries, fornications, murders,

Thefts,

covetousness,

wicked-

ness,

deceit, lasciviousness, an evil

eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these

evil things come from

within, and

defile the man.

24 ¶ And from thence he arose, and

went into the borders of Tyre and

Sidon, and entered into an house,

and would have no man know it:

but he could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman, whose

young daughter had an unclean

spirit, heard of him, and came and

fell at his feet:

26 The woman was a Greek, a Sy-

rophenician by nation; and she be-

sought him that he would cast forth

the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the

children first be filled: for it is not

meet to take the children’s bread,

and to cast it unto the

dogs.

28 And she answered and said

unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs

under the table eat of the children’s

crumbs.

6 a tg Apostasy of Israel;

Hypocrisy.

8 a

tg Traditions of Men.

10 a

JSt Mark 7:10–12

(Appendix).

tg Curse; Honoring

Father and Mother.

11 a Matt. 15:5.

15 a

JSt Mark 7:15 . . . defile

him, which is food; but

the things which come

out of him; those are

they that defile the

man, that proceedeth forth

out of the heart.

b Titus 1:15;

2 Ne. 19:17;

D&C 93:35.

20 a James 3:6;

D&C 88:121.

21 a 1 Jn. 2:16.

tg Adulterer.

22 a

tg Stealing.

tg Covet.

tg Wickedness.

tg Deceit;

Fraud.

23 a

tg Motivations.

b Mosiah 4:30.

24 a

JSt Mark 7:22–23 . . .

and would that no

man should come unto

him. But he could not

deny them; for he had

compassion upon all men.

27 a

JSt Mark 7:26 . . .

children of the kingdom

first . . .

b D&C 41:6.

1254MARK 7:29–8:17

29 And he said unto her, For this

saying go thy way; the devil is gone

out of thy daughter.

30 And when she was come to her

house, she found the

devil gone

out, and her daughter laid upon the

bed.

31 ¶ And again, departing from the

coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came

unto the sea of Galilee, through the

midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

32 And they bring unto him one

that was deaf, and had an impedi-

ment in his speech; and they beseech

him to put his

hand upon him.

33 And he took him aside from the

multitude, and put his fingers into

his ears, and he spit, and touched

his tongue;

34 And looking up to heaven, he

sighed, and saith unto him, Eph-

phatha, that is, Be opened.

35 And straightway his ears were

opened, and the string of his tongue

was loosed, and he spake plain.

36 And he charged them that they

should tell no man: but the more he

charged them, so much the more a

great deal they

published it;

37 And were beyond measure as-

tonished, saying, He hath done all

things well: he maketh both the

deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

CHAPTER 8

Jesus feeds the four thousand—He

counsels, Beware of the leaven of the

Pharisees—He heals a blind man in

Bethsaida—Peter testifies that Jesus

is the Christ.

I those days the multitude being

very great, and having nothing to

eat, Jesus called his disciples unto

him, and saith unto them,

2 I have compassion on the multi-

tude, because they have now been

with me three days, and have noth-

ing to eat:

3 And if I send them away fasting

to their own houses, they will faint

by the way: for

divers of them came

from far.

4 And his disciples answered him,

From whence can a man satisfy

these men with bread here in the

wilderness?

5 And he asked them, How many

loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

6 And he commanded the people to

sit down on the ground: and he took

the seven loaves, and gave thanks,

and brake, and gave to his disciples

to set before them; and they did set

them before the people.

7 And they had a few small fishes:

and he blessed, and commanded to

set them also before them.

8 So they did eat, and were filled:

and they took up of the broken meat

that was left seven baskets.

9 And they that had eaten were

about four thousand: and he sent

them away.

10 ¶ And straightway he entered

into a ship with his disciples, and

came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth,

and began to question with him,

seeking of him a

sign from heaven,

tempting him.

12 And he sighed deeply in his

spirit, and saith, Why doth this gen-

eration seek after a

sign? verily I

say unto you, There shall no sign be

given unto this generation.

13 And he left them, and entering

into the ship again departed to the

other side.

14 ¶ Now the disciples had forgot-

ten to take bread, neither had they

in the ship with them more than

one loaf.

15 And he charged them, saying,

Take heed, beware of the leaven of

the Pharisees, and of the leaven

of Herod.

16 And they reasoned among them-

selves, saying, It is because we have

no bread.

17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith

unto them, Why reason ye, because

30 a 1 Ne. 11:31.

32 a

tg Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

35 a tg Miracle.

36 a Matt. 9:31.

3 a gr some.

11 a D&C 46:9; 63:7 (7–11).

12 a Matt. 16:4 (1–12).

1255 MARK 8:18–38

ye have no bread? perceive ye not

yet, neither understand?

have ye

your heart yet

hardened?

18 Having eyes, see ye not? and

having ears, hear ye not? and do ye

not remember?

19 When I brake the five loaves

among five thousand, how many

baskets full of fragments took ye

up? They say unto him, Twelve.

20 And when the seven among

four thousand, how many baskets

full of fragments took ye up? And

they said, Seven.

21 And he said unto them, How is

it that ye do not understand?

22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida;

and they bring a blind man unto

him, and besought him to touch

him.

23 And he took the blind man by

the hand, and led him out of the

town; and when he had spit on his

eyes, and put his

hands upon him,

he asked him if he saw

ought.

24 And he looked up, and said, I

see men as trees, walking.

25 After that he put his hands again

upon his eyes, and made him look

up: and he was restored, and saw

every man clearly.

26 And he sent him away to his

house, saying, Neither go into

the town, nor tell it to any in the

town.

27 ¶ And Jesus went out, and his

disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea

Philippi: and by the way he asked

his disciples, saying unto them,

Whom do men say that I am?

28 And they answered, John the

Baptist: but some say, Elias; and

others, One of the prophets.

29 And he saith unto them, But

whom say ye that I am? And Peter

answereth and saith unto him, Thou

art the

Christ.

30 And he charged them that they

should

tell no man of him.

31 And he began to

teach them,

that the Son of man must suffer

many things, and be rejected of

the elders, and of the chief priests,

and scribes, and be killed, and after

three days rise again.

32 And he spake that saying openly.

And Peter took him, and began to

rebuke him.

33 But when he had turned about

and looked on his disciples, he re-

buked Peter, saying, Get thee behind

me,

Satan: for

thou savourest not

the things that be of God, but the

things that be of men.

34 ¶ And when he had called the

people unto him with his disciples

also, he said unto them, Whosoever

will come after me, let him

deny

himself, and take up his cross, and

follow me.

For whosoever will save his life

shall lose it; but whosoever shall

lose his

life for my sake and the

gospel’s, the same shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man,

if he shall

gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?

37 Or what shall a man give in ex-

change for his

soul?

38 Whosoever therefore shall be

ashamed of me and of my words in

this adulterous and sinful genera-

tion; of him also shall the

Son of

man be ashamed, when he cometh

in the glory of his Father with the

holy

angels.

17 a gr do you still have

hardened hearts?

tg Hardheartedness.

23 a

tg Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

or anything.

25 a

or everything.

29 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

30 a Luke 9:21.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

33 a Alma 12:5 (5–6, 34).

gr you do not consider,

cherish.

34 a

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

35 a

JSt Mark 8:37–38

(Appendix).

b Luke 9:24;

JSt Luke 9:24–25

(Appendix).

c Heb. 11:35;

JSt Heb. 11:35 (Heb.

11:35 note b);

D&C 103:28 (27–28).

tg Martyrdom.

36 a Jer. 45:5.

37 a

JSt Mark 8:39–40 . . .

soul? Therefore deny

yourselves of these, and be

not ashamed of me.

38 a 1 Ne. 8:28 (24–28).

tg Shame.

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

JSt Mark 8:42–43

(Appendix).

1256MARK 9:1–20

CHAPTER 9

Jesus is transfigured on the moun-

tain—He casts out an unclean spirit—

He teaches concerning His death and

resurrection, who will be greatest, and

the condemnation of those who offend

His little ones.

A he said unto them, Verily I say

unto you, That there be some of

them that stand here, which shall

not taste of death, till they have

seen the kingdom of God come with

power.

2 ¶ And after

six days Jesus taketh

with him Peter, and James, and John,

and leadeth them up into an high

mountain apart by themselves:

and he was

transfigured before

them.

3 And his raiment became shin-

ing, exceeding white as snow; so as

no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them

Elias with

Moses: and they were

talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter answered and said

to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to

be here: and let us make three tab-

ernacles; one for thee, and one for

Moses, and one for Elias.

6 For he wist not what to say; for

they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that over-

shadowed them: and a

voice came

out of the cloud, saying, This is my

beloved Son: hear him.

8 And suddenly, when they had

looked round about, they saw no

man any more, save Jesus only with

themselves.

9 And as they came down from

the mountain, he charged them that

they should tell no

man what things

they had seen, till the Son of man

were risen from the dead.

10 And they kept that saying with

themselves, questioning one with

another what the

rising from the

dead should mean.

11 ¶ And they asked him, saying,

Why say the scribes that Elias must

first come?

12 And he answered and told

them, Elias verily cometh first,

and

restoreth all things; and how it is

written of the

Son of man, that he

must

suffer many things, and be

set at

nought.

13 But I say unto you, That Elias

is indeed come, and they have done

unto him whatsoever they

listed,

as it is written of

him.

14 ¶ And when he came to his

disciples, he saw a great multitude

about them, and the scribes ques-

tioning with them.

15 And straightway all the peo-

ple, when they beheld him, were

greatly amazed, and running to him

saluted him.

16 And he asked the scribes, What

question ye with them?

17 And one of the multitude an-

swered and said, Master, I have

brought unto thee my son, which

hath a dumb spirit;

18 And wheresoever he taketh him,

teareth him: and he foameth, and

gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth

away: and I spake to thy disciples

that they should cast him out; and

they could not.

19 He answereth him, and saith,

O faithless generation, how long

shall I be with you? how long shall

I suffer you? bring him unto me.

20 And they brought him unto

2 a Luke 9:28 (28–36).

JSt Mark 9:1 . . . who

asked him many questions

concerning his sayings;

and Jesus leadeth

them . . .

c Matt. 17:2 (1–13);

Luke 9:29 (28–36).

4 a

JSt Mark 9:3 . . . Moses,

or in other words, John the

Baptist and Moses . . .

7 a

tg God, Manifesta-

tions of.

b Matt. 3:17;

Luke 9:35 (34–36).

9 a Matt. 17:9 (9–12).

10 a John 20:9.

12 a

JSt Mark 9:10 . . . and

prepareth all things;

and teacheth you of the

prophets; how . . .

tg Dispensations.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

e Isa. 53:3.

13 a

gr willed, chose,

intended.

JSt Mark 9:11 . . . him;

and he bore record of me,

and they received him not.

Verily this was Elias.

18 a

gr dashes on the

ground, convulses,

lacerates.

1257 MARK 9:21–41

him: and when he saw him, straight-

way the spirit

tare him; and he

fell on the ground, and wallowed

foaming.

21 And he asked his father, How

long is it ago since this came unto

him? And he said, Of a child.

22 And ofttimes it hath cast him

into the fire, and into the waters,

to destroy him: but if thou canst do

any thing, have

compassion on us,

and help us.

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst

believe, all things are

possible to

him that

believeth.

24 And straightway the father of

the child cried out, and said with

tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine

unbelief.

25 When Jesus saw that the peo-

ple came running together, he

re-

buked the

foul spirit, saying unto

him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I

charge thee, come out of him, and

enter no more into him.

26 And the spirit cried, and rent

him sore, and came out of him: and

he was as one dead; insomuch that

many said, He is dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand,

and

lifted him up; and he arose.

28 And when he was come into

the house, his disciples asked him

privately, Why could not we cast

him out?

29 And he said unto them, This

kind can come forth by nothing,

but by prayer and

fasting.

30 ¶ And they departed thence,

and passed through Galilee; and

he would not that any man should

know it.

31 For he taught his disciples, and

said unto them, The

Son of man is

delivered into the hands of men,

and they shall kill him; and after

that he is killed, he shall

rise the

third day.

32 But they understood not that

saying, and were afraid to ask him.

33 ¶ And he came to Capernaum:

and being in the house he asked

them, What was it that ye

disputed

among yourselves by the way?

34 But they held their peace: for

by the way they had

disputed

among themselves, who should be

the

greatest.

35 And he sat down, and called the

twelve, and saith unto them, If any

man desire to be

first, the same shall

be last of all, and

servant of all.

36 And he took a child, and set him

in the midst of them: and when he

had taken him in his arms, he said

unto them,

Whosoever shall receive one

of such

children in my name, re-

ceiveth me: and whosoever shall

receive me, receiveth not me, but

him that sent me.

38 ¶ And John answered him, say-

ing, Master, we saw one

casting out

devils in thy name, and he followeth

not us: and we forbad him, because

he followeth not us.

39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not:

for there is no man which shall do

miracle in my

name, that can

lightly speak evil of me.

40 For he that is not against us is

on our part.

41 For whosoever shall give you a

cup of water to drink in my name,

20 a Mark 1:26.

22 a

tg Compassion.

23 a Dan. 3:29.

tg God, Power of.

tg Faith.

24 a

tg Doubt.

25 a

tg Heal.

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

27 a Acts 3:7.

29 a

tg Problem-Solving.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

33 a

gr reasoned, disputed,

pondered.

34 a

tg Disputations.

b Luke 9:46.

35 a Prov. 18:17.

tg Meek.

37 a

JSt Mark 9:34–35

Whosoever shall humble

himself like one of these

children, and receiveth

me, ye shall receive in my

name. And whosoever

shall receive me,

receiveth not me only,

but him that sent me,

even the Father.

tg Children;

Salvation of Little

Children.

38 a Luke 11:19;

Acts 19:13.

39 a

tg Miracle.

tg Name.

40 a Matt. 12:30;

Luke 9:50.

1258MARK 9:42–10:15

because ye belong to Christ, verily

I say unto you, he shall not

lose

his

reward.

42 And whosoever shall

offend

one of these little ones that believe

in me, it is better for him that a

millstone were hanged about his

neck, and he were cast into the sea.

And if thy hand offend thee,

cut it off: it is better for thee to en-

ter into life maimed, than having

two hands to go into

hell, into the

fire that never shall be quenched:

44 Where their worm dieth not,

and the fire is not quenched.

45 And if thy foot

offend thee, cut

it off: it is better for thee to enter

halt into life, than having two feet

to be cast into hell, into the fire that

never shall be quenched:

46 Where their worm dieth not,

and the fire is not quenched.

47 And if thine eye offend thee,

pluck it out: it is better for thee to

enter into the kingdom of God with

one eye, than having two eyes to be

cast into hell fire:

48 Where their

worm dieth not,

and the fire is not quenched.

49 For every one shall be

salted

with fire, and every sacrifice shall

be salted with salt.

50 Salt is good: but if the salt have

lost his saltness, wherewith will ye

season it? Have salt in yourselves,

and have

peace one with another.

CHAPTER 10

Jesus teaches the higher law of mar-

riage—He blesses little children—Jesus

counsels the rich young man, foretells

His own death, and heals blind Bar-

timæus.

A he arose from thence, and

cometh into the coasts of Judæa by

the farther side of Jordan: and the

people resort unto him again; and,

as he was wont, he taught them

again.

2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him,

and asked him, Is it lawful for a

man to put away his wife? tempting

him.

3 And he answered and said unto

them, What did Moses command

you?

4 And they said, Moses suffered to

write a bill of divorcement, and to

put her away.

5 And Jesus answered and said unto

them, For the hardness of your heart

he wrote you this precept.

6 But from the beginning of the

creation God made them male and

female.

7 For this cause shall a

man leave

his father and mother, and cleave

to his

wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh:

so then they are no more twain, but

one flesh.

9 What therefore God hath

joined

together, let not man put

asunder.

10 And in the house his disciples

asked him again of the same matter.

11 And he saith unto them, Who-

soever shall put away his wife, and

marry another, committeth adultery

against her.

12 And if a woman shall put away

her husband, and be married to

another, she committeth adultery.

13 ¶ And they brought young chil-

dren to him, that he should touch

them: and his disciples rebuked

those that brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it, he was

much displeased, and said unto

them, Suffer the little

children to

come unto me, and forbid them not:

for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Verily I say unto you, Whoso-

ever shall not receive the kingdom

of God as a little

child, he shall not

enter therein.

41 a Matt. 10:42; D&C 84:90.

tg Reward.

42 a

tg Offense.

43 a

JSt Mark 9:40–48

(Appendix).

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Hell.

45 a

gr cause thee to

stumble.

48 a Isa. 66:24;

D&C 76:44.

49 a

tg Salt.

50 a 1 Thes. 5:13.

tg Peace.

7 a tg Marriage, Husbands.

tg Marriage, Wives.

9 a

tg Family, Eternal;

Genealogy and Temple

Work;

Marriage, Marry.

tg Divorce.

14 a Moro. 8:8 (5–9).

tg Example.

15 a

tg Meek.

1259 MARK 10:16–34

16 And he took them up in his

arms, put his hands upon them, and

blessed them.

17 ¶ And when he was gone forth

into the way, there came one run-

ning, and kneeled to him, and asked

him, Good Master, what shall I do

that I may inherit eternal life?

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why

callest thou me good? there is none

good but one, that is, God.

19 Thou knowest the command-

ments, Do not commit

adultery, Do

not

kill, Do not

steal, Do not bear

false witness,

Defraud not,

Honour

thy father and mother.

20 And he answered and said unto

him, Master, all these have I observed

from my youth.

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved

him, and said unto him, One thing

thou lackest: go thy way, sell what-

soever thou hast, and

give to the

poor, and thou shalt have treasure

in heaven: and come, take up the

cross, and

follow me.

22 And he was sad at that saying,

and went away grieved: for he had

great possessions.

23 ¶ And Jesus looked round about,

and saith unto his disciples, How

hardly shall they that have riches

enter into the kingdom of God!

24 And the disciples were aston-

ished at his words. But Jesus an-

swereth again, and saith unto them,

Children, how hard is it for them

that

trust in

riches to enter into

the kingdom of God!

25 It is easier for a camel to go

through the eye of a needle, than

for a rich man to enter into the

kingdom of God.

26 And they were astonished out of

measure, saying among themselves,

Who then can be saved?

27 And Jesus looking upon them

saith,

With men it is impossible,

but not with God: for with God all

things are

possible.

28 ¶ Then Peter began to say unto

him, Lo, we have left all, and have

followed thee.

29 And Jesus answered and said,

Verily I say unto you, There is no

man that hath left house, or breth-

ren, or sisters, or father, or mother,

or wife, or children, or lands, for

my sake, and the gospel’s,

30 But he shall receive an

hun-

dredfold now in this time, houses,

and brethren, and sisters, and moth-

ers, and children, and lands, with

persecutions; and in the world to

come eternal life.

But many that are

first shall

be last; and the last first.

32 ¶ And they were in the way

going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus

went before them: and they were

amazed; and as they followed, they

were afraid. And he took again the

twelve, and began to tell them what

things should happen unto him,

33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Je-

rusalem; and the

Son of man shall

be delivered unto the chief priests,

and unto the

scribes; and they shall

condemn him to death, and shall

deliver him to the Gentiles:

34 And they shall

mock him, and

shall scourge him, and shall spit

16 a 3 Ne. 17:21.

tg Salvation of Little

Children.

18 a Ether 4:12 (11–12).

19 a D&C 66:10.

tg Murder.

tg Stealing.

tg Fraud.

tg Honoring Father

and Mother.

21 a

tg Charity;

Generosity.

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

24 a Jacob 2:18 (17–19).

tg Treasure.

27 a

JSt Mark 10:26 . . . With

men that trust in riches,

it is impossible; but

not impossible with men

who trust in God and

leave all for my sake,

for with such all these

things are possible.

tg God, Power of.

30 a

tg Reward.

31 a

JSt Mark 10:30–31 But

there are many who make

themselves first, that

shall be last, and the

last first. This he said,

rebuking Peter . . .

b Jacob 5:63;

Ether 13:12 (10–12).

33 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

tg Scribe.

34 a

tg Mocking.

1260MARK 10:35–11:4

upon him, and shall kill him: and

the third day he shall

rise again.

35 ¶ And James and John, the sons

of Zebedee, come unto him, saying,

Master, we would that thou should-

est do for us whatsoever we shall

desire.

36 And he said unto them, What

would ye that I should do for you?

37 They said unto him, Grant unto

us that we may sit, one on thy right

hand, and the other on thy left hand,

in thy glory.

38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye

know not what ye ask: can ye drink

of the cup that I drink of? and be

baptized with the

baptism that I

am baptized with?

39 And they said unto him, We

can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye

shall indeed drink of the cup that

I drink of; and with the baptism

that I am baptized withal shall ye

be baptized:

40 But to sit on my right hand and

on my left hand is not mine to give;

but it shall be given to them for whom

it is prepared.

41 And when the ten heard it, they

began to be much displeased with

James and John.

42 But Jesus called them to him,

and saith unto them, Ye know that

they which are accounted to rule

over the Gentiles exercise lordship

over them; and their great ones ex-

ercise authority upon them.

43 But so shall it not be among

you: but whosoever will be

great

among you, shall be your minister:

44 And whosoever of you will be

the

chiefest, shall be servant of all.

45 For even the Son of man came

not to be ministered unto, but to

minister, and to give his life a

ran-

som for many.

46 ¶ And they came to Jericho:

and as he went out of Jericho with

his disciples and a great number of

people, blind

Bartimæus, the son

of Timæus, sat by the highway side

begging.

47 And when he heard that it was

Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry

out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of Da-

vid, have mercy on me.

48 And many charged him that he

should hold his peace: but he cried

the more a great deal, Thou Son of

David, have mercy on me.

49 And Jesus stood still, and com-

manded him to be called. And they

call the

blind man, saying unto

him, Be of good comfort, rise; he

calleth thee.

50 And he, casting away his gar-

ment, rose, and came to Jesus.

51 And Jesus answered and said

unto him, What wilt thou that I

should do unto thee? The blind man

said unto him, Lord, that I might

receive my sight.

52 And Jesus said unto him, Go

thy way; thy faith hath

made thee

whole. And immediately he re-

ceived his sight, and followed Jesus

in the way.

CHAPTER 11

Jesus rides into Jerusalem amid shouts

of hosanna—He curses a fig tree, drives

the money changers from the temple,

and confounds the scribes on the mat-

ter of authority.

A when they came nigh to Jerusa-

lem, unto Bethphage and Bethany,

at the mount of Olives, he sendeth

forth two of his disciples,

2 And saith unto them, Go your way

into the village over against you: and

as soon as ye be entered into it, ye

shall find a colt tied, whereon never

man sat; loose him, and bring him.

3 And if any man say unto you,

Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord

hath need of him; and straightway

he will send him hither.

4 And they went their way, and

found the colt tied by the door

34 b tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

38 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Baptism of.

43 a D&C 50:26 (26–27).

44 a Matt. 23:11;

Luke 22:24 (24–30);

2 Ne. 9:5.

45 a Rom. 4:25.

46 a Matt. 20:30 (29–34).

49 a 1 Ne. 17:51.

52 a

gr saved, preserved,

healed thee.

1261 MARK 11:5–27

without in a place where two ways

met; and they loose him.

5 And certain of them that stood

there said unto them, What do ye,

loosing the colt?

6 And they said unto them even

as Jesus had commanded: and they

let them go.

7 And they brought the

colt to

Jesus, and cast their garments on

him; and he sat upon him.

8 And many spread their garments

in the way: and others cut down

branches off the trees, and strawed

them in the way.

9 And they that went before, and

they that followed, cried, saying,

Hosanna;

Blessed is he that cometh

in the name of the Lord:

Blessed be the kingdom of our

father David, that cometh in the

name of the Lord: Hosanna in the

highest.

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusa-

lem, and into the temple: and when

he had looked round about upon all

things, and now the eventide was

come, he went out unto Bethany

with the twelve.

12 ¶ And on the morrow, when

they were come from Bethany, he

was hungry:

13 And seeing a fig tree afar off

having leaves, he came, if haply

he might find any thing thereon:

and when he came to it, he found

nothing but leaves; for the time of

figs was not yet.

14 And Jesus answered and said

unto it, No man eat fruit of thee

hereafter for ever. And his disci-

ples heard it.

15 ¶ And they come to Jerusalem:

and Jesus went into the temple, and

began to cast out them that sold and

bought in the temple, and overthrew

the tables of the moneychangers,

and the seats of them that sold

doves;

16 And would not suffer that any

man should carry any vessel through

the temple.

17 And he taught, saying unto

them, Is it not written, My house

shall be called of all nations the

house of prayer? but ye have made

it a den of thieves.

18 And the scribes and chief priests

heard it, and sought how they might

destroy him: for they feared him,

because all the people was aston-

ished at his doctrine.

19 And when even was come, he

went out of the city.

20 ¶ And in the morning, as they

passed by, they saw the fig tree dried

up from the roots.

21 And Peter calling to remem-

brance saith unto him, Master, be-

hold, the fig tree which thou cursedst

is withered away.

22 And Jesus answering saith unto

them, Have

faith in God.

23 For verily I say unto you, That

whosoever shall say unto this moun-

tain, Be thou removed, and be thou

cast into the sea; and shall not

doubt

in his heart, but shall believe that

those things which he saith shall

come to pass; he shall have what-

soever he saith.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What

things soever ye desire, when ye

pray,

believe that ye receive them,

and ye shall have them.

25 And when ye stand

praying,

forgive, if ye have ought against

any: that your Father also which is

in heaven may

forgive you your

trespasses.

26 But if ye do not

forgive, neither

will your Father which is in heaven

forgive your trespasses.

27 ¶ And they come again to Je-

rusalem: and as he was walking in

the temple, there come to him the

chief priests, and the scribes, and

the elders,

7 a Zech. 9:9.

9 a Ps. 118:26.

10 a

JSt Mark 11:11–12 That

bringeth the kingdom

of our father David;

Blessed is he that

cometh in the name of

the Lord . . .

18 a tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

22 a

tg Faith.

23 a

tg Doubt.

24 a

tg Prayer.

b 3 Ne. 18:20;

D&C 29:6.

25 a

tg Prayer.

tg Forgive.

26 a D&C 64:9 (7–10).

1262MARK 11:28–12:17

28 And say unto him, By what

au-

thority doest thou these things? and

who gave thee this authority to do

these things?

29 And Jesus answered and said

unto them, I will also ask of you

one question, and answer me, and

I will tell you by what authority I

do these things.

30 The baptism of John, was it from

heaven, or of men? answer me.

31 And they reasoned with them-

selves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then did

ye not believe him?

32 But if we shall say, Of men;

they feared the people: for all men

counted John, that he was a prophet

indeed.

33 And they answered and said

unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus

answering saith unto them, Neither

do I tell you by what authority I do

these things.

CHAPTER 12

Jesus gives the parable of the wicked

husbandmen—He speaks of paying

taxes, celestial marriage, the two great

commandments, the divine sonship of

Christ, and the widow’s mites.

A he began to speak unto them

by parables. A certain man planted

a vineyard, and set an hedge about

it, and digged a place for the winefat,

and built a tower, and let it out to

husbandmen, and went into a far

country.

2 And at the season he sent to the

husbandmen a servant, that he

might receive from the husbandmen

of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they caught him, and beat

him, and sent him away empty.

4 And again he sent unto them

another servant; and at him they

cast stones, and wounded him in the

head, and sent him away shamefully

handled.

5 And again he sent another; and

him they killed, and many others;

beating some, and killing some.

6 Having yet therefore one son,

his wellbeloved, he sent him also

last unto them, saying, They will

reverence my son.

7 But those husbandmen said

among themselves, This is the heir;

come, let us kill him, and the inheri-

tance shall be ours.

8 And they took him, and killed

him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

9 What shall therefore the lord of

the vineyard do? he will come and

destroy the husbandmen, and will

give the

vineyard unto others.

10 And have ye not read this scrip-

ture; The

stone which the builders

rejected is become the head of the

corner:

11 This was the Lord’s doing, and

it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold

on him, but feared the people: for

they knew that he had spoken the

parable against them: and they left

him, and went their way.

13 ¶ And they send unto him cer-

tain of the Pharisees and of the Hero-

dians, to

catch him in his words.

14 And when they were come, they

say unto him, Master, we know that

thou art true, and carest for no man:

for thou regardest not the person of

men, but teachest the way of God

in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute

to Cæsar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not

give? But he, knowing their hypoc-

risy, said unto them, Why

tempt

ye me? bring me a penny, that I

may see it.

16 And they brought it. And he

saith unto them, Whose is this im-

age and superscription? And they

said unto him, Cæsar’s.

17 And Jesus answering said unto

them, Render to Cæsar the things

that are Cæsar’s, and to God the

things that are God’s. And they

marvelled at him.

28 a tg Priesthood,

Authority.

9 a tg Vineyard of the

Lord.

10 a

tg Cornerstone.

13 a Matt. 22:15 (15–22);

Luke 11:54 (53–54);

20:20 (19–26).

15 a

tg Test.

1263 MARK 12:18–38

18 ¶ Then come unto him the

Sadducees, which say there is no

resurrection; and they asked him,

saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If

a man’s brother die, and leave his

wife behind him, and leave no chil-

dren, that his

brother should take

his wife, and raise up seed unto his

brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren:

and the first took a wife, and dying

left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and

died, neither left he any seed: and

the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and

left no seed: last of all the woman

died also.

23 In the resurrection therefore,

when they shall rise, whose wife

shall she be of them? for the seven

had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto

them,

Do ye not therefore err, be-

cause ye know not the scriptures,

neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from

the dead, they neither

marry, nor

are given in marriage; but are as the

angels which are in heaven.

26 And as touching the dead, that

they

rise: have ye not read in the

book of Moses, how in the bush God

spake unto him, saying, I am the

God of Abraham, and the God of

Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of the dead,

but the God of the living: ye there-

fore do greatly err.

28 ¶ And one of the

scribes came,

and having heard them reasoning

together, and perceiving that he

had answered them well, asked

him, Which is the first command-

ment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The

first of all the commandments is,

Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God

is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt

love the Lord

thy God with all thy

heart, and

with all thy soul, and with all thy

mind, and with all thy

strength:

this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely

this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour

as thyself. There is none other com-

mandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him,

Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:

for there is one God; and there is

none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the

heart, and with all the understand-

ing, and with all the soul, and with

all the strength, and to love his

neighbour as himself, is more than

all whole burnt

offerings and sac-

rifices.

34 And when Jesus saw that he an-

swered discreetly, he said unto him,

Thou art not far from the kingdom

of God. And no man after that durst

ask him any question.

35 ¶ And Jesus answered and said,

while he taught in the temple, How

say the scribes that Christ is the Son

of David?

36 For David himself said by the

Holy Ghost, The

L said to my

Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till

I make thine enemies thy footstool.

37 David therefore himself calleth

him Lord; and whence is he then his

son? And the common people heard

him gladly.

38 ¶ And he said unto them in his

doctrine, Beware of the

scribes,

which love to go in long clothing,

and love

salutations in the market-

places,

19 a Deut. 25:5;

Matt. 22:24;

Luke 20:28.

24 a JSt Mark 12:28 . . . Ye do

err therefore, because ye

know not, and understand

not the scriptures . . .

25 a tg Marriage, Marry.

26 a tg Resurrection.

b tg God, Manifestations of.

c Ex. 3:6.

27 a JSt Mark 12:32 He is not

therefore the God of the

dead, but the God of the

living; for he raiseth them

up out of their graves. Ye

therefore . . .

28 a tg Scribe.

29 a Deut. 6:4.

30 a Deut. 6:5.

b tg Commitment.

c tg Strength.

33 a Matt. 22:40 (15–40).

tg Sacrifice.

36 a Ps. 110:1.

38 a tg Pride.

b John 12:43 (42–43).

1264MARK 12:39–13:14

39 And the chief seats in the syna-

gogues, and the uppermost rooms

at feasts:

40 Which devour widows’ houses,

and for a pretence make long

prayers: these shall receive greater

damnation.

41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the

treasury, and beheld how the people

cast money into the treasury: and

many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain

poor

widow, and she threw in two

mites,

which make a farthing.

43 And he called unto him his dis-

ciples, and saith unto them, Verily I

say unto you, That this

poor widow

hath cast more in, than all they

which have cast into the treasury:

44 For all they did cast in of their

abundance; but she of her

want

did

cast in

all that she had, even

all her living.

CHAPTER 13

Jesus tells of the calamities and signs

preceding the Second Coming—There

will be false Christs and false proph-

ets—He gives the parable of the fig tree.

A as he went out of the temple,

one of his disciples saith unto him,

Master, see what manner of stones

and what buildings are here!

2 And Jesus answering said unto

him, Seest thou these great build-

ings? there shall not be left one

stone upon another, that shall not

be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon the mount

of Olives over against the temple,

Peter and James and John and An-

drew asked him privately,

4 Tell us, when shall these things

be? and what shall be the

sign when

all these things shall be fulfilled?

5 And Jesus answering them be-

gan to say, Take heed lest any man

deceive you:

6 For many shall come in my name,

saying, I am Christ; and shall

de-

ceive many.

7 And when ye shall hear of wars

and rumours of wars, be ye not trou-

bled: for such things must needs be;

but the end shall not be yet.

8 For

nation shall rise against na-

tion, and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be earthquakes in

divers places, and there shall be

famines and troubles: these are the

beginnings of sorrows.

9 ¶ But take heed to yourselves: for

they shall deliver you up to coun-

cils; and in the synagogues ye shall

be beaten: and ye shall be brought

before rulers and

kings for my

sake, for a testimony against them.

10 And the

gospel must first be

published among all nations.

11 But when they shall lead you,

and deliver you up, take no thought

beforehand what ye shall speak, nei-

ther do ye premeditate: but whatso-

ever shall be given you in that hour,

that

speak ye: for it is not ye that

speak, but the

Holy Ghost.

12 Now the brother shall betray

the brother to death, and the father

the son; and children shall rise up

against their parents, and shall cause

them to be put to death.

13 And ye shall be

hated of all

men for my name’s sake: but he that

shall

endure unto the end, the same

shall be saved.

14 ¶ But when ye shall see the

abomination of desolation, spoken

of by Daniel the prophet, standing

where it ought not, (let him that read-

eth understand,) then let them that

be in Judæa flee to the mountains:

40 a tg Damnation.

42 a

tg Poor.

b Deut. 16:17.

43 a

tg Almsgiving.

44 a

tg Treasure.

b 2 Cor. 8:2 (2–12).

c Mosiah 4:24 (16–27).

tg Generosity.

1 a The text of JSt Mark 13

is the same as

JSt Matthew 24. See

Pearl of Great Price,

JS—M.

4 a

tg Signs.

6 a Matt. 24:5.

8 a 1 Ne. 14:15;

D&C 87:6.

9 a

tg Kings, Earthly.

10 a

tg Gospel.

b 1 Ne. 13:37;

3 Ne. 20:40;

D&C 19:29.

11 a Matt. 10:19 (19–20).

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

13 a 1 Ne. 11:34.

b Matt. 10:22 (22–33);

3 Ne. 15:9.

1265 MARK 13:15–14:2

15 And let him that is on the house-

top not go down into the house, nei-

ther enter therein, to take any thing

out of his house:

16 And let him that is in the field

not turn back again for to take up

his garment.

17 But woe to them that are with

child, and to them that give suck

in those days!

18 And pray ye that your flight be

not in the winter.

19 For in those days shall be

af-

fliction, such as was not from the

beginning of the creation which

God created unto this time, neither

shall be.

20 And except that the Lord had

shortened those days, no flesh

should be saved: but for the

elect’s

sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath

shortened the days.

21 And then if any man shall say

to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he

is there; believe him not:

22 For

false Christs and

false

prophets shall rise, and shall shew

signs and wonders, to seduce, if it

were possible, even the elect.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have

foretold you all things.

24 ¶ But in those days, after that

tribulation, the sun shall be dark-

ened, and the moon shall not give

her light,

25 And the

stars of heaven shall

fall, and the powers that are in

heaven shall be shaken.

26 And then shall they see the

Son

of man coming in the clouds with

great power and glory.

27 And then shall he send his

angels, and shall gather together

his elect from the four winds, from

the uttermost part of the earth to the

uttermost part of heaven.

28 Now learn a parable of the

fig

tree; When her branch is yet tender,

and putteth forth leaves, ye know

that summer is near:

29 So ye in like manner, when ye

shall see these things come to pass,

know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

30 Verily I say unto you, that this

generation shall not pass, till all

these things be done.

31 Heaven and earth shall pass

away: but my

words shall not

pass away.

32 ¶ But of that

day and that hour

knoweth no man, no, not the angels

which are in heaven, neither the

Son, but the Father.

33 Take ye heed,

watch and

pray:

for ye know not when the time is.

34 For the Son of man is as a man

taking a far journey, who left his

house, and gave

authority to his

servants, and to every man his work,

and commanded the porter to watch.

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know

not when the master of the house

cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at

the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

36 Lest coming suddenly he find

you

sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you I say

unto all, Watch.

CHAPTER 14

Jesus is anointed with oil—He eats

the Passover, institutes the sacrament,

suffers in Gethsemane, and is betrayed

by Judas—Jesus is falsely accused, and

Peter denies that he knows Him.

A two days was the feast of

the passover, and of unleavened

bread: and the chief priests and

the

scribes sought how they might

take him by craft, and put him to

death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast

day, lest there be an uproar of the

people.

19 a tg Affliction.

20 a D&C 29:7; 84:34.

22 a

tg False Christs.

tg False Prophets.

tg Signs.

25 a

tg World, End of.

26 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

28 a D&C 45:37.

30 a D&C 45:21.

31 a D&C 64:31.

32 a

tg Day of the Lord.

33 a See

JSt Luke 12:41–57

(Appendix).

D&C 45:44.

tg Watch.

tg Prayer.

34 a

tg Authority.

36 a

tg Procrastination;

Sleep.

1 a tg Scribe.

b Matt. 26:4 (2–5);

Luke 22:2 (1–2).

1266MARK 14:3–27

3 ¶ And being in Bethany in the

house of Simon the leper, as he sat at

meat, there came a woman having an

alabaster box of ointment of spike-

nard very precious; and she brake

the box, and poured it on his head.

4 And there were some that had

indignation within themselves, and

said, Why was this

waste of the

ointment made?

5 For it might have been sold for

more than three hundred pence,

and have been given to the poor.

And they murmured against her.

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why

trouble ye her? she hath wrought a

good work on me.

7 For ye have the

poor with you

always, and whensoever ye will ye

may do them good: but me ye have

not always.

8 She hath done what she could:

she is come aforehand to anoint

my body to the burying.

9 Verily I say unto you, Whereso-

ever this gospel shall be preached

throughout the whole world, this also

that

she hath done shall be spoken

of for a memorial of her.

10 ¶ And Judas Iscariot, one of the

twelve, went unto the chief priests,

to betray him unto them.

11 And when they heard it, they

were glad, and promised to give him

money. And he sought how he might

conveniently betray him.

12 ¶ And the first day of unleavened

bread, when they killed the passover,

his disciples said unto him, Where

wilt thou that we go and prepare

that thou mayest eat the

passover?

13 And he sendeth forth two of

his

disciples, and saith unto them,

Go ye into the city, and there shall

meet you a man bearing a pitcher

of water: follow him.

14 And wheresoever he shall go

in, say ye to the goodman of the

house, The Master saith, Where is

the guestchamber, where I shall eat

the passover with my disciples?

15 And he will shew you a large

upper room furnished and prepared:

there make ready for us.

16 And his disciples went forth,

and came into the city, and found

as he had said unto them: and they

made ready the passover.

17 And in the evening he cometh

with the twelve.

18 And as they sat and did eat,

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,

One of you which eateth with me

shall betray me.

19 And they began to be sorrowful,

and to say unto him one by one, Is

it I? and another said, Is it I?

20 And he answered and said unto

them, It is one of the twelve, that

dippeth with me in the dish.

21 The Son of man indeed goeth,

as it is written of him: but woe to

that man by whom the Son of man

is betrayed! good were it for that

man if he had never been born.

22 ¶

And as they did eat, Jesus

took

bread, and blessed, and brake

it, and gave to them, and said, Take,

eat: this is my

body.

23 And he took the cup, and when

he had given

thanks, he gave it to

them: and they all drank of it.

24 And he said unto them, This

is my blood of the new testament,

which is shed for many.

25 Verily I say unto you, I will

drink no more of the fruit of the

vine, until that day that I drink it

new in the kingdom of God.

26 ¶ And when they had sung an

hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

27 And Jesus saith unto them, All

ye shall be offended because of me

4 a D&C 117:4 (4–7).

7 a

tg Poor.

8 a

JSt Mark 14:8 . . . and

this which she has done

unto me, shall be had in

remembrance in genera-

tions to come, whereso-

ever my gospel shall be

preached; for verily she

has come beforehand . . .

9 a John 12:7 (7–8).

10 a

JSt Mark 14:31 . . . to

betray Jesus unto them;

for he turned away from

him, and was offended

because of his words.

12 a

tg Passover.

13 a Luke 22:8 (7–13).

22 a

JSt Mark 14:20–26

(Appendix).

tg Bread, Unleavened;

Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Memory; Passover.

c Luke 22:19; John 6:53.

23 a

tg Thanksgiving.

25 a Matt. 26:29; Luke 22:18;

D&C 27:5.

1267 MARK 14:28–55

this night: for it is written, I will

smite the

shepherd, and the sheep

shall be scattered.

28 But after that I am risen, I will

go before you into Galilee.

29 But Peter said unto him, Al-

though all shall be offended, yet

will not I.

30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily

I say unto thee, That this day, even

in this night, before the cock crow

twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

31 But he spake the more vehe-

mently, If I should die with thee,

I will not deny thee in any wise.

Likewise also said they all.

And they came to a place which

was named Gethsemane: and he

saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,

while I shall pray.

33 And he taketh with him Peter

and James and John, and began to be

sore amazed, and to be

very

heavy;

34 And saith unto them, My soul

is exceeding sorrowful unto death:

tarry ye here, and watch.

35 And he went forward a little,

and fell on the ground, and prayed

that, if it were possible, the hour

might pass from him.

36 And he said, Abba, Father, all

things are possible unto thee;

take

away this

cup from me: nevertheless

not what I will, but what thou wilt.

37 And he cometh, and findeth

them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,

Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not

thou watch one

hour?

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter

into

temptation. The spirit truly is

ready, but the flesh is weak.

39 And again he went away, and

prayed, and spake the same words.

40 And when he returned, he found

them asleep again, (for their eyes

were heavy,) neither wist they what

to answer him.

41 And he cometh the third time,

and saith unto them, Sleep on now,

and take your rest: it is enough, the

hour is come; behold, the Son of

man is betrayed into the hands of

sinners.

42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that

betrayeth me is at hand.

43 ¶ And immediately, while he

yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the

twelve, and with him a great multi-

tude with swords and staves, from

the chief priests and the scribes and

the elders.

44 And he that

betrayed him had

given them a token, saying, Whom-

soever I shall kiss, that same is he;

take him, and lead him away safely.

45 And as soon as he was come, he

goeth straightway to him, and saith,

Master, master; and kissed him.

46 ¶ And they laid their hands on

him, and took him.

47 And one of them that stood by

drew a sword, and smote a servant

of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answered and said

unto them, Are ye come out, as

against a thief, with swords and

with staves to take me?

49 I was daily with you in the

temple teaching, and ye took me not:

but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

50 And they all forsook him, and

fled.

51 And there followed him a cer-

tain young man,

having a linen

cloth cast about his naked body; and

the young men laid hold on him:

52 And he left the linen cloth, and

fled from them naked.

53 ¶ And they led Jesus away to

the high priest: and with him were

assembled all the chief priests and

the elders and the scribes.

54 And Peter followed him afar

off, even into the palace of the high

priest: and he sat with the servants,

and warmed himself at the fire.

55 And the chief priests and all the

council sought for witness against

27 a Zech. 13:7.

32 a

JSt Mark 14:36–38

(Appendix).

33 a

gr amazed, awestruck,

astonished.

gr depressed, dejected,

in anguish.

c Ps. 69:20.

36 a 3 Ne. 11:11.

b Matt. 26:39 (36–46);

D&C 19:17 (13–20).

37 a D&C 76:107; 122:8 (7–8).

38 a

tg Watch.

b D&C 20:33; 23:1; 31:12.

44 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

51 a

JSt Mark 14:57 . . . a

disciple, having . . .

1268MARK 14:56–15:6

Jesus to put him to

death; and

found none.

56 For many bare

false witness

against him, but their witness agreed

not together.

57 And there arose certain, and

bare false witness against him,

saying,

58 We heard him say, I will de-

stroy this

temple that is made

with hands, and within three days

I will build another made without

hands.

59 But neither so did their witness

agree together.

60 And the high priest stood up

in the midst, and asked Jesus, say-

ing, Answerest thou nothing? what

is it which these witness against

thee?

61 But he held his peace, and

an-

swered nothing. Again the high

priest asked him, and said unto

him, Art thou the

Christ, the Son

of the Blessed?

62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall

see the

Son of man sitting on the

right hand of power, and coming in

the clouds of heaven.

63 Then the high priest rent his

clothes, and saith, What need we

any further witnesses?

64 Ye have heard the blasphemy:

what think ye? And they all

con-

demned him to be

guilty of death.

65 And some began to spit on him,

and to cover his face, and to buffet

him, and to say unto him, Prophesy:

and the servants did strike him with

the palms of their hands.

66 ¶ And as Peter was beneath in

the palace, there cometh one of the

maids of the high priest:

67 And when she saw Peter warm-

ing himself, she looked upon him,

and said, And thou also wast with

Jesus of Nazareth.

68 But he denied, saying, I know

not, neither understand I what thou

sayest. And he went out into the

porch; and the cock crew.

69 And a maid saw him again, and

began to say to them that stood by,

This is one of them.

70 And he denied it again. And a

little after, they that stood by said

again to Peter, Surely thou art one of

them: for thou art a Galilæan, and

thy speech agreeth thereto.

71 But he began to curse and to

swear, saying, I know not this man

of whom ye speak.

72 And the second time the cock

crew. And Peter called to mind

the word that Jesus said unto him,

Before the cock crow twice, thou

shalt deny me thrice. And when he

thought thereon, he wept.

CHAPTER 15

Pilate decrees the death of Jesus—Jesus

is mocked and crucified between two

thieves—He dies and is buried in the

tomb of Joseph of Arimathæa.

A straightway in the morning

the chief priests held a consultation

with the elders and scribes and the

whole council, and bound Jesus, and

carried him away, and delivered him

to Pilate.

2 And

Pilate asked him, Art thou

the King of the Jews? And he answer-

ing said unto him,

Thou sayest it.

3 And the chief priests accused

him of many things: but he

an-

swered nothing.

4 And Pilate asked him again,

saying, Answerest thou nothing?

behold how many things they wit-

ness against thee.

5 But Jesus yet answered nothing;

so that Pilate marvelled.

6 Now at that feast he

released

unto them one prisoner, whomso-

ever they desired.

55 a tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

56 a

tg Lying.

58 a Matt. 26:61; 27:40;

John 2:19 (18–22);

Heb. 9:11.

61 a Isa. 53:7 (7–8).

tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

62 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

64 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

tg Guilt.

2 a tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

JSt Mark 15:4 . . . I am,

even as thou sayest.

3 a Isa. 53:7 (7–8);

Mosiah 14:7 (6–8).

6 a

gr usually released.

1269 MARK 15:7–35

7 And there was one named Bar-

abbas, which lay bound with them

that had made insurrection with

him, who had committed murder

in the insurrection.

8 And the multitude crying aloud

began to desire him to do as he had

ever done unto them.

9 But Pilate answered them, say-

ing, Will ye that I release unto you

the

King of the Jews?

10 For he knew that the chief

priests had delivered him for

envy.

11 But the chief priests moved the

people, that he should rather release

Barabbas unto them.

12 And Pilate answered and said

again unto them, What will ye then

that I shall do unto him whom ye

call the King of the Jews?

13 And they cried out again, Cru-

cify him.

14 Then Pilate said unto them,

Why, what evil hath he done? And

they cried out the more exceedingly,

Crucify him.

15 ¶ And so Pilate, willing to con-

tent the people, released Barabbas

unto them, and delivered Jesus,

when he had scourged him, to be

crucified.

16 And the soldiers led him away

into the hall, called Prætorium; and

they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothed him with pur-

ple, and plaited a crown of

thorns,

and put it about his head,

18 And began to salute him, Hail,

King of the Jews!

19 And they

smote him on the

head with a reed, and did spit upon

him, and bowing their knees wor-

shipped him.

20 And when they had

mocked

him, they took off the purple from

him, and put his own clothes on

him, and led him out to crucify him.

21 And they compel one Simon a

Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out

of the country, the father of Alex-

ander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

22 And they bring him unto the

place Golgotha, which is, being in-

terpreted, The place of a skull.

23 And they gave him to drink

wine mingled with myrrh: but he

received it not.

24 And when they had crucified

him, they parted his

garments,

casting lots upon them, what every

man should take.

25 And it was the third hour, and

they crucified him.

26 And the superscription of his

accusation was written over, THE

KING OF THE JEWS.

27 And with him they crucify two

thieves; the one on his right hand,

and the other on his left.

28 And the scripture was

fulfilled,

which saith, And he was numbered

with the transgressors.

29 And they that passed by railed

on him, wagging their heads, and

saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the

temple, and buildest it in three days,

30 Save thyself, and come down

from the cross.

31 Likewise also the chief priests

mocking said among themselves

with the scribes, He saved others;

himself he cannot save.

32 Let Christ the King of Israel

descend now from the cross, that

we may see and believe. And they

that were crucified with him

re-

viled him.

33 And when the sixth hour was

come, there was

darkness over the

whole land until the ninth hour.

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus

cried with a loud voice, saying,

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which

is, being interpreted, My God, my

God, why hast thou

forsaken me?

35 And some of them that stood by,

when they heard it, said, Behold, he

calleth Elias.

9 a Luke 23:22 (17–25).

10 a

tg Envy.

17 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

19 a 1 Ne. 11:32.

20 a

tg Mocking.

24 a Ps. 22:18.

27 a Mosiah 14:9.

28 a Isa. 53:12.

32 a

tg Malice;

Reviling.

33 a

tg Darkness, Physical.

34 a Aramaic: My God, my

God, why hast thou

forsaken me?

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

1270MARK 15:36–16:11

36 And one ran and filled a sponge

full of

vinegar, and put it on a reed,

and gave him to drink, saying, Let

alone; let us see whether Elias will

come to take him down.

37 And Jesus cried with a loud

voice, and gave up the

ghost.

38 And the veil of the temple was

rent in twain from the top to the

bottom.

39 ¶ And when the centurion,

which stood over against him, saw

that he so cried out, and gave up the

ghost, he said, Truly this man was

the Son of God.

40 There were also women looking

on afar off: among whom was Mary

Magdalene, and Mary the mother

of James the less and of Joses, and

Salome;

41 (Who also, when he was in Gali-

lee, followed him, and ministered

unto him;) and many other women

which came up with him unto

Jerusalem.

42 ¶ And now when the even was

come, because it was the

preparation,

that is, the day before the sabbath,

43 Joseph of Arimathæa, an hon-

ourable

counsellor, which also

waited for the kingdom of God,

came, and went in boldly unto Pi-

late, and

craved the body of Jesus.

44 And Pilate marvelled if he were

already dead: and calling unto him

the centurion, he asked him whether

he had been any while dead.

45 And when he knew it of the cen-

turion, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 And he bought fine linen, and

took him down, and wrapped him in

the linen, and laid him in a

sepul-

chre which was hewn out of a rock,

and rolled a stone unto the door of

the sepulchre.

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary

the mother of Joses beheld where he

was laid.

CHAPTER 16

Christ is risen—He appears to Mary

Magdalene, then to others—He sends

the Apostles to preach and promises

that signs will follow faith—He ascends

into heaven.

A when the sabbath was past,

Mary Magdalene, and Mary the

mother of James, and Salome, had

bought sweet spices, that they might

come and anoint him.

2 And very early in the morning

the

first day of the week, they came

unto the sepulchre at the

rising of

the sun.

3 And they said among themselves,

Who shall roll us away the stone

from the door of the sepulchre?

And when they looked, they saw

that the stone was rolled away: for

it was very great.

5 And entering into the sepulchre,

they saw a young man sitting on the

right side,

clothed in a long white

garment; and they were

affrighted.

6 And he saith unto them, Be not

affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,

which was crucified: he is

risen; he

is not here: behold the place where

they laid him.

7 But go your way, tell his disciples

and Peter that he goeth before you

into Galilee: there shall ye see him,

as he said unto you.

8 And they went out quickly, and

fled from the sepulchre; for they

trembled and were amazed: neither

said they any thing to any man; for

they were afraid.

9 ¶ Now when Jesus was

risen

early the first day of the week, he

appeared first to

Mary Magdalene,

out of whom he had cast seven devils.

10 And she went and told them

that had been with him, as they

mourned and wept.

11 And they, when they had heard

36 a Ps. 69:21.

37 a

tg Spirits,

Disembodied.

42 a

tg Passover.

43 a

tg Counselor.

gr requested, desired.

46 a Mosiah 14:9.

2 a tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

b John 20:1.

4 a

JSt Mark 16:3–6

(Appendix).

5 a

tg Clothing.

gr amazed, astonished.

6 a

tg Immortality.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

c Luke 8:2.

1271 MARK 16:12–LUKE 1:3

that he was alive, and had been seen

of her, believed not.

12 ¶ After that he appeared in

another form unto two of them,

as they walked, and went into the

country.

13 And they went and told it unto

the residue: neither believed they

them.

14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto

the

eleven as they sat at meat, and

upbraided them with their

unbe-

lief and

hardness of heart, because

they believed not them which had

seen him after he was risen.

15 And he said unto them, Go ye

into all the world, and

preach the

gospel to every

creature.

16 He that

believeth and is

bap-

tized shall be saved; but he that be-

lieveth not shall be

damned.

17 And these

signs shall

them that believe; In my

name shall

they

cast out

devils; they shall

speak with new

tongues;

18 They shall take up

serpents;

and if they drink any deadly thing,

it shall not

hurt them; they shall

lay

hands on the

sick, and they

shall recover.

19 ¶ So then after the

Lord had

spoken unto them, he was received

up into heaven, and sat on the right

hand of God.

20 And they went forth, and

preached every where, the Lord

working with them, and confirming

the word with signs following. Amen.

14 a TG Apostles.

b Matt. 14:31; Mark 4:40;

Luke 24:25.

TG Stiffnecked.

15 a John 20:21 (19–31);

Acts 6:4 (1–4);

D&C 66:5.

TG Israel, Mission of.

TG Gospel.

c Acts 11:18 (1–18);

D&C 68:8; 124:128.

TG Missionary Work.

16 a

TG Baptism, Qualifica-

tions for; Faith.

TG Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

TG Damnation.

17 a D&C 84:65 (64–73).

TG Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Miracle; Signs.

b D&C 63:9.

TG Name.

d D&C 24:13; 35:9.

TG Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

TG Language.

18 a Acts 28:3.

TG Protection, Divine.

TG Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

TG Heal.

19 a

TG Jesus Christ, Lord.

[L]

Title:

JST entitles this book

“The Testimony of

St. Luke.”

1 a JST Luke 1:1 As I am a

messenger of Jesus Christ,

and knowing that many

have . . .

b 2 Tim. 4:13;

1 Ne. 13:26 (24–26).

GR which have been

fulfilled.

2 a John 1:14;

Acts 5:32; 26:16.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

ST LUKE

CHAPTER 1

Gabriel promises Zacharias that Elisa-

beth will bear a son, whom they will

name John—He also tells Mary that

she will be the mother of the Son of

God—Mary visits Elisabeth and utters

a psalm of praise—John the Baptist is

born—Zacharias prophesies of John’s

mission.

ORASMUCH as

many have

taken in hand to set forth in

order a declaration of those

things

which are most surely be-

lieved among us,

2 Even as they delivered them

unto us, which from the beginning

were

eyewitnesses, and ministers

of the word;

3 It seemed good to me also, having

1272LUKE 1:4–23

had perfect understanding of all

things from the very first, to write

unto thee in order, most excellent

Theophilus,

4 That thou mightest

know the

certainty of those things, wherein

thou hast been instructed.

5 ¶

HERE was in the days of

Herod, the king of Judæa,

a certain priest named

Zacharias, of the course of

Abia:

and his wife was of the daughters of

Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

6 And they were both righteous

before God, walking in all the com-

mandments and

ordinances of the

Lord blameless.

7 And they had no child, because

that Elisabeth was

barren, and

they both were now well

stricken

in years.

8 And it came to pass, that while

he executed the

priest’s office be-

fore God in the order of his

course,

9 According to the custom of the

priest’s office, his lot was to burn

incense when he went into the

temple of the Lord.

10 And the whole multitude of the

people were praying without at the

time of incense.

11 And there appeared unto him

an angel of the Lord standing on

the right side of the altar of incense.

12 And when Zacharias saw him,

he was troubled, and fear fell upon

him.

13 But the angel said unto him,

Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is

heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall

bear thee a

son, and thou shalt call

his name John.

14 And thou shalt have joy and

gladness; and many shall rejoice

at his birth.

15 For he shall be great in the sight

of the Lord, and shall drink neither

wine nor strong drink; and he shall

filled with the

Holy Ghost, even

from his mother’s womb.

16 And many of the children of

Israel shall he turn to the Lord

their God.

17 And he shall go before him in

the spirit and power of

Elias, to

turn the hearts of the

fathers to the

children, and the

disobedient to

the wisdom of the just; to make ready

a people

prepared for the Lord.

18 And Zacharias said unto the

angel, Whereby shall I

know this?

for I am an

old man, and my wife

well

stricken in years.

19 And the

angel answering said

unto him, I am

Gabriel, that stand

in the presence of God; and am sent

to speak unto thee, and to shew thee

these glad tidings.

20 And, behold, thou shalt be

dumb, and not able to speak, until

the day that these things shall be

performed, because thou

believest

not my words, which shall be ful-

filled in their season.

21 And the people waited for

Zacha rias, and marvelled that he

tarried so long in the temple.

22 And when he came out, he could

not speak unto them: and they per-

ceived that he had seen a vision in

the temple: for he beckoned unto

them, and remained speechless.

23 And it came to pass, that, as

soon as the

days of his ministration

3 a Acts 1:1.

4 a John 20:31 (30–31);

1 Ne. 6:4.

5 a

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

b 1 Chr. 24:10 (5, 10, 19);

Neh. 12:4.

6 a

tg Ordinance.

7 a

tg Barren.

gr advanced.

8 a

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

JSt Luke 1:8 . . .

priesthood,

9 a Lev. 7:35.

13 a Dan. 10:12.

tg Foreordination.

15 a Num. 6:3 (2–8);

D&C 89:7 (5, 7).

b D&C 84:27.

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of;

Holy Ghost, Mission of.

17 a This is the Greek form

of the Hebrew name,

Elijah. Matt. 11:14;

D&C 27:7 (6–8).

tg Salvation for the

Dead.

tg Disobedience.

d Luke 1:76.

18 a Gen. 15:8 (7–9).

b Gen. 18:13.

gr advanced.

19 a

tg Angels.

b Dan. 8:16;

D&C 27:7; 128:21.

20 a Dan. 10:15;

Mosiah 27:19;

Alma 30:49 (47–52).

b Luke 12:29; 24:25;

Morm. 9:11 (9–11, 27).

23 a Lev. 8:33.

1273 LUKE 1:24–47

were accomplished, he departed to

his own house.

24 And after those days his wife

Elisabeth conceived, and hid her-

self five months, saying,

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with

me in the days wherein he looked

on me, to take away my

reproach

among men.

26 And in the sixth month the

an-

gel Gabriel was sent from God unto

a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 To a

virgin espoused to a man

whose name was Joseph, of the

house of David; and the virgin’s

name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her,

and said, Hail, thou that art highly

favoured, the Lord is with thee:

blessed art thou among

women.

29 And when she saw him, she was

troubled at his saying, and cast in

her mind what manner of saluta-

tion this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her,

Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found

favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive

in thy womb, and bring forth a son,

and shalt call his name

JESUS.

32 He shall be great, and shall be

called the

Son of the Highest: and

the Lord God shall give unto him

the

throne of his father

David:

33 And he shall

reign over the

house of Jacob for ever; and of his

kingdom there shall be no

end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel,

How shall this be, seeing I

know

not a man?

35 And the angel answered and

said unto her, The

Holy Ghost shall

come upon thee, and the power of

the Highest shall overshadow thee:

therefore also that holy thing which

shall be born of thee shall be called

the

Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy

cousin Elisa-

beth, she hath also conceived a son

in her

old age: and this is the sixth

month with her, who was called

barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be

impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the

handmaid of the Lord; be it unto

me according to thy word. And the

angel departed from her.

39 And Mary arose in those days,

and went into the hill country with

haste, into a city of Juda;

40 And entered into the house of

Zacharias, and

saluted Elisabeth.

41 And it came to pass, that, when

Elisabeth heard the salutation of

Mary, the babe leaped in her womb;

and Elisabeth was

filled with the

Holy Ghost:

42 And she spake out with a loud

voice, and said, Blessed art thou

among

women, and blessed is the

fruit of thy womb.

43 And

whence is this to me, that

the mother of my Lord should come

to me?

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of

thy salutation sounded in mine ears,

the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

45 And blessed is she that believed:

for there shall be a performance of

those things which were told her

from the Lord.

46 And Mary

said, My soul doth

magnify the Lord,

47 And my spirit hath

rejoiced in

God my

Saviour.

25 a tg Barren;

Reproach.

26 a Moro. 7:29 (29–32).

27 a 1 Ne. 11:13.

28 a

tg Woman.

30 a

tg Courage;

Fearful.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ, Birth of.

32 a

tg Godhead;

Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg Jesus Christ,

Millennial Reign.

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

33 a Micah 4:7.

tg Jesus Christ,

Mission of.

b 2 Sam. 7:16;

Isa. 9:7 (6–7).

34 a 1 Ne. 11:18 (15–20);

Alma 7:10 (7–12).

35 a Matt. 1:20.

b 2 Cor. 1:19.

36 a

gr relative (not

necessarily a cousin).

tg Old Age.

37 a Gen. 18:14;

Rom. 4:21.

tg God, Power of.

40 a

gr greeted.

41 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

42 a

tg Woman.

43 a

gr how.

46 a

tg Singing.

b 1 Sam. 2:1 (1–10).

47 a

tg Thanksgiving.

tg Jesus Christ, Savior;

Salvation.

1274LUKE 1:48–76

48 For he hath regarded the low

estate of his

handmaiden: for, be-

hold, from henceforth all genera-

tions shall call me

blessed.

49 For he that is mighty hath done

to me great

things; and

holy is

his name.

50 And his mercy is on them that

fear him from generation to gen-

eration.

51 He hath shewed strength with

his arm; he hath scattered the

proud in the imagination of their

hearts.

52 He hath put down the mighty

from their seats, and exalted them

low degree.

53 He hath filled the hungry with

good things; and the rich he hath

sent empty away.

54 He hath

holpen his servant Is-

rael, in remembrance of his mercy;

55 As he spake to our

fathers, to

Abraham, and to his

seed for ever.

56 And Mary abode with her about

three months, and returned to her

own house.

57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came

that she should be delivered; and

she brought forth a son.

58 And her neighbours and her

cousins heard how the Lord had

shewed great

mercy upon her; and

they rejoiced with her.

59 And it came to pass, that on

the

eighth day they came to

cir-

cumcise the child; and they called

him Zacharias, after the name of

his father.

60 And his mother answered and

said, Not so; but he shall be called

John.

61 And they said unto her, There

is none of thy kindred that is called

by this name.

62 And they made signs to his

father, how he would have him

called.

63 And he asked for a

writing ta-

ble, and wrote, saying, His name is

John. And they marvelled all.

64 And his mouth was opened im-

mediately, and his tongue loosed, and

he spake, and praised God.

65 And fear came on all that dwelt

round about them: and all these say-

ings were

noised abroad through-

out all the hill country of Judæa.

66 And all they that heard them laid

them up in their hearts, saying, What

manner of child shall this be! And

the hand of the Lord was with him.

67 And his father Zacharias was

filled with the Holy Ghost, and

prophesied, saying,

Blessed be the Lord God of

Israel; for he hath

visited and

redeemed his people,

69 And hath raised up an horn of

salvation for us in the house of his

servant David;

70 As he

spake by the mouth of

his holy

prophets, which have been

since the world began:

71 That we should be saved from

our enemies, and from the hand of

all that hate us;

72 To perform the mercy

promised

to our fathers, and to remember his

holy

covenant;

73 The

oath which he sware to

our

father Abraham,

74 That he would grant unto us,

that we being delivered out of the

hand of our enemies might serve

him without

fear,

75 In

holiness and righteousness

before him, all the days of our life.

76 And thou, child, shalt be called

the prophet of the Highest: for thou

48 a 1 Sam. 1:11.

b Ps. 72:17;

Luke 11:27 (27–28).

49 a Ps. 126:2.

b Ps. 99:3; Isa. 57:15.

51 a Ex. 18:11.

52 a Ezek. 21:26.

54 a

or helped.

55 a Ps. 132:11; Micah 7:20;

Luke 1:72;

Gal. 3:16.

tg Seed of Abraham.

58 a

gr relatives.

tg God, Mercy of.

59 a D&C 84:28 (27–28).

tg Circumcision.

63 a

ie writing tablet.

65 a

gr discussed.

67 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

68 a

tg Thanksgiving.

b Luke 7:16.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

70 a

tg Prophets, Mission of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

72 a Micah 7:20;

Luke 1:55 (54–55).

tg Covenants.

73 a

tg Oath; Vow.

tg Family, Patriarchal.

74 a Philip. 1:14 (12–17).

75 a

tg Holiness.

1275 LUKE 1:77–2:17

shalt go before the face of the Lord

prepare his ways;

77 To give

knowledge of salvation

unto his people by the

remission

of their sins,

78 Through the

tender mercy of

our God; whereby the

dayspring

from on high hath visited us,

79 To give

light to them that sit

darkness and in the shadow of

death, to guide our feet into the

way of peace.

80 And the child grew, and waxed

strong in spirit, and was in the

deserts till the day of his shewing

unto Israel.

CHAPTER 2

Heavenly messengers herald the birth

of Jesus in Bethlehem—He is circum-

cised, and Simeon and Anna prophesy

of His mission—At twelve years of age,

He goes about His Father’s business.

A it came to pass in those days,

that there went out a decree from

Cæsar Augustus, that all

the world

should be

taxed.

2 (And this

taxing was first made

when Cyrenius was governor of

Syria.)

3 And all went to be taxed, every

one into his own city.

4 And Joseph also went up from

Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,

into Judæa, unto the city of David,

which is called

Bethlehem; (be-

cause he was of the house and lin-

eage of David:)

5 To be taxed with Mary his

es-

poused wife, being great with child.

6 And so it was, that, while they

were there, the days were accom-

plished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her

first-

born son, and wrapped him in

swaddling clothes, and laid him

in a manger; because there was no

room for them in the

inn.

8 And there were in the same coun-

try shepherds abiding in the field,

keeping watch over their flock by

night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord

came upon them, and the

glory of

the Lord shone round about them:

and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them,

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you

good tidings of great

joy, which

shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is

born this day in

the city of David a

Saviour, which

is Christ the

Lord.

12 And this shall be a

sign unto

you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped

in swaddling clothes, lying in a

manger.

13 And suddenly there was with

the angel a multitude of the heav-

enly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth

peace, good will to-

ward men.

15 And it came to pass, as the an-

gels were gone away from them into

heaven, the shepherds said one to

another, Let us now go even unto

Bethlehem, and see this thing which

is come to pass, which the Lord hath

made known unto us.

16 And they came with

haste, and

found Mary, and Joseph, and the

babe lying in a manger.

17 And when they had seen it,

they made known abroad the saying

which was told them concerning

this child.

76 a Luke 1:17.

77 a Luke 11:52.

tg Remission of Sins.

78 a 1 Ne. 1:20.

gr dawn; see Mal. 4:2.

79 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Light of the World;

Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

b 1 Pet. 3:19 (18–20).

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

c D&C 45:17 (16–17);

138:50 (50–51).

1 a JSt Luke 2:1 . . . his

empire should be taxed.

gr enrolled, registered

(also vv. 3, 5).

2 a

gr enrollment.

4 a 1 Sam. 16:1;

Micah 5:2 (1–2);

John 7:42 (41–44);

Alma 7:10.

5 a Matt. 1:24 (20–25).

7 a

tg Firstborn.

JSt Luke 2:7 . . . inns.

9 a

tg God, Glory of.

10 a

tg Gospel.

tg Joy.

11 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Birth of.

tg Jesus Christ, Savior.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

12 a

tg Signs.

14 a Luke 19:38.

tg Peace.

16 a

tg Haste.

1276LUKE 2:18–42

18 And all they that heard it

won-

dered at those things which were

told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things,

and

pondered them in her heart.

20 And the shepherds returned,

glorifying and praising God for all

the things that they had heard and

seen, as it was told unto them.

21 And when eight days were ac-

complished for the

circumcising

of the child, his name was called

JESUS, which was so

named of

the angel before he was conceived

in the womb.

22 And when the days of her

pu-

rification according to the law of

Moses were accomplished, they

brought him to Jerusalem, to pre-

sent him to the Lord;

23 (As it is written in the law of

the Lord, Every male that openeth

the

womb shall be called holy

to the Lord;)

24 And to offer a sacrifice accord-

ing to that which is said in the law

of the Lord, A pair of

turtledoves,

or two young pigeons.

25 And, behold, there was a man

in Jerusalem, whose name was Sim-

eon; and the same man was just and

devout, waiting for the consolation

of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was

upon him.

26 And it was revealed unto him

by the Holy Ghost, that he should

not see death, before he had seen

the Lord’s Christ.

27 And he came by the Spirit into

the temple: and when the parents

brought in the child Jesus, to do for

him after the custom of the law,

28 Then took he him up in his arms,

and blessed God, and said,

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy ser-

vant depart in peace, according to

thy word:

30 For mine eyes have seen thy

salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared be-

fore the face of all people;

32 A

light

to lighten the Gentiles,

and the glory of thy people Israel.

33 And Joseph and his mother mar-

velled at those things which were

spoken of him.

34 And Simeon blessed them, and

said unto Mary his mother, Behold,

this child is

set for the

fall and

rising again of many in Israel; and

for a sign which shall be spoken

against;

35 (Yea, a sword shall

pierce

through thy own soul also,) that the

thoughts of many hearts may be

revealed.

36 And there was one Anna,

prophetess, the daughter of

Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she

was of a great age, and had lived

with an husband seven years from

her virginity;

37 And she was a widow of about

fourscore and four years, which

departed not from the temple,

but served God with

fastings and

prayers night and day.

38 And she coming in that in-

stant gave thanks likewise unto

the Lord, and spake of him to all

them that looked for

redemption in

Jerusalem.

39 And when they had performed

all things according to the law of

the Lord, they returned into Galilee,

to their own city Nazareth.

40 And the child grew, and

waxed

strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:

and the

grace of God was upon

him.

41 Now his parents went to Jeru-

salem every year at the

feast of

the passover.

42 And when he was twelve years

18 a or marveled.

19 a

tg Meditation.

21 a

tg Circumcision.

b Matt. 1:21.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

22 a

tg Purification.

23 a Ex. 13:2; 34:19.

24 a Lev. 1:14; 5:7.

30 a Ps. 67:2.

32 a

tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World.

gr for revelation to.

34 a

or appointed.

b Isa. 8:14 (13–15);

Matt. 21:44 (43–45);

Rom. 9:32 (28–33);

2 Ne. 18:14;

Alma 11:40 (40–41).

35 a John 19:25.

36 a

tg Woman.

37 a

tg Fast, Fasting.

38 a D&C 29:42.

40 a

or became.

See

JSt Matt. 3:24–26

(Appendix).

tg Grace.

41 a Deut. 16:1.

1277 LUKE 2:43–3:8

old, they went up to Jerusalem after

the custom of the feast.

43 And when they had fulfilled

the days, as they returned, the child

Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem;

and Joseph and his mother knew

not of it.

44 But they, supposing him to have

been in the company, went a day’s

journey; and they sought him among

their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

45 And when they found him not,

they turned back again to Jerusa-

lem, seeking him.

46 And it came to pass, that after

three days they found him in the

temple, sitting in the midst of the

doctors,

both hearing them, and

asking them questions.

47 And all that heard him were

astonished at his

understanding

and answers.

48 And when they saw him, they

were amazed: and his mother said

unto him, Son, why hast thou thus

dealt with us? behold, thy father

and I have sought thee sorrowing.

49 And he said unto them, How is

it that ye sought me?

wist ye not

that I must be about my

Father’s

business?

50 And they understood not the

saying which he spake unto them.

51 And he went down with

them, and came to Nazareth, and

was

subject unto them: but his

mother kept all these sayings in her

heart.

52 And Jesus

increased in

wisdom

and stature, and in

favour with

God and man.

CHAPTER 3

John the Baptist preaches and baptizes—

Jesus is baptized, and God acclaims Him

as His Son—Jesus’ genealogy back to

Adam is given.

N in the fifteenth year of the

reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pi-

late being governor of Judæa, and

Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,

and his brother Philip tetrarch of

Ituræa and of the region of Tracho-

nitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of

Abilene,

Annas and Caiaphas being the

high priests, the word of God came

unto John the son of Zacharias in

the wilderness.

3 And he came into all the country

about Jordan, preaching the

bap-

tism of repentance for the

remis-

sion of sins;

As it is written in the book of

the words of Esaias the prophet,

saying, The

voice of one crying in

the wilderness, Prepare ye the way

of the Lord, make his paths straight.

5 Every

valley shall be filled, and

every mountain and hill shall be

brought low; and the crooked shall

be made straight, and the rough

ways shall be made smooth;

6 And all flesh shall see the

sal-

vation of God.

7 Then said he to the multitude

that came forth to be baptized of

him, O

generation of vipers, who

hath warned you to flee from the

wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore

fruits

worthy of

repentance, and begin

46 a tg Temple.

gr teachers.

JSt Luke 2:46 . . . and

they were hearing

him, and asking him

questions.

d John 7:15 (14–15).

47 a

tg Understanding.

49 a

or knew.

b John 4:34; 6:39 (38–39).

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

51 a

tg Family, Children,

Duties of;

Self-Mastery.

tg Heart.

52 a 1 Sam. 2:26; 3:19.

tg God, Wisdom of;

Study.

c D&C 93:13 (12–14).

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with the

Father.

1 a Luke 9:7.

2 a John 18:13 (13–24).

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

3 a

tg Baptism.

tg Remission of Sins.

4 a

JSt Luke 3:4–11

(Appendix).

b Matt. 3:3;

Mark 1:3;

John 1:23;

D&C 84:28 (26–28);

JS—H 1:72 (70–73).

5 a Isa. 40:4;

Hel. 14:23;

D&C 109:74.

6 a

tg Salvation.

7 a

gr offspring.

8 a Alma 13:13 (10–13).

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

tg Worthiness.

tg Repent.

1278LUKE 3:9–27

not to say within yourselves,

have

Abraham to our father: for I

say unto you, That God is able of

these stones to raise up children unto

Abraham.

9 And now also the

axe is laid

unto the root of the trees: every tree

therefore which bringeth not forth

good

fruit is hewn down, and cast

into the fire.

10 And the people asked him, say-

ing, What shall we do then?

11 He answereth and saith unto

them, He that hath two

coats, let

him

impart to him that hath none;

and he that hath meat, let him do

likewise.

12 Then came also

publicans to

be baptized, and said unto him,

Master, what shall we do?

And he said unto them, Exact

no more than that which is ap-

pointed you.

14 And the soldiers likewise de-

manded of him, saying, And what

shall we do? And he said unto them,

Do violence to no man, neither ac-

cuse any

falsely; and be

content

with your

wages.

15 And as the people were in ex-

pectation, and all men

mused in

their hearts of

John, whether he

were the Christ, or not;

16 John answered, saying unto them

all, I indeed baptize you with wa-

ter; but one mightier than I cometh,

the latchet of whose shoes I am not

worthy to unloose: he shall

bap-

tize you with the Holy Ghost and

with fire:

17 Whose

fan is in his hand, and

he will throughly purge his floor,

and will gather the wheat into his

garner; but the

chaff he will burn

with fire unquenchable.

18 And many other things in his

exhortation preached he unto the

people.

19 But

Herod the tetrarch, being

reproved by him for Herodias his

brother Philip’s wife, and for all the

evils which Herod had done,

20 Added yet this above all, that

he shut up John in prison.

21 Now when all the people were

baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus

also being

baptized, and praying,

the heaven was opened,

22 And the

Holy Ghost descended

in a bodily shape like a

dove upon

him, and a voice came from heaven,

which said, Thou art my beloved

Son; in thee I am well pleased.

23 And

Jesus himself began to be

about

thirty years of age, being (as

was supposed) the son of

Joseph,

which was the son of Heli,

24 Which was the son of Matthat,

which was the son of Levi, which

was the son of Melchi, which was

the son of Janna, which was the son

of Joseph,

25 Which was the son of Mattathias,

which was the son of Amos, which

was the son of Naum, which was

the son of Esli, which was the son of

Nagge,

26 Which was the son of Maath,

which was the son of Mattathias,

which was the son of Semei, which

was the son of Joseph, which was the

son of Juda,

27 Which was the son of Joanna,

which was the son of Rhesa, which

8 d JSt Luke 3:13 . . .

Abraham is our father;

we have kept the

commandments of God,

and none can inherit the

promises but the children of

Abraham; for I say . . .

tg Abrahamic Covenant.

9 a Alma 5:52 (51–52);

D&C 97:7.

b Matt. 7:19 (15–20);

John 15:2 (1–6);

Jacob 5:46 (1–77).

11 a Mosiah 4:16;

D&C 104:18 (14–18).

b James 2:16 (14–17);

1 Jn. 3:17 (14–23).

tg Generosity.

12 a Matt. 21:32 (28–32);

Luke 7:29 (28–30).

13 a

JSt Luke 3:19–20

(Appendix).

14 a

gr for extortion.

tg Contentment.

tg Wages.

15 a

tg Meditation.

b John 1:19 (19–27).

16 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

17 a

or winnowing fork.

gr storehouse, granary.

c 2 Ne. 15:24;

Mosiah 7:30 (29–31).

19 a Luke 13:31 (31–34).

21 a

tg Baptism, Essential;

Jesus Christ, Baptism of.

22 a

tg Godhead.

tg Holy Ghost, Dove,

Sign of.

23 a

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

b Num. 4:3 (3, 47).

c Matt. 1:16.

1279 LUKE 3:28–4:7

was the son of Zorobabel, which was

the son of Salathiel, which was the

son of Neri,

28 Which was the son of Melchi,

which was the son of Addi, which

was the son of Cosam, which was

the son of Elmodam, which was the

son of Er,

29 Which was the son of Jose, which

was the son of Eliezer, which was the

son of Jorim, which was the son of

Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

30 Which was the son of Simeon,

which was the son of Juda, which

was the son of Joseph, which was

the son of Jonan, which was the son

of Eliakim,

31 Which was the son of Melea,

which was the son of Menan, which

was the son of Mattatha, which was

the son of Nathan, which was the

son of David,

32 Which was the son of Jesse,

which was the son of Obed, which

was the son of Booz, which was the

son of Salmon, which was the son

of Naasson,

33 Which was the son of Amina-

dab, which was the son of Aram,

which was the son of Esrom, which

was the son of

Phares, which was

the son of

Juda,

34 Which was the son of Jacob,

which was the son of Isaac, which

was the son of

Abraham, which was

the son of Thara, which was the son

of Nachor,

35 Which was the son of Saruch,

which was the son of Ragau, which

was the son of Phalec, which was

the son of Heber, which was the son

of Sala,

36 Which was the son of Cainan,

which was the son of Arphaxad,

which was the son of

Sem, which

was the son of Noe, which was the

son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala,

which was the son of Enoch, which

was the son of Jared, which was the

son of Maleleel, which was the son

of Cainan,

38 Which was the

son of Enos,

which was the son of Seth, which

was the son of

Adam,

which was

the

son of God.

CHAPTER 4

Jesus fasts forty days and is tempted by

the devil—Jesus announces His divine

sonship in Nazareth and is rejected—He

casts out a devil in Capernaum, heals

Peter’s mother-in-law, and preaches and

heals throughout Galilee.

A Jesus being full of the Holy

Ghost returned from Jordan, and was

led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Being forty days

tempted of the

devil. And in those days he did eat

nothing: and when they were ended,

he afterward hungered.

3 And the devil said unto him, If

thou be the Son of God, command

this stone that it be made bread.

4 And Jesus answered him, saying,

It is written, That

man shall not

live by bread alone, but by every

word of God.

And the devil, taking him up

into an high mountain, shewed unto

him all the kingdoms of the world

in a moment of time.

6 And the devil said unto him, All

this

power will I give thee, and the

glory of them: for that is delivered

unto me; and to whomsoever I will

I give it.

7 If thou therefore wilt worship

me, all shall be thine.

33 a Gen. 38:29 (1–30);

Ruth 4:18 (18–22).

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

34 a Gen. 11:26 (10–26).

36 a Gen. 5:32 (3–32).

38 a

tg Family, Patriarchal.

tg Adam.

JSt Luke 3:45 . . . who

was formed of God,

and the first man upon

the earth.

d Moses 6:22.

tg Man, Physical

Creation of.

1 a Ezek. 37:1 (1–2).

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

2 a

JSt Luke 4:2 And after

forty days, the devil

came unto him, to tempt

him. And in those . . .

b Mosiah 15:5 (4–7);

D&C 62:1;

Moses 7:24 (24–27).

tg Devil.

4 a Deut. 8:3.

5 a

JSt Luke 4:5 And the

Spirit taketh him up

into a high mountain,

and he beheld all the

kingdoms . . .

6 a Rev. 13:2.

1280LUKE 4:8–27

8 And Jesus answered and said unto

him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for

it is written, Thou shalt

worship the

Lord thy God, and him only shalt

thou

serve.

And he brought him to Jerusa-

lem, and set him on a pinnacle of

the temple, and said unto him, If

thou be the Son of God, cast thyself

down from hence:

10 For it is written, He shall give his

angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

11 And in their hands they shall

bear thee up, lest at any time thou

dash thy foot against a stone.

12 And Jesus answering said unto

him, It is said, Thou shalt not

tempt

the Lord thy God.

13 And when the devil had ended

all the temptation, he departed from

him for a season.

14 ¶ And Jesus returned in the

power of the Spirit into

Galilee:

and there went out a fame of him

through all the region round about.

15 And he taught in their syna-

gogues, being glorified of all.

16 ¶ And he came to Nazareth,

where he had been brought up: and,

as his custom was, he went into the

synagogue on the sabbath day, and

stood up for to read.

17 And there was delivered unto him

the book of the prophet Esaias. And

when he had opened the book, he

found the place where it was written,

18 The

Spirit of the Lord is upon

me, because he hath

anointed me

preach the

gospel to the

poor;

he hath sent me to heal the bro-

kenhearted, to

preach

deliverance

to the

captives, and recovering of

sight to the blind, to set at

liberty

them that are bruised,

To preach the acceptable year

of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he

gave it again to the minister, and

sat down. And the eyes of all them

that were in the synagogue were

fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them,

This day is this scripture

fulfilled

in your ears.

22 And all bare him witness, and

wondered at the

gracious words

which proceeded out of his mouth.

And they said, Is not this

Joseph’s

son?

23 And he said unto them, Ye will

surely say unto me this proverb,

Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever

we have heard done in

Capernaum,

do also here in thy country.

24 And he said, Verily I say unto

you, No prophet is

accepted in his

own country.

25 But I tell you of a truth, many

widows were in Israel in the days

Elias, when the heaven was

shut up three years and six months,

when great famine was throughout

all the land;

26 But unto none of them was Elias

sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Si-

don, unto a woman that was a widow.

27 And many

lepers were in Israel

in the time of Eliseus the prophet;

and none of them was

cleansed,

saving Naaman the Syrian.

8 a tg Worship.

tg Commitment.

9 a

JSt Luke 4:9 And the

Spirit brought him to

Jerusalem, and set him

on a pinnacle of the

temple. And the devil

came unto him, and

said . . .

10 a Ps. 91:11 (11–12).

12 a Deut. 6:16.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ, Power of.

b Matt. 4:12.

18 a Isa. 61:1 (1–2).

tg God, Spirit of.

tg Anointing;

Jesus Christ, Messiah.

tg Teaching.

d D&C 137:7.

tg Gospel.

tg Poor.

tg Jesus Christ,

Mission of;

Preaching.

gr remission.

tg Deliver;

Remission of Sins.

h D&C 138:8 (5–10).

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Salvation for the Dead;

Spirits in Prison.

tg Liberty.

19 a John 12:47.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

22 a

or marveled.

b Ps. 45:2.

c John 6:42.

23 a John 4:46 (43–54).

b Matt. 13:58.

24 a

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

25 a 1 Kgs. 17:9 (1, 8–10).

tg Widows.

ie Elijah.

1 Kgs. 17:1;

Matt. 17:3 (1–4);

D&C 110:13 (13–16).

27 a

tg Leprosy.

b 2 Kgs. 5:14.

1281 LUKE 4:28–5:5

28 And all they in the synagogue,

when they heard these things, were

filled with wrath,

29 And rose up, and thrust him

out of the city, and led him unto

the brow of the hill whereon their

city was built, that they might cast

him down headlong.

30 But he

passing through the

midst of them went his way,

31 And came down to Capernaum,

a city of Galilee, and taught them

on the sabbath days.

32 And they were astonished at

his doctrine: for his word was with

power.

33 ¶ And in the synagogue there

was a man, which had a spirit of an

unclean devil, and cried out with

a loud voice,

34 Saying, Let us alone; what have

we to do with thee, thou Jesus of

Nazareth? art thou come to destroy

us? I know thee who thou art; the

Holy One of God.

35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying,

Hold thy peace, and come out of

him. And when the devil had thrown

him in the midst, he came out

of him, and hurt him not.

36 And they were all amazed, and

spake among themselves, saying,

What a word is this! for with author-

ity and power he commandeth the

unclean spirits, and they come out.

37 And the fame of him went out

into every place of the country

round about.

38 ¶ And he arose out of the syna-

gogue, and entered into Simon’s

house. And Simon’s wife’s mother

was taken with a great fever; and

they besought him for her.

39 And he stood over her, and

re-

buked the fever; and it left her: and

immediately she arose and minis-

tered unto them.

40 ¶ Now when the sun was set-

ting, all they that had any sick

with

divers diseases brought them

unto him; and he

laid his

hands

on every one of them, and healed

them.

41 And devils also came out of

many, crying out, and saying, Thou

art

Christ the Son of God. And he

rebuking them suffered them not to

speak: for they knew that he was

Christ.

42 And when it was day, he

de-

parted and went into a

desert place:

and the people sought him, and came

unto him, and

stayed him, that he

should not depart from them.

43 And he said unto them, I must

preach the kingdom of God to other

cities also: for therefore am I

sent.

44 And he preached in the syna-

gogues of

Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

Peter, the fisherman, is called to catch

men—Jesus heals a leper—He forgives

sins and heals a paralytic—Matthew

is called—The sick need a physician—

New wine must be put in new bottles.

A it came to pass, that, as the

people pressed upon him to hear

the word of God, he stood by the

lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by

the lake: but the fishermen were

gone out of them, and were wash-

ing their nets.

3 And he entered into one of

the ships, which was Simon’s, and

prayed him that he would thrust out

a little from the land. And he sat

down, and taught the people out of

the ship.

4 Now when he had left speaking,

he said unto Simon, Launch out into

the deep, and let down your nets

for a

draught.

5 And Simon answering said unto

30 a John 8:59.

32 a gr authority.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Teaching

Mode of;

Teaching with the Spirit.

36 a Mark 1:39 (21–45).

39 a D&C 84:68 (64–73).

40 a or various.

b tg Hands, Laying on of.

c tg Administrations to

the Sick.

41 a tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

42 a Luke 5:16; 6:12.

b JSt Luke 4:42 . . .

solitary . . .

gr detained Him.

43 a

tg Preaching.

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

44 a Matt. 4:23 (23–25).

4 a gr catch, haul.

1282LUKE 5:6–26

him, Master, we have

toiled all

the night, and have taken nothing:

nevertheless at thy word I will let

down the net.

6 And when they had this done,

they inclosed a great multitude of

fishes: and their net

brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their

partners, which were in the other

ship, that they should come and

help them. And they came, and

filled both the ships, so that they

began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he

fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,

Depart from me; for I am a sinful

man, O Lord.

9 For he was astonished, and all

that were with him, at the draught

of the fishes which they had taken:

10 And so was also James, and John,

the sons of Zebedee, which were

partners with Simon. And Jesus said

unto Simon, Fear not; from hence-

forth thou shalt

catch men.

11 And when they had brought

their ships to land, they

forsook

all, and

followed him.

12 ¶ And it came to pass, when he

was in a certain city, behold a man

full of

leprosy: who seeing Jesus

fell on his face, and besought him,

saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst

make me clean.

13 And he put forth his hand, and

touched him, saying, I will: be thou

clean. And immediately the leprosy

departed from him.

14 And he charged him to tell no

man: but go, and shew thyself to the

priest, and offer for thy cleansing,

according as Moses commanded, for

a testimony unto them.

15 But so much the more went

there a fame abroad of him: and

great multitudes came together to

hear, and to be healed by him of

their infirmities.

16 ¶ And he

withdrew himself

into the wilderness, and prayed.

17 And it came to pass on a cer-

tain day, as he was teaching, that

there were Pharisees and doctors

of the law sitting by, which were

come out of every town of Galilee,

and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the

power of the Lord was present to heal

them.

18 ¶ And, behold, men brought in

a bed a man which was

taken with

a palsy: and they sought means to

bring him in, and to lay him before

him.

19 And when they could not find

by what way they might bring him

in because of the multitude, they

went upon the housetop, and let

him down through the tiling with

his couch into the midst before

Jesus.

20 And when he saw their faith,

he said unto him, Man, thy sins are

forgiven thee.

21 And the scribes and the Phari-

sees began to reason, saying, Who

is this which speaketh

blasphe-

mies? Who can

forgive sins, but

God alone?

22 But when Jesus

perceived their

thoughts, he answering said unto

them, What reason ye in your hearts?

Whether is easier, to say, Thy

sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise

up and walk?

24 But that ye may know that the

Son of man hath power upon earth

forgive sins, (he said unto the

sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,

Arise, and take up thy couch, and

go into thine house.

25 And immediately he rose up be-

fore them, and took up that whereon

he lay, and departed to his own

house,

glorifying God.

26 And they were all amazed, and

they glorified God, and were filled

5 a tg Industry.

6 a

or was breaking.

10 a

gr capture, take alive.

tg Missionary Work.

11 a Luke 14:33 (28–33).

tg Apostles.

12 a

tg Leprosy.

14 a Lev. 14:2 (1–32).

16 a Luke 4:42; 6:12.

18 a

gr paralyzed.

20 a

tg Forgive.

21 a

tg Blaspheme.

b D&C 64:3 (1–5);

110:5 (4–6).

tg Remission of Sins.

22 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

23 a

JSt Luke 5:23 Does it

require more power to

forgive sins than to make

the sick rise up and

walk?

24 a

tg Remission of Sins.

25 a Luke 18:43.

1283 LUKE 5:27–6:9

with fear, saying, We have seen

strange things to day.

27 ¶ And after these things he went

forth, and saw a publican, named

Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom:

and he said unto him, Follow me.

28 And he left all, rose up, and

followed him.

29 And Levi made him a great feast

in his own house: and there was a

great company of publicans and

of others that sat down with them.

30 But their scribes and Pharisees

murmured against his disciples, say-

ing, Why do ye eat and drink with

publicans and sinners?

31 And Jesus answering said unto

them, They that are whole need

not a physician; but they that are

sick.

32 I came not to call the righteous,

but

sinners to repentance.

33 ¶ And they said unto him, Why

do the disciples of John

fast often,

and make prayers, and likewise the

disciples of the Pharisees; but thine

eat and drink?

34 And he said unto them, Can ye

make the children of the

bride-

chamber fast, while the bridegroom

is with them?

35 But the days will come, when

the

bridegroom shall be taken away

from them, and then shall they

fast

in those days.

36 ¶ And he spake also a parable

unto them; No man putteth a piece

of a new garment upon an old; if

otherwise, then both the new mak-

eth a rent, and the piece that was

taken out of the new

agreeth not

with the old.

37 And no man putteth new wine

into old bottles; else the new wine

will burst the

bottles, and be

spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

38 But new wine must be put into

new bottles; and both are preserved.

39 No man also having drunk old

wine

straightway desireth new: for

he saith, The old is better.

CHAPTER 6

Jesus heals on the Sabbath—He chooses

the Twelve Apostles—He pronounces

blessings upon the obedient and woes

upon the wicked.

A it came to pass on the second

sabbath after the first, that he went

through the corn fields; and his dis-

ciples plucked the ears of corn, and

did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

2 And certain of the Pharisees said

unto them, Why do ye that which

is not lawful to do on the

sabbath

days?

3 And Jesus answering them said,

Have ye not read so much as this,

what David did, when himself was

an hungred, and they which were

with him;

4 How he went into the house of

God, and did take and eat the

shew-

bread, and gave also to them that

were with him; which it is not law-

ful to eat but for the priests alone?

5 And he said unto them, That

the Son of man is Lord also of the

sabbath.

6 And it came to pass also on an-

other sabbath, that he entered into

the synagogue and taught: and there

was a man whose right hand was

withered.

7 And the scribes and Pharisees

watched him, whether he would heal

on the sabbath day; that they might

find an accusation against him.

8 But he

knew their thoughts,

and said to the man which had the

withered hand, Rise up, and stand

forth in the midst. And he arose

and stood forth.

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will

ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the

27 a Matt. 9:9 (9–13).

32 a John 9:39 (39–41);

1 Tim. 1:15.

33 a Mark 2:18 (18–22).

34 a Matt. 22:2 (2–14);

Rev. 19:7 (7–9); 21:2.

35 a Mark 2:19;

John 16:5 (4–7).

b Acts 13:2 (2–3).

36 a

gr fits, accords.

37 a

gr leather bags or

wineskins.

39 a

gr immediately.

2 a John 5:10 (10–16).

4 a Ex. 29:33 (32–33);

Lev. 24:9 (5–9);

1 Sam. 21:6 (1–6).

5 a

tg Sabbath.

8 a John 2:24 (23–25).

1284LUKE 6:10–30

sabbath days to do good, or to do

evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

10 And looking round about upon

them all, he said unto the man,

Stretch forth thy hand. And he did

so: and his hand was restored whole

as the other.

11 And they were filled with mad-

ness; and communed one with an-

other what they might do to Jesus.

12 And it came to pass in those

days, that he

went out into a moun-

tain to

pray, and continued all night

in prayer to God.

13 ¶ And when it was day, he called

unto him his disciples: and of them

chose

twelve, whom also he

named

apostles;

14 Simon, (whom he also named

Peter,) and Andrew his brother,

James and John, Philip and Bar-

tholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the

son of Alphæus, and Simon called

Zelotes,

16 And Judas the brother of James,

and Judas

Iscariot, which also was

the traitor.

17 ¶ And he came down with

them, and stood in the plain, and

the company of his disciples, and a

great multitude of people out of all

Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the

sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which

came to hear him, and to be healed

of their diseases;

18 And they that were vexed with

unclean spirits: and they were

healed.

19 And the whole multitude sought

to touch him: for there went

virtue

out of him, and

healed them all.

20 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes on

his disciples, and said, Blessed be

poor: for yours is the

kingdom

of God.

21 Blessed are ye that

hunger now:

for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye

that weep now: for ye shall

laugh.

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall

hate you, and when they shall

sepa rate you from their company,

and shall

reproach you, and

cast

out your name as evil, for the Son

of man’s sake.

Rejoice ye in that day, and

leap for

joy: for, behold, your

re-

ward is great in heaven: for in the

like manner did their fathers unto

the prophets.

24 But woe unto you that are

rich! for ye have

received your

consolation.

25 Woe unto you that are full! for

ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that

laugh now! for ye shall mourn and

weep.

26 Woe unto you, when all

men

shall speak

well of you! for so did

their fathers to the false prophets.

27 ¶ But I say unto you which

hear,

Love your enemies, do good

to them which hate you,

28 Bless them that curse you, and

pray for them which despitefully

use you.

And unto him that

smiteth

thee on the one cheek offer also the

other; and him that

taketh away

thy cloak forbid not to take thy

coat also.

Give to every man that

ask-

eth of thee; and of him that taketh

away thy goods ask them not again.

12 a Luke 4:42; 5:16.

b Matt. 14:23; 26:36;

Luke 9:28.

13 a 1 Ne. 12:7 (6–7).

tg Called of God.

tg Apostles.

tg Church Organization.

14 a John 1:42.

16 a Josh. 15:25.

18 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean;

Uncleanness.

19 a

gr power.

Mark 5:30 (25–34);

Luke 8:46 (41–48).

tg Heal.

20 a James 2:5 (1–9).

b D&C 38:9.

21 a Isa. 55:1 (1–2).

tg Laughter.

22 a 1 Pet. 3:14.

tg Persecution.

tg Reproach.

d Isa. 66:5.

23 a Acts 5:41.

tg Joy.

tg Reward.

24 a

tg Treasure.

b Luke 16:25 (19–25).

26 a

tg Trust Not in the

Arm of Flesh.

b John 15:19 (18–19);

1 Ne. 22:23;

Alma 1:3.

27 a

tg Reconciliation.

28 a Luke 23:34 (33–34);

Acts 7:60 (53–60).

29 a

JSt Luke 6:29–30

(Appendix).

b Alma 43:46 (46–47);

D&C 98:23 (22–48).

c 1 Cor. 6:7 (6–8).

30 a

tg Generosity.

b Prov. 3:27 (27–28);

21:26 (25–26).

1285 LUKE 6:31–49

31 And as ye would that men

should do to you, do ye also to them

likewise.

32 For if ye love them which love

you, what thank have ye? for sin-

ners also love those that love them.

33 And if ye do good to them which

do good to you, what thank have

ye? for sinners also do even the

same.

34 And if ye lend to them of whom

ye hope to receive, what thank have

ye? for sinners also lend to sinners,

to receive as much again.

35 But

love ye your enemies, and

do good, and

lend, hoping for noth-

ing again; and your

reward shall be

great, and ye shall be the

children

of the Highest: for he is kind unto

the

unthankful and to the evil.

36 Be ye therefore

merciful, as

your Father also is

merciful.

Judge not, and ye shall not be

judged:

condemn not, and ye shall

not be condemned: forgive, and ye

shall be

forgiven:

Give, and it shall be given unto

you; good measure, pressed down,

and shaken together, and running

over, shall men give into your bosom.

For with the same

measure that ye

mete withal it shall be measured to

you again.

39 And he spake a parable unto

them, Can the

blind

lead the

blind? shall they not both fall into

the

ditch?

40 The disciple is not above his

master: but every one

that is per-

fect shall be as his master.

41 And why beholdest thou the

mote that is in thy brother’s eye,

but perceivest not the beam that is

in thine own eye?

42 Either how canst thou say to

thy brother, Brother, let me pull

out the mote that is in thine eye,

when thou thyself beholdest not the

beam that is in thine own eye? Thou

hypocrite, cast out first the beam

out of thine own eye, and then shalt

thou see clearly to pull out the mote

that is in thy brother’s eye.

43 For a good tree bringeth not

forth corrupt

fruit; neither doth a

corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

44 For every tree is known by his

own

fruit. For of thorns men do

not gather figs, nor of a bramble

bush gather they grapes.

45 A good man out of the good

treasure of his

heart bringeth forth

that which is good; and an evil man

out of the evil treasure of his heart

bringeth forth that which is evil:

for of the abundance of the

heart

his

mouth

speaketh.

46 ¶ And why

call ye me,

Lord,

Lord, and

do not the things which

I say?

47 Whosoever cometh to me, and

heareth my sayings, and

doeth

them, I will shew you to whom he

is like:

48 He is like a man which built

an house, and digged deep, and

laid the foundation on a rock: and

when the flood arose, the stream

beat vehemently upon that house,

and could not shake it: for it was

founded upon a rock.

49 But he that

heareth, and doeth

not, is like a man that without a

foundation built an house upon the

35 a tg Charity.

tg Generosity.

tg Reward.

d D&C 76:58 (50–62).

tg Ingratitude.

36 a

tg Mercy.

tg God, Mercy of.

37 a Moro. 7:18 (12–19).

tg Retribution.

tg Gossip.

tg Forgive.

38 a

tg Generosity;

Kindness.

b D&C 1:10 (9–10).

39 a

tg Trust Not in the

Arm of Flesh.

tg Leadership.

gr pit, well, cistern.

40 a

gr having been

perfectly prepared.

tg Perfection.

41 a

gr chip, splinter.

43 a 3 Ne. 14:20 (14–20).

44 a Matt. 7:16 (15–16);

Alma 7:24 (23–24);

D&C 84:58 (54–58);

97:7 (6–8).

45 a

tg Motivations.

tg Heart.

tg Gossip.

d Matt. 12:34;

James 3:10 (10–12).

46 a 1 Ne. 17:41 (40–41);

Alma 37:46 (44–47).

b Ezek. 33:31 (30–33);

Hosea 8:2 (1–4);

Matt. 7:21 (21–23);

D&C 112:26;

JS—H 1:19.

tg Disobedience.

47 a

tg Commitment.

49 a James 1:23 (22–25).

1286LUKE 7:1–22

earth; against which the stream did

beat vehemently, and immediately

it fell; and the ruin of that house

was great.

CHAPTER 7

Jesus heals the centurion’s servant—

Jesus raises from death the son of the

widow of Nain—He praises John the

Baptist as more than a prophet—A

woman anoints Jesus’ feet, and He

forgives her sins.

N when he had ended all his say-

ings in the audience of the people,

he entered into Capernaum.

2 And a certain centurion’s servant,

who was dear unto him, was sick,

and ready to die.

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he

sent unto him the elders of the Jews,

beseeching him that he would come

and heal his servant.

4 And when they came to Jesus,

they besought him

instantly, say-

ing, That he was worthy for whom

he should do this:

5 For he loveth our nation, and he

hath built us a synagogue.

6 Then Jesus went with them. And

when he was now not far from the

house, the centurion sent friends to

him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble

not thyself: for I am not worthy that

thou shouldest enter under my roof:

7 Wherefore neither thought I

myself worthy to come unto thee:

but say in a word, and my servant

shall be healed.

8 For I also am a man set under

authority, having under me soldiers,

and I say unto one, Go, and he go-

eth; and to another, Come, and he

cometh; and to my servant, Do this,

and he doeth it.

9 When Jesus heard these things,

he marvelled at him, and turned

him about, and said unto the people

that followed him, I say unto you,

I have not found so great faith, no,

not in

Israel.

10 And they that were sent, return-

ing to the house, found the servant

whole that had been sick.

11 ¶ And it came to pass the day

after, that he went into a city called

Nain; and many of his disciples went

with him, and much people.

12 Now when he came nigh to the

gate of the city, behold, there was a

dead man carried out, the only son

of his mother, and she was a widow:

and much people of the city was

with her.

13 And when the Lord saw her, he

had

compassion on her, and said

unto her, Weep not.

14 And he came and touched the

bier: and they that bare him stood

still. And he said, Young man, I say

unto thee, Arise.

15 And he that was

dead sat up,

and began to speak. And he deliv-

ered him to his mother.

16 And there came a

fear on all:

and they glorified God, saying, That

a great prophet is risen up among

us; and, That God hath

visited his

people.

17 And this rumour of him went

forth throughout all Judæa, and

throughout all the region round about.

18 And the disciples of

John

shewed him of all these things.

19 ¶ And John calling unto him two

of his disciples sent them to Jesus,

saying, Art thou he that should

come? or look we for another?

20 When the men were come unto

him, they said, John Baptist hath

sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou

he that should come? or look we for

another?

21 And in that same hour he

cured many of their infirmities and

plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto

many that were blind he gave

sight.

22 Then Jesus answering said unto

them, Go your way, and tell John

what things ye have seen and heard;

how that the blind see, the lame

walk, the lepers are cleansed, the

4 a gr earnestly.

9 a Alma 19:10.

13 a

tg Compassion; Mercy.

15 a

tg Death, Power over.

16 a Alma 19:25 (24–27);

Moses 6:39 (37–40).

b Ex. 3:16;

Luke 1:68;

D&C 110:7.

18 a Matt. 11:2 (2–19).

21 a

tg Heal.

tg Sight.

1287 LUKE 7:23–44

deaf hear, the dead are raised, to

the

poor the gospel is preached.

23 And blessed is he, whosoever

shall not be

offended in me.

24 ¶ And when the messengers of

John were departed, he began to

speak unto the people concerning

John, What went ye out into the wil-

derness for to see? A reed shaken

with the wind?

25 But what went ye out for to

see? A man clothed in soft raiment?

Behold, they which are gorgeously

apparelled, and live delicately, are

in kings’ courts.

26 But what went ye out for to see?

A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and

much more than a prophet.

27 This is he, of whom it is written,

Behold, I send my

messenger be-

fore thy face, which shall prepare

thy way before thee.

28 For I say unto you, Among those

that are born of women there is not

a greater prophet than John the

Baptist: but he that is

least in the

kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 And all the people that heard

him, and the

publicans, justified

God, being baptized with the

bap-

tism of John.

30 But the Pharisees and lawyers

rejected the counsel of God

against

themselves, being not

baptized of

him.

31 ¶ And the Lord said, Where-

unto then shall I liken the men of

this generation? and to what are

they like?

32 They are like unto children sit-

ting in the marketplace, and call-

ing one to another, and saying, We

have piped unto you, and ye have

not danced; we have

mourned to

you, and ye have not wept.

33 For John the Baptist came nei-

ther eating bread nor drinking wine;

and ye say, He hath a devil.

34 The Son of man is come eating

and drinking; and ye say, Behold a

gluttonous man, and a winebibber,

a friend of publicans and sinners!

35 But wisdom is justified of all

her children.

36 ¶ And one of the Pharisees de-

sired him that he would eat with

him. And he went into the Phari-

see’s house, and sat down to meat.

37 And, behold, a

woman in the

city, which was a sinner, when she

knew that Jesus sat at meat in the

Pharisee’s house, brought an alabas-

ter

box of ointment,

38 And stood at his feet behind him

weeping, and began to wash his feet

with tears, and did wipe them with

the hairs of her head, and kissed

his feet, and

anointed them with

the ointment.

39 Now when the Pharisee which

had bidden him saw it, he spake

within himself, saying, This man,

if he were a prophet, would have

known who and what manner of

woman this is that toucheth him:

for she is a sinner.

40 And Jesus answering said unto

him, Simon, I have somewhat to

say unto thee. And he saith, Mas-

ter, say on.

41 There was a certain creditor

which had two debtors: the one

owed five hundred

pence, and the

other fifty.

42 And when they had nothing to

pay, he frankly

forgave them both.

Tell me therefore, which of them

will love him most?

43 Simon answered and said, I sup-

pose that he, to whom he forgave

most. And he said unto him, Thou

hast rightly judged.

44 And he turned to the woman,

and said unto Simon, Seest thou this

woman? I entered into thine house,

thou gavest me no water for my feet:

22 a Alma 32:2 (2–6).

23 a 2 Ne. 18:14 (13–15).

25 a

tg Apparel.

27 a D&C 45:9.

28 a Matt. 11:11; D&C 50:26.

29 a Matt. 21:32 (28–32);

Luke 3:12.

b Matt. 3:7 (1–8).

30 a Alma 5:41.

b gr for.

tg Baptism, Essential.

32 a

tg Mourning.

37 a

tg Woman.

gr flask.

38 a

tg Anointing.

41 a

gr denarii; one denarius

was a workman’s daily

wage.

42 a

tg Forgive.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

1288LUKE 7:45–8:16

but she hath washed my feet with

tears, and wiped them with the hairs

of her head.

45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but

this woman since the time I came

in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

46 My head with oil thou didst

not anoint: but this woman hath

anointed my feet with ointment.

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her

sins, which are many, are

forgiven;

for she loved much: but to whom lit-

tle is forgiven, the same loveth little.

48 And he said unto her, Thy sins

are

forgiven.

49 And they that sat at meat with

him began to say within themselves,

Who is this that

forgiveth sins also?

50 And he said to the woman, Thy

faith hath saved thee; go in

peace.

CHAPTER 8

Jesus gives and interprets the parable of

the sower—He stills the tempest; casts

out a legion of devils, who then enter the

swine; heals a woman of an issue of blood;

and raises Jairus’s daughter from death.

A it came to pass afterward, that

he went throughout every

city and

village, preaching and shewing the

glad

tidings of the kingdom of God:

and the twelve were with him,

2 And certain women, which had

been healed of evil spirits and in-

firmities,

Mary called Magdalene,

out of whom went seven devils,

3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza

Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and

many others, which ministered unto

him of their substance.

4 ¶ And when much people were

gathered together, and were come

to him out of every city, he spake

by a parable:

5 A sower went out to sow his seed:

and as he sowed, some fell by the

way side; and it was trodden down,

and the fowls of the air devoured it.

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as

soon as it was sprung up, it withered

away, because it lacked moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and

the thorns sprang up with it, and

choked it.

8 And other fell on good ground,

and sprang up, and bare fruit an

hundredfold. And when he had said

these things, he cried, He that hath

ears to hear, let him hear.

9 And his disciples asked him, say-

ing, What might this parable be?

10 And he said, Unto you it is

given to know the

mysteries of the

kingdom of God: but to others in

parables; that seeing they might

not see, and hearing they might not

understand.

11 Now the parable is this: The

seed is the word of God.

12 Those by the way side are they

that hear; then cometh the devil,

and taketh away the word out of

their hearts, lest they should believe

and be saved.

13 They on the rock are they, which,

when they hear, receive the word

with joy; and these have no root,

which for a while believe, and in

time of

temptation fall away.

14 And that which fell among

thorns are they, which, when they

have heard, go forth, and are

choked

with

cares and

riches and

plea-

sures of this life, and bring no fruit

perfection.

15 But that on the good ground

are they, which in an

honest and

good

heart, having heard the word,

keep it, and bring forth

fruit with

patience.

16 ¶ No man, when he hath lighted

47 a tg Forgive.

48 a Mark 2:5.

49 a

tg Remission of Sins.

50 a Matt. 9:2;

Ether 12:4.

b Mosiah 15:18.

1 a Alma 23:4;

D&C 66:5; 75:18.

b D&C 76:40.

JSt Luke 8:1 . . . and the

twelve who were ordained

of him, were with him,

2 a Mark 16:9 (1, 9).

10 a Alma 26:22.

b Ps. 78:2;

Mark 4:11 (11–12).

c Isa. 6:9.

11 a Alma 32:28 (27–28).

13 a 1 Ne. 8:28 (24–28).

tg Temptation.

14 a Gal. 6:9 (8–10).

tg Worldliness.

tg Treasure.

tg Pleasure.

tg Perfection.

15 a D&C 11:10.

tg Heart.

c Alma 12:30 (29–30).

1289 LUKE 8:17–36

candle, covereth it with a vessel,

or putteth it under a bed; but setteth

it on a candlestick, that they which

enter in may see the light.

17 For nothing is

secret, that shall

not be made manifest; neither any

thing hid, that shall not be known

and come abroad.

18 Take heed therefore how ye

hear: for whosoever

hath, to him

shall be

given; and whosoever hath

not, from him shall be taken even

that which he seemeth to have.

19 ¶ Then came to him his mother

and his

brethren, and could not

come at him for the

press.

20 And it was told him by certain

which said, Thy mother and thy

brethren stand without, desiring

to see thee.

21 And he answered and said unto

them, My

mother and my brethren

are these which hear the word of

God, and

do it.

22 ¶ Now it came to pass on a cer-

tain day, that he went into a ship

with his disciples: and he said unto

them, Let us go over unto the other

side of the lake. And they launched

forth.

23 But as they sailed he fell asleep:

and there came down a storm

of wind on the lake;

and they

were filled with water, and were in

jeopardy.

24 And they came to him, and

awoke him, saying, Master, mas-

ter, we perish. Then he arose, and

rebuked the wind and the raging

of the water: and they ceased, and

there was a calm.

25 And he said unto them, Where

is your faith? And they being afraid

wondered, saying one to another,

What manner of man is this! for he

commandeth even the

winds and

water, and they obey him.

26 ¶ And they arrived at the coun-

try of the Gadarenes, which is

over

against Galilee.

27 And when he went forth to

land, there met him out of the city a

certain man, which had devils long

time, and ware no clothes, neither

abode in any house, but in the tombs.

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried

out, and fell down before him, and

with a loud voice said, What have

I to do with thee,

Jesus, thou Son

of God most high? I beseech thee,

torment me not.

29 (For he had commanded the

unclean spirit to come out of the

man. For oftentimes it had caught

him: and he was kept bound with

chains and in fetters; and he brake

the bands, and was driven of the

devil into the wilderness.)

30 And Jesus asked him, saying,

What is thy name? And he said,

Legion: because many devils were

entered into him.

31 And they besought him that he

would not command them to go out

into the

deep.

32 And there was there an herd of

many swine feeding on the moun-

tain: and they besought him that

he would suffer them to enter into

them. And he suffered them.

33 Then went the devils out of the

man, and entered into the swine:

and the herd ran violently down a

steep place into the lake, and were

choked.

34 When they that fed them saw

what was done, they fled, and went

and told it in the city and in the

country.

35 Then they went out to see what

was done; and came to Jesus, and

found the man, out of whom the

devils were departed, sitting at the

feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his

right mind: and they were afraid.

36 They also which saw it told them

16 a 3 Ne. 12:15 (14–16);

D&C 60:2 (2–3).

17 a D&C 1:3.

18 a 2 Ne. 28:30 (29–31).

b Mark 4:24.

19 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

gr crowd.

21 a 3 Ne. 9:17 (13–18).

b Matt. 7:21 (21–23).

23 a

JSt Luke 8:23 . . . and

they were filled with

fear, and were in danger.

25 a

tg Nature, Earth.

26 a

gr on the other side of.

28 a James 2:19 (19–20).

30 a D&C 29:36 (36–38).

31 a

gr abyss. (See also

Rev. 9:1; 20:3.)

1290LUKE 8:37–9:1

by what means he that was possessed

of the devils was healed.

37 ¶ Then the whole multitude of

the country of the Gadarenes round

about besought him to depart from

them; for they were taken with great

fear: and he went up into the ship,

and returned back again.

38 Now the man out of whom the

devils were departed besought him

that he might be with him: but Jesus

sent him away, saying,

39 Return to thine own house, and

shew how great things God hath

done unto thee. And he went his

way, and

published throughout the

whole city how great things Jesus

had done unto him.

40 And it came to pass, that, when

Jesus was returned, the people gladly

received him: for they were all wait-

ing for him.

41 ¶ And, behold, there came a man

named

Jairus, and he was a ruler of

the synagogue: and he fell down at

Jesus’ feet, and besought him that

he would come into his house:

42 For he had one only daughter,

about twelve years of age, and she

lay a dying. But as he went the peo-

ple thronged him.

43 ¶ And a woman having an issue

blood twelve years, which had

spent all her living upon physicians,

neither could be healed of any,

44 Came behind him, and touched

the

border of his garment: and

immediately her issue of blood

stanched.

45 And Jesus said, Who touched

me? When all denied, Peter and

they that were with him said, Mas-

ter, the multitude throng thee and

press thee, and sayest thou, Who

touched me?

46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath

touched me: for I perceive that

vir-

tue is gone out of me.

47 And when the woman saw that

she was not hid, she came trembling,

and falling down before him, she

declared unto him before all the peo-

ple for what cause she had touched

him, and how she was

healed im-

mediately.

48 And he said unto her, Daugh-

ter, be of good

comfort: thy faith

hath made thee whole; go in peace.

49 ¶ While he yet spake, there

cometh one from the ruler of the

synagogue’s house, saying to him,

Thy daughter is dead; trouble not

the Master.

50 But when Jesus heard it, he an-

swered him, saying, Fear not: believe

only, and she shall be made whole.

51 And when he came into the

house, he suffered no man to go

in, save Peter, and James, and John,

and the father and the mother of

the

maiden.

52 And all wept, and bewailed

her: but he said, Weep not; she is

not dead, but sleepeth.

53 And they

laughed him to scorn,

knowing that she was dead.

54 And he put them all out, and

took her by the hand, and called,

saying, Maid, arise.

55 And her spirit came again, and

she arose straightway: and he com-

manded to give her meat.

56 And her parents were aston-

ished: but he charged them that

they should tell no man what was

done.

CHAPTER 9

The Twelve are sent out—Jesus feeds

the five thousand—Peter testifies of

Christ—Jesus foretells His death and

resurrection—He is transfigured on the

mount—He heals and teaches.

T he called his

twelve disciples

together, and gave them power and

authority over all devils, and to

cure diseases.

39 a Mark 5:20.

41 a Matt. 9:18 (18–26).

43 a Lev. 15:25.

44 a Acts 5:15; 19:12 (11–12).

gr ceased.

46 a

gr power.

Mark 5:30 (25–34);

Luke 6:19 (17–19).

47 a

tg Heal.

48 a

gr courage, cheer.

51 a

gr child.

53 a 2 Chr. 30:10;

Alma 26:23.

1 a tg Apostles.

tg Authority;

Priesthood, Authority.

1291 LUKE 9:2–24

2 And he sent them to

preach

the kingdom of God, and to

heal

the sick.

3 And he said unto them, Take

nothing for your journey, neither

staves, nor scrip, neither bread,

neither money; neither have two

coats apiece.

4 And whatsoever house ye enter

into, there abide, and thence depart.

5 And whosoever will not receive

you, when ye go out of that city,

shake off the very

dust from

your feet for a testimony against

them.

6 And they departed, and went

through the towns, preaching the

gospel, and healing every where.

7 ¶ Now

Herod the tetrarch heard

of all that was done by him: and he

was perplexed, because that it was

said of some, that John was risen

from the dead;

8 And of some, that Elias had ap-

peared; and of others, that one of

the old prophets was risen again.

9 And Herod said, John have I be-

headed: but who is this, of whom I

hear such things? And he desired

to see him.

10 ¶ And the apostles, when they

were returned, told

him all that

they had done. And he took them,

and went aside privately into a

desert place belonging to the city

called Bethsaida.

11 And the people, when they knew

it, followed him: and he received

them, and spake unto them of the

kingdom of God, and healed them

that had need of healing.

12 And when the day began to

wear away, then came the twelve,

and said unto him, Send the mul-

titude away, that they may go into

the towns and country round about,

and lodge, and get victuals: for we

are here in a desert place.

13 But he said unto them, Give

ye them to eat. And they said, We

have no more but five loaves and

two fishes; except we should go and

buy meat for all this people.

14 For they were about

five thou-

sand men. And he said to his disci-

ples, Make them sit down by fifties

in a company.

15 And they did so, and made them

all sit down.

16 Then he took the five loaves

and the two fishes, and looking up

to heaven, he blessed them, and

brake, and gave to the disciples to

set before the multitude.

17 And they did eat, and were all

filled: and there was taken up of

fragments that remained to them

twelve baskets.

18 ¶ And it came to pass, as he was

alone praying, his disciples were

with him: and he asked them, say-

ing, Whom say the people that I am?

19 They answering said, John the

Baptist; but some say, Elias; and oth-

ers say, that one of the old prophets

is risen again.

20 He said unto them, But whom

say ye that I am? Peter answering

said, The

Christ of God.

21 And he straitly charged them,

and commanded them to

tell no

man that thing;

22 Saying, The Son of man must

suffer many things, and be

rejected

of the elders and chief priests and

scribes, and be slain, and be raised

the third day.

23 ¶ And he said to them all, If any

man will come after me, let him

deny himself, and take up his

cross

daily, and

follow me.

For whosoever will save his life

2 a tg Missionary Work;

Preaching.

b Matt. 10:8 (7–8).

5 a D&C 60:15.

b Luke 10:11 (11–12);

D&C 84:92.

6 a

tg Gospel.

7 a Matt. 14:1 (1–3);

Mark 6:14 (14–29);

Luke 3:1.

10 a

JSt Luke 9:10 . . .

Jesus . . .

JSt Luke 9:10 . . .

solitary . . .

14 a Matt. 14:21 (13–21);

Mark 6:44 (32–44);

John 6:10 (1–13).

20 a

tg Testimony.

21 a Mark 8:30.

22 a Matt. 21:42 (42–46);

1 Pet. 2:7.

23 a See

JSt Matt. 16:25–26

(Appendix).

Matt. 10:38;

3 Ne. 12:30 (29–30).

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

24 a

JSt Luke 9:24–25

(Appendix).

1292LUKE 9:25–45

shall

lose it: but whosoever will

lose his life for my sake, the same

shall save it.

25 For what is a man advantaged,

if he gain the whole world, and

lose

himself, or be cast away?

26 For whosoever shall be

ashamed

of me and of my words, of him

shall the

Son of man be ashamed,

when he shall come in his own

glory, and in his Father’s, and of the

holy angels.

27 But I tell you of a truth, there

be some standing here, which shall

not taste of

death, till they see the

kingdom of God.

28 ¶ And it came to pass about an

eight days after these sayings, he

took Peter and John and James, and

went up into a

mountain to

pray.

29 And as he prayed, the fashion

of his countenance was

altered,

and his raiment was white and

glistering.

30 And, behold, there talked with

him two men, which were Moses

and Elias:

31 Who appeared in glory,

and

spake of his

decease which he

should accomplish at Jerusalem.

32 But Peter and they that were

with him were heavy with sleep:

and when they were awake, they

saw his

glory, and the two men

that stood with him.

33 And it came to pass, as they

departed from him, Peter said unto

Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be

here: and let us make three taber-

nacles; one for thee, and one for Mo-

ses, and one for Elias: not knowing

what he said.

34 While he thus spake, there came

a cloud, and overshadowed them:

and they feared as they entered

into the cloud.

35 And there came a voice out of

the cloud, saying, This is my

be-

loved Son: hear him.

36 And when the voice was past,

Jesus was found alone. And they

kept it close, and told no man in

those days any of those things which

they had seen.

37 ¶ And it came to pass, that on

the next day, when they were come

down from the hill, much people

met him.

38 And, behold, a man of the com-

pany cried out, saying, Master, I be-

seech thee, look upon my son: for

he is mine only child.

39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him,

and he suddenly crieth out; and it

teareth him that he foameth again,

and bruising him hardly departeth

from him.

40 And I besought thy disciples to

cast him out; and they could not.

41 And Jesus answering said, O

faithless and perverse generation,

how long shall I be with you, and

suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

42 And as he was yet a coming,

the devil threw him down, and tare

him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean

spirit, and healed the child, and

delivered him again to his father.

43 ¶ And they were all amazed

at the

mighty power of God. But

while they wondered every one at

all things which Jesus did, he said

unto his disciples,

44 Let these sayings sink down into

your ears: for the Son of man shall

delivered into the hands of men.

45 But they

understood not this

saying, and it was hid from them,

24 b Matt. 10:39 (34–39);

Mark 8:35;

D&C 98:13 (13–14);

103:27 (27–28).

25 a Matt. 16:26.

26 a D&C 3:7 (6–8).

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

JSt Luke 9:26 . . . when

he shall come in his

own kingdom, clothed in

the glory of his Father,

with the holy angels.

27 a John 21:23 (21–23);

3 Ne. 28:7 (4–10);

D&C 7:2 (1–8).

28 a Mark 9:2 (2–8).

b 2 Pet. 1:18 (10–19).

c Matt. 14:23; 26:36;

Luke 6:12.

29 a Matt. 17:2 (1–13);

Mark 9:2 (2–13).

or brilliant, glistening.

31 a

JSt Luke 9:31 . . . and

spake of his death, and

also his resurrection,

which he . . .

gr departure.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

32 a

tg Glory.

35 a Matt. 3:17; Mark 9:7.

43 a

gr majesty, glory.

44 a 1 Ne. 11:32;

3 Ne. 27:14.

45 a John 12:16.

1293 LUKE 9:46–10:3

that they perceived it not: and they

feared to ask him of that saying.

46 ¶ Then there arose a reasoning

among them, which of them should

greatest.

47 And Jesus, perceiving the

thought of their heart, took a child,

and set him by him,

48 And said unto them, Whosoever

shall receive this child in my

name

receiveth me: and whosoever shall

receive me receiveth him that sent

me: for he that is least among you

all, the same shall be

great.

49 ¶ And John answered and said,

Master, we saw one casting out dev-

ils in thy name; and we forbad him,

because he followeth not with us.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid

him not: for he that is not against

us is

for us.

51 ¶ And it came to pass, when

the time was come that he should

be received up, he steadfastly set

his face to go to Jerusalem,

52 And sent messengers before his

face: and they went, and entered

into a village of the

Samaritans,

to make ready for him.

53 And they did not receive him,

because his face was as though he

would go to Jerusalem.

54 And when his disciples

James

and John saw this, they said, Lord,

wilt thou that we command

fire

to come down from heaven, and

consume them, even as Elias did?

55 But he turned, and rebuked

them, and said, Ye know not what

manner of

spirit ye are of.

56 For the

Son of man is not

come to

destroy men’s

lives, but

save them. And they went to an-

other village.

57 ¶ And it came to pass, that, as

they went in the way, a certain man

said unto him, Lord, I will

thee whithersoever thou goest.

58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes

have holes, and birds of the air have

nests; but the Son of man hath not

where to lay his head.

59 And he said unto another,

Fol-

low me. But he said, Lord, suffer

me first to go and bury my father.

60 Jesus said unto him, Let the

dead bury their dead: but go thou

and preach the kingdom of God.

61 And another also said, Lord, I

will

follow thee; but let me first

go bid them farewell, which are at

home at my house.

62 And Jesus said unto him, No

man, having put his hand to the

plough, and

looking back, is fit

for the kingdom of God.

CHAPTER 10

Jesus calls, empowers, and instructs

the Seventy—They preach and heal—

Those who receive Christ’s disciples

receive Christ—The Father is revealed

by the Son—Jesus gives the parable of

the good Samaritan.

A these things the Lord

ap-

pointed other

seventy also, and sent

them

two and two before his face

into every city and place, whither

he himself would come.

2 Therefore said he unto them,

The

harvest truly is great, but the

labourers are few: pray ye there-

fore the Lord of the harvest, that

he would send forth labourers into

his harvest.

3 Go your ways: behold, I send you

forth as

lambs among wolves.

46 a Matt. 18:1 (1–5);

Mark 9:34 (34–37).

48 a

tg Name.

b Matt. 10:40.

c Ether 12:27 (26–27).

50 a Matt. 12:30;

Mark 9:40.

52 a Matt. 10:5.

54 a Mark 3:17.

b 2 Kgs. 1:10 (9–16).

55 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

56 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

b John 3:17 (16–17).

tg Mortality.

tg Life, Sanctity of;

Worth of Souls.

57 a Matt. 8:19.

59 a 2 Ne. 31:12 (12–13).

tg Called of God.

61 a 1 Kgs. 19:20.

62 a

tg Commitment.

b Luke 14:18 (16–24);

D&C 133:15.

1 a tg Authority;

Called of God;

Priesthood, Authority.

tg Church

Organization;

Missionary Work;

Seventy.

c Mark 6:7.

2 a Matt. 9:37.

3 a Matt. 10:16.

1294LUKE 10:4–23

4 Carry neither

purse, nor scrip,

nor shoes: and

salute no man by

the way.

5 And into whatsoever house ye en-

ter, first say,

Peace be to this house.

6 And if the son of peace be there,

your peace shall rest upon it: if not,

it shall turn to you again.

7 And in the same house remain,

eating and drinking such things as

they give: for the

labourer is wor-

thy of his

hire. Go not from house

to house.

8 And into whatsoever city ye en-

ter, and they

receive you, eat such

things as are set before you:

9 And heal the sick that are therein,

and say unto them, The

kingdom

of God is come nigh unto you.

10 But into whatsoever city ye

enter, and they receive you not, go

your ways out into the streets of the

same, and say,

11 Even the very

dust of your city,

which cleaveth on us, we do wipe

off against you: notwithstanding be

ye sure of this, that the kingdom of

God is come nigh unto you.

12 But I say unto you, that it shall

be more tolerable in that day for

Sodom, than for that city.

13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe

unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the

mighty works had been done in

Tyre and Sidon, which have been

done in you, they had a great while

ago repented, sitting in sackcloth

and ashes.

14 But it shall be more tolerable

for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,

than for you.

15 And thou, Capernaum, which

art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust

down to hell.

He that

heareth you heareth

me; and he that

despiseth you

de-

spiseth me; and he that

despiseth

me despiseth him that sent me.

17 ¶ And the

seventy returned

again with joy, saying, Lord, even the

devils are subject unto us through

thy name.

18 And he said unto them, I beheld

Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

19 Behold, I give unto you

power

tread on serpents and scorpi-

ons, and over all the power of the

enemy: and nothing shall by any

means

hurt you.

20 Notwithstanding in this

rejoice

not, that the spirits are subject unto

you; but rather

rejoice, because

your names are

written in heaven.

21 ¶ In that hour Jesus

rejoiced

in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O

Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

that thou hast hid these things

from

the wise and

prudent, and hast

revealed them unto

babes: even

so, Father; for so it seemed good in

thy sight.

22 All things are

delivered to me

of my Father: and no man knoweth

who the Son is, but the Father;

and who the Father is, but the

Son, and he to whom the Son will

reveal him.

23 ¶ And he turned him unto his

4 a Matt. 10:9.

b 2 Kgs. 4:29.

5 a 1 Sam. 25:6.

tg Peace of God.

7 a D&C 31:5 (3–7).

tg Labor.

b Num. 18:31;

Matt. 10:10.

tg Wages.

8 a

tg Teachable.

9 a Matt. 3:2.

11 a Matt. 10:14 (12–14);

Mark 6:11;

Luke 9:5;

Acts 13:51 (44–52);

D&C 24:15;

75:20 (19–22).

16 a

JSt Luke 10:17 And he

said unto his disciples, He

that heareth . . .

b Matt. 10:40;

Mosiah 15:11.

gr rejects.

D&C 84:36 (35–39).

d 1 Thes. 4:8.

e John 5:23.

17 a

tg Seventy.

18 a

tg Council in Heaven;

Devil.

19 a

tg Priesthood, Power of.

b Ps. 91:13.

c Acts 28:5.

20 a D&C 50:33 (30–34).

tg Joy.

c Ex. 32:32;

Heb. 12:23.

21 a Matt. 11:25 (25–27).

JSt Luke 10:22 . . . from

them who think they are

wise and prudent . . .

tg Prudence.

d Alma 32:23;

3 Ne. 26:14 (14–16);

D&C 128:18.

22 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

JSt Luke 10:23 . . . that

the Son is the Father,

and the Father is the

Son, but him to whom

the Son will reveal it.

c Matt. 11:27;

John 1:18; 14:6 (6–14).

1295 LUKE 10:24–11:2

disciples, and said privately, Blessed

are the

eyes which see the things

that ye see:

24 For I tell you, that many

proph-

ets and

kings have desired to see

those things which ye see, and have

not seen them; and to hear those

things which ye hear, and have not

heard them.

25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer

stood up, and tempted him, saying,

Master, what shall I do to inherit

eternal life?

26 He said unto him, What is writ-

ten in the law? how readest thou?

27 And he answering said, Thou

shalt love the Lord thy God with all

thy

heart, and with all thy soul, and

with all thy strength, and with all thy

mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

28 And he said unto him, Thou

hast answered right: this do, and

thou shalt

live.

29 But he, willing to

justify him-

self, said unto Jesus, And who is my

neighbour?

30 And Jesus answering said, A cer-

tain man went down from Jerusalem

to Jericho, and fell among thieves,

which stripped him of his raiment,

and

wounded him, and departed,

leaving him half dead.

31 And by chance there came down

a certain priest that way: and when

he saw him, he passed by on the

other side.

32 And likewise a Levite, when he

was at the place, came and looked on

him, and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain

Samaritan, as he

journeyed, came where he was: and

when he saw him, he had

compas-

sion on him,

34 And went to him, and bound

up his wounds, pouring in oil and

wine, and set him on his own beast,

and brought him to an inn, and took

care of him.

35 And on the morrow when he de-

parted, he took out two pence, and

gave them to the

host, and said unto

him, Take care of him; and what-

soever thou spendest more, when I

come again, I will repay thee.

36 Which now of these three, think-

est thou, was neighbour unto him

that fell among the thieves?

37 And he said, He that shewed

mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto

him, Go, and do thou likewise.

38 ¶ Now it came to pass, as they

went, that he entered into a certain

village: and a certain woman named

Martha received him into her house.

39 And she had a sister called

Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet,

and heard his word.

40 But Martha was cumbered about

much serving, and came to him, and

said, Lord, dost thou not care that my

sister hath left me to serve alone?

bid her therefore that she help me.

41 And Jesus answered and said

unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art

careful and troubled about many

things:

42 But one thing is needful: and

Mary hath

chosen that good part,

which shall not be taken away

from her.

CHAPTER 11

Jesus gives the Lord’s Prayer—He dis-

cusses the casting out of devils—He ac-

claims Himself as greater than Jonah

and Solomon—He rebukes the Pharisees

and says that the blood of all the proph-

ets may be required of their generation.

A it came to pass, that, as he was

praying in a certain place, when

he ceased, one of his disciples said

unto him, Lord,

teach us to

pray,

as John also taught his disciples.

2 And he said unto them, When ye

pray, say, Our

Father which art in

23 a Matt. 13:16.

24 a 2 Ne. 25:26 (24–27).

tg Kings, Earthly.

25 a Luke 18:18.

27 a

tg Apathy.

28 a Lev. 18:5.

29 a Luke 16:15.

tg Neighbor.

30 a

tg Cruelty.

33 a John 4:9.

tg Benevolence;

Compassion; Kindness.

34 a

tg Charity; Welfare.

35 a

gr innkeeper.

38 a John 11:1 (1, 5); 12:2.

41 a

gr worried.

42 a

tg Agency.

1 a tg Teaching.

tg Prayer.

2 a

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

1296LUKE 11:3–24

heaven, Hallowed be thy

name. Thy

kingdom come. Thy will be done,

as in heaven, so in earth.

3 Give us day by day our daily

bread.

4 And

forgive us our sins; for we

also forgive every one that is

in-

debted to us.

And lead us not into

temptation; but deliver us from

evil.

And he said unto them, Which of

you shall have a friend, and shall go

unto him at midnight, and say unto

him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

6 For a friend of mine in his jour-

ney is come to me, and I have noth-

ing to set before him?

7 And he from within shall answer

and say, Trouble me not: the door

is now shut, and my children are

with me in bed; I cannot rise and

give thee.

8 I say unto you, Though he will

not rise and give him, because he

is his

friend, yet because of his im-

portunity he will rise and give him

as many as he needeth.

9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it

shall be given you; seek, and ye shall

find; knock, and it shall be opened

unto you.

10 For every one that asketh re-

ceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall

be opened.

11 If a son shall ask bread of any

of you that is a father, will he give

him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will

he for a fish give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will

he offer him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how

to give good gifts unto your children:

how much more shall your heavenly

Father give

the Holy Spirit to them

that ask him?

14 ¶ And he was casting

out a

devil, and it was dumb. And it came

to pass, when the devil was gone

out, the dumb spake; and the peo-

ple wondered.

15 But some of them said, He

casteth out devils through

Beelze-

bub the chief of the devils.

16 And others, tempting him,

sought of him a

sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their

thoughts,

said unto them, Every kingdom

divided against itself is brought

to deso lation; and a house divided

against a house falleth.

18 If Satan also be divided against

himself, how shall his kingdom

stand? because ye say that I cast out

devils through Beelzebub.

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out

devils, by whom do your sons

cast

them out? therefore shall they be

your judges.

20 But if I with the

finger of God

cast out devils, no doubt the king-

dom of God is come upon you.

21 When a strong man armed

keepeth his palace, his goods are

in peace:

22 But when a stronger than he

shall come upon him, and over-

come him, he taketh from him all

his armour wherein he trusted, and

divideth his spoils.

23 He that is not with me is

against

me: and he that gathereth not with

me scattereth.

24 When the

unclean spirit is gone

out of a man,

he walketh through

dry places, seeking rest; and finding

2 b tg Name.

4 a

tg Forgive.

tg Debt.

JSt Luke 11:4 . . . And

let us not be led unto

temptation; but deliver

us from evil; for thine is

the kingdom and power.

Amen.

5 a

JSt Luke 11:5–6 And

he said unto them,

Your heavenly Father will

not fail to give unto you

whatsoever ye ask of him.

And he spake a parable,

saying, Which . . .

8 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood;

Friendship.

13 a

JSt Luke 11:14 . . . good

gifts, through the Holy

Spirit . . .

14 a

JSt Luke 11:15 . . . a

devil out of a man, and

he was dumb . . .

15 a Mosiah 3:9 (9–12);

Hel. 13:26 (26–27).

16 a

tg Sign Seekers.

17 a Matt. 12:25;

John 2:25.

19 a Matt. 12:27–28;

Mark 9:38 (38–49);

Acts 19:13.

20 a Ex. 8:19;

John 3:2;

Acts 2:22; 10:38.

23 a D&C 10:68 (67–68).

24 a D&C 50:31 (31–33).

JSt Luke 11:25 . . . it . . .

1297 LUKE 11:25–43

none,

he saith, I will return unto

my house whence I came out.

And when he cometh, he find-

eth it swept and

garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to

him seven other spirits more wicked

than himself; and they enter in, and

dwell there: and the last state of that

man is worse than the first.

27 ¶ And it came to pass, as he

spake these things, a certain woman

of the company lifted up her voice,

and said unto him,

Blessed is the

womb that bare thee, and the paps

which thou hast sucked.

28 But he said, Yea rather,

blessed

are they that hear the word of God,

and

keep it.

29 ¶ And when the people were

gathered thick together, he began

to say, This is an evil generation:

they seek a

sign; and there shall

no sign be given it, but the sign of

Jonas the prophet.

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the

Ninevites, so shall also the Son of

man be to this generation.

31 The

queen of the south shall

rise up in the judgment with the

men of this generation, and con-

demn them: for she came from the

utmost parts of the earth to hear the

wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a

greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise

up in the judgment with this gen-

eration, and shall condemn it: for

they repented at the preaching of

Jonas; and, behold, a greater than

Jonas is here.

33 No man, when he hath lighted a

candle, putteth it in a secret place,

neither under a bushel, but on a

candlestick, that they which come

in may see the light.

34 The light of the body is the

eye:

therefore when thine eye is

single,

thy whole body also is full of light;

but when thine eye is evil, thy body

also is full of

darkness.

35 Take heed therefore that the

light which is in thee be not dark-

ness.

36 If thy whole body therefore be

full of light, having no part dark,

the whole shall be full of light, as

when the bright shining of a candle

doth give thee light.

37 ¶ And as he spake, a certain

Pharisee besought him to dine with

him: and he went in, and sat down

to meat.

38 And when the Pharisee saw it,

he marvelled that he had not first

washed before dinner.

39 And the Lord said unto him,

Now do ye Pharisees make

clean

the outside of the cup and the plat-

ter; but your

inward part is full of

ravening and

wickedness.

40 Ye fools, did not he that made

that which is without make that

which is within also?

But rather

give

alms of such

things as ye have; and, behold, all

things are

clean unto you.

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for

ye tithe mint and rue and all man-

ner of herbs, and pass over judgment

and the

love of God: these ought ye

to have done, and not to leave the

other undone.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for

ye love the

uppermost seats in the

24 c JSt Luke 11:25 . . . it . . .

25 a

JSt Luke 11:26–27 And

when it cometh, it

findeth the house swept

and garnished. Then

goeth the evil spirit, and

taketh seven other

spirits . . .

gr put in order.

27 a Luke 1:48.

28 a

tg Blessing.

b Prov. 19:16; 29:18.

tg Obedience.

29 a

tg Sign Seekers.

31 a 1 Kgs. 10:1.

33 a Matt. 5:15 (15–16);

3 Ne. 18:24.

34 a D&C 88:68 (67–68).

b Morm. 8:15 (13–15);

JS—H 1:46.

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

39 a

tg Purification.

b Titus 1:15 (15–16).

tg Hypocrisy.

gr plunder, spoil.

tg Wickedness.

41 a

JSt Luke 11:42 But if ye

would rather give alms

of such things as ye

have; and observe to do

all things which I have

commanded you, then

would your inward parts

be clean also.

tg Generosity.

tg Almsgiving;

Charity.

tg Cleanliness.

42 a

tg Love.

43 a Matt. 23:6;

Luke 20:46.

1298LUKE 11:44–12:6

synagogues, and greetings in the

markets.

44 Woe unto you,

scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as

graves which appear not, and the

men that walk over them are not

aware of them.

45 ¶ Then answered one of the

lawyers, and said unto him, Mas-

ter, thus saying thou

reproachest

us also.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also,

lawyers! for ye lade men with

burdens grievous to be borne, and

ye yourselves touch not the burdens

with one of your fingers.

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the

sepulchres of the prophets, and your

fathers killed them.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye

allow the deeds of your fathers:

for they indeed killed them, and

ye build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom

of God, I will send them prophets

and apostles, and some of them they

shall slay and persecute:

50 That the

blood of all the proph-

ets, which was

shed from the foun-

dation of the world, may be required

of this generation;

51 From the blood of Abel unto the

blood of Zacharias, which perished

between the altar and the

temple:

verily I say unto you, It shall be re-

quired of this generation.

52 Woe unto you,

lawyers! for ye

have taken away the

key of

knowl-

edge: ye entered not in yourselves,

and them that were entering in ye

hindered.

53 And as he said these things unto

them, the scribes and the Pharisees

began to

urge him vehemently, and

provoke him to speak of many

things:

54 Laying wait for him, and seek-

ing to

catch something out of his

mouth, that they might accuse him.

CHAPTER 12

Jesus teaches, Beware of hypocrisy;

lay up treasures in heaven rather than

on earth; prepare for the coming of the

Lord; where much is given, much is

required; preaching the gospel causes

division.

I the mean time, when there were

gathered together an innumerable

multitude of people, insomuch that

they trode one upon another, he

began to say unto his disciples first

of all, Beware ye of the

leaven of

the Pharisees, which is

hypocrisy.

2 For there is nothing covered, that

shall not be revealed; neither

hid,

that shall not be known.

3 Therefore whatsoever ye have

spoken in

darkness shall be heard

in the light; and that which ye have

spoken in the ear in

closets shall

be proclaimed upon the housetops.

4 And I say unto you my

friends,

Be not

afraid of them that kill the

body, and after that have no more

that they can do.

5 But I will forewarn you whom ye

shall

fear: Fear him, which after he

hath killed hath power to cast into

hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for

two farthings, and not one of them

forgotten before God?

44 a tg Scribe.

b Ps. 5:9 (9–10);

Matt. 23:27; Acts 23:3.

45 a

tg Reproach.

46 a Alma 10:27 (12–32).

48 a

gr agree, accord with.

Acts 22:20.

50 a

tg Martyrdom.

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

51 a Matt. 23:35.

52 a Alma 10:27 (13–27);

11:20 (20–22).

b Moses 1:23 (23, 41).

JSt Luke 11:53 . . .

knowledge, the fullness

of the scriptures; ye enter

not in yourselves into

the kingdom; and those

who were entering in, ye

hindered.

Luke 1:77.

d Acts 13:45 (45, 50);

1 Thes. 2:16.

53 a

gr be angry with, be

exasperated against.

tg Provoking.

54 a Matt. 22:15;

Mark 12:13 (13–17);

2 Ne. 27:32 (31–32).

1 a tg Leaven.

tg Hypocrisy.

2 a Prov. 28:13.

3 a D&C 1:3.

tg Gossip.

gr places of privacy.

4 a John 15:15 (13–15).

b Matt. 10:28.

tg Peer Influence.

5 a D&C 122:9 (4–9).

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second;

Devil.

6 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

1299 LUKE 12:7–28

7 But even the very hairs of your

head are all numbered. Fear not

therefore: ye are of more value than

many sparrows.

8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever

shall

confess me before men, him

shall the Son of man also confess

before the

angels of God:

But he that denieth me before

men shall be denied before the an-

gels of God.

10 And whosoever shall speak a

word against the Son of man, it shall

be forgiven him: but unto him that

blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost

it shall not be forgiven.

11 And when they bring you unto

the synagogues, and unto magis-

trates, and

powers,

take ye no

thought how or what thing ye shall

answer, or what ye shall

say:

12 For the

Holy Ghost shall

teach

you in the same hour what ye ought

to say.

13 ¶ And one of the company

said unto him, Master, speak to my

brother, that he divide the inheri-

tance with me.

14 And he said unto him, Man,

who made me a judge or a divider

over you?

15 And he said unto them, Take

heed, and beware of

covetousness:

for a man’s life consisteth not in the

abundance of the things which he

possesseth.

16 And he spake a parable unto

them, saying, The ground of a

certain rich man brought forth

plentifully:

17 And he thought within himself,

saying, What shall I do, because I

have no room where to

bestow my

fruits?

18 And he said, This will I do: I

will pull down my barns, and build

greater; and there will I bestow all

my fruits and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul,

Soul,

thou hast much goods laid up for

many years; take thine ease,

eat,

drink, and be merry.

20 But God said unto him, Thou

fool, this night thy

soul shall be

required of thee: then whose shall

those things be, which thou hast

provided?

21 So is he that layeth up

trea-

sure for

himself, and is not rich

toward God.

22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples,

Therefore I say unto you,

Take no

thought for your life, what ye shall

eat; neither for the body, what ye

shall put on.

23 The life is more than meat, and

the body is more than raiment.

24 Consider the

ravens: for they

neither sow nor reap; which neither

have storehouse nor barn; and God

feedeth them: how much more are

ye better than the fowls?

25 And which of you with taking

thought can add to his stature one

cubit?

26 If ye then be not able to do that

thing which is least, why take ye

thought for the rest?

27 Consider the

lilies how they

grow: they toil not, they spin not;

and yet I say unto you, that Solomon

in all his glory was not arrayed like

one of these.

28 If then God so clothe the grass,

which is to day in the field, and to

morrow is cast into the oven;

how

much more will he clothe you, O ye

of little faith?

8 a Moro. 7:44 (44–48);

D&C 62:3.

tg Angels.

9 a

JSt Luke 12:9–12

(Appendix).

10 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Holy Ghost,

Unpardonable Sin

against.

11 a

gr authorities.

gr don’t worry; don’t

be anxious about.

c D&C 84:85.

12 a Ex. 4:12;

D&C 24:6.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

15 a Ps. 62:10; 119:36.

tg Covet.

17 a

gr gather.

19 a Eccl. 2:24.

b Isa. 22:13;

1 Cor. 15:32.

20 a

tg Soul.

21 a

tg Treasure.

b Hosea 10:1.

22 a

gr Don’t worry.

b Matt. 6:25;

D&C 84:81.

24 a Job 38:41.

27 a

tg Nature, Earth.

28 a

JSt Luke 12:30 . . . how

much more will he

provide for you, if ye are

not of little faith?

1300LUKE 12:29–48

29 And seek not ye what ye shall

eat, or what ye shall drink, neither

be ye of

doubtful mind.

30 For all these things do the na-

tions of the world seek after: and

your Father knoweth that ye have

need of these things.

31 ¶

But rather seek ye the

king-

dom of God; and

all these things

shall be added unto you.

32 Fear not, little

flock; for it is

your Father’s good pleasure to give

you the

kingdom.

33 Sell that ye have, and give

alms;

provide yourselves bags which wax

not old, a

treasure in the heavens

that

faileth not, where no thief ap-

proacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

34 For where your

treasure is,

there will your heart be also.

35 Let your loins be girded about,

and your

lights burning;

36 And ye yourselves like unto men

that wait for their lord, when he

will return from the wedding; that

when he cometh and knocketh, they

may open unto him immediately.

Blessed are those servants,

whom the lord when he cometh

shall find

watching: verily I say

unto you, that he shall gird himself,

and make them to sit down to meat,

and will come forth and serve them.

38 And if he shall come in the

second watch, or come in the third

watch, and find them so, blessed are

those servants.

39 And this know, that if the

good-

man of the house had known what

hour the thief would come, he would

have watched, and not have

suffered

his house to be broken through.

40 Be ye therefore ready also: for

the Son of man

cometh at an

hour

when ye think not.

41 ¶ Then Peter said unto him,

Lord, speakest thou this parable

unto us, or even to all?

42 And the Lord said, Who then

is that

faithful and wise

steward,

whom his lord shall make ruler over

his household, to give them their por-

tion of meat in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom

his lord when he cometh shall find

doing.

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that

he will make him

ruler over

all

that he hath.

45 But and if that servant say in his

heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

and shall begin to beat the men-

servants and

maidens, and to eat

and drink, and to be drunken;

46 The lord of that servant will

come in a day when he looketh not

for him, and at an hour when he is

not aware, and will cut him in sun-

der, and will appoint him his

por-

tion with the unbelievers.

47 And that

servant, which knew

his lord’s

will, and

prepared not

himself, neither did according to

his will, shall be beaten with many

stripes.

48 But he that

knew not, and did

commit things worthy of stripes,

shall be

beaten with few stripes. For

unto whomsoever

much is

given, of

him shall be much

required: and to

29 a Luke 1:20 (19–20); 24:25.

tg Doubt.

31 a

JSt Luke 12:34 Therefore

seek ye to bring forth the

kingdom of God . . .

b 1 Tim. 4:8;

Jacob 2:18 (18–19);

3 Ne. 13:33 (25–34);

D&C 29:5.

c Deut. 28:8;

D&C 24:3 (3–4).

32 a D&C 35:27.

b Matt. 25:34.

tg Kingdom of God,

on Earth.

33 a

tg Almsgiving.

tg Treasure.

tg Dependability.

34 a 2 Ne. 9:30;

Hel. 13:22 (20–23).

35 a Matt. 25:7 (7–8).

37 a

JSt Luke 12:41–57

(Appendix).

tg Watch.

39 a

gr master.

gr allowed, permitted.

40 a D&C 133:11.

b Matt. 24:44.

42 a

tg Trustworthiness.

tg Stewardship.

43 a

tg Commitment.

44 a 1 Pet. 5:4.

b Rom. 8:17 (14–18);

1 Cor. 3:22 (21–23);

D&C 76:59 (58–59);

84:38 (35–38).

45 a

gr maidservants.

46 a

tg Punish.

47 a James 4:17.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

b 2 Ne. 9:27 (25–27).

tg Accountability;

Procrastination.

48 a Rom. 2:12.

b Deut. 25:2.

tg Talents.

tg Stewardship.

tg Accountability;

Duty;

Judgment.

1301 LUKE 12:49–13:12

whom men have committed much,

of him they will ask the more.

49 ¶ I am come to send fire on the

earth; and what will I, if it be al-

ready kindled?

50 But I have a

baptism to be bap-

tized with; and how am I

straitened

till it be accomplished!

51 Suppose ye that I am come to

give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay;

but rather division:

52 For from henceforth there shall

be five in one house divided, three

against two, and two against three.

53 The father shall be divided

against the son, and the son

against

the father; the mother against the

daughter, and the daughter against

the mother; the mother in law

against her daughter in law, and

the daughter in law against her

mother in law.

54 ¶ And he said also to the peo-

ple, When ye see a cloud rise out of

the west, straightway ye say, There

cometh a shower; and so it is.

55 And when ye see the south wind

blow, ye say, There will be heat; and

it cometh to pass.

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern

the face of the sky and of the earth;

but how is it that ye do not discern

this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves

judge ye not what is right?

58 ¶ When thou goest with thine

adversary to the magistrate, as thou

art in the way, give diligence that

thou mayest be delivered from him;

lest he hale thee to the judge, and

the judge deliver thee to the officer,

and the officer cast thee into prison.

59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart

thence, till thou hast paid the very

last

mite.

CHAPTER 13

Jesus teaches, Repent or perish—He

gives the parable of the barren fig tree,

heals a woman on the Sabbath, and

likens the kingdom of God to a mus-

tard seed—He discusses whether few

or many are saved and laments over

Jerusalem.

T were present at that season

some that told him of the Galilæans,

whose blood Pilate had mingled

with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus answering said unto

them, Suppose ye that these Gali-

læans were

sinners above all the

Galilæans, because they suffered

such things?

3 I tell you, Nay: but, except

repent, ye shall all likewise

perish.

4 Or those eighteen, upon whom

the tower in Siloam fell, and slew

them, think ye that they were sin-

ners above all men that dwelt in

Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye

repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

6 ¶ He spake also this parable; A

certain man had a fig tree planted

in his

vineyard; and he came and

sought fruit thereon, and found

none.

7 Then said he unto the dresser of

his vineyard, Behold, these three

years I come seeking fruit on this

fig tree, and find none:

cut it down;

why cumbereth it the ground?

8 And he answering said unto him,

Lord, let it alone this year also, till I

shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if

not, then after that thou shalt cut

it down.

10 And he was teaching in one of

the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 ¶ And, behold, there was a

woman which had a spirit of infir-

mity eighteen years, and was bowed

together, and could in no wise lift

up herself.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he

called her to him, and said unto her,

50 a Mosiah 3:7.

gr distressed, hard-

pressed.

53 a Micah 7:6.

59 a

ie the smallest Jewish

coin, worth less than

half a penny.

2 a tg Suffering.

3 a D&C 3:11.

tg Repent.

b Ether 8:23 (21–24);

D&C 19:4.

6 a

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

7 a Matt. 3:10;

7:19 (19–20);

Hel. 14:18 (17–19).

1302LUKE 13:13–32

Woman, thou art loosed from thine

infirmity.

13 And he

laid his

hands on her:

and immediately she was made

straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue

answered with indignation, because

that Jesus had healed on the sab-

bath day, and said unto the people,

There are six days in which men

ought to

work: in them therefore

come and be healed, and not on the

sabbath day.

15 The Lord then answered him,

and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not

each one of you on the sabbath loose

his ox or his ass from the stall, and

lead him away to watering?

16 And ought not this woman, be-

ing a daughter of Abraham, whom

Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen

years, be loosed from this bond on

the

sabbath day?

17 And when he had said these

things, all his adversaries were

ashamed: and all the people rejoiced

for all the glorious things that were

done by him.

18 ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the

kingdom of God like? and where-

unto shall I

resemble it?

19 It is like a grain of mustard seed,

which a man took, and cast into his

garden; and it grew, and

waxed a

great tree; and the fowls of the air

lodged in the branches of it.

20 And again he said, Whereunto

shall I liken the kingdom of God?

21 It is like leaven, which a woman

took and hid in three measures of

meal, till the whole was leavened.

22 And he went through the cities

and villages, teaching, and journey-

ing toward Jerusalem.

23 Then said one unto him, Lord,

are there

few that be saved? And

he said unto them,

24 ¶ Strive to enter in at the

strait

gate: for many, I say unto you, will

seek to enter in, and shall not be

able.

25 When once the master of the

house is risen up, and hath shut

to the door, and ye begin to stand

without, and to knock at the door,

saying, Lord,

Lord, open unto

us; and he shall answer and say

unto you, I know you not whence

ye are:

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We

have eaten and drunk in thy pres-

ence, and thou hast taught in our

streets.

27 But he shall say, I tell you,

I know you not whence ye are;

depart from me, all ye workers of

iniquity.

28 There shall be

weeping and

gnashing of teeth, when ye shall

see Abraham, and Isaac, and Ja-

cob, and all the prophets, in the

kingdom of God, and you yourselves

thrust out.

29 And

they shall come from

the east, and from the west, and

from the north, and from the south,

and shall sit down in the kingdom

of God.

30 And, behold, there are last

which shall be first, and there are

first which shall be last.

31 ¶ The same day there came cer-

tain of the Pharisees, saying unto

him, Get thee out, and depart hence:

for

Herod will kill thee.

32 And he said unto them, Go ye,

and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out

devils, and I do cures to day and to

13 a tg Hands, Laying on of.

tg Administrations to

the Sick.

14 a

tg Industry.

16 a

tg Sabbath.

18 a

gr compare.

19 a

gr became.

23 a 3 Ne. 27:33;

D&C 121:34.

24 a

gr narrow.

2 Ne. 9:41;

Alma 37:13 (13, 44–46);

3 Ne. 14:13 (13–14);

D&C 132:22 (22–25).

b Matt. 7:13 (13–14);

3 Ne. 27:33;

D&C 22:4 (1–4).

c 1 Ne. 12:17.

25 a Isa. 55:6.

27 a Mosiah 26:27 (24–27);

3 Ne. 14:23 (21–23);

D&C 29:28 (27–28).

28 a Mosiah 16:2 (1–2);

D&C 133:73 (72–73).

b Alma 5:24 (14–24).

tg Exaltation; Kingdom

of God, in Heaven.

29 a Matt. 8:11 (11–12);

Acts 10:45;

2 Ne. 10:18 (9–18);

D&C 45:9 (7–30).

30 a 1 Ne. 13:42;

Jacob 5:63 (1–77);

Ether 13:12 (10–12);

D&C 29:30 (30–32).

31 a Luke 3:19.

1303 LUKE 13:33–14:15

morrow, and the third day I shall

perfected.

33 Nevertheless I must walk to day,

and to morrow, and the day follow-

ing: for it cannot be that a

prophet

perish out of

Jerusalem.

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which

killest the prophets, and stonest

them that are sent unto thee; how

often would I have gathered thy

children together, as a

hen doth

gather her brood under her wings,

and ye would not!

35 Behold, your house is left unto

you

desolate: and verily I say

unto you,

Ye shall not see me, un-

til the time come when ye shall say,

Blessed is he that cometh in the

name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 14

Jesus again heals on the Sabbath—He

teaches humility and gives the parable

of the great supper—Those who follow

Him must forsake all else.

A it came to pass, as he went into

the house of one of the chief Phari-

sees to eat bread on the sabbath day,

that they watched him.

2 And, behold, there was a cer-

tain man before him which had

the dropsy.

3 And Jesus answering spake unto

the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,

Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath

day?

4 And they held their peace. And

he took him, and healed him, and

let him go;

5 And answered them, saying,

Which of you shall have an ass or

an ox fallen into a pit, and will not

straightway pull him out on the

sabbath day?

6 And they could not answer him

again to these things.

7 ¶ And he put forth a parable

to those which were bidden, when

he marked how they chose out the

chief rooms; saying unto them,

8 When thou art

bidden of any

man to a wedding, sit not down in

the highest room; lest a more hon-

ourable man than thou be bidden

of him;

9 And he that bade thee and him

come and say to thee, Give this man

place; and thou begin with shame

to take the lowest room.

10 But when thou art bidden, go

and sit down in the

lowest room;

that when he that bade thee cometh,

he may say unto thee, Friend, go up

higher: then shalt thou have

wor-

ship in the presence of them that

sit at meat with thee.

11 For whosoever

exalteth him-

self shall be

abased; and he that

humbleth himself shall be exalted.

12 ¶ Then said he also to him that

bade him, When thou makest a din-

ner or a supper, call not thy friends,

nor thy brethren, neither thy kins-

men, nor thy rich neighbours; lest

they also bid thee again, and a rec-

ompence be made thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast,

call the

poor, the maimed, the lame,

the blind:

14 And thou shalt be

blessed; for

they cannot recompense thee: for

thou shalt be

recompensed at the

resurrection of the just.

15 ¶ And when one of them that

sat at meat with him heard these

32 a tg Perfection.

33 a

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

JSt Luke 13:33–34 . . .

Jerusalem. This he spake,

signifying of his death.

And in this very hour

he began to weep over

Jerusalem,

34 a

tg Persecution.

b D&C 10:65 (63–65);

43:24 (24–25).

35 a Jer. 12:7; 22:5;

D&C 84:115 (114–15).

JSt Luke 13:36 . . . Ye

shall not know me, until

ye have received from the

hand of the Lord a just

recompense for all your

sins; until the time . . .

c Ps. 118:26.

5 a tg Sabbath.

7 a

gr first places.

Matt. 23:6.

8 a

gr invited.

10 a

tg Humility.

b Prov. 25:7 (6–8).

gr honor, glory, respect.

11 a

tg Haughtiness.

b D&C 101:42.

tg Shame.

c D&C 104:82.

tg Contrite Heart.

13 a

tg Generosity;

Poor.

14 a

tg Blessing.

b Matt. 6:4.

tg Resurrection.

1304LUKE 14:16–35

things, he said unto him, Blessed

is he that shall

eat

bread in the

kingdom of God.

16 Then said he unto him, A cer-

tain man made a great supper, and

bade many:

17 And sent his servant at supper

time to say to them that were bidden,

Come; for all things are now ready.

18 And they all with one consent

began to make

excuse. The first

said unto him, I have bought a

piece of ground, and I must needs

go and see it: I pray thee have me

excused.

19 And another said, I have bought

five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove

them: I pray thee have me excused.

20 And another said, I have mar-

ried a wife, and therefore I cannot

come.

21 So that servant came, and

shewed his lord these things. Then

the master of the house being angry

said to his servant, Go out quickly

into the streets and lanes of the

city, and bring in hither the poor,

and the maimed, and the

halt, and

the blind.

22 And the servant said, Lord, it

is done as thou hast commanded,

and yet there is room.

23 And the

lord said unto the ser-

vant, Go out into the highways and

hedges, and

compel them to come

in, that my house may be filled.

24 For I say unto you, That

none

of those men which were bidden

shall taste of my supper.

25 ¶ And there went great multi-

tudes with him: and he turned, and

said unto them,

26 If any man come to me, and

hate not his father, and mother,

and wife, and children, and breth-

ren, and sisters,

yea, and his own

life also, he cannot be my

disciple.

27 And whosoever doth not bear

his

cross, and come after me, can-

not be my

disciple.

28 For which of you, intending to

build a tower, sitteth not down first,

and

counteth the

cost, whether he

have sufficient to

finish it?

29 Lest

haply, after he hath laid

the foundation, and is not able to

finish it, all that behold it begin to

mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build,

and was not able to

finish.

31 Or what king, going to make

war against another king, sitteth not

down first, and

consulteth whether

he be able with ten thousand to

meet him that cometh against him

with twenty thousand?

32 Or else, while the other is yet

a great way off, he sendeth an

am-

bassage, and desireth conditions of

peace.

33 So likewise, whosoever he be

of you that

forsaketh not all that

he hath, he cannot be my

disciple.

34 ¶

Salt is good: but if the

salt

have lost his savour, wherewith shall

it be seasoned?

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor

yet for the dunghill; but men cast

it out. He that hath ears to hear, let

him hear.

15 a Luke 22:30; Rev. 19:9.

tg Bread.

18 a Luke 9:62 (57–62);

D&C 121:35 (34–35).

21 a

gr lame.

23 a 2 Cor. 5:20.

gr hedged pathways.

gr urge.

24 a Matt. 21:43;

Acts 13:46.

26 a Matt. 10:37.

JSt Luke 14:26 . . . or

husband, yea and his

own life also; or in other

words, is afraid to lay

down his life for my sake,

he cannot be . . .

tg Martyrdom.

tg Self-Mastery.

27 a See

JSt Matt. 16:25–26

(Appendix).

Matt. 10:38;

John 19:17;

2 Ne. 9:18; Jacob 1:8;

3 Ne. 12:30;

D&C 56:2.

JSt Luke 14:27–28 . . .

disciple. Wherefore, settle

this in your hearts, that ye

will do the things which I

shall teach, and command

you.

28 a Prov. 24:27.

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Problem-Solving.

tg Commitment.

29 a

gr perhaps.

30 a

JSt Luke 14:31 . . .

finish. And this he said,

signifying there should

not any man follow him,

unless he was able to

continue; saying,

31 a Prov. 20:18.

32 a

or embassy.

33 a Luke 5:11;

D&C 103:27 (27–28).

b D&C 132:50 (49–51).

34 a

JSt Luke 14:35–37

(Appendix).

tg Salt.

1305 LUKE 15:1–22

CHAPTER 15

Jesus gives the parables of the lost

sheep, the piece of silver, and the prodi-

gal son.

T drew near unto him all the

publicans and sinners for to hear

him.

2 And the Pharisees and scribes

murmured, saying, This man receiv-

eth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 ¶ And he spake this parable unto

them, saying,

4 What man of you, having an hun-

dred sheep, if he lose one of them,

doth not leave the ninety and nine

in the wilderness, and go after that

which is

lost, until he find it?

5 And when he hath found it, he

layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And when he cometh home, he

calleth together his friends and

neighbours, saying unto them, Re-

joice with me; for I have found my

sheep which was lost.

7 I say unto you, that likewise

joy shall be in heaven over one

sinner that

repenteth, more than

over ninety and nine just persons,

which need no repentance.

8 ¶ Either what woman having

ten pieces of silver, if she lose one

piece, doth not light a candle, and

sweep the house, and seek diligently

till she find it?

9 And when she hath found it, she

calleth her friends and her neigh-

bours together, saying, Rejoice with

me; for I have found the piece which

I had lost.

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is

joy in the presence of the

angels of

God over one

sinner that repenteth.

11 ¶ And he said, A certain man

had two sons:

12 And the younger of them said

to his father, Father, give me the

portion of

goods that falleth to me.

And he divided unto them his living.

13 And not many days after the

younger son gathered all together,

and took his journey into a far coun-

try, and there

wasted his

substance

with

riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all,

there arose a mighty famine in that

land; and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself

to a citizen of that country; and he

sent him into his fields to feed swine.

16 And he

would fain have filled

his belly with the

husks that the

swine did eat: and no man gave

unto him.

17 And when he

came to himself,

he said, How many hired servants of

my father’s have bread enough and

to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will

arise and go to my father,

and will say unto him, Father, I

have

sinned against heaven, and

before thee,

19 And am no more worthy to be

called thy son: make me as one of

thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his

father. But when he was yet a great

way off, his father saw him, and had

compassion, and ran, and fell on

his neck, and kissed him.

21 And the son said unto him,

Father, I have sinned against heaven,

and in thy sight, and am no more

worthy to be called thy

son.

22 But the father said to his ser-

vants, Bring forth the best robe, and

1 a Mark 2:16 (15–16).

4 a

JSt Luke 15:4 . . . and

go into the wilderness

after that which is

lost . . .

b Ezek. 34:16 (11–12, 16).

7 a

tg Joy.

tg Missionary Work.

tg Repent.

8 a

gr drachma (a silver

coin equal to the

Roman denarius—

a workman’s daily

wage).

10 a

tg Angels.

tg Worth of Souls.

12 a

gr property.

13 a

tg Waste.

gr property.

c Prov. 28:7.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

16 a

gr desired, set the

heart upon.

gr pods (of the carob

tree).

17 a Ps. 119:59.

tg Repent.

18 a Lam. 3:40.

tg Confession.

20 a

tg Benevolence;

Compassion;

Family, Love

within;

Mercy.

21 a

tg Contrite Heart;

Worthiness.

tg Family, Patriarchal.

1306LUKE 15:23–16:12

put it on him; and put a ring on his

hand, and shoes on his feet:

23 And bring hither the fatted

calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and

be merry:

24 For this my son was dead, and

is alive again; he was lost, and is

found. And they began to be merry.

25 Now his elder son was in the

field: and as he came and drew nigh

to the house, he heard musick and

dancing.

26 And he called one of the ser-

vants, and asked what these things

meant.

27 And he said unto him, Thy

brother is come; and thy father hath

killed the fatted calf, because he

hath received him safe and sound.

28 And he was angry, and would

not go in: therefore came his father

out, and entreated him.

29 And he answering said to his

father, Lo, these many years do I

serve thee, neither transgressed

I at any time thy commandment:

and yet thou never gavest me a kid,

that I might make merry with my

friends:

30 But as soon as this thy son was

come, which hath devoured thy liv-

ing with harlots, thou hast killed

for him the fatted calf.

31 And he said unto him,

Son,

thou art ever with me, and

all that

I have is thine.

32 It was

meet that we should

make merry, and be glad: for this

thy brother was dead, and is alive

again; and was lost, and is found.

CHAPTER 16

Jesus gives the parable of the unjust

steward—He teaches of service and

condemns divorce—He gives the para-

ble of the rich man and Lazarus.

A he said also unto his disci-

ples, There was a certain rich man,

which had a steward; and the same

was accused unto him that he had

wasted his goods.

2 And he called him, and said

unto him, How is it that I hear this

of thee? give an

account of thy

stewardship; for thou mayest be

no longer steward.

3 Then the steward said within him-

self, What shall I do? for my lord tak-

eth away from me the stewardship:

I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

4 I am resolved what to do, that,

when I am put out of the steward-

ship, they may receive me into their

houses.

5 So he called every one of his lord’s

debtors unto him, and said unto the

first, How much owest thou unto

my lord?

6 And he said, An hundred mea-

sures of oil. And he said unto him,

Take thy bill, and sit down quickly,

and write fifty.

7 Then said he to another, And how

much owest thou? And he said, An

hundred measures of wheat. And

he said unto him, Take thy bill, and

write fourscore.

8 And the lord commended the un-

just steward, because he had done

wisely: for the children of this world

are in their generation wiser than

the

children of

light.

9 And I say unto you, Make to your-

selves friends of the

mammon of

unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,

they may receive you into everlast-

ing habitations.

10 He that is

faithful in that which

is least is faithful also in much: and

he that is unjust in the least is un-

just also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been

faithful in the unrighteous mam-

mon, who will commit to your

trust

the true

riches?

12 And if ye have not been faith-

ful in that which is another man’s,

who shall give you that which is

your own?

31 a tg Family, Love

within.

b D&C 84:38.

32 a

gr necessary.

1 a tg Waste.

2 a

tg Accountability.

tg Stewardship.

8 a

tg Children of Light.

tg Light [noun].

9 a D&C 82:22.

10 a Matt. 25:21;

D&C 51:19;

132:44, 53.

11 a

tg Trustworthiness.

tg Treasure.

1307 LUKE 16:13–17:1

13 ¶ No servant can serve two

masters: for either he will hate the

one, and love the other; or else he

will hold to the one, and despise

the other. Ye cannot serve God and

mammon.

14 And the Pharisees also, who

were

covetous, heard all these

things: and they derided him.

15 And he said unto them, Ye are

they which

justify yourselves be-

fore men; but God

knoweth your

hearts: for that which is highly es-

teemed among

men is

abomination

in the sight of God.

The law and the prophets were

until John: since that time the king-

dom of God is preached, and every

man presseth into it.

17 And it is easier for heaven and

earth to pass, than one tittle of the

law to fail.

18 Whosoever

putteth away his

wife, and marrieth another, com-

mitteth adultery: and whosoever

marrieth her that is put away from

her husband committeth adultery.

19 ¶ There was a certain rich man,

which was clothed in purple and

fine linen, and fared sumptuously

every day:

20 And there was a certain

beggar

named Lazarus, which was laid at

his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the

crumbs which fell from the rich

man’s table: moreover the dogs came

and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the

beggar died, and was carried by

the

angels into

Abraham’s bosom:

the rich man also died, and was

buried;

23 And in

hell he lift up his

eyes, being in torments, and seeth

Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in

his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father

Abraham, have mercy on me, and

send Lazarus, that he may dip the

tip of his finger in water, and cool

my tongue; for I am tormented in

this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, re-

member that thou in thy lifetime

receivedst thy good things, and

likewise Lazarus evil things: but

now he is comforted, and thou art

tormented.

26 And beside all this, between

us and you there is a great

gulf

fixed: so that they which would pass

from hence to you cannot; neither

can they pass to us, that would come

from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee there-

fore, father, that thou wouldest send

him to my father’s house:

28 For I have five brethren; that

he may testify unto them, lest they

also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They

have

Moses and the prophets; let

them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abra-

ham: but if one went unto them

from the

dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they

hear not Moses and the

prophets,

neither will they be

persuaded,

though one rose from the dead.

CHAPTER 17

Jesus speaks of offenses, forgiveness, and

faith—Even the faithful are unprofitable

servants—Ten lepers are healed—Jesus

discourses on the Second Coming.

T said he unto the disciples, It

is impossible but that

offences will

13 a Alma 5:39 (38–39).

14 a Alma 11:24 (20, 24).

15 a Luke 10:29.

tg God, Intelligence of;

God, Omniscience of.

c Prov. 21:2.

d 2 Ne. 9:28 (28–30).

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

16 a

JSt Luke 16:16–23

(Appendix).

17 a

tg Law of Moses.

18 a

tg Divorce.

20 a

tg Poor.

22 a

tg Angels.

b Alma 40:11 (11–21).

23 a

tg Hell;

Spirits in Prison.

25 a Luke 6:24.

26 a 1 Ne. 15:28 (28–30).

tg Separation.

29 a

tg Scriptures, Value of.

30 a Alma 32:18 (17–18);

Ether 12:12 (12, 18);

D&C 5:7 (5–10).

31 a

tg Scriptures,

Study of;

Unbelief.

b 2 Ne. 33:11 (10–14);

Hel. 13:26 (24–30).

c D&C 5:8 (7–10); 133:71.

1 a tg Offense.

1308LUKE 17:2–24

come: but woe unto him, through

whom they come!

2 It were better for him that a

millstone were hanged about his

neck, and he cast into the sea, than

that he should

offend one of these

little ones.

3 ¶ Take heed to yourselves: If

thy brother

trespass against thee,

rebuke him; and if he repent,

for-

give him.

4 And if he trespass against thee

seven times in a day, and seven times

in a day turn again to thee, saying,

repent; thou shalt forgive him.

5 And the apostles said unto the

Lord, Increase our faith.

6 And the Lord said, If ye had

faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye

might say unto this sycamine tree,

Be thou plucked up by the root, and

be thou planted in the sea; and it

should obey you.

7 But which of you, having a ser-

vant plowing or

feeding cattle, will

say unto him

by and by, when he

is come from the field, Go and sit

down to meat?

8 And will not rather say unto him,

Make ready wherewith I may sup,

and gird thyself, and serve me, till

I have eaten and drunken; and af-

terward thou shalt eat and drink?

9 Doth he thank that servant be-

cause he did the things that were

commanded him? I

trow not.

10 So likewise ye, when ye shall

have done all those things which are

commanded you, say, We are

un-

profitable servants: we have done

that which was our

duty to do.

11 ¶ And it came to pass, as he

went to Jerusalem, that he passed

through the midst of Samaria and

Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain

village, there met him ten men that

were

lepers, which stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voices,

and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy

on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said

unto them, Go shew yourselves unto

the

priests. And it came to pass, that,

as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw

that he was healed, turned back,

and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his

feet, giving him

thanks: and he was

a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, Were

there not ten

cleansed? but where

are the

nine?

18 There are not found that re-

turned to give glory to God, save

this stranger.

19 And he said unto him, Arise,

go thy way: thy faith hath made

thee whole.

20 ¶ And when he was demanded

of the Pharisees, when the

kingdom

of God should come, he answered

them and said, The kingdom of God

cometh not with observation:

21 Neither shall they say, Lo here!

or, lo there! for, behold, the

king-

dom of God

within you.

22 And he said unto the disciples,

The days will come, when ye shall

desire to see one of the days of the

Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

23 And they shall say to you, See

here; or,

see there: go not after them,

nor follow them.

24 For as the lightning, that light-

eneth out of the one part under

heaven, shineth unto the other part

under heaven; so shall also the Son

of man be in his

day.

2 a tg Sin.

3 a Matt. 18:15 (15–17).

tg Forgive.

4 a

tg Repent.

6 a Moses 7:13.

7 a

gr tending a flock.

gr immediately.

9 a

gr think.

10 a Rom. 3:12;

Mosiah 2:21 (20–26).

tg Humility;

Ingratitude.

tg Duty.

12 a

tg Leprosy.

14 a Lev. 13:49.

16 a

tg Thanksgiving.

17 a

tg Purification.

tg Ingratitude.

20 a

tg Kingdom of God,

on Earth.

21 a D&C 65:2.

JSt Luke 17:21 . . . has

already come unto you.

c Many translations read

“among” because the

pronoun “you” is plural

here in Greek.

23 a

tg False Christs.

24 a Luke 21:34;

1 Thes. 5:4.

1309 LUKE 17:25–18:11

25 But first must he suffer many

things, and be rejected of this gen-

eration.

26 And as it was in the days of

Noe, so shall it be also in the days

of the Son of man.

27 They did eat, they drank, they

married wives, they were given in

marriage, until the day that Noe

entered into the ark, and the

flood

came, and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise also as it was in the

days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,

they bought, they sold, they planted,

they builded;

29 But the same day that Lot went

out of

Sodom it rained fire and

brimstone from heaven, and de-

stroyed them all.

30 Even thus shall it be in the day

when the Son of man is revealed.

31 In that day, he which shall be

upon the housetop, and his stuff in

the house, let him not come down

to take it away: and he that is in

the field, let him likewise not re-

turn back.

32 Remember

Lot’s wife.

33 Whosoever shall seek to save

his life shall lose it; and whosoever

shall

lose his life shall preserve it.

34 I tell you, in that night there

shall be two men in one bed; the

one shall be taken, and the other

shall be left.

35 Two women shall be grinding

together; the one shall be taken,

and the other left.

36 Two men shall be in the field;

the one shall be taken, and the

other left.

And they answered and said

unto him, Where, Lord? And he

said unto them, Wheresoever the

body is, thither will the eagles be

gathered together.

CHAPTER 18

Jesus gives the parables of the unjust

judge and the Pharisee and publican—

He invites little children to come unto

Him and teaches how to gain eternal

life—He tells of His coming death and

resurrection and gives sight to a blind

man.

A he spake a parable unto them

to this end, that men ought

always

pray, and not to

faint;

2 Saying, There was in a city a

judge, which feared not God, nei-

ther regarded man:

3 And there was a widow in that

city; and she came unto him, say-

ing, Avenge me of mine adversary.

4 And he would not for a while:

but afterward he said within him-

self, Though I fear not God, nor re-

gard man;

5 Yet because this widow troubleth

me, I will avenge her, lest by her

continual coming she weary me.

6 And the Lord said, Hear what

the

unjust judge saith.

7 And shall not God

avenge his

own elect, which cry day and night

unto him, though he bear long with

them?

I tell you that he will

avenge

them speedily. Nevertheless when

the Son of man cometh, shall he

find faith on the earth?

9 And he spake this parable unto

certain which

trusted in themselves

that they were righteous, and

de-

spised others:

10 Two men went up into the

temple to

pray; the one a Pharisee,

and the other a publican.

11 The Pharisee stood and prayed

thus with himself, God, I thank

thee, that I am

not as other men

are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,

or even as this publican.

26 a tg Earth, Cleansing of;

Flood.

27 a Matt. 24:37 (36–38).

29 a Gen. 19:24.

32 a Gen. 19:26.

33 a

tg Sacrifice.

37 a

JSt Luke 17:36–40

(Appendix).

1 a tg Perseverance.

tg Prayer.

c D&C 75:11.

6 a

tg Injustice.

7 a Num. 31:2; Alma 1:13;

D&C 121:5.

JSt Luke 18:7 . . . men?

8 a

JSt Luke 18:8 I tell

you that he will come,

and when he does

come, he will avenge

his saints speedily.

Nevertheless . . .

tg Justice.

9 a John 5:44.

b Alma 32:3 (3–5).

10 a

tg Prayer.

11 a Isa. 65:5;

Alma 31:16 (14–18).

1310LUKE 18:12–34

12 I

fast twice in the week, I give

tithes of all that I

possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar

off, would not lift up so much as his

eyes unto heaven, but smote upon

his breast, saying, God be merciful

to me a

sinner.

14 I tell you, this man went down

to his house justified rather than

the other: for every one that

ex-

alteth himself shall be abased; and

he that

humbleth himself shall be

exalted.

15 And they brought unto him also

infants, that he would touch them:

but when his disciples saw it, they

rebuked them.

16 But Jesus called them unto him,

and said, Suffer little

children to

come unto me, and forbid them not:

for of such is the kingdom of God.

17 Verily I say unto you, Whoso-

ever shall not receive the kingdom

of God as a little child shall in no

wise enter therein.

18 And a certain ruler asked him,

saying, Good Master, what shall I do

to inherit

eternal life?

19 And Jesus said unto him, Why

callest thou me good? none is

good,

save one, that is, God.

20 Thou knowest the command-

ments, Do not commit

adultery, Do

not

kill, Do not steal, Do not bear

false witness,

Honour thy father

and thy mother.

21 And he said, All these have I

kept from my youth up.

22 Now when Jesus heard these

things, he said unto him, Yet lackest

thou one thing: sell all that thou hast,

and distribute unto the

poor, and

thou shalt have treasure in heaven:

and come, follow me.

23 And when he heard this, he was

very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

24 And when Jesus saw that he

was very sorrowful, he said, How

hardly shall they that have riches

enter into the kingdom of God!

25 For it is easier for a camel to

go through a needle’s eye, than for

a rich man to enter into the king-

dom of God.

26 And they that heard it said, Who

then can be saved?

And he said, The things which

are impossible with men are

pos-

sible with God.

28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have

left all, and followed thee.

29 And he said unto them, Verily

I say unto you, There is no man

that hath left house, or parents, or

brethren, or wife, or children, for

the kingdom of God’s sake,

30 Who shall not

receive

mani-

fold more in this present time, and

in the world to come life everlasting.

31 ¶ Then he took unto him the

twelve, and said unto them, Behold,

we go up to Jerusalem, and all things

that are

written by the prophets

concerning the Son of man shall

be accomplished.

32 For he shall be delivered unto

the Gentiles, and shall be

mocked,

and spitefully entreated, and spit-

ted on:

33 And they shall scourge him, and

put him to death: and the third day

he shall

rise again.

34 And they

understood none of

these things: and this saying was hid

12 a Ex. 34:28.

tg Tithing.

gr acquire, gain, or

possess.

13 a Alma 38:14 (13–14).

tg Contrite Heart.

14 a 2 Cor. 10:18.

tg Haughtiness.

b Ether 12:27;

D&C 101:42; 124:114.

16 a Moro. 8:19 (10–26).

18 a Luke 10:25.

19 a

tg God, Perfection of.

20 a D&C 42:24 (23–25).

b D&C 42:79.

c D&C 42:21.

tg Honoring Father

and Mother.

22 a Mosiah 4:26;

Alma 1:27;

D&C 42:30 (29–31).

27 a

JSt Luke 18:27 And

he said unto them, It is

impossible for them who

trust in riches, to enter

into the kingdom of God;

but he who forsaketh the

things which are of this

world, it is possible

with God, that he

should enter in.

tg God, Power of.

30 a D&C 132:55.

b D&C 104:2.

31 a 1 Ne. 11:33;

2 Ne. 10:3;

Mosiah 3:9 (9–10).

32 a

tg Jesus Christ, Trials

of; Mocking.

33 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

34 a John 12:16.

1311 LUKE 18:35–19:15

from them, neither knew they the

things which were spoken.

35 ¶ And it came to pass, that as

he was come nigh unto Jericho, a

certain blind man sat by the way

side begging:

36 And hearing the multitude pass

by, he asked what it meant.

37 And they told him, that Jesus

of Nazareth passeth by.

38 And he cried, saying, Jesus,

thou Son of David, have mercy

on me.

39 And they which went before

rebuked him, that he should hold

his peace: but he cried so much

the more, Thou Son of David, have

mercy on me.

40 And Jesus stood, and com-

manded him to be brought unto

him: and when he was come near,

he asked him,

41 Saying, What wilt thou that I

shall do unto thee? And he said,

Lord, that I may receive my sight.

42 And Jesus said unto him, Re-

ceive thy

sight: thy

faith hath

saved thee.

43 And immediately he received

his sight, and followed him,

glori-

fying God: and all the people, when

they saw it, gave praise unto God.

CHAPTER 19

Jesus came to save souls—He gives

the parable of the pounds—He rides

in triumph into Jerusalem, weeps over

the city, and cleanses the temple again.

A Jesus entered and passed

through Jericho.

2 And, behold, there was a man

named Zacchæus, which was the

chief among the publicans, and he

was rich.

3 And he sought to see Jesus who

he was; and could not for the

press,

because he was little of stature.

4 And he ran before, and climbed

up into a sycomore tree to see him:

for he was to pass that way.

5 And when Jesus came to the

place, he looked up, and saw him,

and said unto him, Zacchæus, make

haste, and come down; for to day I

must abide at thy house.

6 And he made haste, and came

down, and

received him joyfully.

7 And when they saw it, they all

murmured, saying, That he was

gone to be guest with a man that

is a sinner.

8 And Zacchæus stood, and said

unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the

half of my goods I give to the poor;

and if I have taken any thing from

any man by false accusation, I re-

store him

fourfold.

9 And Jesus said unto him, This

day is salvation come to this house,

forsomuch as he also is a son of

Abraham.

10 For the Son of man is come to

seek and to

save that which was

lost.

11 And as they heard these things,

he added and spake a parable, be-

cause he was nigh to Jerusalem,

and because they thought that the

kingdom of God should

immedi-

ately appear.

12 He said therefore, A certain

nobleman went into a far country

to receive for himself a kingdom,

and to return.

13 And he called his ten servants,

and delivered them ten

pounds,

and said unto them,

Occupy till

I come.

14 But his

citizens hated him, and

sent a

message after him, saying,

We will not have this man to reign

over us.

15 And it came to pass, that when

he was returned, having received the

kingdom, then he commanded these

servants to be called unto him, to

whom he had given the money, that

42 a tg Sight.

b 3 Ne. 17:8;

D&C 42:48; 58:43.

43 a Luke 5:25.

3 a gr crowd, multitude.

6 a

tg Hospitality.

8 a 2 Sam. 12:6.

10 a

tg Life, Sanctity of.

b Ezek. 34:16;

2 Ne. 26:25 (23–29).

11 a 2 Thes. 2:2 (1–6).

13 a

tg Talents.

gr Do business.

14 a

tg Citizenship.

gr ambassador.

15 a D&C 72:3 (3–4).

1312LUKE 19:16–42

he might know how much every

man had gained by trading.

16 Then came the first, saying,

Lord, thy pound hath gained ten

pounds.

17 And he said unto him, Well,

thou good servant: because thou

hast been

faithful in a very little,

have thou

authority over ten cities.

18 And the second came, saying,

Lord, thy pound hath gained five

pounds.

19 And he said likewise to him, Be

thou also over five cities.

20 And another came, saying, Lord,

behold, here is thy pound, which I

have kept laid up in a napkin:

21 For I

feared thee, because

thou art an

austere man: thou

takest up that thou layedst not

down, and reapest that thou didst

not sow.

22 And he saith unto him, Out of

thine own mouth will I judge thee,

thou wicked servant. Thou knewest

that I was an austere man, taking

up that I laid not down, and reap-

ing that I did not sow:

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou

my money into the bank, that at

my coming I might have

required

mine own with

usury?

24 And he said unto them that stood

by, Take from him the pound, and

give it to him that hath ten pounds.

25 (And they said unto him, Lord,

he hath ten pounds.)

26 For I say unto you, That unto ev-

ery one

which hath shall be given;

and from him that hath not, even

that he hath shall be taken away

from him.

27 But those mine enemies, which

would not that I should reign over

them, bring hither, and slay them

before me.

28 ¶ And when he had thus spo-

ken, he went before, ascending up

to Jerusalem.

29 And it came to pass, when he

was come nigh to Bethphage and

Bethany, at the mount called the

mount of Olives, he sent two of his

disciples,

30 Saying, Go ye into the village

over against you; in the which at

your entering ye shall find a colt

tied, whereon yet never man sat:

loose him, and bring him hither.

31 And if any man ask you, Why

do ye loose him? thus shall ye say

unto him, Because the Lord hath

need of him.

32 And they that were sent went

their way, and found even as he had

said unto them.

33 And as they were loosing the

colt, the owners thereof said unto

them, Why loose ye the colt?

34 And they said, The Lord hath

need of him.

35 And they brought him to Jesus:

and they cast their garments upon

the

colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

36 And as he went, they spread

their clothes in the way.

37 And when he was come nigh,

even now at the descent of the

mount of Olives, the whole multi-

tude of the disciples began to rejoice

and praise God with a loud voice

for all the mighty works that they

had seen;

38 Saying, Blessed be the King that

cometh in the name of the Lord:

peace in heaven, and

glory in the

highest.

39 And some of the Pharisees from

among the multitude said unto him,

Master, rebuke thy disciples.

40 And he answered and said unto

them, I tell you that, if these should

hold their peace, the

stones would

immediately cry out.

41 ¶ And when he was come near,

he beheld the city, and wept over it,

42 Saying, If thou hadst known,

even thou, at least in this thy day,

17 a tg Stewardship.

tg Authority.

21 a

tg Courage;

Fearful.

gr harsh, ungenerous.

23 a

gr collected.

tg Usury.

26 a

JSt Luke 19:25 . . . who

occupieth, shall be given;

and from him who

occupieth not, even that

he hath received shall be

taken away from him.

35 a Zech. 9:9.

38 a Luke 2:14.

40 a Matt. 21:9.

1313 LUKE 19:43–20:17

the things which belong unto thy

peace! but now they are hid from

thine eyes.

43 For the days shall come upon

thee, that thine

enemies shall cast

trench about thee, and

compass

thee round, and keep thee in on

every side,

44 And shall

lay thee even with

the ground, and thy children within

thee; and they shall not leave in thee

one

stone upon another; because

thou knewest not the time of thy

visitation.

45 And he went into the temple,

and began to cast out them that

sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written,

My house is the

house of prayer: but

ye have made it a

den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the

temple. But the chief priests and the

scribes and the chief of the people

sought to destroy him,

48 And could not find what they

might do: for all the people were

very attentive to hear him.

CHAPTER 20

The chief priests oppose Jesus—He

gives the parable of the wicked hus-

bandmen—Render unto Cæsar and God

that which is theirs—Jesus teaches the

law of marriage.

A it came to pass, that on one of

those days, as he taught the people

in the temple, and preached the gos-

pel, the chief priests and the scribes

came upon him with the elders,

2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell

us, by what authority doest thou

these things? or who is he that gave

thee this authority?

3 And he answered and said unto

them, I will also ask you one thing;

and answer me:

4 The baptism of John, was it from

heaven, or of men?

5 And they reasoned with them-

selves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then be-

lieved ye him not?

6 But and if we say, Of men; all

the people will stone us: for they be

persuaded that John was a

prophet.

7 And they answered, that they

could not tell whence it was.

8 And Jesus said unto them, Nei-

ther tell I you by what authority I

do these things.

9 Then began he to speak to the

people this parable; A certain man

planted a

vineyard, and let it forth

husbandmen, and went into a

far country for a long time.

10 And at the season he sent a

servant to the husbandmen, that

they should give him of the fruit

of the vineyard: but the husband-

men beat him, and sent him away

empty.

11 And again he sent another ser-

vant: and they beat him also, and

entreated him shamefully, and sent

him away empty.

12 And again he sent a third: and

they wounded him also, and cast

him out.

13 Then said the lord of the vine-

yard, What shall I do? I will send

my beloved son: it may be they will

reverence him when they see him.

14 But when the husbandmen saw

him, they reasoned among them-

selves, saying, This is the heir: come,

let us kill him, that the inheritance

may be ours.

15 So they cast him out of the vine-

yard, and killed him. What there-

fore shall the lord of the vineyard

do unto them?

16 He shall come and destroy

these husbandmen, and shall give

the vineyard to others. And when

they heard it, they said,

God

forbid.

17 And he beheld them, and said,

43 a Luke 21:20.

gr fortification,

rampart.

Isa. 37:33.

c Deut. 28:52.

44 a Dan. 9:26.

b Matt. 24:2 (1–51);

JS—M 1:3 (1–55).

c Isa. 10:3.

46 a Isa. 56:7.

b Jer. 7:11;

D&C 94:8 (8–9);

109:20 (19–20).

6 a Matt. 11:9; 14:5; 21:26.

9 a

tg Vineyard of the

Lord.

gr farmers.

16 a

gr May it not be.

1314LUKE 20:18–42

What is this then that is written,

The

stone which the builders re-

jected, the same is become the head

of the corner?

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that

stone shall be broken; but on whom-

soever it shall fall, it will

grind him

to powder.

19 ¶ And the chief priests and the

scribes the same hour sought to lay

hands on him; and they feared the

people: for they perceived that he

had spoken this parable against them.

20 And they watched him, and

sent forth spies, which should feign

themselves just men, that they might

take hold of his words, that so they

might deliver him unto the power

and authority of the governor.

21 And they asked him, saying,

Master, we know that thou sayest

and teachest rightly, neither ac-

ceptest thou the person of any, but

teachest the way of God truly:

22 Is it lawful for us to give

trib-

ute unto Cæsar, or no?

23 But he perceived their

crafti-

ness, and said unto them, Why

tempt ye me?

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image

and superscription hath it? They

answered and said, Cæsar’s.

25 And he said unto them, Render

therefore unto

Cæsar the things

which be Cæsar’s, and unto God the

things which be God’s.

26 And they could not take hold

of his words before the people: and

they marvelled at his answer, and

held their peace.

27 ¶ Then came to him certain of the

Sadducees, which deny that there is

any resurrection; and they asked him,

28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote

unto us, If any man’s

brother die,

having a wife, and he die without

children, that his

brother should

take his wife, and raise up seed unto

his brother.

29 There were therefore seven

brethren: and the first took a wife,

and died without children.

30 And the second took her to wife,

and he died childless.

31 And the third took her; and in

like manner the seven also: and they

left no children, and died.

32 Last of all the woman died also.

33 Therefore in the resurrection

whose wife of them is she? for seven

had her to wife.

34 And Jesus answering said unto

them, The children of this world

marry, and are given in marriage:

35 But they which shall be ac-

counted worthy to obtain

that

world, and the

resurrection from

the dead, neither marry, nor are

given in

marriage:

36 Neither can they die any more:

for they are equal unto the

angels;

and are the

children of God, being

the children of the resurrection.

37 Now that the dead are raised,

even Moses shewed at the

bush,

when he calleth the Lord the God

of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob.

38 For he is not a God of the

dead,

but of the living: for all live unto

him.

39 ¶ Then certain of the scribes

answering said, Master, thou hast

well said.

40 And after that they durst not

ask him any

question at all.

41 And he said unto them, How

say they that Christ is David’s

son?

42 And David himself saith in

the book of Psalms, The L said

17 a tg Rock.

18 a

gr scatter like chaff.

20 a Matt. 22:15 (15–22);

Mark 12:13 (13–17).

22 a

gr taxes.

D&C 58:21 (21–22);

98:9 (4–10).

23 a Alma 10:17;

D&C 10:25 (21–27).

25 a D&C 58:22 (21–23);

63:26 (25–29).

28 a Deut. 25:5.

b Mark 12:19.

34 a

tg Marriage, Marry;

Marriage, Temporal.

35 a

JSt Luke 20:35 . . .

that world, through

resurrection from . . .

tg Objectives;

Resurrection.

c D&C 132:16 (7–39).

36 a D&C 131:2 (1–4);

132:17 (5–17).

tg Angels.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

37 a Ex. 3:2 (2–6).

38 a Rom. 14:9.

tg Spirits,

Disembodied.

40 a D&C 84:116.

41 a Matt. 1:16 (1–16);

D&C 93:14 (3–17).

1315 LUKE 20:43–21:19

unto my

Lord, Sit thou on my right

hand,

43 Till I make thine enemies thy

footstool.

44 David therefore calleth him

Lord, how is he then his son?

45 ¶ Then in the audience of all

the people he said unto his disciples,

46 Beware of the

scribes, which

desire to walk in long robes, and

love greetings in the markets, and

the

highest seats in the synagogues,

and the chief rooms at feasts;

47 Which devour widows’ houses,

and for a shew make long prayers:

the same shall receive greater dam-

nation.

CHAPTER 21

Jesus foretells the destruction of the

temple and of Jerusalem—He tells of

the signs to precede His Second Com-

ing and gives the parable of the fig tree.

A he looked up, and saw the

rich men casting their gifts into

the treasury.

2 And he saw also a certain poor

widow casting in thither two

mites.

3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto

you, that this poor widow hath cast

in more than they all:

4 For all these have of their abun-

dance cast in unto the offerings of

God: but she of her penury hath

cast in all the living that she had.

5 ¶ And as some spake of the

temple, how it was adorned with

goodly stones and gifts, he said,

6 As for these things which ye

behold, the days will come, in the

which there shall not be left one

stone upon another, that shall not

be thrown down.

7 And they asked him, saying,

Master, but when shall these things

be? and what

sign will there be when

these things shall come to pass?

8 And he said, Take heed that ye be

not deceived: for many shall come

in my name, saying, I am Christ;

and the time draweth near: go ye

not therefore after them.

9 But when ye shall hear of wars

and commotions, be not terrified:

for these things must first come to

pass; but the end is not by and by.

10 Then said he unto them,

Na-

tion shall rise against nation, and

kingdom against kingdom:

11 And great earthquakes shall

be in divers places, and famines,

and

pestilences; and fearful sights

and great signs shall there be from

heaven.

12 But before all these, they shall

lay their hands on you, and

per-

secute you, delivering you up to the

synagogues, and into prisons, being

brought before kings and rulers for

my name’s sake.

13 And it shall turn to you for a

testimony.

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts,

not to

meditate before what ye

shall

answer:

15 For I will give you a mouth and

wisdom, which all your adversar-

ies shall not be able to

gainsay

nor resist.

16 And ye shall be betrayed both

by parents, and brethren, and kins-

folks, and friends; and some of you

shall they cause to be put to death.

17 And ye shall be hated of all men

for my name’s

sake.

18 But there shall not an

hair of

your head perish.

19 In your

patience

possess ye

your souls.

42 a Ps. 110:1.

46 a 2 Ne. 28:16;

Alma 10:27.

gr first or most

honorable.

Luke 11:43.

1 a Mosiah 4:23;

D&C 56:16.

2 a D&C 64:34 (22, 34).

6 a D&C 45:20.

7 a Matt. 24:3 (3–46);

D&C 45:16 (16–75);

JS—M 1:4 (4–55).

10 a 1 Ne. 22:14 (13–14).

11 a 2 Ne. 6:15; Mosiah 12:4;

D&C 97:26 (22–26).

12 a

tg Persecution.

14 a

gr practice, prepare.

tg Meditation.

b D&C 84:85.

15 a Isa. 50:4;

Matt. 10:19 (16–20);

Acts 6:10; D&C 11:21.

tg Wisdom.

gr speak against,

oppose, contradict.

17 a D&C 98:13; 101:35.

18 a Matt. 10:30 (29–31);

Alma 40:23;

D&C 29:25.

19 a

tg Patience.

gr preserve, win

mastery over.

1316LUKE 21:20–38

20 And when ye shall see

Jerusa-

lem compassed with

armies, then

know that the

desolation thereof

is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in

Judæa flee to the mountains; and

let them which are in the midst

of it depart out; and let not them

that are in the

countries enter

thereinto.

22 For these be the days of ven-

geance, that all things which are

written may be fulfilled.

23 But woe unto them that are

with child, and to them that give

suck, in those days! for there shall

be great distress in the land, and

wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge

of the sword, and shall be

led away

captive into all

nations: and Je-

rusalem shall be

trodden down of

the

Gentiles, until the times of the

Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 ¶

And there shall be signs

in the sun, and in the

moon, and in

the stars; and upon the earth distress

of nations, with perplexity; the sea

and the waves roaring;

26 Men’s hearts

failing them for

fear, and for looking after those

things which are coming on the

earth: for the powers of heaven shall

shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son

of man coming in a

cloud with

power and great glory.

28 And when these things begin to

come to pass, then look up, and lift

up your heads; for your

redemption

draweth nigh.

29 And he spake to them a para-

ble; Behold the

fig tree, and all

the trees;

30 When they now shoot forth, ye

see and know of your own selves

that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see

these things come to pass, know ye

that the kingdom of God is nigh

at hand.

32 Verily I say unto you,

This gen-

eration shall not pass away, till all

be fulfilled.

33 Heaven and earth shall pass

away: but my words shall not

pass away.

34 ¶ And take heed to yourselves,

lest at any time your hearts be

overcharged with

surfeiting, and

drunkenness, and

cares of this life,

and so that

day come upon you

unawares.

35 For as a

snare shall it come on

all them that dwell on the face of

the whole earth.

Watch ye therefore, and

pray

always,

that ye may be accounted

worthy to escape all these things

that shall come to pass, and to stand

before the

Son of man.

37 And in the day time he was

teaching in the temple; and at night

he went out, and abode in the mount

that is called the mount of Olives.

38 And all the people came early in

the morning to him in the temple,

for to hear him.

20 a Luke 19:43.

b Ezek. 38:16 (15–16);

Rev. 16:16.

c D&C 45:19 (18–21).

tg Abomination of

Desolation.

21 a

gr districts or regions.

24 a Dan. 12:7.

tg Israel, Scattering of.

tg Israel, Bondage of,

in Other Lands.

tg Israel, Twelve

Tribes of.

d Dan. 9:27 (24–27).

e D&C 45:25.

tg Gentiles.

25 a

JSt Luke 21:24–26

(Appendix).

tg Astronomy.

26 a D&C 45:26; 88:91.

b Isa. 34:4.

27 a Dan. 7:13;

D&C 34:7.

28 a D&C 35:26.

29 a D&C 35:16 (15–16);

45:37 (34–38).

32 a

JSt Luke 21:32 . . .

this generation, the

generation when the times

of the Gentiles be fulfilled,

shall not . . .

34 a

gr debauchery.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

tg Worldliness.

c Luke 17:24;

1 Thes. 5:4.

tg Procrastination.

35 a Rev. 3:3; 16:15;

D&C 63:15.

36 a

tg Watch.

tg Prayer.

JSt Luke 21:36 . . . and

keep my commandments,

that ye . . .

tg Worthiness.

JSt Luke 21:36 . . . Son

of man when he shall

come clothed in the glory

of his Father.

37 a Matt. 26:55;

John 8:2 (1–2).

1317 LUKE 22:1–25

CHAPTER 22

Jesus institutes the sacrament—He

suffers in Gethsemane and is be-

trayed and arrested—Peter denies

knowing Him—Jesus is smitten and

mocked.

N the feast of unleavened bread

drew nigh, which is called the

Passover.

2 And the chief

priests and

scribes

sought how they might

kill him; for

they feared the people.

3 ¶ Then entered Satan into Ju-

das surnamed Iscariot, being of the

number of the twelve.

4 And he went his way, and

com-

muned with the chief priests and

captains, how he might betray him

unto them.

5 And they were glad, and cov-

enanted to give him

money.

6 And he promised, and sought op-

portunity to betray him unto them

in the absence of the multitude.

7 ¶ Then came the day of

unleav-

ened bread, when the

passover

must be killed.

8 And he sent

Peter and John, say-

ing, Go and prepare us the passover,

that we may eat.

9 And they said unto him, Where

wilt thou that we prepare?

10 And he said unto them, Behold,

when ye are entered into the city,

there shall a man meet you, bear-

ing a pitcher of water; follow him

into the house where he entereth in.

11 And ye shall say unto the

good-

man of the house, The Master saith

unto thee, Where is the guestcham-

ber, where I shall eat the passover

with my disciples?

12 And he shall shew you a large

upper room furnished: there make

ready.

13 And they went, and found as

he had said unto them: and they

made ready the passover.

14 And when the hour was come,

he sat down, and the twelve apos-

tles with him.

15 And he said unto them, With

desire I have desired to eat this

passover with you before I suffer:

16 For I say unto you, I will not

any more eat thereof,

until it be

fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And he took the cup, and gave

thanks, and said, Take this, and di-

vide it among yourselves:

18 For I say unto you, I will not

drink of the fruit of the vine, un-

til the kingdom of God shall come.

19 ¶ And he took

bread, and gave

thanks, and brake it, and gave unto

them, saying, This is my

body which

given for you: this do in

remem-

brance of me.

20 Likewise also the

cup after

supper, saying, This cup is the new

testament in my blood, which is

shed for you.

21 ¶ But, behold, the hand of him

that betrayeth me is with me on

the table.

22 And truly the Son of man goeth,

as it was

determined: but woe unto

that man by whom he is

betrayed!

23 And they began to inquire

among themselves, which of them

it was that should do this thing.

24 ¶ And there was also a

strife

among them, which of them should

be accounted the

greatest.

25 And he said unto them, The

1 a tg Passover.

2 a 2 Ne. 10:5.

tg Priestcraft.

tg Scribe.

c Matt. 26:4 (2–5);

Mark 14:1 (1–2);

2 Ne. 10:3 (3–6).

4 a

gr talked, conferred.

5 a Zech. 11:12.

7 a

tg Bread, Unleavened.

tg Passover.

8 a Mark 14:13 (12–16).

11 a

gr master; i.e., head of

house or family.

16 a

JSt Luke 22:16 . . . until

it be fulfilled which is

written in the prophets

concerning me. Then I

will partake with you, in

the . . .

18 a Matt. 26:29;

Mark 14:25;

D&C 27:5.

19 a D&C 20:77.

b Mark 14:22;

JSt Mark 14:20–25

(Appendix); John 6:53.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

20 a D&C 20:78.

gr covenant.

22 a

gr appointed, decreed.

tg Foreordination.

b Matt. 26:24; Acts 2:23.

24 a

tg Strife.

b Matt. 23:11;

Mark 10:44 (42–45);

D&C 50:26.

1318LUKE 22:26–47

kings of the Gentiles exercise lord-

ship over them; and they that exer-

cise authority upon them are called

benefactors.

26 But ye shall not be so: but he

that is greatest among you, let him

be as the younger; and he that is

chief, as he that doth

serve.

27 For whether is greater, he that

sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?

is not he that sitteth at meat? but I

am among you as he that

serveth.

28 Ye are they which have

con-

tinued with me in my

temptations.

29 And I appoint unto you a king-

dom, as my Father hath

appointed

unto me;

30 That ye may

eat and drink at

my table in my kingdom, and sit on

thrones

judging the twelve tribes

of Israel.

31 ¶ And the Lord said, Simon,

Simon, behold,

Satan hath desired

have you, that he may sift you

as wheat:

32 But I have

prayed for thee,

that thy faith fail not: and when

thou art

converted,

strengthen thy

brethren.

33 And he said unto him, Lord, I

ready to go with thee, both into

prison, and to death.

34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter,

the cock shall not crow this day,

before that thou shalt

thrice deny

that thou knowest me.

35 And he said unto them, When I

sent you without

purse, and scrip,

and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And

they said, Nothing.

36 Then said he unto them, But

now, he that hath a purse, let him

take it, and likewise his scrip: and

he that hath no sword, let him sell

his garment, and buy one.

37 For I say unto you, that this that

is written must yet be accomplished

in me, And he was reckoned among

the

transgressors: for the things

concerning me have an end.

38 And they said, Lord, behold,

here are two swords. And he said

unto them, It is enough.

39 ¶ And he came out, and went,

as he was

wont, to the mount of

Olives; and his disciples also fol-

lowed him.

40 And when he was at the place,

he said unto them, Pray that ye en-

ter not into

temptation.

41 And he was withdrawn from

them about a stone’s cast, and

kneeled down, and prayed,

42 Saying, Father, if thou be will-

ing,

remove this cup from me: nev-

ertheless not my

will, but thine,

be done.

43 And there appeared an

angel

unto him from heaven, strength-

ening him.

44 And being in an

agony he

prayed more earnestly:

and his

sweat was as it were great drops of

blood falling down to the ground.

45 And when he rose up from

prayer, and was come to his disciples,

he found them sleeping for sorrow,

46 And said unto them, Why sleep

ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into

temptation.

47 ¶ And while he yet spake, be-

hold a multitude, and he that was

25 a tg Kings, Earthly.

26 a Mosiah 2:18 (14, 18–19).

27 a

tg Meek; Self-Sacrifice.

28 a

tg Perseverance.

tg Jesus Christ,

Temptation of; Test.

29 a

tg Authority.

30 a Luke 14:15;

Rev. 19:9.

b Morm. 3:18 (18–20);

D&C 29:12.

tg Apostles.

31 a

JSt Luke 22:31 . . . Satan

hath desired you, that

he may sift the children

of the kingdom as wheat.

tg Devil.

tg Test.

32 a

tg Prayer.

b Mosiah 3:19.

tg Conversion.

c D&C 108:7.

tg Fellowshipping;

Missionary Work;

Sustaining Church

Leaders.

33 a Matt. 26:33.

34 a Matt. 26:34 (30–35).

35 a Matt. 10:9 (9–10);

D&C 84:78.

37 a Isa. 53:12.

39 a

gr accustomed.

40 a

tg Temptation.

42 a D&C 19:18.

b Moses 4:2 (1–4).

tg God, Will of.

43 a

tg Angels.

44 a

tg Pain.

JSt Luke 22:44 . . . and

he sweat as it were great

drops of blood . . .

c Mosiah 3:7;

D&C 19:18.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

1319 LUKE 22:48–23:2

called Judas, one of the twelve, went

before them, and drew near unto

Jesus to kiss him.

48 But Jesus said unto him,

Ju-

das,

betrayest thou the Son of man

with a

kiss?

49 When they which were about

him saw what would follow, they

said unto him, Lord, shall we smite

with the sword?

50 ¶ And one of them smote the

servant of the high priest, and cut

off his right ear.

51 And Jesus answered and said,

Suffer ye thus far. And he touched

his ear, and

healed him.

52 Then Jesus said unto the chief

priests, and captains of the temple,

and the elders, which were come to

him, Be ye come out, as against a

thief, with swords and staves?

53 When I was daily with you in

the temple, ye stretched forth no

hands against me: but this is your

hour, and the power of

darkness.

54 ¶ Then took they him, and led

him, and brought him into the high

priest’s house. And Peter followed

afar off.

55 And when they had kindled a

fire in the midst of the

hall, and

were set down together, Peter sat

down among them.

56 But a certain maid beheld him

as he sat by the fire, and earnestly

looked upon him, and said, This

man was also with him.

57 And he denied him, saying,

Woman, I know him not.

58 And after a little while another

saw him, and said, Thou art also

of them. And Peter said, Man, I

am not.

59 And about the space of one hour

after another confidently affirmed,

saying, Of a truth this fellow also

was with him: for he is a Galilæan.

60 And Peter said, Man, I know not

what thou sayest. And immediately,

while he yet spake, the cock crew.

61 And the

Lord turned, and

looked upon Peter. And Peter re-

membered the word of the Lord,

how he had said unto him, Before

the cock crow, thou shalt deny me

thrice.

62 And Peter went out, and wept

bitterly.

63 ¶ And the men that held Jesus

mocked him, and smote him.

64 And when they had

blindfolded

him, they struck him on the face,

and asked him, saying, Prophesy,

who is it that smote thee?

65 And many other things blas-

phemously spake they against him.

66 ¶ And as soon as it was day,

the elders of the people and the

chief priests and the scribes came

together, and led him into their

council, saying,

67 Art thou the

Christ? tell us. And

he said unto them, If I tell you, ye

will not believe:

68 And if I also ask you, ye will not

answer me, nor let me go.

Hereafter shall the

Son of man

sit on the right hand of the power

of God.

70 Then said they all, Art thou

then the Son of God? And he said

unto them, Ye say that I am.

71 And they said, What need we

any further

witness? for we our-

selves have heard of his own mouth.

CHAPTER 23

Jesus is taken before Pilate, then to

Herod, and then to Pilate again—Bar-

abbas is released—Jesus is crucified

between two thieves—He is buried in

the tomb of Joseph of Arimathæa.

A the whole multitude of them

arose, and led him unto Pilate.

2 And they began to accuse him,

48 a Acts 1:16.

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

c Prov. 27:6.

51 a

tg Heal.

53 a

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

55 a

gr courtyard.

61 a

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

63 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of;

Mocking.

64 a Matt. 26:68.

66 a

ie the Sanhedrin.

67 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

69 a

gr From now on.

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

71 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

1320LUKE 23:3–28

saying, We found this fellow pervert-

ing the nation, and forbidding to

give tribute to

Cæsar, saying that

he himself is Christ a

King.

3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art

thou the King of the Jews? And he

answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

4 Then said Pilate to the chief

priests and to the people, I find no

fault in this man.

5 And they were the more fierce,

saying, He stirreth up the people,

teaching throughout all Jewry, be-

ginning from Galilee to this place.

6 When Pilate heard of Galilee,

he asked whether the man were a

Galilæan.

7 And as soon as he knew that he

belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction,

he sent him to Herod, who himself

also was at Jerusalem at that time.

8 ¶ And when Herod saw Jesus,

he was exceeding glad: for he was

desirous to see him of a long season,

because he had heard many things

of him; and he hoped to have seen

some

miracle done by him.

9 Then he questioned with him

in many words; but he

answered

him nothing.

10 And the chief priests and

scribes

stood and vehemently accused him.

11 And Herod with his men of war

set him at nought, and

mocked him,

and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe,

and sent him again to Pilate.

12 ¶ And the same day Pilate and

Herod were made friends together:

for before they were at enmity be-

tween themselves.

13 ¶ And Pilate, when he had called

together the chief priests and the

rulers and the people,

14 Said unto them, Ye have brought

this man unto me, as one that per-

verteth the people: and, behold, I,

having examined him before you,

have found no fault in this man

touching those things whereof ye

accuse him:

15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you

to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of

death is done

unto him.

16 I will therefore chastise him,

and release him.

17 (For of necessity he must

re-

lease one unto them at the feast.)

18 And they cried out all at once,

saying, Away with this man, and

release unto us Barabbas:

19 (Who for a certain sedition

made in the city, and for

murder,

was cast into prison.)

20 Pilate therefore, willing to re-

lease Jesus, spake again to them.

21 But they cried, saying,

Crucify

him, crucify him.

22 And he said unto them the third

time, Why, what evil hath he done?

I have found

no cause of death in

him: I will therefore chastise him,

and let him go.

23 And they were

instant with

loud voices,

requiring that he might

crucified. And the voices of them

and of the chief priests prevailed.

24 And Pilate gave sentence that it

should be as they

required.

25 And he released unto them him

that for sedition and

murder was

cast into prison, whom they had

desired; but he delivered Jesus to

their will.

26 And as they led him away, they

laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyre-

nian, coming out of the country, and

on him they laid the cross, that he

might bear it after Jesus.

27 ¶ And there followed him a

great company of people, and of

women, which also bewailed and

lamented him.

28 But Jesus turning unto them

said, Daughters of

Jerusalem, weep

not for me, but weep for yourselves,

and for your children.

2 a D&C 63:26.

b Alma 5:50.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

8 a

tg Miracle;

Sign Seekers.

9 a Mosiah 14:7; 15:6.

10 a

tg Scribe.

11 a

tg Mocking.

15 a

gr by.

17 a Matt. 27:15 (15–26).

19 a John 18:40.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

22 a Mark 15:9 (6–15).

23 a

gr urging.

gr demanding.

c 2 Ne. 10:3 (3–6).

24 a

gr demanded.

25 a Acts 3:14.

28 a

tg Jerusalem.

1321 LUKE 23:29–49

29 For, behold, the days are coming,

in the which they shall say, Blessed

are the

barren, and the wombs that

never bare, and the paps which

never gave suck.

30 Then shall they begin to say to

the

mountains, Fall on us; and

to the hills, Cover us.

31 For if they do these things in a

green tree, what shall be done in

the

dry?

32 And there were also two other,

malefactors, led with him to be

put to death.

33 And when they were come to

the place, which is called Calvary,

there they crucified him, and the

malefactors, one on the right hand,

and the other on the left.

34 ¶ Then

said Jesus, Father,

for-

give them; for they know not what

they do. And they parted his

rai-

ment, and cast lots.

35 And the people stood behold-

ing. And the rulers also with them

derided him, saying, He saved oth-

ers; let him save himself, if he be

Christ, the

chosen of God.

36 And the soldiers also

mocked

him, coming to him, and offering

him

vinegar,

37 And saying, If thou be the king

of the Jews, save thyself.

38 And a superscription also was

written over him in letters of Greek,

and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE

KING OF THE

JEWS.

39 ¶ And one of the malefactors

which were hanged

railed on him,

saying, If thou be Christ, save thy-

self and us.

40 But the other answering re-

buked him, saying, Dost not thou

fear God, seeing thou art in the same

condemnation?

41 And we indeed justly; for we re-

ceive the due

reward of our deeds:

but this man hath done nothing

amiss.

42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord,

remember me when thou comest

into thy kingdom.

43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily

I say unto thee, To day shalt thou

be with me in

paradise.

44 And it was about the

sixth hour,

and there was a

darkness over all

the

earth until the ninth hour.

45 And the sun was darkened, and

the veil of the temple was rent in

the

midst.

46 ¶ And when Jesus had cried with

a loud voice, he said, Father, into

thy hands I

commend my

spirit:

and having said thus, he

gave up

the

ghost.

47 Now when the centurion saw

what was done, he glorified God,

saying, Certainly this was a

righ-

teous man.

48 And all the people that came

together to that sight, beholding

the things which were done, smote

their breasts, and returned.

49 And all his acquaintance, and

the women that followed him from

Galilee, stood afar off, beholding

these things.

29 a Matt. 24:19.

30 a Hosea 10:8;

Rev. 6:16 (14–17).

31 a D&C 135:6.

JSt Luke 23:31–32 . . .

dry tree? This he spake,

signifying the scattering of

Israel, and the desolation

of the heathen, or in other

words, the Gentiles.

32 a

gr criminals.

Isa. 53:9.

34 a Luke 6:28;

Acts 7:60 (53–60).

tg Benevolence;

Forgive;

Mercy.

JSt Luke 23:35 . . . they

do (Meaning the soldiers

who crucified him,) . . .

d Ps. 22:18.

35 a Ps. 22:7.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

36 a

tg Mocking.

gr sour wine.

Ps. 69:21.

38 a D&C 45:53 (51–53).

b Mosiah 15:5.

39 a

gr blasphemed,

reproached.

41 a

tg Reward.

43 a John 20:17;

Alma 40:21 (11–14, 21).

tg Immortality;

Paradise;

Spirits, Disembodied.

44 a 3 Ne. 8:19.

b Amos 8:9;

Hel. 14:20.

tg Darkness, Physical.

gr earth, region, land,

or country.

45 a

gr middle.

46 a

tg Commitment.

b Ps. 31:5;

John 10:18 (17–18).

tg Man, a Spirit Child

of Heavenly Father.

gr expired, ceased

breathing, or died.

tg Death.

47 a

tg Righteousness.

1322LUKE 23:50–24:18

50 ¶ And, behold, there was a man

named Joseph, a

counsellor; and he

was a good man, and a just:

51 (The same had not consented

to the counsel and deed of them;)

he was of Arimathæa, a city of the

Jews: who also himself waited for

the kingdom of God.

52 This man went unto Pilate, and

begged the body of Jesus.

53 And he took it down, and

wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a

sepulchre that was hewn in stone,

wherein never man before was laid.

54 And that day was the

prepa-

ration, and the sabbath drew on.

55 And the women also, which

came with him from Galilee, fol-

lowed after, and beheld the

sep-

ulchre, and how his body was laid.

56 And they returned, and pre-

pared spices and ointments; and

rested the sabbath day according

to the commandment.

CHAPTER 24

Angels announce the resurrection of

Christ—He walks on the Emmaus

road—He appears with a body of flesh

and bones, eats food, testifies of His di-

vinity, and promises the Holy Ghost—

He ascends into heaven.

N upon the first day of the week,

very early in the morning, they came

unto the

sepulchre, bringing the

spices which they had prepared,

and certain others with them.

And they found the stone rolled

away from the sepulchre.

3 And they entered in, and found

not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were

much perplexed thereabout, behold,

two men stood by them in shining

garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and

bowed down their faces to the earth,

they said unto them, Why seek ye

the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is

risen: re-

member how he spake unto you

when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be

delivered into the hands of sinful

men, and be crucified, and the third

day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

9 And returned from the sepulchre,

and told all these things unto the

eleven, and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and

Joanna, and Mary the mother of

James, and other women that were

with them, which told these things

unto the apostles.

11 And their words seemed to

them as idle tales, and they believed

them not.

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto

the sepulchre; and stooping down,

he beheld the linen clothes laid by

themselves, and departed, wonder-

ing in himself at that which was

come to pass.

13 ¶ And, behold, two of them went

that same day to a village called

Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem

about threescore furlongs.

14 And they talked together of

all these things which had hap-

pened.

15 And it came to pass, that, while

they

communed together and rea-

soned,

Jesus himself drew near, and

went with them.

16 But their eyes were

holden that

they should not know him.

17 And he said unto them, What

manner of communications are these

that ye have one to another, as ye

walk, and are sad?

18 And the one of them, whose

name was

Cleopas, answering said

unto him, Art thou only a stranger

in Jerusalem, and hast not known

50 a ie member of the

Sanhedrin, senator.

52 a

gr requested.

53 a John 19:41; 1 Ne. 19:10;

2 Ne. 25:13.

54 a

tg Passover.

55 a Luke 24:1 (1–3).

56 a

tg Rest.

1 a Luke 23:55.

2 a

JSt Luke 24:2–4

(Appendix).

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

13 a The distance here

indicated is about 7½

miles or 12 kilometers.

15 a

or talked.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

16 a

gr restrained.

Heb. 13:2; Ether 3:25;

D&C 25:4.

18 a John 19:25.

1323 LUKE 24:19–41

the things which are come to pass

there in these days?

19 And he said unto them, What

things? And they said unto him,

Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which

was a prophet mighty in deed and

word before God and all the people:

20 And how the chief priests and

our rulers delivered him to be con-

demned to death, and have cruci-

fied him.

21 But we trusted that it had been

he which should have redeemed

Israel: and beside all this, to day

is the third day since these things

were done.

22 Yea, and certain women also of

our company made us astonished,

which were early at the sepulchre;

23 And when they found not his

body, they came, saying, that they

had also seen a vision of angels,

which said that he was alive.

24 And certain of them which were

with us went to the sepulchre, and

found it even so as the women had

said: but him they saw not.

25 Then he said unto them, O

fools, and slow of

heart to

believe

all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suf-

fered these things, and to enter into

his glory?

27 And beginning at

Moses and

all the

prophets, he

expounded

unto them in all the

scriptures the

things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the

village, whither they went: and

he made as though he would have

gone further.

29 But they constrained him, say-

ing, Abide with us: for it is toward

evening, and the day is far spent.

And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat

at meat with them, he took bread,

and blessed it, and brake, and gave

to them.

31 And their eyes were opened,

and they knew him; and he van-

ished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another,

Did not our

heart

burn within

us, while he

talked with us by the

way, and while he opened to us the

scriptures?

33 And they rose up the same hour,

and returned to Jerusalem, and

found the eleven gathered together,

and them that were with them,

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed,

and hath

appeared to

Simon.

35 And they told what things were

done in the way, and how he was

known of them in breaking of bread.

36 ¶ And as they thus spake, Jesus

himself

stood in the midst of them,

and saith unto them,

Peace be unto

you.

37 But they were terrified and

affrighted, and supposed that they

had seen a spirit.

38 And he said unto them, Why are

ye troubled? and why do

thoughts

arise in your hearts?

39 Behold my hands and my feet,

that it is I myself:

handle me, and

see; for a

spirit hath not

flesh and

bones, as ye

see me have.

40 And when he had thus spoken,

he shewed them his hands and his

feet.

41 And while they yet believed

not for joy, and

wondered, he said

unto them, Have ye here any meat?

25 a gr unwise.

b Matt. 14:31;

Mark 4:40; 16:14.

c Luke 1:20 (19–20); 12:29;

Alma 22:7.

27 a John 5:46.

b Acts 3:18 (18–21);

1 Pet. 1:10 (1–16).

tg Scriptures, Study of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

32 a D&C 9:8.

tg Heart.

tg Teaching with the

Spirit.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

34 a

tg Jesus Christ, Appear-

ances, Postmortal.

b 1 Cor. 15:5 (3–8).

36 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

b D&C 19:23.

38 a

or doubts, hesitations.

39 a 3 Ne. 11:14 (12–15).

tg Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father;

Spirits, Disembodied.

c D&C 129:2.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature;

Jesus Christ, Appear-

ances, Postmortal;

Resurrection.

tg God, Knowledge

about.

41 a

gr marveled.

1324LUKE 24:42–JOHN 1:3

42 And they gave him a piece of a

broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat be-

fore them.

44 And he said unto them, These

are the words which I spake unto

you, while I was yet with you, that

all things must be

fulfilled, which

were written in the law of Moses, and

in the prophets, and in the psalms,

concerning me.

45 Then opened he their

under-

standing, that they might under-

stand the scriptures,

46 And said unto them, Thus it is

written, and thus it

behoved Christ

to suffer, and to

rise from the dead

the third day:

47 And that

repentance and

re-

mission of sins should be

preached

in his name among all nations, be-

ginning at Jerusalem.

48 And ye are

witnesses of these

things.

49 ¶ And, behold, I send the

prom-

ise of my Father upon you: but tarry

ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye

endued with power from on high.

50 ¶ And he led them out as far

as to Bethany, and he lifted up his

hands, and blessed them.

51 And it came to pass, while he

blessed them, he was parted from

them, and

carried up into heaven.

52 And they worshipped him, and

returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

53 And were continually in the

temple, praising and blessing God.

Amen.

44 a TG Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

45 a

TG Understanding.

46 a

GR was necessary for,

proper for.

TG Resurrection.

47 a

TG Repent.

b D&C 137:6.

TG Forgive;

Remission of Sins.

TG Apostles;

Mission of Early Saints.

48 a Acts 1:8; 22:15 (14–16);

D&C 27:12.

TG Witness.

49 a

TG Promise.

OR clothed, invested.

D&C 20:8; 38:32 (32, 38).

51 a

TG Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

53 a Acts 2:46.

[ J ]

Title:

JST entitles this book

“The Testimony of

St. John.”

1 a JST John 1:1–34

(Appendix).

b D&C 76:39.

TG Jesus Christ,

Firstborn;

Jesus Christ,

Foreordained.

TG Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant;

Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah.

TG Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

2 a 1 Jn. 1:1.

TG Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

3 a

TG Creation;

God, Power of;

Jesus Christ, Creator;

Jesus Christ, Mission of;

Jesus Christ, Power of.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

ST JOHN

CHAPTER 1

Christ is the Word of God—He created

all things and was made flesh—John

baptizes Jesus and testifies that He is

the Lamb of God—John, Andrew, Si-

mon, Philip, and Nathanael believe in

Christ and follow Him.

N the

beginning was the Word,

and the

Word was with God, and

the

Word was

God.

2 The same was in the

beginning

with God.

3 All things were

made by him;

and without him was not any thing

made that was made.

1325 JOHN 1:4–25

4 In him was

life; and the life was

the

light of men.

5 And the

light shineth in

dark-

ness; and the darkness

compre-

hended it not.

6 ¶ There was a man sent from

God, whose name was

John.

7 The same came for a

witness, to

bear

witness of the Light, that all

men through him might

believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was

sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true

Light, which

lighteth

every man that cometh

into the world.

10 He was in the

world, and the

world was

made by him, and the

world

knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his

own

received him not.

12 But as many as

received him,

to them gave he

power to become

the

sons of God, even to them that

believe on his

name:

13 Which were

born, not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh, nor of

the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word was made

flesh,

and

dwelt among us, (and we

be-

held his

glory, the glory as of the

only

begotten of the Father,) full

grace and truth.

15 ¶ John bare

witness of him,

and cried, saying, This was he of

whom I spake, He that cometh af-

ter me is preferred before me: for

he was before me.

16 And of his

fulness have all we

received, and

grace for grace.

For the

law was given by

Moses, but

grace and

truth came

by Jesus Christ.

18 No

man hath

seen God

at any

time; the only begotten Son, which

is in the bosom of the Father, he

hath

declared him.

19 ¶ And this is the record of

John, when the Jews sent priests

and Levites from Jerusalem to ask

him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied

not; but confessed, I am not the

Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then?

Art thou

Elias? And he saith, I am

not. Art thou that prophet? And he

answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who

art thou? that we may give an an-

swer to them that sent us. What

sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the

voice of one

crying in the wilderness, Make

straight the

way of the Lord, as

said the prophet Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were

of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said

4 a 1 Jn. 5:11 (10–21).

b tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World; Light [noun].

5 a D&C 6:21; 34:2; 45:7.

b tg Darkness, Spiritual.

c 1 Cor. 2:11 (10–14);

D&C 45:29.

6 a 1 Ne. 11:27.

7 a John 19:35 (35–37).

b D&C 66:7.

c John 20:31 (30–31).

9 a John 12:46.

tg Intelligence; Jesus

Christ, Light of the

World; Light of Christ.

b tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

c D&C 84:46.

10 a tg World.

b tg Creation.

c tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

d Isa. 53:3.

11 a 3 Ne. 9:16; D&C 6:21.

12 a D&C 25:1.

tg Teachable.

b gr authority, right,

privilege.

D&C 11:30.

tg Jesus Christ, Power of.

c D&C 39:4 (3–6).

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

d tg Name.

13 a tg Holy Ghost, Baptism of.

14 a tg Flesh and Blood; God,

Manifestations of; Jesus

Christ, Birth of; Jesus

Christ, Condescension of.

b tg God, Presence of.

c Matt. 17:2 (1–9);

Luke 1:2;

John 19:35; 21:24;

Acts 5:32; 26:16;

2 Pet. 1:16 (16–19);

D&C 93:11.

d Heb. 1:3.

tg Glory;

Jesus Christ, Glory of.

e tg Jesus Christ,

Divine Sonship.

f D&C 76:23.

g D&C 66:12.

15 a John 5:33.

16 a Col. 2:10.

b D&C 93:12.

17 a JSt John 1:17–18

(Appendix).

b tg Law of Moses.

c tg Grace.

d tg Truth.

18 a D&C 67:11; 84:22.

b tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

c JSt John 1:19 . . . at any

time, except he hath borne

record of the Son; for except

it is through him no man

can be saved.

d Luke 10:22.

19 a Luke 3:15 (15–16).

21 a Mal. 4:5 (5–6).

23 a Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3;

Luke 3:4.

b D&C 84:28.

c D&C 65:1.

1326JOHN 1:26–48

unto him, Why baptizest thou then,

if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,

neither that prophet?

26 John answered them, saying,

I baptize with

water: but there

standeth one among you, whom ye

know not;

He it is, who coming after me is

preferred before me, whose

shoe’s

latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things were done in

Betha bara beyond Jordan, where

John was baptizing.

29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus

coming unto him, and saith, Behold

the

Lamb of God, which taketh

away the

sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After

me cometh a man which is preferred

before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that

he should be made manifest to Is-

rael, therefore am I come baptizing

with water.

32 And John

bare record, saying,

I saw the

Spirit descending from

heaven like a

dove, and it abode

upon him.

And I knew him not: but he

that sent me to baptize with water,

the same said unto me, Upon whom

thou shalt see the Spirit descending,

and remaining on him, the same is

he which baptizeth with the

Holy

Ghost.

34 And I saw, and bare

record that

this is the Son of God.

35 ¶ Again the next day after John

stood, and two of his disciples;

36 And looking upon Jesus as he

walked, he saith, Behold the

Lamb

of God!

37 And the two disciples heard

him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them

following, and saith unto them, What

seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,

(which is to say, being interpreted,

Master,) where dwellest thou?

39 He saith unto them, Come and

see. They came and saw where he

dwelt, and abode with him that day:

for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard

John speak, and

followed him, was

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother

Simon, and saith unto him, We have

found the

Messias, which is, being

interpreted, the Christ.

42 And he brought him to Jesus.

And when Jesus beheld him, he said,

Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou

shalt be called

Cephas, which is by

interpretation, A stone.

43 ¶ The day following Jesus would

go forth into Galilee, and findeth

Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida,

the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and

saith unto him, We have found him,

of whom

Moses in the law, and the

prophets, did

write, Jesus of Naza-

reth, the son of Joseph.

46 And Nathanael said unto him,

Can there any good thing come out

of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him,

Come and see.

47 Jesus saw

Nathanael coming to

him, and saith of him, Behold an Is-

raelite indeed, in whom is no

guile!

48 Nathanael saith unto him,

Whence knowest thou me? Jesus

26 a D&C 52:10.

27 a JSt John 1:28 (Appendix).

b gr sandal strap.

28 a 1 Ne. 10:9.

29 a tg Jesus Christ,

Lamb of God;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Jesus Christ, Types of, in

Anticipation;

Passover.

b tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Redemption;

Sin.

32 a D&C 93:11.

b tg Jesus Christ,

Baptism of.

c tg Holy Ghost, Dove,

Sign of.

33 a JSt John 1:32 And I knew

him; for he who sent

me . . .

b tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of.

34 a tg Testimony.

36 a tg Passover.

40 a tg Apostles.

41 a tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

42 a gr Stone, Pebble.

JSt John 1:42 . . . Cephas,

which is, by interpreta-

tion, a seer, or a stone.

And they were fishermen.

And they straightway left

all, and followed Jesus.

Matt. 16:18;

Luke 6:14;

Gal. 2:9.

45 a tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

b tg Record Keeping.

47 a D&C 41:11.

b gr deceit, fraud.

tg Guile.

1327 JOHN 1:49–2:19

answered and said unto him, Before

that Philip called thee, when thou

wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and saith

unto him, Rabbi, thou art the

Son

of God; thou art the

King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto

him, Because I said unto thee, I saw

thee under the fig tree, believest

thou? thou shalt see greater things

than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily,

verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye

shall see heaven open, and the angels

of God ascending and descending

upon the Son of man.

CHAPTER 2

Jesus turns water into wine in Cana—

He attends the Passover, cleanses the

temple, foretells His death and resur-

rection, and performs miracles.

A the

third day there was a mar-

riage in Cana of Galilee; and the

mother of Jesus was there:

2 And both Jesus was called, and

his disciples, to the marriage.

3 And when they wanted wine,

the mother of Jesus saith unto him,

They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her,

Woman,

what have I to do with thee? mine

hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the ser-

vants, Whatsoever he saith unto

you, do it.

6 And there were set there six wa-

terpots of stone, after the manner

of the

purifying of the Jews, con-

taining two or three firkins apiece.

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the

waterpots with water. And they

filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, Draw

out now, and bear unto the gover-

nor of the feast. And they bare it.

9 When the ruler of the feast had

tasted the water that was made wine,

and knew not whence it was: (but

the servants which drew the water

knew;) the governor of the feast

called the bridegroom,

10 And saith unto him, Every man

at the beginning doth set forth good

wine; and when men have well

drunk, then that which is worse:

but thou hast kept the good wine

until now.

11 This

beginning of

miracles

did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and

manifested forth his glory; and his

disciples believed on him.

12 ¶ After this he went down to

Capernaum, he, and his mother, and

his

brethren, and his disciples: and

they continued there not many days.

13 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was

at hand, and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem,

14 And found in the temple those

that sold oxen and sheep and

doves, and the changers of

money

sitting:

15 And when he had made a

scourge of small cords, he drove

them all out of the temple, and the

sheep, and the oxen; and poured out

the changers’ money, and overthrew

the tables;

16 And said unto them that sold

doves, Take these things hence; make

not my Father’s house an house of

merchandise.

17 And his disciples remembered

that it was written, The

zeal of thine

house hath

eaten me up.

18 ¶ Then answered the Jews and

said unto him, What

sign shewest

thou unto us, seeing that thou doest

these things?

19 Jesus answered and said unto

them, Destroy this

temple, and in

three days I will

raise it up.

49 a tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

1 a JSt John 2:1 . . . third

day of the week . . .

4 a

JSt John 2:4 . . . Woman,

what wilt thou have me

to do for thee? that will I

do; for mine hour is not

yet come.

tg Woman.

6 a

tg Purification.

11 a John 4:54.

tg Miracle.

12 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

14 a Ps. 69:9.

15 a

gr whip.

Matt. 21:12–16.

17 a

tg Zeal.

gr consumed me.

18 a

tg Sign Seekers.

19 a Matt. 26:61;

27:40, 63 (62–66);

Mark 14:58.

tg Jesus Christ, Resur-

rection; Resurrection.

1328JOHN 2:20–3:14

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and

six years was this

temple in build-

ing, and wilt thou rear it up in

three days?

21 But he spake of the temple of

his body.

22 When therefore he was risen

from the dead, his disciples re-

membered that he had said this

unto them; and they believed the

scripture, and the word which Jesus

had said.

23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusa-

lem at the

passover, in the feast day,

many believed in his

name, when

they saw the

miracles which he did.

24 But Jesus did not

commit him-

self unto them, because he

knew

all

men,

25 And needed not that any should

testify of man: for he

knew what

was in

man.

CHAPTER 3

Jesus tells Nicodemus that men must

be born again—God so loved the world

that He sent His Only Begotten Son to

save men—John the Baptist testifies

that he that believes on the Son has

everlasting life.

T was a man of the Pharisees,

named

Nicodemus, a

ruler of the

Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night,

and said unto him, Rabbi, we know

that thou art a teacher come from

God: for no man can do these

mira-

cles that thou doest, except

God be

with him.

3 Jesus answered and said unto

him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be

born

again, he

cannot

see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How

can a man be born when he is old?

can he enter the second time into

his mother’s womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I

say unto thee, Except a man be

born

water and of the

Spirit, he can-

not

enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh

is flesh; and that which is born of

the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,

Ye must be

born again.

8 The

wind bloweth where it

listeth, and thou hearest the sound

thereof, but canst not tell whence

it cometh, and whither it goeth:

so is every one that is born of the

Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said

unto him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said unto

him, Art thou a master of Israel, and

knowest not these things?

Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

We speak that we do know, and

testify that we have seen; and ye

receive not our witness.

12 If I have told you earthly things,

and ye

believe not, how shall ye be-

lieve, if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And no man hath

ascended up

to heaven, but he that

came down

from heaven, even the

Son of man

which is in heaven.

14 ¶ And as Moses lifted up the

20 a tg Temple.

23 a

tg Passover.

tg Name.

tg Miracle;

Signs.

24 a

gr entrust.

b Luke 6:8.

JSt John 2:24 . . . things,

25 a Matt. 12:25;

Luke 11:17;

John 6:61.

b D&C 62:1.

1 a John 7:50; 19:39.

b John 7:26.

2 a

tg Miracle.

b Ex. 8:19;

Luke 11:20;

Acts 2:22; 10:38.

3 a

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

gr from above, anew.

c D&C 56:18.

5 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of.

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

d 1 Cor. 6:9; 15:50.

7 a

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

8 a

gr wind, spirit.

b Eccl. 11:5.

11 a The Greek construction

suggests that verses

11–21 contain a direct

quotation. This testi-

mony of Jesus was

given to a member of

the Sanhedrin.

tg Testimony.

12 a

tg Faith.

13 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

b John 6:62.

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

c Moses 6:57.

1329 JOHN 3:15–33

serpent in the wilderness, even so

must the

Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in

him should not perish, but have

eternal life.

16 ¶ For

God so

loved the

world,

that he

gave his

only begotten

Son, that whosoever

believeth in

him should not perish, but have

everlasting

life.

17 For God

sent not his Son into

the world to

condemn the world;

but that the world through him

might be

saved.

18 ¶ He that believeth on him is

not condemned: but he that

be-

lieveth not is condemned already,

because he hath not believed in the

name of the only begotten

Son

of God.

19 And this is the condemnation,

that

light is come into the world,

and men loved

darkness rather than

light, because their

deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth

evil

hateth the light, neither cometh

to the light, lest his deeds should

be reproved.

21 But he that

doeth

truth cometh

to the

light, that his deeds may

be made manifest, that they are

wrought in God.

22 ¶ After these things came Jesus

and his disciples into the land of

Judæa; and there he tarried with

them, and

baptized.

23 ¶ And John also was baptizing

in Ænon near to Salim, because

there was much

water there: and

they came, and were

baptized.

24 For John was not yet cast into

prison.

25 ¶ Then there arose a question

between some of John’s disciples and

the Jews about purifying.

26 And they came unto John, and

said unto him, Rabbi, he that was

with thee beyond Jordan, to whom

thou barest witness, behold, the

same baptizeth,

and all men come

to him.

27 John answered and said, A man

can

receive nothing, except it be

given him from heaven.

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness,

that I said, I am not the Christ,

but that I am sent before him.

29 He that hath the bride is the

bridegroom: but the friend of the

bridegroom, which standeth and

heareth him, rejoiceth greatly be-

cause of the bridegroom’s voice: this

my joy therefore is fulfilled.

30 He must increase, but I must

decrease.

31 He that cometh from

above is

above all: he that is of the earth is

earthly, and speaketh of the earth:

he that cometh from heaven is

above all.

32 And what he hath seen and

heard, that he

testifieth; and no

man receiveth his testimony.

33 He that hath received his

14 a 2 Ne. 25:20.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about;

Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Symbolism.

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

16 a

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

tg God, Love of;

Love;

Mercy;

Worth of Souls.

tg World.

tg God, Gifts of;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

e Gen. 22:2 (1–14);

Jacob 4:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg Faith.

h D&C 45:5.

i 1 Jn. 4:9.

17 a D&C

49:5; 132:24 (24, 59).

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

b Luke 9:56 (54–56).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

18 a

tg Unbelief.

tg Name.

JSt John 3:18 . . . Son of

God, which before was

preached by the mouth of

the holy prophets;

for they testified of me.

19 a

tg Light [noun];

Light of Christ.

tg Darkness, Spiritual;

Secret Combinations.

c D&C 10:21; 29:45.

20 a

tg Evil.

tg Hate.

21 a

tg Good Works.

tg Truth.

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

22 a John 4:2 (1–2);

JSt John 4:1–4

(Appendix).

23 a

tg Baptism, Immersion.

tg Baptism.

26 a

JSt John 3:27 . . . and he

receiveth of all people who

come unto him.

27 a James 1:17 (17–18).

31 a John 8:23.

32 a

tg Testimony.

1330JOHN 3:34–4:18

testi mony hath

set to his

seal that

God is true.

34 For he whom God hath sent

speaketh the words of God:

for

God giveth not the Spirit by mea-

sure unto him.

35 The Father loveth the

Son, and

hath

given all

things into his hand.

He that believeth on the Son

hath

everlasting life: and he that

believeth not the Son shall not see

life; but the

wrath of God abideth

on him.

CHAPTER 4

Jesus teaches a woman of Samaria—

All must worship the Father in spirit

and truth—Those who harvest souls

gain eternal life—Many Samaritans

believe—Jesus heals a nobleman’s son.

W therefore the Lord knew how

the Pharisees had heard that Jesus

made and baptized more disciples

than John,

2 (Though Jesus himself

baptized

not, but his disciples,)

3 He left Judæa, and departed again

into Galilee.

4 And he must needs go through

Samaria.

5 Then cometh he to a city of Sa-

maria, which is called Sychar, near

to the parcel of ground that Jacob

gave to his son

Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus

therefore, being wearied with his

journey, sat thus on the well: and

it was about the sixth hour.

7 There cometh a woman of Sa-

maria to draw water: Jesus saith

unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away

unto the city to buy meat.)

9 Then saith the woman of Sa-

maria unto him, How is it that thou,

being a Jew, askest drink of me,

which am a woman of Samaria? for

the Jews have no dealings with the

Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto

her, If thou knewest the

gift of God,

and who it is that saith to thee, Give

me to drink; thou wouldest have

asked of him, and he would have

given thee

living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir,

thou hast nothing to draw with, and

the well is deep: from whence then

hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father

Jacob, which gave us the well, and

drank thereof himself, and his chil-

dren, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto

her, Whosoever drinketh of this

water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the

water that I shall give him shall

never

thirst; but the water that I

shall give him shall be in him a well

of water

springing up into

ever-

lasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir,

give me this water, that I thirst not,

neither come hither to draw.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy

husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said,

I have no husband. Jesus said unto

her, Thou hast well said, I have no

husband:

18 For thou hast had five hus-

bands; and he whom thou now hast

33 a or declared that,

certified that.

tg Seal.

34 a Isa. 61:1.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

JSt John 3:34 . . . for

God giveth him not the

Spirit by measure, for he

dwelleth in him, even the

fullness.

35 a

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Power of.

36 a

JSt John 3:36 And he

who believeth on the

Son hath everlasting

life; and shall receive of

his fullness. But he who

believeth not the Son,

shall not receive of his

fullness; for the wrath of

God is upon him.

tg Eternal Life.

gr disbelieves, disobeys,

is uncompliant to.

tg God, Indignation of.

1 a JSt John 4:1–4

(Appendix).

2 a John 3:22 (22, 26).

5 a

tg Israel, Joseph,

People of.

9 a 2 Kgs. 17:29;

Luke 10:33.

10 a

tg God, Gifts of.

tg Living Water.

14 a Ps. 42:2 (1–3);

143:6 (5–12);

Isa. 55:1 (1–3);

John 6:35; 7:37 (37–39).

b D&C 63:23.

tg Immortality.

1331 JOHN 4:19–42

is not thy husband: in that saidst

thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir,

I perceive that thou art a

prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in

this

mountain; and ye say, that in Jeru-

salem is the place where men ought

to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman,

believe me, the hour cometh, when

ye shall neither in this mountain,

nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the

Father.

22 Ye worship ye

know not what:

we know what we worship: for sal-

vation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now

is, when the true worshippers shall

worship the Father in spirit and in

truth: for the Father seeketh such

to worship him.

God is a

Spirit: and they that

worship him must worship him in

spirit and in

truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I

know that

Messias cometh, which

is called Christ: when he is come,

he will

tell us all things.

26 Jesus saith unto her,

I that speak

unto thee am he.

27 ¶ And upon this came his disci-

ples, and marvelled that he talked

with the woman: yet no man said,

What seekest thou? or, Why talkest

thou with her?

28 The woman then left her wa-

terpot, and went her way into the

city, and saith to the men,

29 Come, see a man, which told

me all things that ever I did: is not

this the Christ?

30 Then they went out of the city,

and came unto him.

31 ¶ In the mean while his disci-

ples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

32 But he said unto them, I have

meat to eat that ye know not of.

33 Therefore said the disciples one

to another, Hath any man brought

him ought to eat?

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat

is to do the

will of him that sent

me, and to finish his

work.

35 Say not ye, There are yet four

months, and then cometh harvest?

behold, I say unto you, Lift up your

eyes, and look on the

fields; for

they are white already to

harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth

wages, and gathereth fruit unto life

eternal: that both he that soweth

and he that reapeth may

rejoice

together.

37 And herein is that saying true,

One

soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to

reap that whereon

ye bestowed no labour:

other men

laboured, and ye are entered into

their labours.

39 ¶ And many of the Samaritans

of that city believed on him for

the saying of the woman, which

testified, He told me all that ever

I did.

40 So when the Samaritans were

come unto him, they besought him

that he would tarry with them: and

he abode there two days.

41 And many more believed be-

cause of his own word;

42 And said unto the woman,

Now we believe, not because of

thy saying: for we have heard him

ourselves, and know that this is in-

deed the

Christ, the

Saviour of the

world.

19 a 1 Ne. 22:20.

20 a Deut. 11:29.

22 a D&C 93:19 (1–20).

tg Ignorance.

23 a

tg Worship.

b Ps. 145:18 (1–21).

24 a

JSt John 4:26 For unto

such hath God promised

his Spirit. And they

who worship him, must

worship in spirit and in

truth.

b D&C 93:33; 130:22.

tg Truth.

25 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

b Deut. 18:18.

26 a The term I AM used

here in the Greek is

identical with the

Septuagint usage in

Ex. 3:14 which identifies

Jehovah.

John 8:58.

tg Jesus Christ, Jehovah.

34 a Luke 2:49; John 6:38–39;

8:29; see

JSt Matt. 27:54

. . . Father, it is finished,

thy will is done . . .

tg God, Will of.

b John 9:4 (1–4).

35 a Alma 26:5;

D&C 4:4; 33:3.

tg Missionary Work.

36 a

tg Wages.

b D&C 18:16 (13–16);

50:22 (17–22).

37 a 1 Cor. 3:6 (5–8).

38 a

tg Harvest.

JSt John 4:40 . . . the

prophets have labored . . .

42 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

b D&C 66:1.

1332JOHN 4:43–5:11

43 ¶ Now after two days he de-

parted thence, and went into Galilee.

44 For Jesus himself testified, that

a prophet hath no honour in his

own country.

45 Then when he was come into

Galilee, the Galilæans received him,

having seen all the things that he

did at Jerusalem at the feast: for

they also went unto the feast.

46 So Jesus came again into Cana

of Galilee, where he made the wa-

ter wine. And there was a certain

nobleman, whose son was sick at

Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus was

come out of Judæa into Galilee, he

went unto him, and besought him

that he would come down, and heal

his son: for he was at the point of

death.

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Ex-

cept ye see

signs and wonders, ye

will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him,

Sir, come down ere my child die.

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy

way; thy son

liveth. And the man

believed the word that Jesus had

spoken unto him, and he went his

way.

51 And as he was now going down,

his servants met him, and told him,

saying, Thy son liveth.

52 Then inquired he of them the

hour when he began to amend.

And they said unto him, Yester-

day at the seventh hour the fever

left him.

53 So the father knew that it was

at the same hour, in the which Jesus

said unto him, Thy son liveth: and

himself believed, and his whole

house.

54 This is again the

second miracle

that Jesus did, when he was come

out of Judæa into Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

Jesus heals an invalid on the Sabbath—

He explains why men must honor the

Son—Jesus promises to take the gospel

to the dead—Man is resurrected, judged,

and assigned his glory by the Son—Jesus

obeys the divine law of witnesses.

A this there was

a feast of the

Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the

sheep market a pool, which is called

in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,

having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude

of impotent folk, of blind, halt,

withered, waiting for the moving

of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a

certain season into the pool, and

troubled the water: whosoever then

first after the troubling of the wa-

ter stepped in was made whole of

whatsoever disease he had.

5 And a certain man was there,

which had an infirmity thirty and

eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lie, and

knew that he had been now a long

time in that case, he saith unto him,

Wilt thou be made whole?

7 The impotent man answered

him, Sir, I have no man, when the

water is troubled, to put me into

the pool: but while I am coming,

another steppeth down before me.

8 Jesus saith unto him,

Rise, take

up thy bed, and walk.

9 And immediately the man was

made

whole, and took up his bed,

and walked: and on the same day

was the

sabbath.

10 ¶ The Jews therefore said unto

him that was cured, It is the

sab-

bath day: it is not lawful for thee

to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that

made me whole, the same said unto

me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

46 a Luke 4:23 (23–24).

48 a

tg Sign Seekers.

50 a

tg Heal.

53 a

gr he himself.

54 a John 2:11.

1 a The Koine Greek

manuscripts of the

Gospels (Byzantine)

read “the feast,”

implicitly the

Passover. See also

Matt. 26:5. Some

earlier manuscripts

do not make this

identification.

tg Passover.

8 a John 7:23.

9 a

tg Heal.

b Matt. 12:1 (1–14).

10 a Luke 6:2.

tg Sabbath.

1333 JOHN 5:12–30

12 Then asked they him, What man

is that which said unto thee, Take

up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed

wist

not who it was: for Jesus had con-

veyed himself away, a multitude

being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him

in the temple, and said unto him,

Behold, thou art made whole: sin

no more, lest a worse thing come

unto thee.

15 The man departed, and told the

Jews that it was Jesus, which had

made him whole.

16 And therefore did the Jews

per-

secute Jesus, and

sought to slay him,

because he had done these things

on the sabbath day.

17 ¶ But Jesus answered them,

My Father

worketh hitherto, and

work.

18 Therefore the Jews sought the

more to kill him, because he not

only had broken the sabbath, but

said also that God was his

Father,

making himself

equal with God.

19 Then answered Jesus and said

unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, The Son can do nothing of him-

self, but what he

seeth the

Father

do: for what things soever he doeth,

these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son,

and sheweth him all things that

himself doeth: and he will shew

him greater works than these, that

ye may marvel.

21 For as the Father

raiseth up the

dead, and

quickeneth them; even so

the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man,

but hath

committed all

judgment

unto the Son:

23 That all men should

honour

the Son, even as they honour the

Father. He that

honoureth not the

Son honoureth not the Father which

hath sent him.

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

He that heareth my word, and

be-

lieveth on him that sent me, hath

everlasting

life, and shall not come

into

condemnation; but is passed

from

death unto

life.

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The

hour is coming, and now is, when

the

dead shall

hear the voice of

the Son of God: and they that hear

shall

live.

26 For as the Father hath life in

himself; so hath he given to the

Son

to have

life in himself;

27 And hath given him

authority

to execute

judgment also, because

he is the

Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour

is coming, in the which all that

are in the

graves shall

hear his

voice,

29 And shall

come forth;

they

that have done good, unto the

res-

urrection of life; and they that have

done

evil, unto the resurrection of

damnation.

30 I can of mine own self do

13 a gr knew.

16 a tg Persecution.

b John 7:1.

17 a tg God, Works of.

b John 9:4.

18 a tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

b John 10:33; 19:7;

D&C 88:107.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

19 a John 8:28.

b tg Godhead.

21 a tg Resurrection.

b gr causes to become

alive.

1 Cor. 15:45.

tg God, Power of.

22 a tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

b tg Judgment;

Judgment, the Last.

23 a tg Honor; Respect.

b Luke 10:16.

24 a tg Faith.

b John 20:31.

c D&C 20:15.

d John 8:51; 11:26;

D&C 63:49.

e 1 Jn. 3:14.

25 a tg Death; Genealogy and

Temple Work;

Salvation for the Dead;

Spirits, Disembodied.

b Isa. 24:22; 61:1.

c tg Immortality.

26 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

b John 6:57.

27 a tg Authority;

Delegation of

Responsibility;

Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

b tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

c tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

28 a Dan. 12:2.

b D&C 76:16 (16–17).

29 a D&C 29:26.

b JSt John 5:29 . . . they who

have done good, in the

resurrection of the just;

and they who have done

evil, in the resurrection of

the unjust.

c tg Resurrection.

d tg Sin.

e tg Damnation; Hell.

1334JOHN 5:31–6:3

nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my

judgment is

just; because I seek

not mine own

will, but the

will

of the Father which hath sent me.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my

witness is not true.

32 ¶ There is another that beareth

witness of me; and I know that the

witness which he witnesseth of

me is true.

33 Ye sent unto

John, and he bare

witness unto the truth.

But I receive not testimony

from man: but these things I say,

that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shin-

ing

light: and ye were willing for a

season to rejoice in his

light.

36 ¶

But I have

greater witness

than that of John: for the

works

which the Father hath given me to

finish, the same

works that I do,

bear witness of me, that the Father

hath

sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which

hath sent me, hath borne

witness

of me. Ye have neither heard his

voice at any time, nor

seen his

shape.

38 And ye have not his word abid-

ing in you: for whom he hath sent,

him ye

believe not.

39 ¶

Search the scriptures; for

in them ye think ye have eternal

life: and they are they which

tes-

tify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me,

that ye might have

life.

41 I receive not

honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have

not the

love of God in you.

43 I am come in my

Father’s

name, and ye

receive me not: if

another shall come in his own name,

him ye will receive.

44 How can ye believe, which re-

ceive

honour one of another, and

seek not the

honour that cometh

from God only?

45 Do not think that I will accuse

you to the Father: there is one that

accuseth you, even Moses, in whom

ye trust.

46 For had ye believed

Moses,

ye would have believed me: for he

wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his

writ-

ings, how shall ye believe my words?

CHAPTER 6

Jesus feeds the five thousand—He walks

on the sea—He is the living manna

sent from God—Salvation is gained

by eating living bread—Jesus explains

how men eat His flesh and drink His

blood—Peter testifies that Jesus is the

Messiah.

A these things Jesus went over

the sea of Galilee, which is the sea

of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed

him, because they saw his miracles

which he did on them that were

diseased.

3 And Jesus went up into a

30 a tg God, Justice of.

b 2 Ne. 31:7 (7–10).

tg Agency.

tg God, Will of.

32 a

tg Holy Ghost, Source

of Testimony.

tg Witness.

33 a D&C 35:4; 84:27 (27–28).

b John 1:15 (7, 15, 19).

34 a

JSt John 5:35 And

he received not his

testimony of man, but

of God, and ye yourselves

say that he is a prophet,

therefore ye ought to

receive his testimony.

These things I say . . .

35 a Matt. 11:11 (7–15).

tg Light [noun].

36 a

JSt John 5:37 But I have

a greater witness than

the testimony of John . . .

gr the greater witness

than John’s.

tg God, Works of.

d Matt. 11:4;

John 10:25.

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

37 a

tg Witness of the

Father.

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

38 a

tg Unbelief.

39 a

tg Education;

Learn;

Scriptures, Study of;

Study.

tg Scriptures, Value of;

Testimony.

40 a D&C 66:2.

41 a John 7:18.

tg Honor.

42 a

tg God, Love of; Love.

43 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Authority; Name.

c D&C 132:25.

44 a Luke 18:9;

1 Thes. 2:6;

D&C 76:61.

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

46 a Luke 24:27.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

47 a

tg Scriptures, Study of.

1335 JOHN 6:4–27

mountain, and there he sat with

his disciples.

4 And the

passover, a feast of the

Jews, was nigh.

5 ¶ When Jesus then lifted up

his eyes, and saw a great company

come unto him, he saith unto Phi-

lip, Whence shall we buy bread,

that these may eat?

6 And this he said to prove him: for

he himself knew what he would do.

7 Philip answered him, Two hun-

dred pennyworth of bread is not

sufficient for them, that every one

of them may take a little.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Si-

mon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

9 There is a lad here, which hath

five barley loaves, and two small

fishes: but what are they among

so many?

10 And Jesus said, Make the men

sit down. Now there was much grass

in the place. So the men sat down,

in number about

five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves; and

when he had given

thanks, he dis-

tributed to the disciples, and the dis-

ciples to them that were set down;

and likewise of the fishes as much

as they would.

12 When they were filled, he said

unto his disciples, Gather up the

fragments that remain, that noth-

ing be

lost.

13 Therefore they gathered them

together, and filled twelve baskets

with the fragments of the five bar-

ley loaves, which remained over

and above unto them that had

eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had

seen the

miracle that Jesus did, said,

This is of a truth that

prophet that

should come into the world.

15 ¶ When Jesus therefore per-

ceived that they would come and

take him by force, to make him

king, he departed again into a

mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come,

his disciples went down unto the sea,

17 And entered into a ship, and

went over the sea toward Caper-

naum. And it was now dark, and

Jesus was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose by reason of

a great wind that blew.

19 So when they had rowed about

five and twenty or thirty furlongs,

they see Jesus walking on the sea,

and drawing nigh unto the ship:

and they were

afraid.

20 But he saith unto them, It is I;

be not afraid.

21 Then they willingly received

him into the ship: and immediately

the ship was at the land whither

they went.

22 ¶ The day following, when the

people which stood on the other

side of the sea saw that there was

none other boat there, save that one

whereinto his disciples were en-

tered, and that Jesus went not with

his disciples into the boat, but that

his disciples were gone away alone;

23 (Howbeit there came other boats

from Tiberias nigh unto the place

where they did eat bread, after that

the Lord had given thanks:)

24 When the people therefore saw

that Jesus was not there, neither his

disciples, they also took shipping,

and came to Capernaum, seeking

for Jesus.

25 And when they had found him

on the other side of the sea, they

said unto him, Rabbi, when camest

thou hither?

26 Jesus answered them and said,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek

me,

not because ye saw the mira-

cles, but because ye did eat of the

loaves, and were filled.

Labour not for the meat which

4 a tg Passover.

10 a Matt. 14:21 (13–21);

Mark 6:44 (32–44);

Luke 9:14 (10–17).

11 a D&C 46:32; 59:7.

12 a

tg Waste.

14 a 3 Ne. 8:1; 20:7 (1–9);

Morm. 9:18 (18–19).

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

15 a John 18:36 (33, 36–37).

19 a D&C 67:3.

26 a

JSt John 6:26 . . . not

because ye desire to

keep my sayings, neither

because ye saw the

miracles . . .

27 a

tg Labor;

Objectives.

1336JOHN 6:28–50

perisheth, but for that meat which

endureth unto everlasting life, which

the

Son of man shall give unto you:

for him hath God the Father

sealed.

28 Then said they unto him, What

shall we do, that we might work the

works of God?

29 Jesus answered and said unto

them, This is the work of God, that ye

believe on him whom he hath sent.

30 They said therefore unto him,

What

sign shewest thou then, that

we may see, and believe thee? what

dost thou work?

31 Our fathers did eat manna in

the desert; as it is written, He gave

them

bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said unto them, Ver-

ily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave

you not that bread from heaven;

but my Father giveth you the true

bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he which

cometh down from heaven, and giv-

eth life unto the world.

34 Then said they unto him, Lord,

evermore give us this bread.

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am

the

bread of life: he that cometh to

me shall never hunger; and he that

believeth on me shall never

thirst.

36 But I said unto you, That ye

also have seen me, and believe not.

37 All that the Father

giveth me

shall come to me; and him that

cometh to me I will in no wise

cast out.

38 For I

came down from heaven,

not to do mine own

will, but the

will of him that sent me.

39 And this is the

Father’s

will

which hath sent me, that of all

which he hath given me I should

lose

nothing, but should

raise it

up again at the last day.

40 And this is the will of him that

sent me, that every one which seeth

the Son, and

believeth on him, may

have

everlasting life: and I will raise

him up

at the last day.

41 The Jews then murmured at

him, because he said, I am the bread

which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus,

the son of

Joseph, whose father

and mother we know? how is it then

that he saith, I came down from

heaven?

43 Jesus therefore answered and

said unto them,

Murmur not among

yourselves.

No man can

come to me, ex-

cept the Father which hath sent me

draw him: and I will raise him up

at the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, And

they shall be all

taught of God. Ev-

ery man therefore that hath heard,

and hath learned of the

Father,

cometh unto me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the

Father, save he which is of God, he

hath

seen the Father.

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

He that

believeth on me hath

everlasting life.

48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat

manna in

the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh

27 b tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

tg Sealing.

29 a

tg Faith.

30 a Matt. 12:38;

Jacob 7:13 (13–21);

Alma 30:43 (43–60);

D&C 46:9 (8–9).

31 a Ps. 78:24.

35 a

tg Bread of Life.

b John 4:14; 7:37 (37–39).

37 a 3 Ne. 15:24;

D&C 27:14;

50:41 (41–42); 84:63.

b John 17:2.

38 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Mission of.

tg God, Will of.

39 a Luke 2:49.

b 3 Ne. 27:13 (13–16).

c John 17:12; 18:9.

d 3 Ne. 15:1;

D&C 5:35.

40 a

tg Faith.

tg Eternal Life.

JSt John 6:40 . . . in the

resurrection of the just at

the last day.

42 a Luke 4:22.

43 a

tg Murmuring.

44 a

JSt John 6:44

(Appendix).

b Isa. 55:3.

c 1 Cor. 12:3;

1 Pet. 1:2;

3 Ne. 27:14; D&C 29:7.

45 a 1 Thes. 4:9;

1 Jn. 2:27 (20, 27).

tg Witness of the

Father.

46 a

tg God, Manifestations

of; God, Privilege of

Seeing;

Revelation.

47 a

tg Faith.

tg Eternal Life;

Exaltation.

49 a 1 Ne. 17:28;

Mosiah 7:19.

1337 JOHN 6:51–71

down from heaven, that a man may

eat thereof, and not die.

51 I am the living

bread which

came down from heaven: if any

man eat of this bread, he shall live

for ever: and the

bread that I will

give is my

flesh, which I will

give

for the

life of the world.

52 The Jews therefore strove among

themselves, saying, How can this

man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Ver-

ily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye

eat the flesh of the

Son of man,

and drink his blood, ye have no life

in you.

54 Whoso eateth my

flesh, and

drinketh my

blood, hath eternal

life;

and I will

raise him up at

the last day.

55 For my flesh is meat indeed,

and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and

drinketh my blood,

dwelleth in

me, and I in him.

57 As the living Father hath

sent

me, and I live by the Father: so he

that eateth me, even he shall

live

by me.

58 This is that bread which came

down from heaven: not as your

fathers did eat manna, and are dead:

he that eateth of this bread shall

live for ever.

59 These things said he in the syna-

gogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples,

when they had heard this, said, This

is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61 When Jesus

knew in himself

that his disciples murmured at it,

he said unto them, Doth this

of-

fend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the

Son of man

ascend up where he

was before?

63 It is the

spirit that quickeneth;

the flesh profiteth nothing: the

words that I speak unto you, they

are spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you that

believe not. For Jesus knew from

the beginning who they were that

believed not, and who should

be-

tray him.

65 And he said, Therefore said I

unto you, that no man can come

unto me,

except it were given unto

him of my Father.

66 ¶ From that time many of his

disciples went back, and

walked

no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve,

Will ye also go away?

68 Then Simon Peter answered

him, Lord, to whom shall we go?

thou hast the

words of eternal life.

69 And

we believe and are sure

that thou art that Christ, the

Son

of the living God.

70 Jesus answered them, Have not

chosen you twelve, and one of

you is a devil?

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son

of Simon: for he it was that should

betray him, being one of the twelve.

CHAPTER 7

Jesus’ kinsmen do not believe—He

teaches His Father’s doctrine and

proclaims His divine sonship—Truth

may be known through obedience—

51 a tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

tg Bread of Life;

Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Memory.

c Heb. 10:10.

tg God, Gifts of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

53 a Mark 14:22;

Luke 22:19.

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

54 a

tg Sacrament.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

JSt John 6:54 . . . and I

will raise him up in the

resurrection of the just at

the last day.

tg Resurrection.

56 a 1 Jn. 3:24.

57 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

b John 5:26.

61 a John 2:25.

tg Offense.

62 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

b John 3:13.

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

63 a 2 Cor. 3:6.

64 a John 13:11.

65 a

JSt John 6:65 . . . except

he doeth the will of my

Father who hath sent me.

66 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

68 a John 17:8;

Acts 5:20;

Moses 6:59.

69 a

gr we have had faith

and have known that.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

70 a 1 Ne. 12:7 (6–7).

1338JOHN 7:1–26

Jesus offers living water to all people—

The people have various opinions con-

cerning Him.

A these things Jesus walked

in Galilee: for he would not walk

in Jewry, because the Jews

sought

kill him.

2 Now the Jews’

feast of taberna-

cles was at hand.

3 His

brethren therefore said

unto him, Depart hence, and go

into Judæa, that thy disciples also

may see the works that thou doest.

4 For there is no man that doeth

any thing in secret, and he him-

self seeketh to be known openly. If

thou do these things, shew thyself

to the world.

5 For neither did his brethren be-

lieve in him.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, My

time is not yet come: but your time

is alway ready.

7 The world cannot hate you; but

me it

hateth, because I testify of

it, that the works thereof are

evil.

8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not

up yet unto this feast; for my time

is not yet full come.

9 When he had said these words

unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

10 ¶ But when his brethren were

gone up, then went he also up unto

the feast, not openly, but as it were

in secret.

11 Then the Jews sought him at the

feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmur-

ing among the people concerning

him: for some said, He is a good man:

others said, Nay; but he deceiveth

the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly

of him for

fear of the Jews.

14 ¶ Now about the midst of the

feast Jesus went up into the temple,

and taught.

15 And the Jews

marvelled, say-

ing, How knoweth this man letters,

having never learned?

16 Jesus answered them, and said,

doctrine is not mine, but his

that

sent me.

17 If any man will

do his

will, he

shall

know of the doctrine, whether

it be of God, or whether I speak of

myself.

18 He that speaketh of himself

seeketh his own

glory: but he

that seeketh his

glory that sent

him, the same is true, and no un-

righteousness is in him.

19 Did not Moses give you the law,

and yet none of you keepeth the law?

Why go ye about to kill me?

20 The people answered and said,

Thou hast a devil: who goeth about

to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said unto

them, I have done one work, and

ye all marvel.

22 Moses therefore gave unto you

circumcision; (not because it is

of Moses, but of the fathers;) and

ye on the sabbath day circumcise

a man.

23 If a man on the

sabbath day

receive circumcision, that the law

of Moses should not be broken;

are ye angry at me, because I have

made a man every whit

whole on

the sabbath day?

Judge not according to

the

appearance, but judge righteous

judgment.

25 Then said some of them of

Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they

seek to kill?

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and

1 a John 5:16 (16, 18).

b John 11:53 (53–54).

2 a Lev. 23:34 (34–43).

3 a Matt. 12:46; 1 Cor. 9:5.

6 a Matt. 26:18.

7 a 1 Ne. 16:2 (1–3).

tg Evil.

13 a John 19:38.

15 a Luke 2:46 (46–47).

16 a Matt. 7:28; John 8:28;

2 Ne. 31:21.

tg Gospel; Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Messenger

of the Covenant.

17 a

tg Good Works;

Obedience.

tg God, Will of.

tg Discernment,

Spiritual; Testimony;

Truth.

18 a John 5:41 (41–43).

b John 8:50; D&C 88:67;

Moses 4:2 (1–3).

22 a

tg Circumcision.

23 a

tg Sabbath.

b John 5:8 (8–9).

24 a

tg Judgment.

JSt John 7:24 . . . your

traditions, but judge . . .

c Isa. 11:3.

1339 JOHN 7:27–51

they say nothing unto him. Do the

rulers know indeed that this is the

very Christ?

27 Howbeit we know this man

whence he is: but when Christ

cometh, no man knoweth whence

he is.

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple

as he taught, saying, Ye both know

me, and ye know whence I am: and

I am not come of myself, but he that

sent me is

true, whom ye know not.

29 But I know him: for I am from

him, and he hath

sent me.

30 Then they

sought to take him:

but no man laid hands on him, be-

cause his

hour was not yet come.

31 And many of the people be-

lieved on him, and said, When Christ

cometh, will he do more miracles

than these which this man hath done?

32 ¶ The Pharisees heard that

the people murmured such things

concerning him; and the Pharisees

and the chief priests sent officers

to take him.

33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a

little while am I with you, and then

I go unto him that sent me.

34 Ye shall

seek me, and shall not

find me: and

where I am,

thither ye

cannot come.

35 Then said the Jews among them-

selves, Whither will he go, that we

shall not find him? will he go unto

the dispersed among the

Gentiles,

and teach the Gentiles?

36 What manner of saying is this

that he said, Ye shall seek me, and

shall not find me: and where I am,

thither ye cannot come?

37 In the last day, that great day

of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,

saying, If any man

thirst, let him

come unto me, and

drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the

scripture hath said, out of his belly

shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the

Spirit,

which they that believe on him

should receive:

for the Holy Ghost

was not yet given; because that

Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 ¶ Many of the people therefore,

when they heard this saying, said,

Of a truth this is the

Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ.

But some said, Shall Christ come

out of Galilee?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That

Christ cometh of the seed of

David,

and out of the town of

Bethlehem,

where David was?

43 So there was a

division among

the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have

taken him; but no man laid hands

on him.

45 ¶ Then came the officers to the

chief priests and Pharisees; and they

said unto them, Why have ye not

brought him?

46 The officers answered, Never

man

spake like this man.

47 Then answered them the Phari-

sees, Are ye also

deceived?

48 Have any of the rulers or of the

Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth

not the law are

cursed.

Nicodemus saith unto them, (he

that came to Jesus by night, being

one of them,)

51 Doth our law judge any man,

26 a John 3:1 (1–2).

28 a

tg Truth.

29 a John 13:3.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Messenger

of the Covenant.

30 a John 10:39.

b John 12:23 (23–27).

34 a John 13:33 (33, 36).

b D&C 29:29;

76:112 (51–112).

c 1 Pet. 3:22.

d D&C 25:15.

35 a

gr Greeks.

37 a Ps. 42:2 (1–3);

143:6 (5–12);

Isa. 55:1 (1–3);

John 4:14 (13–15); 6:35.

tg Living Water.

39 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

JSt John 7:39 . . . for

the Holy Ghost was

promised unto them who

believe, after that Jesus

was glorified.)

40 a John 9:17;

1 Ne. 22:20 (20–21).

42 a 1 Chr. 5:2;

Matt. 2:6.

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

c 1 Sam. 16:1;

Micah 5:2; Luke 2:4.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

43 a Matt. 10:34.

46 a

tg Teaching with

the Spirit.

47 a Jacob 4:14 (13–14).

49 a

tg Curse.

50 a John 3:1.

1340JOHN 7:52–8:20

before it hear him, and know what

he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto

him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search,

and look: for out of Galilee ariseth

no prophet.

53 And every man went unto his

own house.

CHAPTER 8

The woman taken in adultery is brought

before Christ—Christ is the Light of

the world—He again proclaims that

He is the Messiah—The true children

of Abraham believe in Christ—Jesus

says, Before Abraham was I, Jehovah.

J went unto the mount of Olives.

2 And early in the morning he came

again into the

temple, and all the

people came unto him; and he sat

down, and taught them.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees

brought unto him a

woman taken

adultery; and when they had set

her in the midst,

4 They say unto him, Master, this

woman was taken in adultery, in

the very act.

5 Now Moses in the

law com-

manded us, that such should be

stoned: but what sayest thou?

6 This they said, tempting him,

that they might have to accuse him.

But Jesus stooped down, and with

his finger

wrote on the ground, as

though he heard them not.

7 So when they continued asking

him, he lifted up himself, and said

unto them, He that is without

sin

among you, let him

first cast a

stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, and

wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, being

convicted by their own

conscience,

went out one by one, beginning at

the eldest, even unto the last: and

Jesus was left alone, and the woman

standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had lifted up him-

self, and saw none but the woman,

he said unto her, Woman, where are

those thine accusers? hath no man

condemned thee?

11 She said, No man, Lord. And

Jesus said unto her, Neither do I

con-

demn thee: go, and

sin no

more.

12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto

them, saying, I am the

light of the

world: he that followeth me shall

not

walk in

darkness, but shall

have the light of life.

13 The Pharisees therefore said

unto him, Thou bearest record of

thyself; thy record is not true.

14 Jesus answered and said unto

them, Though I bear record of my-

self, yet my record is true: for I know

whence I came, and whither I go;

but ye cannot tell

whence I come,

and whither I go.

15 Ye judge after the flesh; I

judge

no man.

16 And yet if I

judge, my

judg-

ment is true: for I am not

alone,

but I and the Father that sent me.

17 It is also written in your law, that

the

testimony of two men is true.

18 I am one that bear witness of

myself, and the

Father that sent

me beareth

witness of me.

19 Then said they unto him, Where

is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye

neither know me, nor my Father: if

ye had

known me, ye should have

known my Father also.

20 These words spake Jesus in the

2 a Matt. 26:55; Luke 21:37.

3 a

tg Woman.

tg Adulterer.

5 a Lev. 20:10.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

7 a 3 Ne. 14:5 (1–5).

b Deut. 17:7.

tg Gossip.

9 a

tg Conscience.

11 a

tg Benevolence;

Mercy.

b D&C 42:25.

JSt John 8:11 . . . more.

And the woman glorified

God from that hour, and

believed on his name.

12 a 1 Jn. 1:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World;

Light [noun];

Light of Christ.

tg Walking in Darkness.

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

14 a John 16:28.

b John 9:29.

15 a John 12:47.

16 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

tg Judgment.

c John 8:29; 16:32.

17 a

tg Witness.

18 a

tg Godhead; God the

Father, Elohim.

tg Witness of the

Father.

19 a John 14:7.

1341 JOHN 8:21–42

treasury, as he taught in the temple:

and no man laid hands on him; for

his hour was not yet come.

21 Then said Jesus again unto them,

I go my way, and ye shall seek me,

and shall die in your

sins: whither

I go, ye cannot come.

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill

himself? because he saith, Whither

I go, ye cannot come.

23 And he said unto them, Ye are

from

beneath; I am from above:

ye are of this

world; I am not of

this world.

24 I said therefore unto you, that

ye shall

die in your sins: for if ye

believe not that I am he, ye shall

die in your sins.

25 Then said they unto him, Who

art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,

Even the same that I said unto you

from the beginning.

26 I have many things to say and to

judge of you: but he that sent me is

true; and I speak to the world those

things which I have

heard of him.

27 They understood not that he

spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Jesus unto them,

When ye have lifted up the Son of

man, then shall ye know that I am

he, and that I do

nothing of myself;

but as my

Father hath

taught me,

speak these things.

29 And he that

sent me is with me:

the Father hath not left me

alone;

for I

do always those things that

please him.

30 As he spake these words, many

believed on him.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews

which believed on him, If ye

con-

tinue in my word, then are ye my

disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall

know the

truth,

and the

truth shall make you

free.

33 ¶ They answered him, We be

Abraham’s seed, and were never

in bondage to any man: how sayest

thou, Ye shall be made free?

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, ver-

ily, I say unto you, Whosoever

com-

mitteth

sin is the

servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not

in the house for ever: but the Son

abideth ever.

36 If the Son therefore shall make

you

free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 I know that ye are Abraham’s

seed; but ye seek to kill me, because

my word hath no place in you.

38 I speak that which I have seen

with my Father: and ye do that

which ye have seen with your father.

39 They answered and said

unto him, Abraham is our father.

Jesus saith unto them, If ye were

Abraham’s

children, ye would do

the

works of Abraham.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a

man that hath told you the truth,

which I have heard of God: this did

not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father.

Then said they to him, We be not

born of fornication; we have one

Father, even God.

42 Jesus said unto them, If God

were your Father, ye would love

me: for I proceeded forth and

came

21 a Moro. 10:26 (24–26).

tg Sin.

23 a John 3:31 (13, 31).

tg World.

24 a D&C 138:32 (31–34).

tg Faith.

26 a

tg Revelation.

28 a John 5:19.

b John 7:16 (16–18).

tg Authority.

tg Delegation of

Responsibility.

d Deut. 18:18.

29 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

b John 8:16; 16:32.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

tg Obedience.

d John 4:34.

30 a John 12:42 (11, 42).

31 a

tg Commitment;

Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

b Matt. 27:57.

32 a

tg Conversion;

Testimony.

b D&C 50:25.

tg Education; Gospel;

Truth.

c Moro. 10:5.

d 3 Ne. 21:4.

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Liberty.

33 a

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

34 a D&C 29:40.

tg Sin.

c Rom. 6:16;

Alma 12:11 (9–11, 17).

tg Servant.

36 a

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Liberty.

39 a

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

tg Seed of Abraham.

tg Good Works.

42 a John 16:28 (27–28, 30);

17:8;

Gal. 4:4.

1342JOHN 8:43–9:1

from God; neither came I of myself,

but he

sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my

speech? even because ye cannot

hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the

devil,

and the

lusts of your father ye will

do. He was a

murderer from the

beginning, and abode not in the

truth, because there is no truth in

him. When he speaketh a

lie, he

speaketh of his own: for he is a

liar,

and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth,

ye believe me not.

46 Which of you

convinceth me

sin? And if I say the truth, why

do ye not believe me?

He that is of God

heareth God’s

words: ye therefore hear them not,

because ye are not of God.

48 Then answered the Jews, and

said unto him, Say we not well that

thou art a Samaritan, and hast a

devil?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a

devil; but I

honour my Father, and

ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own

glory: there is one that seeketh and

judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

If a man keep my saying, he shall

never see

death.

52 Then said the Jews unto him,

Now we know that thou hast a devil.

Abraham is dead, and the proph-

ets; and thou sayest, If a man keep

my saying, he shall never

taste of

death.

53 Art thou greater than our father

Abraham, which is dead? and the

prophets are dead: whom makest

thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour

myself, my honour is nothing: it is

Father that

honoureth me; of

whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but

I know him: and if I should say, I

know him not, I shall be a liar like

unto you: but I know him, and keep

his saying.

56 Your father

Abraham

rejoiced

see my day: and he saw it, and

was glad.

57 Then said the Jews unto him,

Thou art not yet fifty years old, and

hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,

verily, I say unto you,

Before Abra-

ham was,

I am.

59 Then took they up

stones to

cast at him: but Jesus hid himself,

and went out of the temple, going

through the midst of them, and so

passed by.

CHAPTER 9

Jesus, on the Sabbath, heals a man

born blind—The Jews accuse Him of

Sabbath violation—He lectures them

on spiritual blindness.

A as Jesus passed by, he saw a man

which was

blind from his birth.

42 b tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

43 a

JSt John 8:43 . . . bear . . .

44 a 1 Jn. 3:10 (10–18).

tg Devil;

Devil, Church of.

tg Lust.

tg Murder.

tg Truth.

tg Lying.

tg Honesty.

46 a

gr convicts, reproves.

b Heb. 4:15.

47 a

JSt John 8:47 He that is

of God receiveth God’s

words; ye therefore

receive them not, because

ye are not of God.

b Dan. 12:10;

1 Jn. 4:6 (5–6);

2 Ne. 33:10 (10–11).

48 a Mosiah 3:9.

49 a

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness; Honoring

Father and Mother;

Respect.

50 a John 7:18.

51 a John 5:24; 11:26;

D&C 63:49.

tg Death, Spiritual, First;

Death, Spiritual, Second.

52 a D&C 42:46 (46–47).

54 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg Honor.

56 a Gen. 22:8 (8–14);

Hel. 8:17 (16–19).

tg Joy.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Antemortal.

58 a

tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

b The term I AM used here

in the Greek is identical

with the Septuagint

usage in Ex. 3:14 which

identifies Jehovah.

(See also John 4:26.)

tg Jesus Christ, Jehovah.

59 a John 10:31.

b Luke 4:30.

1 a Matt. 9:28 (28–31);

20:30 (30–34);

Mosiah 3:5;

3 Ne. 17:9 (7–10);

D&C 84:69.

1343 JOHN 9:2–26

2 And his disciples asked him,

saying, Master, who did sin, this

man, or his parents, that he was

born blind?

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath

this man sinned, nor his parents:

but that the

works of God should

be made

manifest in him.

4 I must

work the

works of him

that sent me,

while it is

day: the

night cometh, when no man can

work.

5 As long as I am in the world, I

am the

light of the world.

6 When he had thus spoken, he

spat on the ground, and made clay

of the spittle, and he anointed the

eyes of the blind man with the clay,

7 And said unto him, Go, wash in

the pool of

Siloam, (which is by

interpretation, Sent.) He went his

way therefore, and washed, and

came seeing.

8 ¶ The neighbours therefore, and

they which before had seen him

that he was blind, said, Is not this

he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he: others

said, He is like him: but he said, I

am he.

10 Therefore said they unto him,

How were thine eyes opened?

11 He answered and said, A man

that is called Jesus made clay, and

anointed mine eyes, and said unto

me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and

wash: and I went and washed, and

I received

sight.

12 Then said they unto him, Where

is he? He said, I know not.

13 ¶ They brought to the Phari-

sees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the

sabbath day

when Jesus made the clay, and

opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also

asked him how he had received his

sight. He said unto them, He put

clay upon mine eyes, and I washed,

and do see.

16 Therefore said some of the

Pharisees, This man is not of God,

because he keepeth not the sabbath

day. Others said, How can a man

that is a sinner do such miracles?

And there was a division among

them.

17 They say unto the blind man

again, What sayest thou of him, that

he hath opened thine eyes? He said,

He is a

prophet.

18 But the Jews did not believe

concerning him, that he had been

blind, and received his sight, until

they called the parents of him that

had received his sight.

19 And they asked them, saying, Is

this your son, who ye say was born

blind? how then doth he now see?

20 His parents answered them and

said, We know that this is our son,

and that he was born blind:

21 But by what means he now

seeth, we know not; or who hath

opened his eyes, we know not: he is

of age; ask him: he shall speak for

himself.

22 These words spake his parents,

because they feared the Jews: for

the Jews had agreed already, that

if any man did confess that he was

Christ, he should be put out of the

synagogue.

23 Therefore said his parents, He

is of age; ask him.

24 Then again called they the man

that was blind, and said unto him,

Give God the praise: we know that

this man is a sinner.

25 He answered and said, Whether

he be a sinner or no, I know not: one

thing I know, that, whereas I was

blind, now I see.

26 Then said they to him again,

2 a tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

3 a

tg God, Works of.

b John 11:4.

4 a John 5:17.

b John 4:34.

tg Good Works.

JSt John 9:4 . . . while

I am with you; the time

cometh when I shall

have finished my work,

then I go unto the Father.

d Rom. 13:12 (11–12);

Alma 34:33.

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World;

Light of Christ.

7 a Neh. 3:15; Isa. 8:6.

11 a 2 Kgs. 5:10.

tg Sight.

14 a

tg Sabbath.

tg Heal.

17 a John 7:40 (40–44).

1344JOHN 9:27–10:10

What did he to thee? how opened

he thine eyes?

27 He answered them, I have told

you already, and ye did not hear:

wherefore would ye hear it again?

will ye also be his disciples?

28 Then they

reviled him, and

said, Thou art his disciple; but we

are Moses’ disciples.

29 We know that God spake unto

Moses: as for this fellow, we know

not from

whence he is.

30 The man answered and said

unto them, Why herein is a mar-

vellous thing, that ye know not

from whence he is, and yet he hath

opened mine eyes.

31 Now we know that God heareth

not sinners: but if any man be a

worshipper of God, and doeth his

will, him he heareth.

32 Since the world began was it

not heard that any man opened the

eyes of one that was born

blind.

33 If this man were not of

God,

he could do nothing.

34 They answered and said unto

him, Thou wast altogether born in

sins, and dost thou teach us? And

they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast

him out; and when he had found

him, he said unto him, Dost thou

believe on the Son of God?

36 He answered and said, Who is he,

Lord, that I might believe on him?

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou

hast both seen him, and it is he that

talketh with thee.

38 And he said, Lord, I believe.

And he worshipped him.

39 ¶ And Jesus said, For

judgment

I am come into this world, that

they which

see not might see; and

that they which see might be made

blind.

40 And some of the Pharisees which

were with him heard these words,

and said unto him, Are we blind

also?

41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were

blind, ye should have no

sin: but

now ye say, We

see; therefore your

sin remaineth.

CHAPTER 10

Jesus is the Good Shepherd—He gained

power over death from His Father—He

promises to visit His other sheep—He

proclaims, I am the Son of God.

V, verily, I say unto you, He

that entereth not by the door into

the sheepfold, but climbeth up some

other way, the same is a thief and

a robber.

2 But he that entereth in by the

door is the shepherd of the

sheep.

3 To him the porter openeth; and

the sheep hear his

voice: and he

calleth his own sheep by name, and

leadeth them out.

4 And when he putteth forth his

own sheep, he goeth before them,

and the sheep follow him: for they

know his

voice.

5 And a stranger will they not fol-

low, but will flee from him: for they

know not the voice of

strangers.

6 This parable spake Jesus unto

them: but they understood not what

things they were which he spake

unto them.

7 Then said Jesus unto them again,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am

the

door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me

are

thieves and robbers: but the sheep

did not hear them.

9 I am the door: by me if any man

enter in, he shall be saved, and shall

go in and out, and find pasture.

10 The thief cometh not, but for to

steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I

28 a tg Reviling.

29 a John 8:14.

32 a

JSt John 9:32 . . . blind,

except he be of God.

33 a Acts 2:22.

39 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

b Luke 5:32;

1 Tim. 1:13, 15.

41 a

tg Spiritual Blindness.

b John 15:22 (19–27).

tg Accountability.

tg Sin.

2 a tg Sheep.

3 a D&C 35:21.

b Isa. 55:4.

4 a

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

tg Revelation.

5 a

tg Stranger.

7 a John 14:6 (4–7).

8 a

JSt John 10:8 . . . who

testified not of me are

thieves . . .

10 a

tg Stealing.

1345 JOHN 10:11–33

am come that they might have

life,

and that they might have it more

abundantly.

11 I am the good

shepherd: the

good

shepherd giveth his life for

the sheep.

12 But he that is an hireling, and

not the shepherd, whose own the

sheep are not, seeth the wolf com-

ing, and

leaveth the sheep, and

fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them,

and scattereth the sheep.

13 The

hireling fleeth, because

he is an hireling, and careth not

for the sheep.

14 I am the good

shepherd, and

know my

sheep, and am known

of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even

know I the Father: and I lay down

life for the sheep.

16 And

other

sheep I have, which

are not of this fold: them also I must

bring, and they shall hear my voice;

and there shall be

one fold, and

one shepherd.

17 Therefore doth my Father

love

me, because I

lay down my life,

that I might

take it again.

18 No man

taketh it from me,

but I lay it down of myself. I have

power to lay it down, and I have

power to take it again. This com-

mandment have I

received of my

Father.

19 ¶ There was a division there-

fore again among the Jews for these

sayings.

20 And many of them said, He

hath a devil, and is mad; why hear

ye him?

21 Others said, These are not the

words of him that hath a devil. Can

a devil open the eyes of the blind?

22 ¶ And it was at Jerusalem the

feast of the dedication, and it was

winter.

23 And Jesus walked in the temple

in Solomon’s

porch.

24 Then came the Jews round about

him, and said unto him, How long

dost thou make us to

doubt? If thou

be the Christ, tell us plainly.

25 Jesus answered them, I told you,

and ye

believed not: the

works that

I do in my Father’s

name, they bear

witness of me.

26 But ye believe not, because ye

are not of my sheep, as I said unto

you.

27 My

sheep hear my voice, and

I know them, and they

follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal

life; and they shall never perish,

neither shall any man pluck them

out of my hand.

29 My Father, which

gave them

me, is greater than all; and no man

is able to pluck them out of my

Father’s hand.

30 I and my Father are

one.

31 Then the Jews took up

stones

again to stone him.

32 Jesus answered them, Many good

works have I shewed you from my

Father; for which of those works do

ye stone me?

33 The Jews answered him, saying,

10 b D&C 66:2.

tg Abundant Life;

Happiness.

11 a

tg Shepherd.

b Ezek. 34:2.

12 a

tg Leadership.

13 a

tg Wages.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ, Good

Shepherd.

b Ex. 33:12 (12, 17);

1 Cor. 8:3.

c 3 Ne. 18:31.

15 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

b 1 Jn. 3:16 (10–18).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Martyrdom.

16 a 3 Ne. 15:21 (11–24);

16:1 (1–3);

D&C 10:59.

tg Israel, Scattering of.

tg Book of Mormon;

Israel, Joseph, People

of; Israel, Ten Lost

Tribes of; Sheep.

c Ezek. 37:22.

17 a

tg God, Love of.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

18 a Luke 23:46.

tg Death, Power over;

God, Power of.

gr authority, full

power.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

23 a 1 Kgs. 6:3;

Acts 3:11.

24 a

tg Doubt.

25 a

tg Faith;

Unbelief.

b John 5:36.

tg Miracle.

tg Name.

27 a

tg Sheep.

b D&C 38:22.

29 a John 17:2 (2–12);

D&C 50:41.

30 a D&C 93:3 (1–6).

tg Godhead; Unity.

31 a John 8:59.

1346JOHN 10:34–11:16

For a good work we stone thee not;

but for

blasphemy; and because

that thou, being a man, makest

thyself

God.

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not

written in your law, I said, Ye are

gods?

35 If he called them gods, unto

whom the word of God came, and

the scripture cannot be broken;

36 Say ye of him, whom the Father

hath

sanctified, and

sent into the

world, Thou blasphemest; because

I said, I am the

Son of God?

37 If I do not the works of my

Father, believe me not.

38 But if I do, though ye believe not

me,

believe the works: that ye may

know, and believe, that the

Father

is in me, and I in him.

39 Therefore they

sought again

to take him: but he escaped out of

their hand,

40 And went away again beyond

Jordan into the place where John at

first baptized; and there he abode.

41 And many resorted unto him,

and said, John did no miracle: but

all things that John spake of this

man were true.

42 And many believed on him

there.

CHAPTER 11

Jesus testifies that He is the Resurrection

and the Life—Mary and Martha testify

of Him—He raises Lazarus from the

dead—Caiaphas speaks prophetically

of the death of Jesus.

N a certain man was sick, named

Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of

Mary and her sister

Martha.

(It was that Mary which anointed

the

Lord with

ointment, and wiped

his feet with her hair, whose brother

Lazarus was sick.)

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto

him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom

thou lovest is sick.

4 When Jesus heard that, he said,

This sickness is not unto death, but

for the

glory of God, that the Son

of God might be

glorified thereby.

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her

sister, and Lazarus.

6 When he had heard therefore

that he was sick, he abode two days

still in the same place where he was.

7 Then after that saith he to his dis-

ciples, Let us go into Judæa again.

8 His disciples say unto him,

Master, the Jews of late sought to

stone thee; and goest thou thither

again?

9 Jesus answered, Are there not

twelve hours in the day? If any man

walk in the day, he stumbleth not,

because he seeth the light of this

world.

10 But if a man walk in the night,

he stumbleth, because there is no

light in him.

11 These things said he: and after

that he saith unto them, Our friend

Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may

awake him out of sleep.

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if

he sleep, he shall

do well.

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his

death: but they thought that he had

spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

14 Then said Jesus unto them

plainly, Lazarus is dead.

15 And I am glad for your sakes

that I was not there, to the intent

ye may

believe; nevertheless let us

go unto him.

16 Then said Thomas, which is

called Didymus, unto his fellow-

33 a tg Blaspheme.

b John 5:18 (17–18); 19:7;

1 Tim. 3:16.

34 a

tg Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father; Sons and

Daughters of God.

36 a

tg Sanctification.

tg Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

38 a

tg Faith.

tg Godhead.

39 a John 7:30.

1 a Luke 10:38; John 12:2.

2 a

JSt John 11:2 And Mary,

his sister, who anointed

the Lord with ointment

and wiped his feet

with her hair, lived

with her sister Martha, in

whose house her brother

Lazarus was sick.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

c Matt. 26:7 (6–13).

4 a 3 Ne. 12:16; Ether 12:4.

b John 9:3.

9 a

tg Walking with God.

11 a 2 Kgs. 4:31.

12 a

gr be cured, saved.

15 a

tg Faith.

1347 JOHN 11:17–42

disciples, Let us also go, that we

may die with

him.

17 Then when Jesus came,

found that he had lain in the grave

four days already.

18 Now Bethany was nigh unto

Jerusalem, about fifteen

furlongs

off:

19 And many of the Jews came to

Martha and Mary, to comfort them

concerning their brother.

20 Then Martha, as soon as she

heard that Jesus was coming, went

and met him: but Mary sat still in

the house.

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus,

Lord, if thou hadst been here, my

brother had not died.

22 But I know, that even now,

whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,

God will

give it thee.

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother

shall rise again.

24 Martha saith unto him, I know

that he shall rise again in the res-

urrection at the last day.

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the

resurrection, and the

life: he that

believeth in me, though he were

dead, yet shall he

live:

26 And whosoever liveth and be-

lieveth in me shall never

die.

Believest thou this?

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:

I believe that thou art the Christ,

the

Son of God, which should come

into the world.

28 And when she had so said, she

went her way, and called Mary her

sister secretly, saying, The Master is

come, and calleth for thee.

29 As soon as she heard that,

she arose quickly, and came unto

him.

30 Now Jesus was not yet come

into the town, but was in that place

where Martha met him.

31 The Jews then which were with

her in the house, and comforted her,

when they saw Mary, that she rose

up hastily and went out, followed

her, saying, She goeth unto the grave

to weep there.

32 Then when Mary was come

where Jesus was, and saw him, she

fell down at his feet, saying unto

him, Lord, if thou hadst been here,

my brother had not died.

33 When Jesus therefore saw her

weeping, and the Jews also weeping

which came with her, he groaned in

the spirit, and was troubled,

34 And said, Where have ye laid

him? They said unto him, Lord,

come and see.

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then said the Jews, Behold how

loved him!

37 And some of them said, Could

not this man, which opened the eyes

of the blind, have caused that even

this man should not have died?

38 Jesus therefore again groaning

in himself cometh to the grave. It

was a cave, and a

stone lay upon it.

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the

stone. Martha, the sister of him that

was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by

this time he stinketh: for he hath

been dead four days.

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not

unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be-

lieve, thou shouldest see the

glory

of God?

41 Then they took away the stone

from the place where the dead was

laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes,

and said, Father, I

thank thee that

thou hast heard me.

42 And I knew that thou hearest

16 a JSt John 11:16 . . . him;

for they feared lest the Jews

should take Jesus and put

him to death, for as yet

they did not understand the

power of God.

17 a

JSt John 11:17 . . . to

Bethany, to Martha’s

house, Lazarus had

already been in the grave

four days.

18 a

gr stadium—607 English

feet, about 185 meters.

22 a

tg God, Gifts of.

25 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection;

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Faith.

tg Death.

e Alma 37:46 (46–47);

Hel. 8:15;

3 Ne. 15:9.

26 a John 5:24; 8:51;

D&C 42:46 (44, 46);

63:49.

27 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

36 a D&C 42:45.

38 a Matt. 27:60.

40 a Ex. 16:7.

41 a

tg Thanksgiving.

1348JOHN 11:43–12:6

me always: but because of the people

which stand by I said it, that they

may believe that thou hast

sent me.

43 And when he thus had spoken,

he cried with a loud voice,

Lazarus,

come forth.

44 And he that was

dead came

forth, bound hand and foot with

graveclothes: and his face was

bound about with a

napkin. Jesus

saith unto them, Loose him, and

let him go.

45 Then many of the Jews which

came to Mary, and had seen the

things which Jesus did, believed

on him.

46 But some of them went their

ways to the Pharisees, and told them

what things Jesus had done.

47 ¶ Then gathered the chief

priests and the Pharisees a coun-

cil, and said, What do we? for this

man doeth many

miracles.

48 If we let him thus alone, all men

will believe on him: and the Romans

shall come and take away both our

place and nation.

49 And one of them, named

Caia-

phas, being the

high priest that

same year, said unto them, Ye know

nothing at all,

50 Nor consider that it is expedi-

ent for us, that one man should

die

for the people, and that the whole

nation perish not.

51 And this spake he not of him-

self: but being high priest that year,

he prophesied that Jesus should die

for that nation;

52 And not for that nation only,

but that also he should

gather to-

gether in one the

children of God

that were scattered abroad.

53 Then from that day forth they

took

counsel together for to put

him to

death.

54 Jesus therefore walked no more

openly among the Jews; but went

thence unto a country near to

the wilderness, into a city called

Ephraim, and there continued with

his disciples.

55 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was

nigh at hand: and many went out of

the country up to Jerusalem before

the passover, to

purify themselves.

56 Then sought they for Jesus, and

spake among themselves, as they

stood in the temple, What think ye,

that he will not come to the feast?

57 Now both the chief priests and

the Pharisees had given a command-

ment, that, if any man knew where

he were, he should shew it, that they

might take him.

CHAPTER 12

Mary anoints Jesus’ feet—His trium-

phal entry into Jerusalem is recounted—

He foretells His death—To receive

Christ is to receive the Father.

T Jesus six days before the pass-

over came to Bethany, where Lazarus

was which had been dead, whom

he raised from the dead.

2 There they made him a supper;

and

Martha served: but Lazarus

was one of them that sat at the ta-

ble with him.

3 Then took Mary a pound of

ointment of spikenard, very costly,

and anointed the feet of Jesus, and

wiped his feet with her hair: and

the house was filled with the odour

of the ointment.

4 Then saith one of his disciples,

Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which

should betray him,

5 Why was not this ointment sold

for three hundred pence, and given

to the poor?

6 This he said, not that he cared

for the poor; but because he was a

42 a tg Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant.

43 a

tg God, Power of.

44 a 2 Kgs. 8:1.

tg Death, Power over.

b John 20:7.

47 a 2 Ne. 10:5.

b 3 Ne. 19:35.

49 a Matt. 26:3 (3–5).

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

50 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

52 a

tg Israel, Gathering of.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

53 a Matt. 21:38 (33–46).

tg Counsel.

b John 7:1.

55 a

tg Purification.

2 a Luke 10:38;

John 11:1 (1, 5).

1349 JOHN 12:7–31

thief, and had the

bag, and bare

what was put therein.

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone:

against the day of my burying hath

she kept this.

8 For the poor always ye have with

you; but me ye have not always.

9 Much people of the Jews there-

fore knew that he was there: and

they came not for Jesus’ sake only,

but that they might see Lazarus also,

whom he had raised from the dead.

10 ¶ But the chief priests consulted

that they might put Lazarus also

to death;

11 Because that by reason of him

many of the Jews went away, and

believed on Jesus.

12 ¶ On the next day much people

that were come to the feast, when

they heard that Jesus was coming

to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm trees,

and went forth to meet him, and

cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King

of Israel that cometh in the name

of the Lord.

14 And Jesus, when he had found a

young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: be-

hold, thy

King cometh, sitting on

an ass’s colt.

16 These things

understood not

his disciples at the first: but when

Jesus was glorified, then remem-

bered they that these things were

written of him, and that they had

done these things unto him.

17 The people therefore that was

with him when he called Lazarus

out of his grave, and raised him

from the dead, bare record.

18 For this cause the people also

met him, for that they heard that

he had done this

miracle.

19 The Pharisees therefore said

among themselves, Perceive ye how

ye prevail nothing? behold, the

world is gone after him.

20 ¶ And there were certain

Greeks

among them that came up to

wor-

ship at the feast:

21 The same came therefore to

Philip, which was of Bethsaida of

Galilee, and desired him, saying,

Sir, we would see Jesus.

22 Philip cometh and telleth An-

drew: and again Andrew and Phi-

lip tell Jesus.

23 ¶ And Jesus answered them,

saying, The

hour is come, that the

Son of man should be

glorified.

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

Except a

corn of wheat fall into

the ground and

die, it abideth

alone: but if it

die, it bringeth forth

much fruit.

25 He that loveth his

life shall lose

it; and he that

hateth his life in this

world shall keep it unto life eternal.

26 If any man serve me, let him

follow me; and where I am, there

shall also my servant be: if any man

serve me, him will my Father honour.

27 Now is my soul troubled; and

what shall I say? Father, save me

from this hour: but for this cause

came I unto this hour.

28 Father, glorify thy name. Then

came there a

voice from heaven,

saying, I have both

glorified it, and

will glorify it again.

29 The people therefore, that stood

by, and heard it, said that it thun-

dered: others said, An

angel spake

to him.

30 Jesus answered and said, This

voice came not because of me, but

for your sakes.

31 Now is the judgment of this

6 a Mosiah 2:36 (36–39).

gr purse, money bag.

John 13:29.

7 a

JSt John 12:7 . . . for

she hath preserved this

ointment until now, that

she might anoint me in

token of my burial.

b Mark 14:9.

15 a Zech. 9:9.

16 a Luke 9:45; 18:34 (31–34).

18 a Matt. 8:34.

b D&C 63:10 (7–12).

19 a Matt. 9:31 (27–31).

20 a Acts 17:4 (1–9).

b Acts 8:27.

23 a John 7:30.

tg Jesus Christ,

Mission of.

24 a

gr grain, seed.

b 1 Cor. 15:36 (35–38).

tg Death.

25 a See

JSt Luke 9:24–25

(Appendix).

tg Hate.

26 a 2 Ne. 31:12 (12–13).

28 a

tg Godhead;

Witness of the

Father.

b D&C 45:4.

29 a

tg Angels.

1350JOHN 12:32–13:1

world: now shall the

prince of this

world be cast out.

32 And I, if I be

lifted up from the

earth, will

draw all men unto me.

33 This he said, signifying what

death he should die.

34 The people answered him,

We have heard out of the law that

Christ abideth for ever: and how

sayest thou, The Son of man must be

lifted up? who is this Son of man?

35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet

a little while is the

light with you.

Walk while ye have the

light, lest

darkness come upon you: for he that

walketh in

darkness knoweth not

whither he goeth.

36 While ye have light,

believe in

the light, that ye may be the

chil-

dren of light. These things spake

Jesus, and departed, and did hide

himself from them.

37 ¶ But though he had done so

many

miracles before them, yet

they

believed not on him:

38 That the saying of Esaias the

prophet might be fulfilled, which

he spake, Lord, who hath

believed

our report? and to whom hath the

arm of the Lord been revealed?

39 Therefore they could not be-

lieve, because that Esaias said again,

40 He hath

blinded their eyes,

and

hardened their heart; that they

should not see with their eyes, nor

understand with their heart, and be

converted, and I should heal them.

41 These things said Esaias, when

saw his

glory, and spake of him.

42 ¶ Nevertheless among the chief

rulers also many

believed on him;

but because of the Pharisees they

did not

confess him, lest they should

be put out of the synagogue:

43 For they loved the

praise of

men more than the praise of God.

44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, He that

believeth on me, believeth not on

me, but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him

that sent me.

46 I am come a

light into the

world, that whosoever believeth on

me should not abide in darkness.

47 And if any man hear my words,

and believe not, I judge him not: for

I came not to

judge the world, but

to save the world.

48 He that

rejecteth me, and re-

ceiveth not my words, hath one that

judgeth him: the

word that I have

spoken, the same shall

judge him

in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself;

but the Father which

sent me, he

gave me a commandment, what I

should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his command-

ment is life everlasting: whatsoever I

speak therefore, even as the

Father

said unto me, so I

speak.

CHAPTER 13

Jesus washes the feet of the Twelve—He

identifies Judas as His betrayer—He

commands them to love one another.

N before the feast of the

pass-

over, when Jesus knew that his hour

was come that he should depart out

31 a tg Devil.

32 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

b D&C 18:11.

33 a

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

34 a 2 Sam. 7:16.

35 a

tg Light of Christ.

tg Light [noun].

tg Darkness, Spiritual;

Walking in Darkness.

36 a

tg Faith.

tg Children of Light.

37 a

tg Miracle;

Signs.

b Mosiah 3:9 (9–11).

38 a Isa. 53:1;

Rom. 10:16.

40 a

tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Hardheartedness.

41 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Antemortal.

tg Glory.

42 a Acts 6:7.

b John 8:30 (30–31).

c Prov. 29:25;

John 19:38.

43 a Mark 12:38 (38–40);

1 Cor. 1:26 (26–31);

1 Ne. 8:28 (26–28);

Alma 11:24;

D&C 3:7 (5–8).

44 a

tg Faith.

46 a John 1:9 (4, 9).

47 a Luke 4:19;

John 8:15.

48 a D&C 39:9.

tg Judgment.

tg Gospel.

tg Judgment, the Last.

49 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

50 a Deut. 18:18.

b 3 Ne. 15:18.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

1 a Deut. 16:1.

1351 JOHN 13:2–25

of this world unto the Father, hav-

ing loved his own which were in the

world, he

loved them unto the end.

2 And supper being ended, the

devil having now put into the

heart

of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to be-

tray him;

3 Jesus

knowing that the Father

had given all

things into his hands,

and that he was

come from God,

and went to God;

4 He riseth from supper, and laid

aside his garments; and took a towel,

and girded himself.

5 After that he poureth water into

a basin, and began to

wash the dis-

ciples’ feet, and to wipe them with

the towel wherewith he was girded.

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter:

and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost

thou wash my feet?

7 Jesus answered and said unto

him, What I do thou knowest not

now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt

never wash my feet. Jesus answered

him, If I

wash thee not, thou hast

no part with me.

9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord,

not my feet only, but also my hands

and my head.

10 Jesus saith to him, He that is

washed needeth not save to wash

his feet, but is

clean every whit:

and ye are

clean, but not all.

11 For he knew who should

be-

tray him; therefore said he, Ye are

not

all clean.

12 So after he had washed their

feet, and had taken his garments,

and was set down again, he said

unto them, Know ye what I have

done to you?

13 Ye call me

Master and Lord:

and ye say well; for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and

Mas-

ter, have

washed your feet; ye also

ought to

wash one another’s

feet.

15 For I have given you an

ex-

ample, that ye should do as I have

done to you.

16 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

The servant is not greater than his

lord; neither he that is sent greater

than he that sent him.

17 If ye know these things,

happy

are ye if ye do them.

18 ¶ I speak not of you all: I know

whom I have chosen: but that the

scripture may be fulfilled, He that

eateth bread with me hath lifted

up his heel against me.

19 Now I tell you before it come,

that, when it is come to pass, ye may

believe that I am

he.

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

He that receiveth whomsoever I

send

receiveth me; and he that

receiveth me receiveth him that

sent me.

21 When Jesus had thus said, he

was troubled in spirit, and testified,

and said, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, that one of you shall

betray

me.

22 Then the disciples looked one

on another, doubting of whom he

spake.

23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’

bosom one of his

disciples, whom

Jesus loved.

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned

to him, that he should ask who it

should be of whom he spake.

25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast

saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

1 b tg God, Love of.

2 a D&C 10:15 (13, 15);

63:28.

3 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Power of.

c John 7:29.

5 a

tg Wash.

8 a

JSt John 13:8–10

(Appendix).

tg Purification.

10 a

tg Purity.

b D&C 38:10.

11 a John 6:64.

b D&C 66:3.

13 a

gr Teacher.

14 a

gr Teacher.

tg Courtesy.

tg Humility.

tg Jesus Christ,

Teaching Mode of.

15 a

tg Example;

God, the Standard of

Righteousness;

Jesus Christ, Exemplar;

Leadership.

17 a

tg Happiness.

19 a

JSt John 13:19 . . . the

Christ.

20 a D&C 39:5; 84:37.

b 1 Jn. 4:6 (1–6).

21 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Betrayal of.

23 a John 20:2;

21:24 (20–24).

1352JOHN 13:26–14:9

26 Jesus answered, He it is, to

whom I shall give a

sop, when I

have dipped it. And when he had

dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas

Iscariot, the son of Simon.

27 And after the sop

Satan entered

into him. Then said Jesus unto him,

That thou doest, do quickly.

28 Now no man at the table knew

for what intent he spake this unto

him.

29 For some of them thought, be-

cause Judas had the

bag, that Jesus

had said unto him, Buy those things

that we have need of against the

feast; or, that he should give some-

thing to the poor.

30 He then having received the

sop went immediately out: and it

was night.

31 ¶ Therefore, when he was gone

out, Jesus said, Now is the

Son of

man glorified, and God is glorified

in him.

32 If God be glorified in him,

God shall also glorify him in him-

self, and shall straightway glorify

him.

33 Little children, yet a little while

I am with you. Ye shall

seek me:

and as I said unto the Jews, Whither

I go, ye cannot come; so now I say

to you.

34 A new commandment I give

unto you, That ye

love one another;

as I have loved you, that ye also

love

one another.

35 By this shall all men know that

ye are my disciples, if ye have

love

one to another.

36 ¶ Simon Peter said unto him,

Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus

answered him, Whither I go, thou

canst not follow me now; but thou

shalt follow me afterwards.

37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why

cannot I

follow thee now? I will lay

down my life for thy sake.

38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou

lay down thy life for my sake? Ver-

ily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock

shall not crow, till thou hast denied

me thrice.

CHAPTER 14

Jesus speaks of many mansions—He

says that He is the way, the truth, and

the life and that to see Him is to see

the Father—He promises the first and

second Comforters.

L not your heart be

troubled: ye

believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s

house are many

mansions: if it were not so, I would

have told you. I go to prepare a

place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place

for you, I will

come again, and re-

ceive you unto myself; that

where

I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and

the way ye know.

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we

know not whither thou goest; and

how can we know the way?

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the

way, the

truth, and the life: no

man

cometh unto the Father, but

by me.

7 If ye had

known me, ye should

have known my Father also: and

from henceforth ye know him, and

have seen him.

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew

us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been

so long time with you, and yet hast

thou not known me, Philip? he that

hath seen me hath seen the

Father;

26 a gr morsel, mouthful.

27 a

tg Devil.

29 a John 12:6.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

33 a John 7:34 (33–36).

34 a

tg Love.

tg Family, Love within.

35 a

tg Fellowshipping;

God, Love of.

37 a

tg Commitment.

1 a D&C 50:41 (41–42).

2 a

tg Heaven.

b D&C 59:2; 98:18.

tg Eternal Life;

Telestial Glory.

3 a Acts 1:11 (9–11).

b D&C 27:18; 132:23.

c 1 Thes. 4:17;

Rev. 22:4 (3–5).

6 a Ex. 18:20; 33:13;

1 Sam. 12:23 (16–23);

Ps. 25:4;

John 10:7 (1–15).

tg Example.

tg Truth.

c Matt. 11:27;

Luke 10:22.

tg God, Access to.

7 a John 8:19; 1 Jn. 2:23;

D&C 88:50.

9 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

1353 JOHN 14:10–28

and how sayest thou then, Shew us

the Father?

10 Believest thou not that I am in

the

Father, and the Father in me?

the words that I speak unto you I

speak not of myself: but the Father

that dwelleth in me, he doeth the

works.

11 Believe me that I am

in the

Father, and the Father in me: or

else believe me for the very works’

sake.

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He

that

believeth on me, the works that

I do shall he do also; and greater

works than these shall he do; be-

cause I

go unto my

Father.

13 And whatsoever ye shall

ask in

name, that will I do, that the

Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my

name, I will do it.

15 ¶ If ye

love me,

keep my

com-

mandments.

16 And I will pray the Father, and

he shall give you another

Com-

forter, that he may

abide with you

for ever;

17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom

the world cannot receive, because

it seeth him not, neither knoweth

him: but ye know him; for he dwell-

eth with you, and shall be in you.

18 I will not leave you

comfort-

less: I will

come to you.

19 Yet a little while, and the world

seeth me no more; but ye see me:

because I live, ye shall live also.

20 At that day ye shall know that

I am in my Father, and ye in me,

and I in you.

21 He that hath my command-

ments, and

keepeth them, he it is

that loveth me: and he that loveth

me shall be

loved of my Father, and

I will love him, and will

manifest

myself to him.

22 Judas saith unto him, not

Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou

wilt manifest thyself unto us, and

not unto the world?

23 Jesus answered and said unto

him, If a man love me, he will keep

my words: and my Father will

love him, and we will come unto

him, and make our

abode with

him.

24 He that loveth me not keepeth

not my sayings: and the word which

ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s

which sent me.

25 These things have I spoken unto

you, being yet present with you.

26 But the

Comforter, which is the

Holy Ghost, whom the Father will

send in my

name, he shall

teach

you all things, and bring all things

to your remembrance, whatsoever

I have said unto you.

Peace I leave with you, my

peace I give unto you: not as the

world giveth, give I unto you. Let

not your heart be

troubled, neither

let it be afraid.

28 Ye have heard how I said unto

you, I go away, and come again

unto you. If ye loved me, ye would

rejoice, because I said, I

go unto

10 a D&C 93:3.

11 a D&C 50:43.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with the

Father.

12 a Acts 9:41 (36–43);

4 Ne. 1:5 (5, 32–33).

tg Faith.

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

13 a D&C 6:14; 29:6.

tg Prayer.

tg Name.

15 a

tg God, Love of;

God, the Standard of

Righteousness; Love.

tg Duty; Obedience.

tg Commandments

of God; Commitment;

Good Works.

16 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Comforter.

b D&C 20:77.

18 a

gr orphans.

tg Comfort.

b John 16:32;

2 Tim. 4:17 (16–17).

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

21 a

tg Obedience.

tg God, Love of.

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing; Revelation.

23 a

tg God, Love of.

b 1 Jn. 3:24;

Rev. 3:20;

D&C 130:3.

26 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Comforter.

tg Guidance, Divine.

tg Name.

tg God, Omniscience of;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Mission of;

Inspiration; Learn;

Teaching.

27 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Contentment;

Peace.

tg Sorrow.

28 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

1354JOHN 14:29–15:16

the Father: for my

Father is greater

than I.

29 And now I have told you before

it come to pass, that, when it is come

to pass, ye might

believe.

30 Hereafter I will not talk much

with you:

for the

prince of this

world cometh, and hath nothing

in me.

31 But that the world may know

that I love the Father; and as the

Father gave me

commandment,

even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

CHAPTER 15

Jesus is the vine; His disciples are the

branches—He discourses on the perfect

law of love—His servants have been

chosen and ordained by Him—The

world hates and fights true religion—

He promises the Comforter, the Spirit

of Truth.

I  the true

vine, and my Father

is the husbandman.

2 Every

branch in me that beareth

not

fruit he taketh away: and ev-

ery branch that beareth fruit, he

purgeth it, that it may bring forth

more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the

word which I have spoken unto you.

Abide in me, and I in you. As

the branch cannot bear fruit of it-

self, except it abide in the vine; no

more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the

vine, ye are the branches:

He that abideth in me, and I in him,

the same bringeth forth much

fruit: for without

me ye can do

nothing.

6 If a man

abide not in me, he

is cast forth as a branch, and is

withered; and men gather them,

and cast them into the fire, and they

are burned.

7 If ye

abide in me, and my words

abide in you, ye shall

ask what ye

will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father

glorified,

that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye

be my disciples.

9 As the Father hath

loved me,

so have I loved you: continue ye in

my love.

10 If ye

keep my commandments,

ye shall abide in my

love; even as

I have kept my Father’s command-

ments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto

you, that my joy might remain in

you, and that your

joy might be full.

12 This is my commandment,

That ye

love one another, as I have

loved you.

13 Greater

love hath no man than

this, that a man lay down his

life

for his

friends.

14 Ye are my

friends, if ye do

whatsoever I

command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not ser-

vants; for the servant knoweth not

what his lord doeth: but I have

called you

friends; for all things

that I have

heard of my Father I

have made

known unto you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I

have

chosen you, and

ordained

28 b tg Godhead.

29 a

tg Faith.

30 a

JSt John 14:30 . . . for

the prince of darkness,

who is of this world,

cometh, but hath no

power over me, but he

hath power over you.

tg Devil.

tg Worldliness.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

1 a Gen. 49:11; 1 Ne. 15:15.

2 a Matt. 15:13 (13–14).

b Matt. 7:19 (15–20);

Luke 3:9.

gr purifies.

tg Test.

4 a 1 Jn. 2:6;

D&C 35:18; 43:3; 50:24.

5 a

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

b Philip. 4:13.

6 a Col. 1:23.

7 a

tg Problem-Solving.

tg Prayer.

8 a Isa. 49:3; Matt. 5:16.

9 a

tg God, Love of.

10 a 1 Ne. 17:35; Mosiah 2:4;

D&C 95:12.

tg Obedience.

tg Love.

11 a

tg Joy.

12 a

tg Love.

b D&C 6:20.

13 a 1 Jn. 3:16 (10–18).

tg Love.

tg Life, Sanctity of;

Martyrdom.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood; Friendship.

14 a D&C 84:63.

tg Commandments

of God.

15 a Luke 12:4.

b John 16:12;

3 Ne. 15:16 (13–18).

tg Revelation.

16 a

tg Apostles;

Called of God;

Election;

Priesthood, Quali-

fying for.

tg Authority;

Church Organization;

Priesthood, Authority;

Priesthood, History of;

Priesthood, Melchizedek.

1355 JOHN 15:17–16:10

you, that ye should go and bring

forth

fruit, and that your fruit

should remain: that whatsoever ye

shall ask of the Father in my

name,

he may give it you.

17 These things I command you,

that ye love one another.

18 If the world

hate you, ye know

that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the

world, the

world would

love his own: but be-

cause ye are not of the world, but I

have chosen you out of the world,

therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said

unto you, The

servant is not greater

than his lord. If they have

perse-

cuted me, they will also persecute

you; if they have kept my saying,

they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they

do unto you for my name’s sake,

because they know not him that

sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken

unto them, they had not had

sin:

but now they have no

cloak for

their sin.

23 He that hateth me hateth my

Father also.

24 If I had not done among them

the works which none other man

did, they had not had

sin: but now

have they both seen and hated both

me and my Father.

25 But this cometh to pass, that the

word might be fulfilled that is writ-

ten in their law, They

hated me

without a cause.

26 But when the

Comforter is

come, whom I will send unto you

from the Father, even the Spirit of

truth, which proceedeth from the

Father, he shall

testify of me:

27 And ye also shall bear

witness,

because ye have been with me from

the beginning.

CHAPTER 16

Jesus discourses on the mission of the

Holy Ghost—He tells of His death and

resurrection, announces that He is the

Son of God, and says that He has over-

come the world.

T things have I spoken unto

you, that ye should not be

offended.

2 They shall put you out of the

syna gogues: yea, the time cometh,

that whosoever

killeth you will

think that he doeth God service.

3 And these things will they do

unto you, because they have not

known the Father, nor me.

4 But these things have I told you,

that when the time shall come, ye

may remember that I told you of

them. And these things I said not

unto you at the beginning, because

I was with you.

5 But now I

go my way to him

that sent me; and none of you ask-

eth me, Whither goest thou?

6 But because I have said these

things unto you, sorrow hath filled

your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;

It is

expedient for you that I go

away: for if I go not away, the

Com-

forter will not come unto you; but if

I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, he will

reprove the world of sin, and of

righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of

sin, because they believe

not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to

my Father, and ye see me no more;

16 c tg Missionary Work;

Mission of Early Saints.

d D&C 18:18.

18 a

tg Hate.

19 a

tg World;

Worldliness.

b Luke 6:26.

20 a Matt. 10:24 (24–25).

b D&C 6:29.

tg Persecution.

22 a John 9:41 (39–41);

2 Ne. 9:25 (25–27);

D&C 82:3 (3–4).

ie pretext, excuse.

24 a Alma 32:19 (17–19).

25 a

tg Hate.

26 a

tg Comfort;

Holy Ghost, Comforter.

tg Holy Ghost, Mission

of; Holy Ghost, Source

of Testimony.

27 a

tg Witness.

1 a tg Offense.

2 a

tg Persecution.

3 a Moses 4:6.

5 a Luke 5:35.

7 a

gr beneficial,

profitable,

advantageous.

tg Holy Ghost,

Comforter.

8 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of;

Reproof.

tg Righteousness.

9 a

tg Sin.

1356JOHN 16:11–30

11 Of judgment, because the prince

of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to

say

unto you, but ye cannot

bear them

now.

13 Howbeit when he, the

Spirit of

truth, is come, he will

guide you

into all

truth: for he shall not speak

of himself; but whatsoever he shall

hear, that shall he speak: and he will

shew you things to come.

14 He shall

glorify me: for he shall

receive of mine, and shall shew it

unto you.

15 All

things that the

Father hath

are mine: therefore said I, that he

shall take of mine, and shall shew

it unto you.

16 A little while, and ye shall not

see me: and again, a little while,

and ye shall

see me, because I go

to the Father.

17 Then said some of his disciples

among themselves, What is this that

he saith unto us, A little while, and

ye shall not see me: and again, a lit-

tle while, and ye shall see me: and,

Because I go to the Father?

18 They said therefore, What is

this that he saith, A little while? we

cannot tell what he saith.

19 Now Jesus knew that they were

desirous to ask him, and said unto

them, Do ye inquire among your-

selves of that I said, A little while,

and ye shall not see me: and again,

a little while, and ye shall see me?

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

That ye shall weep and lament,

but the world shall rejoice: and

ye shall be sorrowful, but your

sor-

row shall be turned into

joy.

21 A

woman when she is in tra-

vail hath sorrow, because her hour

is come: but as soon as she is deliv-

ered of the child, she remembereth

no more the anguish, for joy that a

man is born into the world.

22 And ye now therefore have

sor-

row: but I will see you again, and

your heart shall rejoice, and your

joy no man taketh from you.

23 And in that day ye shall ask me

nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto

you, Whatsoever ye shall

ask the

Father in my name, he will give it

you.

24 Hitherto have ye asked noth-

ing in my name:

ask, and ye shall

receive, that your joy may be full.

25 These things have I spoken

unto you in

proverbs: but the time

cometh, when I shall no more speak

unto you in proverbs, but I shall

shew you plainly of the Father.

26 At that day ye shall ask in my

name: and I say not unto you, that

I will pray the Father for you:

27 For the Father himself

loveth

you, because ye have loved me,

and have

believed that I came out

from God.

28 I

came

forth from the

Father,

and am come into the world: again,

I leave the world, and go to the

Father.

29 His disciples said unto him,

Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and

speakest no proverb.

30 Now are we sure that thou

knowest all things, and needest

not that any man should ask thee:

by this we believe that thou camest

forth from God.

12 a John 15:15;

3 Ne. 15:16 (13–18).

b Heb. 5:11 (11–12);

3 Ne. 17:2 (2–4);

D&C 50:40; 78:18 (17–18).

13 a tg Conscience.

b tg God, Omniscience of;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Mission of;

Inspiration; Learn.

c tg God, Intelligence of;

Truth.

d tg Revelation.

14 a Acts 3:13.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

15 a 3 Ne. 28:10;

D&C 76:59; 84:38 (37–38).

b tg Jesus Christ,

Divine Sonship.

16 a D&C 35:21; 38:8.

20 a tg Pain; Patience.

b tg Joy.

21 a tg Marriage,

Motherhood.

22 a tg Sorrow.

b tg Joy.

23 a JSt John 16:23 . . . nothing

but it shall be done unto you.

Verily, verily, I say . . .

b tg Prayer.

24 a D&C 66:9.

25 a gr figurative discourse,

similitudes.

27 a tg God, Love of.

b tg Faith.

28 a John 8:42; 17:8; Gal. 4:4.

b John 8:14.

c tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

30 a tg God, Omniscience of;

God, Perfection of.

1357 JOHN 16:31–17:13

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye

now believe?

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea,

is now come, that ye shall be scat-

tered, every man to his own, and

shall leave me alone: and yet I am

not

alone, because the Father is

with me.

33 These things I have spoken

unto you, that in me ye might have

peace. In the

world ye shall have

tribulation: but be of good

cheer;

I have

overcome the world.

CHAPTER 17

Jesus offers the great Intercessory

Prayer—He is glorified by gaining

eternal life—He prays for His Apostles

and all the Saints—He explains how

the Father and Son are one.

T words spake Jesus, and lifted

up his eyes to heaven, and said,

Father, the hour is come; glorify

thy

Son, that thy Son also may

glorify thee:

2 As thou hast given him

power

over all flesh, that he should give

eternal life to as many as thou hast

given him.

3 And this is

life

eternal, that

they might

know thee the only

true

God, and Jesus Christ, whom

thou hast

sent.

4 I have

glorified thee on the earth:

I have

finished the work which

thou gavest me to do.

5 And now, O Father, glorify thou

me with thine own self with the

glory which I had with thee

be-

fore the world was.

6 I have manifested thy name unto

the men which thou gavest me

out

of the world: thine they were, and

thou gavest them me; and they have

kept thy word.

7 Now they have known that all

things whatsoever thou hast

given

me are of thee.

8 For I have given unto them the

words which thou gavest me; and

they have received them, and have

known surely that I

came out from

thee, and they have

believed that

thou didst send me.

9 I

pray for them: I pray not for

the world, but for them which

thou

hast given me; for they are thine.

10 And all mine are thine, and

thine are mine; and I am glorified

in them.

11 And now I am no more in the

world, but these are in the

world,

and I come to thee. Holy Father,

keep through thine own name those

whom thou hast given me, that they

may be

one, as we are.

12 While I was with them in the

world, I kept them in thy name:

those that thou gavest me I have

kept, and

none of them is

lost,

but the son of

perdition; that the

scripture might be fulfilled.

13 And now come I to thee; and

32 a John 8:16, 29; 14:18.

33 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Earth, Purpose of;

World; Worldliness.

tg Affliction; Test;

Tribulation.

tg Happiness.

e Rev. 12:11 (10–12);

D&C 50:41; 76:107.

1 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg Jesus Christ,

Mission of.

2 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Power of.

b John 6:37.

c John 10:29 (27–29);

D&C 50:41.

3 a

tg Eternal Life.

b 1 Jn. 1:2; 2:25;

D&C 132:24.

c Jer. 9:3; Hosea 2:20;

1 Jn. 4:8 (7–8);

D&C 101:16.

tg God, Knowledge

about; Objectives;

Testimony.

tg Godhead.

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

4 a D&C 65:6; 76:43 (40–43).

b D&C 19:2.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

5 a

tg Celestial Glory;

Jesus Christ, Glory of.

tg Jesus Christ, Foreor-

dained; Man, Antemor-

tal Existence of.

6 a 1 Kgs. 8:53;

3 Ne. 15:19 (19–20).

7 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

8 a Deut. 18:18; John 6:68.

tg Revelation.

b John 8:42;

16:28 (27–28, 30);

Gal. 4:4.

tg Faith.

9 a

tg Prayer.

b D&C 27:14; 84:63.

11 a

tg Earth, Purpose of.

tg Unity.

12 a John 6:39; 18:9.

b D&C 50:42.

c 3 Ne. 27:32.

tg Damnation; Death,

Spiritual, Second; Hell.

1358JOHN 17:14–18:8

these things I speak in the world,

that they might have my

joy ful-

filled in themselves.

14 I have given them thy word; and

the world hath hated them, because

they are not of the world, even as I

am not of the world.

15 I pray not that thou shouldest

take them out of the

world, but

that thou shouldest

keep them

from the

evil.

16 They are not of the

world, even

as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them through thy

truth: thy word is

truth.

18 As thou hast

sent me into the

world, even so have I also sent them

into the world.

19 And for their sakes I

sanctify

myself, that they also might be sanc-

tified through the truth.

20 Neither

pray I for these alone,

but for them also which shall

be-

lieve on me through their word;

21 That they all may be

one; as

thou,

Father, art in me, and I in

thee, that they also may be

one in

us: that the world may believe that

thou hast sent me.

22 And the glory which thou gav-

est me I have given them; that they

may be

one, even as we are

one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that

they may be made

perfect in one;

and that the world may know that

thou hast sent me, and hast

loved

them, as thou hast loved me.

24 Father, I will that they also,

whom thou hast given me, be with

me where I am; that they may be-

hold my glory, which thou hast given

me: for thou lovedst me before the

foundation of the world.

25 O righteous Father, the world

hath not

known thee: but I have

known thee, and these have known

that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have

declared unto them

thy

name, and will declare it: that

the

love wherewith thou hast

loved

me may be in them, and I in them.

CHAPTER 18

Jesus is betrayed and arrested—He is

examined and maltreated first before

Annas, then before Caiaphas—Peter de-

nies knowing Jesus—Jesus is arraigned

before Pilate.

W Jesus had spoken these words,

he went forth with his disciples over

the brook Cedron, where was a gar-

den, into the which he entered, and

his disciples.

2 And Judas also, which betrayed

him, knew the place: for Jesus oft-

times resorted thither with his dis-

ciples.

3 Judas then, having received a

band of men and officers from the

chief priests and Pharisees, cometh

thither with lanterns and torches

and weapons.

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all

things that should come upon him,

went forth, and said unto them,

Whom seek ye?

5 They answered him, Jesus of

Naza reth. Jesus saith unto them, I

am he. And Judas also, which be-

trayed him, stood with them.

6 As soon then as he had said unto

them, I am he, they went backward,

and fell to the ground.

7 Then asked he them again, Whom

seek ye? And they said, Jesus of

Nazareth.

8 Jesus answered, I have told you

that I am he: if therefore ye seek me,

let these go their way:

13 a tg Joy.

15 a

tg World.

tg Refuge.

tg Evil.

16 a

tg Worldliness.

17 a

tg Sanctification.

b Jacob 4:13.

c 2 Sam. 7:28;

Ps. 119:142.

tg Truth.

18 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

19 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

20 a

tg Prayer.

b D&C 45:5.

21 a 4 Ne. 1:17 (15–17);

D&C 38:27.

tg Godhead;

God the Father, Elohim.

c D&C 35:2; Moses 6:68.

22 a Gal. 2:20.

b D&C 93:3.

23 a

tg Perfection.

tg God, Love of.

25 a

tg God, Knowledge

about.

26 a

tg Preaching.

tg Name.

tg God, Love of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

1359 JOHN 18:9–33

9 That the saying might be fulfilled,

which he spake, Of them which thou

gavest me have I lost

none.

10 Then Simon Peter having a

sword drew it, and smote the high

priest’s servant, and

cut off his

right ear. The servant’s name was

Malchus.

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put

up thy sword into the sheath: the

cup which my Father hath given

me, shall I not drink it?

12 Then the band and the captain

and officers of the Jews took Jesus,

and bound him,

13 And led him away to

Annas

first; for he was father in law to

Caiaphas, which was the high priest

that same year.

14 Now

Caiaphas was he, which

gave counsel to the Jews, that it was

expedient that one man should die

for the people.

15 ¶ And Simon Peter followed

Jesus, and so did another disciple:

that disciple was known unto the

high priest, and went in with Jesus

into the palace of the high priest.

16 But Peter stood at the door

without. Then went out that other

disciple, which was known unto

the high priest, and spake unto her

that kept the door, and brought in

Peter.

17 Then saith the damsel that kept

the door unto Peter, Art not thou

also one of this man’s disciples? He

saith, I am not.

18 And the servants and officers

stood there, who had made a fire

of coals; for it was cold: and they

warmed themselves: and Peter

stood with them, and warmed

himself.

19 ¶ The high

priest then asked

Jesus of his disciples, and of his

doctrine.

20 Jesus answered him, I spake

openly to the world; I ever taught in

the synagogue, and in the temple,

whither the Jews always resort; and

in secret have I said nothing.

21 Why askest thou me? ask them

which heard me, what I have said

unto them: behold, they know what

I said.

22 And when he had thus spoken,

one of the officers which stood by

struck Jesus with the palm of his

hand, saying, Answerest thou the

high priest so?

23 Jesus answered him, If I have

spoken evil, bear witness of the evil:

but if well, why smitest thou me?

24 Now Annas had sent him bound

unto Caiaphas the high priest.

25 And Simon Peter stood and

warmed himself. They said there-

fore unto him, Art not thou also one

of his disciples? He denied it, and

said, I am not.

26 One of the servants of the high

priest, being his kinsman whose ear

Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee

in the garden with him?

27 Peter then denied again: and

immediately the cock crew.

28 ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caia-

phas unto the hall of judgment: and

it was early; and they themselves

went not into the judgment hall,

lest they should be defiled; but that

they might eat the

passover.

Pilate then went out unto them,

and said, What accusation bring ye

against this man?

30 They answered and said unto

him, If he were not a malefactor,

we would not have delivered him

up unto thee.

31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take

ye him, and judge him according to

your law. The Jews therefore said

unto him, It is not lawful for us to

put any man to death:

32 That the saying of Jesus might

be fulfilled, which he spake, sig-

nifying what death he should die.

33 Then Pilate entered into the

judgment hall again, and called

9 a John 6:39; 17:12.

10 a

tg Rashness.

b Matt. 26:51.

11 a 3 Ne. 11:11.

13 a Matt. 26:57;

Luke 3:2.

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

14 a John 19:11.

19 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

22 a Acts 23:2.

28 a John 19:14.

29 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

1360JOHN 18:34–19:13

Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou

the King of the Jews?

34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou

this thing of thyself, or did others

tell it thee of me?

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?

Thine own nation and the chief

priests have delivered thee unto

me: what hast thou done?

36 Jesus answered, My

kingdom is

not of this

world: if my kingdom

were of this world, then would my

servants fight, that I should not be

delivered to the Jews: but now is my

kingdom not from hence.

Pilate therefore said unto

him, Art thou a

king then? Jesus

answered, Thou sayest that I am a

king. To this end was I born, and

for this cause came I into the world,

that I should bear witness unto the

truth. Every one that is of the truth

heareth my voice.

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is

truth? And when he had

said this,

he went out again unto the Jews,

and saith unto them, I find in him

fault at all.

39 But ye have a custom, that I

should release unto you one at the

passover: will ye therefore that I re-

lease unto you the King of the Jews?

40 Then cried they all again, say-

ing, Not this man, but Barabbas.

Now

Barabbas was a robber.

CHAPTER 19

Jesus is scourged and crucified—He

places His mother in John’s care—

He dies and His side is pierced with

a spear—He is buried in the tomb of

Joseph of Arimathæa.

T Pilate therefore took Jesus,

and

scourged him.

2 And the soldiers plaited a crown

of thorns, and put it on his head,

and they put on him a purple robe,

3 And said, Hail,

King of the

Jews! and they smote him with

their hands.

4 Pilate therefore went forth again,

and saith unto them, Behold, I bring

him forth to you, that ye may know

that I find no

fault in him.

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing

the crown of thorns, and the purple

robe. And Pilate saith unto them,

Behold the man!

6 When the chief priests therefore

and officers saw him, they

cried

out, saying, Crucify him, crucify

him. Pilate saith unto them, Take

ye him, and crucify him: for I find

fault in him.

7 The Jews answered him, We have

law, and by our law he ought to

die, because he made himself the

Son of God.

8 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard

that saying, he was the more afraid;

9 And went again into the judg-

ment hall, and saith unto Jesus,

Whence art thou? But Jesus gave

him no

answer.

10 Then saith Pilate unto him,

Speakest thou not unto me? know-

est thou not that I have power to

crucify thee, and have power to

release thee?

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest

have no

power at all against me, ex-

cept it were given thee from above:

therefore he that delivered me unto

thee hath the greater

sin.

12 And from thenceforth Pilate

sought to release him: but the Jews

cried out, saying, If thou let this

man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend:

whosoever maketh himself a

king

speaketh against Cæsar.

13 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard

36 a John 6:15.

tg World.

37 a 1 Tim. 6:13.

b Isa. 55:4.

c John 19:12 (11–13).

d 3 Ne. 11:31 (31–41).

tg Truth.

38 a

gr said this again.

b Matt. 27:24 (11–26);

John 19:4.

40 a Luke 23:19.

1 a Mosiah 15:5.

3 a D&C 45:53.

4 a

gr cause, crime, case.

John 18:38;

Mosiah 14:9.

6 a Acts 3:13.

gr cause, crime,

motive.

7 a Lev. 24:16.

b John 5:18 (17–18); 10:33;

Mosiah 15:2.

9 a Mosiah 14:7; 15:6.

11 a Rom. 13:1;

D&C 134:1.

b John 18:14.

12 a John 18:37 (33, 36–37).

1361 JOHN 19:14–31

that saying, he brought Jesus forth,

and sat down in the judgment seat

in a place that is called the Pave-

ment, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 And it was the preparation of

the

passover, and about the sixth

hour: and he saith unto the Jews,

Behold your

King!

15 But they cried out, Away with

him, away with him,

crucify him.

Pilate saith unto them, Shall I cru-

cify your King? The chief priests

answered, We have no

king but

Cæsar.

16 Then delivered he him there-

fore unto them to be crucified. And

they took Jesus, and led him away.

17 And he

bearing his

cross went

forth into a place called the place of

skull, which is called in the He-

brew Golgotha:

18 Where they crucified him, and

two other with him, on either side

one, and Jesus in the midst.

19 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and

put it on the cross. And the writing

was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE

KING OF THE JEWS.

20 This title then read many of

the Jews: for the place where Jesus

was crucified was nigh to the city:

and it was written in Hebrew, and

Greek, and Latin.

21 Then said the chief priests of

the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The

King of the Jews; but that he said,

I am King of the Jews.

22 Pilate answered, What I have

written I have written.

23 ¶ Then the soldiers, when they

had crucified Jesus, took his gar-

ments, and made four parts, to every

soldier a part; and also his coat: now

the coat was without seam, woven

from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among

themselves, Let us not rend it, but

cast lots for it, whose it shall be:

that the scripture might be fulfilled,

which saith, They parted my

rai-

ment among them, and for my ves-

ture they did cast lots. These things

therefore the soldiers did.

25 ¶ Now there stood by the cross

of Jesus his

mother, and his mother’s

sister, Mary the wife of

Cleophas,

and Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus therefore saw his

mother, and the

disciple stand-

ing by, whom he loved, he saith

unto his mother,

Woman, behold

thy son!

27 Then saith he to the disciple,

Behold thy

mother! And from that

hour that disciple took her unto his

own home.

28 ¶ After this, Jesus knowing that

all things were now accomplished,

that the scripture might be fulfilled,

saith, I thirst.

29 Now there was set a vessel full

of vinegar: and they filled a sponge

with

vinegar, and put it upon hys-

sop, and put it to his mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore had re-

ceived the vinegar, he said, It is

finished: and he bowed his head,

and gave up the ghost.

31 The Jews therefore, because it

was the preparation, that the bodies

should not remain upon the

cross

on the sabbath day, (for that

sab-

bath day was an

high

day,) be-

sought Pilate that their legs might be

14 a John 18:28.

tg Passover.

b D&C 45:53.

15 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Trials of.

b 2 Ne. 10:14.

17 a Gen. 22:6.

b Luke 14:27.

JSt John 19:17 . . .

burial . . .

Heb. 13:12 (11–16).

24 a Ps. 22:18.

25 a Luke 2:35 (34–35).

tg Marriage,

Motherhood.

b Luke 24:18.

26 a John 20:2 (2–9);

D&C 7:1.

tg Woman.

27 a

tg Family, Love within;

Honoring Father and

Mother;

Jesus Christ, Family of.

29 a Ps. 69:21.

30 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

b Ex. 12:16 (15–17).

c Jesus arose on the first

day of the week. The

previous day was the

weekly Sabbath. The

day before the Sabbath,

being also the day after

the Passover meal,

could be the “high” day.

Ex. 12:16;

Lev. 23:7;

Mark 15:42.

d Ex. 12:14 (12–16).

1362JOHN 19:32–20:10

broken, and that they might be

taken away.

32 Then came the soldiers, and

brake the legs of the first, and of

the other which was crucified with

him.

33 But when they came to Jesus,

and saw that he was dead already,

they

brake not his legs:

34 But one of the soldiers with a

spear pierced his side, and forthwith

came there out blood and water.

35 And he that

saw it bare

record,

and his record is true: and he

knoweth that he saith true, that ye

might believe.

36 For these things were done, that

the scripture should be fulfilled, A

bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another scripture

saith, They shall look on him whom

they

pierced.

38 ¶ And after this

Joseph of Ari-

mathæa, being a disciple of Jesus,

but secretly for

fear of the Jews,

besought Pilate that he might take

away the body of Jesus: and Pilate

gave him leave. He came therefore,

and took the body of Jesus.

39 And there came also

Nicode-

mus, which at the first came to Jesus

by night, and brought a mixture of

myrrh and aloes, about an hundred

pound weight.

40 Then took they the body of

Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes

with the spices, as the manner of

the Jews is to bury.

41 Now in the place where he was

crucified there was a garden; and

in the garden a new

sepulchre,

wherein was never man yet laid.

42 There laid they Jesus therefore

because of the Jews’

preparation day;

for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

CHAPTER 20

Mary Magdalene, Peter, and John find

the empty tomb—The risen Christ ap-

pears to Mary Magdalene in the gar-

den—He appears to the disciples and

shows His resurrected body—Thomas

feels the wounds in Jesus’ hands, feet,

and side—Jesus is the Christ, the Son

of God.

T

first day of the week cometh

Mary Magdalene early, when it was

yet

dark, unto the sepulchre, and

seeth the

stone taken away from

the

sepulchre.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to

Simon Peter, and to the other

dis-

ciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith

unto them, They have taken away the

Lord out of the sepulchre, and we

know not where they have laid him.

3 Peter therefore went forth, and

that other disciple, and came to the

sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together: and

the other disciple did outrun Peter,

and came first to the sepulchre.

5 And he stooping down, and look-

ing in, saw the linen clothes lying;

yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter follow-

ing him, and went into the sepul-

chre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the

napkin, that was about

his head, not lying with the linen

clothes, but wrapped together in a

place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other dis-

ciple, which came first to the sep-

ulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the

scripture, that he must

rise again

from the

dead.

10 Then the disciples went away

again unto their own home.

31 e Deut. 21:23 (22–23).

33 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Passover.

35 a John 1:14; 21:24.

b John 1:7 (6–8).

36 a Ex. 12:46; Num. 9:12.

37 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

38 a Matt. 27:57 (57–61).

b Prov. 29:25;

John 7:13; 12:42 (42–43).

39 a John 3:1 (1–10).

b Ps. 45:8.

41 a Luke 23:53; 2 Ne. 25:13.

42 a

tg Passover.

1 a tg Sabbath.

b Mark 16:2.

c Matt. 27:60.

JSt John 20:1 . . .

sepulcher, and two

angels sitting thereon.

2 a John 13:23;

19:26 (26–27);

21:24 (20–24);

1 Ne. 14:27 (18–27);

D&C 7:1.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

7 a John 11:44.

9 a Mark 9:10 (9–10);

Hel. 14:16 (15–17);

D&C 18:12 (11–12).

b Isa. 25:8.

1363 JOHN 20:11–29

11 ¶ But Mary stood without at

the sepulchre weeping: and as she

wept, she stooped down, and looked

into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth two

angels in white

sitting, the one at the head, and the

other at the feet, where the body of

Jesus had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman,

why weepest thou? She saith unto

them, Because they have taken away

my Lord, and I know not where they

have laid him.

14 And when she had thus said,

she turned herself back, and

saw

Jesus standing, and knew not that

it was Jesus.

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman,

why weepest thou? whom seekest

thou? She, supposing him to be

the gardener, saith unto him, Sir,

if thou have borne him hence, tell

me where thou hast laid him, and

I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She

turned herself, and saith unto him,

Rabboni; which is to say,

Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her,

Touch me

not; for I am not yet

ascended to

Father: but go to my brethren,

and say unto them, I ascend unto

Father, and your Father; and

to my God, and your God.

18 Mary Magdalene came and told

the disciples that she had seen the

Lord, and that he had spoken these

things unto her.

19 ¶ Then the same day at eve-

ning, being the first day of the week,

when the doors were shut where the

disciples were

assembled for fear

of the Jews, came Jesus and

stood

in the midst, and saith unto them,

Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he

shewed unto them his

hands and

his side. Then were the disciples

glad, when they

saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus to them again,

Peace be unto you: as my

Father

hath

sent me, even so

send I you.

22 And when he had said this, he

breathed on them, and saith unto

them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

23 Whose soever sins ye

remit,

they are remitted unto them; and

whose soever sins ye retain, they

are retained.

24 ¶ But Thomas, one of the twelve,

called Didymus, was not with them

when Jesus came.

25 The other disciples therefore

said unto him, We have seen the

Lord. But he said unto them, Except

I shall see in his hands the

of the nails, and put my finger into

the print of the nails, and thrust my

hand into his side, I will not believe.

26 ¶ And after eight days again his

disciples were within, and Thomas

with them: then came Jesus, the doors

being shut, and stood in the midst,

and said, Peace be unto you.

27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach

hither thy finger, and behold my

hands; and reach hither thy hand,

and

thrust it into my side: and be

not

faithless, but

believing.

28 And Thomas answered and said

unto him, My Lord and my God.

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,

because thou hast

seen me, thou

hast believed:

blessed are they that

have not seen, and yet have

believed.

12 a tg Angels.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ, Ap-

pearances, Postmortal.

16 a

gr Teacher.

17 a

JSt John 20:17 . . . Hold

me not . . .

b Luke 23:43 (39–43);

Alma 40:11 (6–15).

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

tg Godhead.

19 a

tg Assembly for

Worship; Meetings.

tg Jesus Christ, Ap-

pearances, Postmortal.

tg Peace of God.

20 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

c Mark 16:15 (14–18).

tg Authority.

23 a

tg Priesthood, Keys of;

Remission of Sins.

25 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

27 a 3 Ne. 11:14.

tg Doubt.

tg Unbelief.

29 a

tg Jesus Christ, Ap-

pearances, Postmortal.

b D&C 34:4.

c 1 Pet. 1:8;

Alma 32:21 (17–21).

tg Faith.

1364JOHN 20:30–21:17

30 ¶ And many other

signs truly

did Jesus in the presence of his

disciples, which are not

written

in this book:

31 But these are

written, that

ye might

believe that Jesus is the

Christ, the Son of God; and that be-

lieving ye might have

life through

his

name.

CHAPTER 21

Jesus appears to the disciples at the sea

of Tiberias—He says, Feed my sheep—

He foretells Peter’s martyrdom and that

John will not die.

A these things Jesus

shewed

himself again to the disciples at the

sea of Tiberias; and on this wise

shewed he himself.

2 There were together Simon Peter,

and Thomas called Didymus, and

Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and

the sons of

Zebedee, and two other

of his disciples.

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I

go a fishing. They say unto him, We

also go with thee. They went forth,

and entered into a ship immedi-

ately; and that night they caught

nothing.

4 But when the morning was now

come, Jesus

stood on the shore:

but the disciples knew not that it

was Jesus.

5 Then Jesus saith unto them,

Children, have ye any meat? They

answered him, No.

6 And he said unto them, Cast the

net on the right side of the ship, and

ye shall find. They cast therefore,

and now they were not able to draw

it for the multitude of fishes.

7 Therefore that disciple whom

Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is

the Lord. Now when Simon Peter

heard that it was the Lord, he girt

his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he

was naked,) and did cast himself

into the sea.

8 And the other disciples came

in a little ship; (for they were not

far from land, but as it were two

hundred cubits,) dragging the net

with fishes.

9 As soon then as they were come to

land, they saw a fire of coals there,

and fish laid thereon, and bread.

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of

the fish which ye have now caught.

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew

the net to land full of great fishes,

an hundred and fifty and three: and

for all there were so many, yet was

not the net broken.

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come

and dine. And none of the disciples

durst ask him, Who art thou? know-

ing that it was the Lord.

13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh

bread, and giveth them, and fish

likewise.

14 This is now the

third time that

Jesus

shewed himself to his disci-

ples, after that he was risen from

the dead.

15 ¶ So when they had dined,

Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,

son of Jonas, lovest thou me more

than these? He saith unto him,

Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love

thee. He saith unto him, Feed my

lambs.

16 He saith to him again the sec-

ond time, Simon, son of Jonas, lov-

est thou me? He saith unto him,

Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love

thee. He saith unto him,

Feed my

sheep.

17 He saith unto him the third

time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest

thou me? Peter was grieved be-

cause he said unto him the third

time, Lovest thou me? And he said

30 a tg Signs.

b John 21:25;

1 Ne. 14:25 (18–30);

D&C 93:6 (6, 18).

31 a 1 Jn. 5:13 (10–21).

b Luke 1:4 (3–4);

John 1:7 (6–8);

1 Ne. 6:4;

Morm. 5:14.

tg Faith.

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

d John 5:24.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of; Name.

1 a tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

2 a Matt. 4:21.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances, Postmortal.

14 a 3 Ne. 26:13; 27:2.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances, Postmortal.

16 a 1 Pet. 5:2;

D&C 112:14.

1365 JOHN 21:18–ACTS 1:3

unto him, Lord, thou knowest all

things; thou knowest that I love

thee. Jesus saith unto him,

Feed

sheep.

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

When thou wast young, thou gird-

edst thyself, and walkedst whither

thou wouldest: but when thou shalt

old, thou shalt stretch forth thy

hands, and another shall gird thee,

and carry thee whither thou would-

est not.

19 This spake he, signifying by

what

death he should glorify God.

And when he had spoken this, he

saith unto him, Follow me.

20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth

the disciple whom Jesus loved fol-

lowing; which also leaned on his

breast at supper, and said, Lord,

which is he that betrayeth thee?

21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus,

Lord, and what shall this man do?

22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will

that he

tarry till I come, what is

that to thee?

follow thou me.

23 Then went this saying abroad

among the brethren, that that dis-

ciple should not

die: yet Jesus said

not unto him, He shall not die; but,

If I will that he tarry till I come,

what is that to thee?

24 This is the

disciple which tes-

tifieth of these things, and

wrote

these things: and we know that his

testimony is

true.

25 And there are also many other

things which Jesus did, the which, if

they should be

written every one,

I suppose that even the world itself

could not contain the

books that

should be written. Amen.

17 a TG Fellowshipping;

Jesus Christ, Teaching

Mode of;

Missionary Work.

TG Sheep.

18 a

TG Old Age.

19 a 2 Pet. 1:14.

22 a Rev. 10:11;

D&C 7:3 (3–4).

TG Translated Beings.

b TG Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

23 a Luke 9:27.

24 a John 1:14; 13:23;

19:35; 20:2.

b TG Scriptures, Writing of.

c 3 Ne. 8:1.

25 a John 20:30 (30–31);

1 Ne. 14:25 (18–30).

b 3 Ne. 26:6.

[A]

1 a 2 Tim. 4:11 (10–11).

b Luke 1:3.

2 a

TG Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

3 a

TG Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal;

Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

THE ACTS

OF THE APOSTLES

CHAPTER 1

Jesus ministers for forty days after His

resurrection—The kingdom is to be

restored to Israel at a later time—The

Twelve are to bear witness in Jerusa-

lem, Judæa, Samaria, and the uttermost

parts of the earth—Jesus ascends into

heaven—Matthias is chosen to fill the

vacancy in the Twelve.

HE former treatise have

made, O

Theophilus, of all

that Jesus began both to do

and teach,

2 Until the day in which he was

taken up, after that he through the

Holy Ghost had given

command-

ments unto the apostles whom he

had chosen:

3 To whom also he

shewed himself

1366ACTS 1:4–20

alive after his

passion by many in-

fallible proofs, being seen of them

forty days, and speaking of the things

pertaining to the kingdom of God:

4 And, being assembled together

with them, commanded them that

they should not depart from Jeru-

salem, but wait for the

promise of

the Father, which, saith he, ye have

heard of me.

5 For John truly baptized with wa-

ter; but ye shall be

baptized with

the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

6 When they therefore were come

together, they asked of him, saying,

Lord, wilt thou at this time

restore

again the kingdom to Israel?

7 And he said unto them, It is not

for you to know the times or the

seasons, which the Father hath put

in his own power.

8 But ye shall receive

power, after

that the Holy Ghost is come upon

you: and ye shall be

witnesses unto

me both in Jerusalem, and in all

Judæa, and in

Samaria, and unto

the uttermost part of the earth.

9 And when he had spoken these

things, while they beheld, he was

taken

up; and a cloud received

him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stead-

fastly toward heaven as he went up,

behold, two men stood by them in

white apparel;

11 Which also said, Ye men of Gali-

lee, why stand ye gazing up into

heaven? this same Jesus, which is

taken up from you into heaven,

shall so

come in like

manner as

ye have seen him go into heaven.

12 Then returned they unto Jeru-

salem from the mount called Olivet,

which is from Jerusalem a sabbath

day’s journey.

13 And when they were come in,

they went up into an upper room,

where abode both Peter, and James,

and John, and Andrew, Philip, and

Thomas, Bartholomew, and Mat-

thew, James the son of Alphæus, and

Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother

of James.

14 These all continued with

one

accord in prayer and

supplication,

with the women, and Mary the moth-

er of Jesus, and with his

brethren.

15 ¶ And in those days Peter stood

up in the midst of the disciples, and

said, (the number of names together

were about an hundred and twenty,)

16 Men and brethren, this scrip-

ture must needs have been fulfilled,

which the Holy Ghost by the mouth

of David

spake before concerning

Judas, which was guide to them

that took Jesus.

17 For he was numbered with

us, and had obtained part of this

ministry.

18 Now this man purchased a field

with the reward of iniquity; and

falling headlong, he

burst asun-

der in the midst, and all his bowels

gushed out.

19 And it was known unto all the

dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as

that field is called in their

proper

tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,

The field of blood.

20 For it is written in the book of

Psalms, Let his habitation be

deso-

late, and let no man dwell therein:

and his

bishoprick let another take.

3 b gr suffering.

JSt Acts 1:3 . . .

sufferings . . .

c D&C 100:11.

4 a D&C 95:9 (8–10).

tg Promise.

5 a

tg Holy Ghost, Baptism

of; Holy Ghost, Gift of.

6 a

tg Dispensations.

7 a Dan. 2:21 (19–22, 28);

D&C 68:11 (7–12);

121:12 (12, 27, 31).

8 a 2 Tim. 1:7.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

b Luke 24:48;

D&C 27:12.

c Acts 8:5 (5, 14).

9 a 3 Ne. 10:18 (18–19);

11:8 (8–10).

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

b Ps. 68:18;

Eph. 4:8.

11 a 1 Thes. 1:10.

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

c John 14:3 (1–4).

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

14 a

tg Unity.

b Moro. 6:5 (1–5).

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

16 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

b Ps. 41:9;

Luke 22:48 (47–48).

18 a Matt. 27:5 (3–10).

19 a

gr own.

20 a Ps. 69:25.

gr overseership, office.

Ps. 109:8; D&C 114:2.

1367 ACTS 1:21–2:17

21 Wherefore of these men which

have companied with us all the time

that the Lord Jesus went in and out

among us,

22 Beginning from the baptism

of John, unto that same day that

he was taken up from us, must one

be ordained to be a

witness with

us of his

resurrection.

23 And they appointed two, Joseph

called Barsabas, who was surnamed

Justus, and Matthias.

24 And they

prayed, and said,

Thou, Lord, which

knowest the

hearts of all men, shew

whether of

these two thou hast

chosen,

25 That he may take part of this

ministry and

apostleship, from

which Judas by transgression

fell,

that he might go to his own place.

26 And they gave forth their lots;

and the lot fell upon

Matthias; and

he was numbered with the eleven

apostles.

CHAPTER 2

The Spirit is poured out on the day of

Pentecost—Peter testifies of Jesus’ res-

urrection—He tells how to gain salva-

tion and speaks of the gift of the Holy

Ghost—Many believe and are baptized.

A when the day of

Pentecost was

fully come, they were all with one

accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound

from heaven as of a rushing mighty

wind, and it filled all the house

where they were sitting.

3 And there appeared unto them

cloven tongues like as of fire, and

it sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the

Holy Ghost, and began to speak

with other

tongues, as the

Spirit

gave them utterance.

5 And there were dwelling at Je-

rusalem Jews, devout men, out of

every nation under heaven.

6 Now when this was noised abroad,

the multitude came together, and

were confounded, because that ev-

ery man heard them speak in his

own

language.

7 And they were all amazed and

marvelled, saying one to another,

Behold, are not all these which

speak Galilæans?

8 And how hear we every man in

our own tongue, wherein we were

born?

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elam-

ites, and the dwellers in Mesopota-

mia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia,

in Pontus, and Asia,

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in

Egypt, and in the parts of Libya

about Cyrene, and strangers of

Rome, Jews and

proselytes,

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do

hear them speak in our

tongues

the wonderful works of God.

12 And they were all amazed, and

were in doubt, saying one to another,

What meaneth this?

13 Others

mocking said, These

men are full of new wine.

14 ¶ But Peter, standing up with

the eleven, lifted up his voice, and

said unto them, Ye men of Judæa,

and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be

this known unto you, and heark en

to my words:

15 For these are not drunken, as

ye suppose, seeing it is but the third

hour of the day.

16 But this is that which was spo-

ken by the prophet

Joel;

17 And it shall come to pass in the

last days, saith God, I will

pour out

of my

Spirit upon all flesh: and your

22 a gr become a witness.

tg Witness.

tg Resurrection.

24 a D&C 9:8 (7–9).

tg God, Omniscience of.

gr which one.

tg Called of God.

25 a

tg Church Organization.

b 1 Cor. 10:12;

D&C 3:9.

26 a

tg Apostles.

1 a Ex. 23:17;

34:22 (16, 22);

Lev. 23:16 (15–16);

Acts 20:16.

2 a D&C 109:37.

3 a D&C 109:36.

4 a Acts 4:31.

tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Mission of.

c D&C 14:8.

6 a

tg Language.

10 a Acts 13:43.

11 a 1 Cor. 14:22.

13 a 1 Cor. 14:23.

16 a JS—H 1:41.

17 a

tg Last Days.

b Joel 2:28.

c Isa. 44:3;

Ezek. 36:27 (26–27);

D&C 19:38; 44:2; 95:4.

1368ACTS 2:18–36

sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, and your young men

shall see visions, and your old men

shall

dream dreams:

18 And on my servants and on

my handmaidens I will pour out in

those days of my Spirit; and they

shall

prophesy:

19 And I will shew

wonders in

heaven above, and

signs in the

earth beneath; blood, and fire, and

vapour of smoke:

20 The sun shall be turned into

darkness, and the moon into blood,

before that great and

notable

day

of the Lord come:

21 And it shall come to pass, that

whosoever shall call on the name

of the Lord shall be

saved.

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these

words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man

approved of God among you by

miracles and wonders and signs,

which

God did by him in the

midst of you, as ye yourselves also

know:

23 Him, being delivered by the

determinate counsel and

fore-

knowledge of God, ye have taken,

and by wicked hands have

cruci-

fied and slain:

24 Whom God hath

raised up,

having loosed the

pains of

death:

because it was not possible that he

should be holden of it.

25 For David speaketh concern-

ing him, I foresaw the

Lord al-

ways before my face, for he is on

my right hand, that I should not be

moved:

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice,

and my tongue was glad; moreover

also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave

my soul in

hell, neither wilt

thou suffer thine Holy One to see

corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me

the ways of life; thou shalt make me

full of joy with thy countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely

speak unto you of the

patriarch

David, that he is both dead and

buried, and his sepulchre is with

us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and

knowing that God had sworn with

oath to him, that of the fruit

of his loins, according to the flesh,

he would raise up

Christ to sit on

his throne;

31 He seeing this before spake of

the resurrection of Christ, that his

soul was not left in hell, neither his

flesh did see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God

raised up,

whereof we all are

witnesses.

33 Therefore being

by the

right

hand of God

exalted, and having

received of the Father the promise

of the Holy Ghost, he hath

shed

forth this, which ye now see and

hear.

34 For

David is not

ascended into

the heavens: but he saith himself,

The L said unto my

Lord, Sit

thou on my right hand,

35 Until I make thy foes thy foot-

stool.

36 Therefore let all the house of Is-

rael know assuredly, that God hath

made that same Jesus, whom ye

17 d Acts 21:9.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Dream.

18 a Acts 11:28 (27–28);

21:11 (4, 10–11).

19 a

tg Last Days.

tg Signs.

20 a

tg Darkness, Physical.

gr glorious.

tg Day of the Lord.

21 a

tg Jesus Christ, Savior;

Salvation.

22 a John 9:33 (31–33).

b Mosiah 3:5 (5–6).

c Ex. 8:19;

Luke 11:20;

John 3:2;

Acts 10:38.

23 a

gr appointed plan,

purpose.

tg Foreordination;

God, Foreknowledge of.

c Matt. 26:24;

Luke 22:22.

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

24 a

tg Resurrection.

tg Pain.

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

25 a Ps. 16:8 (8–11).

27 a

JSt Acts 2:27 . . . prison . . .

b Acts 13:37 (34–37).

29 a

tg Patriarch.

b 1 Kgs. 2:10.

30 a

tg Oath.

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

32 a Eph. 1:20.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

tg Witness.

33 a

gr to, at.

tg Godhead.

c Heb. 2:9.

d D&C 53:2.

34 a D&C 132:39.

b Ps. 30:3; 86:13.

c Ps. 110:1.

1369 ACTS 2:37–3:7

have

crucified, both

Lord and

Christ.

37 ¶ Now when they heard this,

they were

pricked in their

heart,

and said unto Peter and to the rest

of the apostles, Men and brethren,

what shall we do?

38 Then Peter

said unto them,

Re-

pent, and be

baptized every one of

you in the

name of Jesus Christ for

the

remission of sins, and ye shall

receive the

gift of the

Holy Ghost.

39 For the

promise is unto you,

and to your children, and to all

that are

afar off, even as many as

the Lord our God shall call.

40 And with many other words

did he testify and exhort, saying,

Save yourselves from this

unto-

ward generation.

41 ¶ Then they that gladly

re-

ceived his

word were baptized: and

the same day there were added unto

them about

three thousand souls.

42 And they continued

steadfastly

in the apostles’ doctrine and

fel-

lowship, and in breaking of

bread,

and in prayers.

43 And

fear came upon every soul:

and many wonders and

signs were

done by the apostles.

44 And all that believed were to-

gether, and had all things

common;

45 And sold their possessions and

goods, and parted them to all men,

as every man had

need.

46 And they, continuing daily with

one accord in the

temple, and

breaking bread from house to house,

did eat their meat with gladness

and

singleness of heart,

47 Praising God, and having favour

with all the people. And the Lord

added to the

church daily such as

should be saved.

CHAPTER 3

Peter and John heal a man lame since

birth—Peter preaches repentance—He

also speaks of the age of restoration pre-

ceding the Second Coming—He iden-

tifies Christ as the prophet of whom

Moses spoke.

N Peter and John went up to-

gether into the temple at the hour

of prayer, being the ninth hour.

2 And a certain man

lame from his

mother’s womb was carried, whom

they laid daily at the gate of the

temple which is called Beautiful,

to ask alms of them that entered

into the temple;

3 Who seeing Peter and John about

to go into the temple asked an

alms.

4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon

him with John, said, Look on us.

5 And he gave heed unto them,

expecting to receive something of

them.

6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold

have I none; but such as I have

give

I thee: In the

name of Jesus Christ

of Nazareth rise up and walk.

7 And he took him by the right

hand, and

lifted him up: and im-

mediately his feet and ankle bones

received strength.

36 a tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord;

Jesus Christ, Power of.

37 a Alma 22:3 (3–11).

tg Conscience;

Holy Ghost, Mission of;

Holy Ghost, Source of

Testimony.

tg Conversion.

c Alma 22:15.

38 a D&C 49:11 (11–14).

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for;

Repent; Salvation.

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

tg Name.

tg Remission of Sins.

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

g Acts 8:17 (14–17).

tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of.

39 a

tg Promise.

b Isa. 57:19.

40 a D&C 36:6.

gr crooked.

41 a

tg Teachable.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

c Acts 4:4.

42 a

tg Commitment;

Steadfastness;

Sustaining Church

Leaders.

tg Fellowshipping.

tg Bread; Sacrament.

43 a

tg Courage; Fearful.

tg Signs.

44 a

tg Consecration.

45 a Acts 4:35 (32–35);

D&C 51:3.

46 a Luke 24:53.

b D&C 36:7.

47 a Acts 5:14.

tg Church.

2 a Acts 14:8 (8–10).

3 a

tg Almsgiving.

6 a

tg Benevolence;

Generosity.

b Acts 4:10; Jacob 4:6;

3 Ne. 8:1.

7 a Mark 9:27.

tg Heal.

1370ACTS 3:8–25

8 And he leaping up stood, and

walked, and entered with them into

the temple, walking, and leaping,

and praising God.

9 And all the people

saw him

walking and praising God:

10 And they knew that it was he

which sat for alms at the Beautiful

gate of the temple: and they were

filled with wonder and amazement

at that which had happened unto

him.

11 And as the lame man which was

healed held Peter and John, all the

people ran together unto them in

the

porch that is called Solomon’s,

greatly wondering.

12 ¶ And when Peter saw it, he

answered unto the people, Ye men

of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or

why look ye so earnestly on us, as

though by our

own power or holi-

ness we had made this man to walk?

13 The God of Abraham, and of

Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our

fathers, hath

glorified his Son

Jesus; whom ye

delivered up, and

denied him in the presence of

Pilate, when he was determined to let

him go.

14 But ye denied the Holy One and

the Just, and desired a

murderer

to be granted unto you;

15 And killed the

Prince of life,

whom God hath

raised from the

dead; whereof we are

witnesses.

16 And his

name through faith

in his name hath made this man

strong, whom ye see and know: yea,

the

faith which is by him hath given

him this perfect soundness in the

presence of you all.

17 And now, brethren,

wot that

through

ignorance ye did it, as did

also your rulers.

18 But those things, which God be-

fore had

shewed by the mouth of

all his

prophets, that Christ should

suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

19 ¶

Repent ye therefore, and be

converted, that your sins may be

blotted out, when the times of re-

freshing shall come from the

pres-

ence of the Lord;

20 And he shall send

Jesus Christ,

which before was preached unto

you:

21 Whom the heaven must receive

until the times of

restitution of all

things, which God hath

spoken by

the mouth of all his holy prophets

since the world began.

22 For Moses truly said unto the

fathers, A

prophet shall the Lord

your God raise up unto you of your

brethren, like unto me; him shall

ye hear in all things whatsoever he

shall say unto you.

23 And it shall come to pass, that

every soul, which will not hear that

prophet, shall be

destroyed from

among the people.

24 Yea, and all the prophets from

Samuel and those that follow after,

as many as have spoken, have like-

wise

foretold of these days.

25 Ye are the

children of the

prophets, and of the

covenant which

9 a Acts 4:16.

11 a 1 Kgs. 6:3;

John 10:23.

12 a Gen. 41:16;

Dan. 2:30.

13 a John 16:14;

1 Pet. 1:21 (17–21).

b Matt. 27:20;

Acts 13:28.

c John 19:6.

14 a Luke 23:25 (17–19, 25).

15 a

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

b Acts 10:40.

tg Witness.

16 a

tg Name.

tg Faith.

17 a

JSt Acts 3:17 . . . I know

that through ignorance

ye have done this, as also

your rulers.

or know.

c D&C 6:21.

18 a

tg Foreordination.

b Luke 24:27;

Acts 28:23;

Alma 18:36.

c 1 Cor. 15:3.

19 a

tg Repent.

tg Conversion.

c Ps. 51:1;

Mosiah 26:30;

Alma 5:14 (11–15, 21).

tg God, Presence of.

20 a

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

JSt Acts 3:20 . . . you,

whom ye have crucified;

21 a

tg Dispensations;

Restoration of the

Gospel.

tg Prophets, Mission of.

22 a Deut. 18:15 (15–19);

Acts 7:37;

1 Ne. 22:20 (20–22);

JS—H 1:40.

23 a D&C 1:14 (14–16);

133:63.

24 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

25 a

tg Seed of Abraham.

tg Abrahamic

Covenant;

Mission of Early Saints.

1371 ACTS 3:26–4:19

God made with our fathers, saying

unto Abraham, And in thy seed

shall all the kindreds of the earth

blessed.

26 Unto you first God, having

raised up his

Son Jesus, sent him

to bless you, in turning away every

one of you from his iniquities.

CHAPTER 4

Peter and John are arrested and brought

before the council—Peter testifies that

salvation comes because of Christ—

The Sadducees strive to silence Peter

and John—The Saints glory in the tes-

timony of Jesus—They have all things

in common.

A as they spake unto the people,

the priests, and the captain of the

temple, and the Sadducees, came

upon them,

2 Being grieved that they taught the

people, and preached through Jesus

the

resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them,

and put them in hold unto the next

day: for it was now eventide.

4 Howbeit many of them which

heard the word believed; and the

number of the men was about

five

thousand.

5 ¶ And it came to pass on the

morrow, that their rulers, and el-

ders, and

scribes,

6 And Annas the high priest, and

Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander,

and as many as were of the kindred

of the high

priest, were gathered

together at Jerusalem.

7 And when they had set them

in the midst, they asked, By what

power, or by what

name, have ye

done this?

8 Then Peter, filled with the

Holy

Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of

the people, and elders of Israel,

9 If we this day be examined of the

good deed done to the impotent man,

by what means he is made whole;

10 Be it known unto you all, and

to all the people of Israel, that by

the

name of Jesus Christ of Naza-

reth, whom ye crucified, whom God

raised from the dead, even by him

doth this man stand here before

you whole.

11 This is the

stone which was set

at nought of you builders, which is

become the head of the corner.

12 Neither is there

salvation in

any other: for there is none other

name under heaven given among

men, whereby we must be

saved.

13 ¶ Now when they saw the bold-

ness of Peter and John, and per-

ceived that they were

unlearned

and

ignorant men, they marvelled;

and they took knowledge of them,

that they had been with Jesus.

14 And beholding the man which

was healed standing with them, they

could say nothing against it.

15 But when they had commanded

them to go aside out of the council,

they conferred among themselves,

16 Saying, What shall we do to

these men? for that indeed a notable

miracle hath been done by them is

manifest to all them that dwell in

Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

17 But that it spread no further

among the people, let us straitly

threaten them, that they speak

henceforth to no man in this name.

18 And they called them, and

commanded them not to speak at

all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John answered

and said unto them, Whether it be

25 c tg Israel, Mission of.

26 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

2 a Acts 23:8.

4 a Acts 2:41.

5 a

tg Scribe.

6 a

tg Priestcraft.

7 a

tg Priesthood, Power of.

tg Name.

8 a

tg Teaching with the

Spirit.

10 a Acts 3:6.

11 a

tg Cornerstone;

Rock.

12 a

tg Gospel.

b Ps. 9:10;

Hosea 13:4;

1 Jn. 2:12;

2 Ne. 25:20;

Mosiah 4:8.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Savior;

Salvation;

Salvation, Plan of.

13 a D&C 1:19; 35:13.

gr ordinary, plain.

16 a Acts 3:9 (6–9).

18 a Acts 5:28 (27–28).

1372ACTS 4:20–37

right in the sight of God to

heark en

unto you more than unto God,

judge ye.

20 For we cannot but

speak the

things which we have

seen and

heard.

21 So when they had further threat-

ened them, they let them go, find-

ing nothing how they might punish

them, because of the people: for all

men glorified God for that which

was done.

22 For the man was above forty

years old, on whom this miracle of

healing was shewed.

23 ¶ And being let go, they went

to their own company, and reported

all that the chief priests and elders

had said unto them.

24 And when they heard that, they

lifted up their voice to God with one

accord, and said, Lord, thou art God,

which hast made heaven, and

earth,

and the sea, and all that in them is:

25 Who by the mouth of thy ser-

vant David hast said, Why did the

heathen rage, and the people imag-

ine vain things?

26 The

kings of the earth stood

up, and the rulers were gathered to-

gether against the Lord, and against

his Christ.

27 For of a truth against thy holy

child Jesus, whom thou hast

anoint-

ed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate,

with the Gentiles, and the people

of Israel, were gathered together,

28 For to do whatsoever thy hand

and thy counsel determined before

to be done.

29 And now, Lord, behold their

threatenings: and grant unto thy

servants, that with all boldness they

may speak thy word,

30 By stretching forth thine hand

to heal; and that signs and wonders

may be done by the name of thy

holy child Jesus.

31 ¶ And when they had prayed,

the place was shaken where they

were

assembled together; and

they were all filled with the

Holy

Ghost, and they spake the word of

God with boldness.

32 And the multitude of them that

believed were of

one heart and of

one soul: neither said any of them

that

ought of the things which he

possessed was his own; but they

had all things

common.

33 And with great power gave the

apostles

witness of the resurrection

of the Lord Jesus: and great

grace

was upon them all.

34 Neither was there any among

them that lacked: for as many as

were possessors of lands or houses

sold them, and brought the prices

of the things that were sold,

35 And laid them down at the

apostles’ feet: and

distribution was

made unto every man according as

he had

need.

36 And Joses, who by the apostles

was surnamed

Barnabas, (which

is, being interpreted, The son of

consolation,) a Levite, and of the

country of Cyprus,

37 Having land, sold it, and brought

the

money, and laid it at the apos-

tles’ feet.

CHAPTER 5

Ananias and Sapphira lie to the Lord

and lose their lives—The Apostles con-

tinue the miracles of Jesus—Peter and

John are arrested, an angel delivers

them from prison, and they testify of

Christ—Gamaliel counsels moderation.

19 a D&C 3:7.

20 a Jer. 20:9;

Amos 3:8.

tg Witness.

24 a D&C 14:9.

26 a Ps. 2:2 (1–2).

27 a

tg Anointing;

Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Messiah.

31 a

tg Assembly for

Worship;

Meetings.

b Acts 2:4 (2–4);

D&C 68:4 (3–4).

32 a 1 Cor. 1:10 (10–13);

3 Ne. 11:28 (28–30);

Moses 7:18.

tg Unity.

gr any.

c D&C 49:20.

tg Consecration.

33 a 1 Cor. 15:15.

tg Witness.

tg Grace.

34 a Acts 5:1 (1–11).

35 a Acts 6:1;

D&C 83:6 (1–6).

b Acts 2:45.

tg Welfare.

36 a Acts 11:22 (22–24);

Gal. 2:1.

37 a D&C 19:34.

1373 ACTS 5:1–23

B a certain man named Ananias,

with Sapphira his wife,

sold a pos-

session,

2 And

kept back

part of the price,

his wife also being privy to it, and

brought a certain

part, and laid it

at the apostles’ feet.

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath

Satan filled thine heart to

lie to the

Holy Ghost, and to

keep back part

of the price of the land?

4 Whiles it remained, was it not

thine own? and after it was sold, was

it not in thine own power? why hast

thou conceived this thing in thine

heart? thou hast not

lied unto men,

but unto

God.

5 And Ananias hearing these words

fell down, and

gave up the ghost:

and great fear came on all them

that heard these things.

6 And the young men arose, wound

him up, and carried him out, and

buried him.

7 And it was about the space of

three hours after, when his wife, not

knowing what was done, came in.

8 And Peter answered unto her,

Tell me whether ye sold the land

for so much? And she said, Yea, for

so much.

9 Then Peter said unto her, How

is it that ye have agreed together to

tempt the Spirit of the Lord? be-

hold, the feet of them which have

buried thy husband are at the door,

and shall carry thee out.

10 Then fell she down

straight-

way at his feet, and yielded up the

ghost: and the young men came in,

and found her dead, and, carrying

her forth, buried her by her husband.

11 And great fear came upon all

the church, and upon as many as

heard these things.

12 ¶ And by the hands of the apos-

tles were many

signs and wonders

wrought among the people; (and

they were all with one accord in

Solomon’s porch.

13 And of the

rest durst no man

join himself to them: but the peo-

ple magnified them.

14 And believers were the more

added to the Lord, multitudes both

of men and women.)

15 Insomuch that they brought

forth the sick into the streets, and

laid them on beds and couches, that

at the least the

shadow of Peter

passing by might overshadow some

of them.

16 There came also a multitude out

of the cities round about unto Jeru-

salem, bringing sick folks, and them

which were vexed with unclean spir-

its: and they were

healed every one.

17 ¶ Then the high priest rose up,

and all they that were with him,

(which is the sect of the Sadducees,)

and were filled with

indignation,

18 And laid their hands on the

apostles, and put them in the com-

mon prison.

19 But the

angel of the Lord by

night opened the

prison doors, and

brought them forth, and said,

20 Go, stand and speak in the

temple to the people all the

words

of this life.

21 And when they heard that, they

entered into the temple early in the

morning, and taught. But the high

priest came, and they that were with

him, and called the council together,

and all the senate of the children

of Israel, and sent to the prison to

have them brought.

22 But when the officers came, and

found them not in the prison, they

returned, and told,

23 Saying, The prison truly found

we shut with all safety, and the

keepers standing without before the

1 a Acts 4:34 (32, 34–35);

D&C 19:26 (25–26).

2 a

tg Selfishness.

b Josh. 7:21 (1–26);

D&C 105:3 (2–10).

tg Consecration.

tg Welfare.

3 a

tg Honesty.

tg Selfishness.

4 a

tg Lying.

b Josh. 7:20.

5 a Lev. 10:2.

9 a

tg Test.

10 a

or immediately.

12 a Heb. 2:4.

tg Signs.

13 a

JSt Acts 5:13 . . . rulers . . .

14 a Acts 2:47.

15 a Luke 8:44 (43–48);

Acts 19:12 (11–12).

16 a

tg Heal.

17 a

gr envy, malice.

19 a Acts 12:7;

Moro. 7:29 (29–33).

tg Angels.

b Acts 16:26.

20 a John 6:68 (63, 68).

1374ACTS 5:24–42

doors: but when we had opened, we

found no man within.

24 Now when the high priest and

the captain of the temple and the

chief priests heard these things,

they doubted of them whereunto

this would grow.

25 Then came one and told them,

saying, Behold, the men whom ye

put in prison are standing in the

temple, and teaching the people.

26 Then went the captain with the

officers, and brought them with-

out violence: for they feared the

people, lest they should have been

stoned.

27 And when they had brought

them, they set them before the coun-

cil: and the high priest asked them,

28 Saying, Did not we straitly

command you that ye should not

teach in this

name? and, behold,

ye have filled Jerusalem with your

doctrine, and intend to bring this

man’s

blood upon us.

29 ¶ Then Peter and the other apos-

tles answered and said, We ought to

obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers raised

up Jesus, whom ye slew and

hanged

on a tree.

31 Him hath God exalted

with

his right hand to be a

Prince and a

Saviour, for to give repentance to

Israel, and

forgiveness of sins.

32 And we are his

witnesses of

these things; and so is also the

Holy

Ghost, whom God hath

given to

them that obey him.

33 ¶ When they heard that, they

were

cut to the heart, and took coun-

sel to slay them.

34 Then stood there up one in the

council, a Pharisee, named

Ga-

maliel, a doctor of the law, had in

reputation among all the people,

and commanded to put the apostles

forth a little space;

35 And said unto them, Ye men

of Israel, take heed to yourselves

what ye intend to do as touching

these men.

36 For before these days rose up

Theudas, boasting himself to be

somebody; to whom a number of

men, about four hundred, joined

themselves: who was slain; and all,

as many as

obeyed him, were scat-

tered, and brought to nought.

37 After this man rose up Judas

of Galilee in the days of the tax-

ing, and drew away much people

after him: he also perished; and all,

even as many as obeyed him, were

dispersed.

38 And now I say unto you,

Re-

frain from these men, and let them

alone: for if this counsel or this work

be of

men, it will come to nought:

39 But if it be of God, ye cannot

overthrow it;

lest haply ye be found

even to

fight against God.

40 And to him they agreed: and

when they had called the apostles,

and beaten them, they commanded

that they should not speak in the

name of Jesus, and let them go.

41 ¶ And they departed from the

presence of the council,

rejoicing

that they were counted worthy to

suffer

shame for his

name.

42 And daily in the temple, and

in every house, they ceased not to

teach and

preach Jesus Christ.

28 a Acts 4:18 (15–18).

tg Name.

c Matt. 27:25.

29 a Ex. 1:17 (16–17);

D&C 30:1.

tg Courage; Duty.

30 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

31 a

gr at.

tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Forgive.

32 a Luke 1:2;

John 1:14;

Acts 26:16.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of;

Witness.

tg Holy Ghost, Source

of Testimony.

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

33 a 1 Ne. 16:2.

34 a Acts 22:3.

36 a

gr were persuaded by,

believed him.

38 a Acts 19:35 (35–41).

b D&C 3:3;

JS—H 1:23 (22–23).

39 a

JSt Acts 5:39 . . . be

careful, therefore, lest ye

be . . .

b Acts 23:9.

41 a Luke 6:23 (22–23);

Col. 1:11;

1 Thes. 1:6;

1 Pet. 4:13.

tg Persecution;

Self-Sacrifice;

Suffering.

tg Shame.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of.

42 a

tg Missionary Work.

1375 ACTS 6:1–7:3

CHAPTER 6

The Apostles choose seven to assist

them—Stephen is tried before the

council.

A in those days, when the num-

ber of the disciples was multiplied,

there arose a murmuring of the Gre-

cians against the Hebrews, because

their

widows were

neglected in

the daily

ministration.

2 Then the twelve called the mul-

titude of the disciples unto them,

and said, It is not reason that we

should leave the word of God, and

serve tables.

3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out

among you seven men of

honest

report, full of the Holy Ghost and

wisdom, whom we may appoint

over this

business.

4 But we will give ourselves con-

tinually to prayer, and to the

min-

istry of the word.

5 ¶ And the saying pleased the

whole multitude: and they

chose

Stephen, a man full of faith and of

the

Holy Ghost, and

Philip, and

Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon,

and Parmenas, and Nicolas a pros-

elyte of Antioch:

6 Whom they set before the apos-

tles: and when they had prayed, they

laid their

hands on them.

7 And the word of God increased;

and the number of the disciples

multiplied in Jerusalem greatly;

and a great company of the

priests

were obedient to the faith.

8 And Stephen, full of faith and

power, did great wonders and

miracles among the people.

9 ¶ Then there arose certain of

the synagogue, which is called the

synagogue of the

Libertines, and

Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and

of them of Cilicia and of Asia,

dis-

puting with Stephen.

10 And they were not able to re-

sist the

wisdom and the spirit by

which he spake.

11 Then they suborned men, which

said, We have heard him speak

blas-

phemous words against Moses, and

against God.

12 And they stirred up the people,

and the elders, and the scribes, and

came upon him, and caught him, and

brought him to the council,

13 And set up

false witnesses,

which said, This man ceaseth not to

speak blasphemous words against

this holy place, and the law:

14 For we have heard him say, that

this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy

this place, and shall change the

customs which Moses delivered us.

15 And all that sat in the council,

looking steadfastly on him, saw his

face as it had been the

face of an

angel.

CHAPTER 7

Stephen recounts the history of Israel

and names Moses as a prototype of

Christ—He testifies of the apostasy in

Israel—He sees Jesus on the right hand

of God—Stephen’s testimony is rejected,

and he is stoned to death.

T said the high priest, Are these

things so?

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and

fathers, hearken; The God of glory

appeared unto our father

Abraham,

when he was in Mesopotamia, be-

fore he dwelt in

Charran,

3 And said unto him, Get thee out of

thy

country, and from thy kindred,

1 a tg Widows.

tg Apathy; Welfare.

c Acts 4:35.

3 a

tg Honesty; Priesthood,

Qualifying for.

b 1 Tim. 3:7.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

d D&C 107:68 (14, 68).

4 a Mark 16:15 (15–19);

D&C 107:8.

5 a

tg Called of God.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

c Acts 21:8.

6 a

tg Church Organization;

Hands, Laying on of;

Priesthood;

Priesthood, Authority.

tg Setting Apart.

7 a John 12:42.

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

8 a

tg Priesthood, Power of.

tg Miracle.

9 a

gr Freed-men.

tg Disputations.

10 a Isa. 54:17; Luke 21:15;

D&C 100:5 (5–6).

11 a

tg Blaspheme.

13 a

tg Slander.

14 a Acts 21:21.

15 a Hel. 5:36.

tg Angels.

2 a Gen. 12:1; Abr. 2:3 (3–4).

b Gen. 11:31 (31–32).

3 a Abr. 1:1 (1, 5).

1376ACTS 7:4–25

and come into the land which I

shall shew thee.

4 Then came he out of the land

of the

Chaldæans, and dwelt in

Charran: and from thence, when his

father was dead, he removed him

into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

5 And he gave him none inheri-

tance in it, no, not so much as to set

his foot on: yet he

promised that

he would give it to him for a pos-

session, and to his seed after him,

when as yet he had no child.

6 And God spake on this wise,

That his seed should

sojourn in a

strange land; and that they should

bring them into

bondage, and en-

treat them evil four hundred years.

7 And the nation to whom they

shall be in bondage will I judge,

said God: and after that shall they

come forth, and serve me in this

place.

8 And he gave him the covenant of

circumcision: and so Abraham be-

gat Isaac, and circumcised him the

eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and

Jacob begat the twelve

patriarchs.

9 And the patriarchs, moved with

envy, sold

Joseph into Egypt: but

God was with him,

10 And

delivered him out of all

his

afflictions, and gave him favour

and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh

king of Egypt; and he made him gov-

ernor over Egypt and all his house.

11 Now there came a

dearth over

all the land of Egypt and Chanaan,

and great affliction: and our fathers

found no sustenance.

12 But when Jacob heard that there

was

corn in Egypt, he sent out our

fathers first.

13 And at the second time

Joseph

was made known to his brethren;

and Joseph’s kindred was made

known unto

Pharaoh.

14 Then sent

Joseph, and called

his

father

Jacob to him, and all his

kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt,

and died, he, and our fathers,

16 And were carried over into

Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre

that Abraham

bought for a sum

of money of the sons of Emmor the

father of Sychem.

17 But when the time of the prom-

ise drew nigh, which God had sworn

to Abraham, the people grew and

multiplied in Egypt,

18 Till another

king arose, which

knew not Joseph.

19 The same dealt subtilly with

our kindred, and evil entreated our

fathers, so that they cast out their

young children, to the end they

might not live.

20 In which time Moses was born,

and was

exceeding fair, and nour-

ished up in his father’s house

three

months:

21 And when he was cast out, Pha-

raoh’s daughter took him up, and

nourished him for her own

son.

22 And Moses was

learned in all

the wisdom of the Egyptians, and

was mighty in words and in deeds.

23 And when he was full

forty

years old, it came into his heart to

visit his

brethren the children of

Israel.

24 And seeing one of them suf-

fer wrong, he defended him, and

avenged him that was

oppressed,

and

smote the Egyptian:

25 For he supposed his brethren

would have

understood how that

4 a Gen. 11:31.

5 a

tg Promised Lands.

6 a Gen. 26:3.

tg Israel, Bondage of,

in Egypt.

8 a

tg Circumcision.

tg Patriarch.

9 a

tg Envy.

b Alma 46:24.

10 a D&C 24:1.

tg Affliction.

11 a

or famine.

tg Drought;

Famine.

12 a Gen. 42:1.

13 a Gen. 45:3.

b Gen. 47:2.

14 a

tg Israel, Joseph,

People of.

b Gen. 45:13.

tg Israel, Origins of.

16 a Gen. 23:17.

18 a Ex. 1:8.

20 a

gr comely, beautiful

to God.

b Ex. 2:2.

21 a Ex. 2:10.

22 a

tg Education.

23 a Ex. 7:7;

Deut. 31:2 (1–2); 34:7.

b Ex. 2:11 (11–15);

Heb. 11:25 (24–27).

24 a

tg Oppression.

b Ex. 2:12 (11–12).

25 a Ex. 2:14;

3:13 (13–15); 4:1.

1377 ACTS 7:26–45

God by his hand would

deliver

them: but they understood not.

26 And the next day he shewed

himself unto them as they strove,

and would have set them at one

again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren;

why do ye

wrong one to another?

27 But he that did his neighbour

wrong thrust him away, saying,

Who made thee a

ruler and a judge

over us?

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou did-

dest the Egyptian yesterday?

29 Then

fled Moses at this saying,

and was a stranger in the land of

Madian, where he begat two

sons.

30 And when forty years were ex-

pired, there appeared to him in the

wilderness of mount Sina an

angel

of the Lord in a flame of fire in a

bush.

31 When Moses saw it, he wondered

at the

sight: and as he drew near

to behold it, the

voice of the Lord

came unto him,

32 Saying, I am the

God of thy

fathers, the God of Abraham, and

the God of Isaac, and the God of

Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and

durst not behold.

33 Then said the Lord to him, Put

off thy shoes from thy feet: for the

place where thou standest is holy

ground.

34 I have seen, I have seen the af-

fliction of my people which is in

Egypt, and I have heard their groan-

ing, and am come down to deliver

them. And now come, I will send

thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses whom they refused,

saying, Who made thee a ruler and

a judge? the same did God send to

be a ruler and a

deliverer by the

hand of the angel which appeared

to him in the bush.

36 He

brought them out, after that

he had shewed wonders and signs

in the land of Egypt, and in the

Red sea, and in the wilderness forty

years.

37 ¶ This is that Moses, which

said unto the children of Israel, A

prophet shall the Lord your God

raise up unto you of your brethren,

like unto me; him shall ye hear.

38 This is he, that was in the

church in the wilderness with the

angel which spake to him in the

mount Sina, and with our fathers:

who received the lively

oracles to

give unto us:

39 To whom our fathers would not

obey, but thrust him from them, and

in their hearts turned back again

into Egypt,

40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us

gods to go before us: for as for this

Moses, which brought us out of the

land of Egypt, we wot not what is

become of him.

41 And they made a

calf in those

days, and offered sacrifice unto the

idol, and rejoiced in the works of

their own hands.

42 Then God turned, and

gave

them up to worship the host of

heaven; as it is written in the book

of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,

have ye offered to me slain beasts

and sacrifices by the space of forty

years in the wilderness?

43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle

of Moloch, and the star of your god

Remphan, figures which ye made

to worship them: and I will carry

you away beyond Babylon.

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle

of witness in the wilderness, as he

had appointed, speaking unto Moses,

that he should make it according to

the

fashion that he had seen.

45 Which also our fathers that

came after brought in with

Jesus

25 b tg Deliver.

26 a Ex. 2:13.

tg Injustice.

27 a 1 Ne. 17:26 (23–37).

29 a Ex. 2:15.

b Ex. 2:22; 18:3.

30 a Ex. 3:2.

31 a

or vision.

b Ex. 3:4 (3–6).

32 a Ex. 3:15.

35 a

tg Deliver; Jesus Christ,

Savior; Salvation.

36 a Ex. 12:51.

37 a Deut. 18:15 (15–19);

Acts 3:22 (22–23);

JS—H 1:40.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about.

38 a Rom. 3:2; D&C 90:5.

39 a

tg Disobedience.

40 a Ex. 32:1, 23.

41 a Ex. 32:4; Hosea 8:5 (5–7).

42 a Ps. 81:12; Rom. 1:24.

44 a 1 Chr. 28:19 (11, 19);

Heb. 8:5.

45 a

ie Joshua.

Heb. 4:8.

1378ACTS 7:46–8:1

into the possession of the Gentiles,

whom God drave out before the

face of our fathers, unto the days

of David;

46 Who found favour before God,

and desired to find a tabernacle for

the God of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built him an house.

48 Howbeit the most High

dwell-

eth not in temples made with hands;

as saith the prophet,

49 Heaven is my

throne, and earth

is my footstool: what house will ye

build me? saith the Lord: or what

is the place of my rest?

50 Hath not my hand

made all

these things?

51 ¶ Ye

stiffnecked and

uncir-

cumcised in heart and ears, ye do

always

resist the

Holy Ghost: as

your

fathers did, so do ye.

52 Which of the prophets have not

your fathers

persecuted? and they

have slain them which shewed be-

fore of the coming of the Just One;

of whom ye have been now the be-

trayers and murderers:

53 Who have received the law by

the disposition of

angels, and have

not

kept it.

54 ¶ When they heard these things,

they were

cut to the heart, and they

gnashed on him with their teeth.

55 But he, being full of the

Holy

Ghost, looked up steadfastly into

heaven, and saw the

glory of

God,

and

Jesus

standing on the

right

hand of God,

56 And said, Behold, I

see the heav-

ens

opened, and the

Son of man

standing on the right

hand of

God.

57 Then they cried out with a loud

voice, and stopped their ears, and

ran upon him with one accord,

58 And cast him out of the city,

and stoned him: and the witnesses

laid down their

clothes at a

young

man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

59 And they

stoned

Stephen,

calling upon

God, and saying, Lord

Jesus, receive my

spirit.

60 And he kneeled down, and

cried with a loud voice,

Lord, lay

not this sin to their

charge. And

when he had said this, he fell asleep.

CHAPTER 8

Saul persecutes the Church—Philip’s

ministry in Samaria is described—Phi-

lip performs miracles and baptizes men

and women—Peter and John come to

Samaria and confer the gift of the Holy

Ghost by the laying on of hands—Simon

seeks to buy this gift and is rebuked by

Peter—Philip preaches about Christ and

baptizes an Ethiopian eunuch.

A Saul was consenting unto his

death. And at that time there was

a great

persecution against the

church which was at Jerusalem;

and they were all scattered abroad

48 a Acts 17:24.

49 a

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

50 a

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

51 a

tg Stiffnecked.

b Jer. 6:10;

Rom. 2:29 (28–29).

tg Rebellion.

d Neh. 9:30.

e Mal. 3:7;

Matt. 23:32;

Hel. 13:25 (25–29).

52 a

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Prophets, Rejection of.

53 a Moses 5:58.

tg Disobedience.

54 a 1 Ne. 16:2 (1–4).

55 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Comforter;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Glory of.

tg Godhead.

d D&C 137:3.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

f Heb. 1:3.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

56 a

tg God, Presence of;

God, Privilege of

Seeing.

b Ezek. 1:1;

D&C 50:45.

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg God, Manifesta-

tions of;

God the Father, Elohim.

58 a Acts 22:20.

b The Greek word used

identifies a man who

is younger than forty

years of age.

59 a

tg Persecution.

tg Martyrdom.

JSt Acts 7:59 . . . and

he, calling upon God,

said . . .

d 3 Ne. 19:22 (18–36).

tg Man, a Spirit Child

of Heavenly Father;

Spirits, Disembodied.

60 a Luke 6:28; 23:34 (33–34).

b Matt. 5:44 (44–47).

c 2 Tim. 4:16;

3 Ne. 12:44.

1 a tg Persecution.

tg Church.

1379 ACTS 8:2–23

throughout the regions of Judæa

and Samaria, except the apostles.

2 And devout men carried Stephen

to his burial, and made great

lam-

entation over him.

3 As for Saul, he made

havoc of

the church, entering into every

house, and haling men and women

committed them to

prison.

4 Therefore they that were scat-

tered abroad went every where

preaching the word.

5 Then Philip went down to the

city of

Samaria, and preached

Christ unto them.

6 And the people with one accord

gave heed unto those things which

Philip

spake, hearing and seeing

the miracles which he did.

7 For

unclean spirits, crying with

loud voice, came out of many that

were possessed with them: and many

taken with palsies, and that were

lame, were

healed.

8 And there was great joy in that

city.

9 But there was a certain man,

called Simon, which beforetime in

the same city used

sorcery, and

bewitched the people of Samaria,

giving out that himself was some

great one:

10 To whom they all gave heed,

from the least to the greatest, say-

ing, This man is the great power

of God.

11 And to him they had regard,

because that of long time he had

bewitched them with sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip

preaching the things concerning

the kingdom of God, and the

name

of Jesus Christ, they were

baptized,

both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself believed

also: and when he was baptized, he

continued with Philip, and

won-

dered, beholding the miracles and

signs which were done.

14 Now when the apostles which

were at Jerusalem heard that Sa-

maria had received the

word of

God, they sent unto them Peter and

John:

15 Who, when they were come

down, prayed for them, that they

might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon

none of them: only they were bap-

tized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

17 Then

laid they their hands on

them, and they received the

Holy

Ghost.

18 And when Simon saw that

through

laying on of the apostles’

hands the Holy Ghost was given, he

offered them money,

19 Saying, Give me also this

power,

that on whomsoever I lay hands, he

may receive the Holy Ghost.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy

money perish with thee, because

thou hast thought that the

gift of

God may be

purchased with money.

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot

in this matter: for thy heart is not

right in the sight of God.

22 Repent therefore of this thy

wickedness, and pray God, if per-

haps the

thought of thine

heart

may be forgiven thee.

23 For I perceive that thou art in

the

gall of bitterness, and in the

bond of iniquity.

2 a tg Mourning.

3 a Acts 22:4;

1 Cor. 15:9;

1 Tim. 1:13;

Mosiah 27:10 (9–11).

b Acts 22:19;

4 Ne. 1:30.

5 a Acts 1:8.

6 a

tg Counsel.

7 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

gr paralytic and lame.

c 3 Ne. 7:22.

9 a

tg Sorcery.

tg Superstitions.

c 2 Ne. 26:29.

12 a

tg Missionary Work;

Preaching.

tg Name.

tg Baptism, Essential.

13 a

or was amazed,

astonished.

14 a Acts 11:1 (1–18).

17 a

tg Hands, Laying on of.

b Acts 2:38.

18 a

tg Priesthood,

Authority.

19 a

tg Priesthood,

Power of;

Selfishness;

Unrighteous Dominion.

20 a

tg God, Gifts of.

tg Bribe.

21 a D&C 49:2.

22 a

tg Wickedness.

tg Motivations.

c 3 Ne. 12:29.

23 a Alma 41:11;

Morm. 8:31.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

1380ACTS 8:24–9:4

24 Then answered Simon, and

said, Pray ye to the Lord for me,

that none of these things which ye

have spoken come upon me.

25 And they, when they had testi-

fied and preached the word of the

Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and

preached the gospel in many vil-

lages of the Samaritans.

26 And the

angel of the Lord spake

unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go

toward the south unto the way that

goeth down from Jerusalem unto

Gaza, which is desert.

27 And he arose and went: and,

behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eu-

nuch of great authority under Can-

dace queen of the Ethiopians, who

had the charge of all her treasure,

and had come to Jerusalem for to

worship,

28 Was returning, and sitting in

his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29 Then the

Spirit said unto Phi-

lip, Go near, and join thyself to this

chariot.

30 And Philip ran thither to him,

and heard him read the prophet Es-

aias, and said, Understandest thou

what thou readest?

31 And he said, How can I, except

some man should guide me? And he

desired Philip that he would come

up and sit with him.

32 The place of the scripture which

he read was this, He was led as a

sheep to the slaughter; and like a

lamb dumb before his shearer, so

opened he not his mouth:

33 In his humiliation his judgment

was taken away: and who shall de-

clare his generation? for his life is

taken from the earth.

34 And the eunuch answered Phi-

lip, and said, I pray thee, of whom

speaketh the prophet this? of him-

self, or of some other man?

35 Then Philip opened his mouth,

and began at the same scripture, and

preached unto him

Jesus.

36 And as they went on their way,

they came unto a certain water: and

the eunuch said, See, here is water;

what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37 And Philip said, If thou

be-

lievest with all thine heart, thou

mayest. And he answered and said,

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son

of God.

38 And he commanded the chariot

to stand still: and they went down

both into the water, both Philip and

the eunuch; and he

baptized him.

39 And when they were come up

out of the water, the

Spirit of the

Lord caught away Philip, that the

eunuch saw him no more: and he

went on his way rejoicing.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus:

and passing through he preached

in all the cities, till he came to

Cæsarea.

CHAPTER 9

Jesus appears to Saul—Saul is a cho-

sen vessel—Ananias restores Saul’s

sight—Saul is baptized and begins his

ministry—Peter heals Æneas and raises

Dorcas from death.

A Saul, yet breathing out

threat-

enings and slaughter against the

disciples of the Lord, went unto the

high priest,

2 And desired of him

letters to

Damascus to the synagogues, that if

he found any of this way, whether

they were men or women, he might

bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

3 And as he journeyed, he came

near Damascus: and suddenly there

shined round about him a

light

from heaven:

4 And he

fell to the earth, and

heard a voice saying unto him,

Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

26 a tg Angels.

27 a John 12:20.

29 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

32 a

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God;

Jesus Christ, Trials of.

35 a Gal. 3:14 (13–14).

37 a

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

38 a

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Immersion.

39 a

tg God, Spirit of.

40 a Acts 21:8.

1 a Acts 26:10.

2 a Acts 22:5.

3 a

tg Light [noun].

4 a Ezek. 1:28;

Ether 3:6 (6–8);

Moses 1:9.

b Acts 22:7 (6–16);

26:14 (9–17).

1381 ACTS 9:5–24

5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?

And the Lord said, I am

Jesus whom

thou persecutest: it is hard for thee

kick against the pricks.

6 And he trembling and astonished

said, Lord,

what wilt thou have me

to do? And the Lord said unto him,

Arise, and go into the city, and it

shall be told thee what thou must do.

And the men which journeyed

with him stood speechless, hearing

voice, but seeing

no man.

8 And Saul arose from the earth;

and when his eyes were opened,

he saw no man: but they led him

by the hand, and brought him into

Damascus.

9 And he was three days without

sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

10 ¶ And there was a certain dis-

ciple at Damascus, named

Ananias;

and to him said the Lord in a

vi-

sion, Ananias. And he said, Behold,

I am here, Lord.

11 And the Lord said unto him,

Arise, and go into the street which

is called Straight, and inquire in the

house of Judas for one called Saul,

of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

12 And hath seen in a vision a man

named Ananias coming in, and put-

ting his hand on him, that he might

receive his sight.

13 Then Ananias answered, Lord,

I have heard by many of this man,

how much

evil he hath done to thy

saints at Jerusalem:

14 And here he hath authority

from the chief priests to bind all

that call on thy name.

15 But the Lord said unto him, Go

thy way: for he is a

chosen vessel

unto me, to

bear my

name before

the

Gentiles, and

kings, and the

children of Israel:

16 For I will shew him how great

things he must

suffer for my name’s

sake.

17 And Ananias went his way, and

entered into the house; and putting

his

hands on him said, Brother Saul,

the Lord, even Jesus, that

appeared

unto thee in the way as thou camest,

hath

sent me, that thou mightest

receive thy sight, and be filled with

the

Holy Ghost.

18 And immediately there fell from

his eyes as it had been scales: and

he received

sight forthwith, and

arose, and was

baptized.

19 And when he had received meat,

he was strengthened. Then was Saul

certain days with the disciples which

were at Damascus.

20 And straightway he preached

Christ in the synagogues, that he

is the Son of God.

21 But all that heard him were

amazed, and said; Is not this he that

destroyed them which called on

this name in Jerusalem, and came

hither for that intent, that he might

bring them

bound unto the chief

priests?

22 But Saul increased the more in

strength, and confounded the Jews

which dwelt at Damascus, proving

that this is very Christ.

23 ¶ And after that many days

were fulfilled, the Jews took coun-

sel to

kill him:

24 But their

laying await was

5 a tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

b D&C 121:38.

6 a

tg Conversion.

7 a

JSt Acts 9:7 And they

who were journeying with

him saw indeed the light,

and were afraid; but they

heard not the voice of him

who spake to him.

b Acts 22:9.

c Dan. 10:7;

Alma 36:11 (6–11).

10 a Acts 22:12.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

13 a Acts 26:10.

15 a 1 Thes. 3:3.

b Acts 22:15; 26:16.

tg Name.

d Rom. 15:10 (8–21);

1 Tim. 2:7.

e Ps. 119:46;

Matt. 10:18;

D&C 1:23;

124:3 (3, 16, 107).

tg Kings, Earthly.

16 a

tg Self-Sacrifice.

17 a

tg Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

b 1 Cor. 9:1.

tg Called of God;

Delegation of

Responsibility.

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

18 a

tg Sight.

tg Baptism, Essential.

21 a Gal. 1:13.

b Acts 26:10.

23 a 2 Cor. 11:32.

24 a

gr plot, conspiracy

was known.

1382ACTS 9:25–10:2

known of Saul. And they watched

the gates day and night to kill him.

25 Then the disciples took him by

night, and let him down by the wall

in a

basket.

26 And when Saul was come to

Jerusalem, he assayed to join him-

self to the disciples: but they were

all afraid of him, and believed not

that he was a disciple.

27 But Barnabas took him, and

brought him to the apostles, and

declared unto them how he had

seen the Lord in the way, and that

he had spoken to him, and how he

had preached boldly at Damascus

in the name of Jesus.

28 And he was with them coming

in and going out at Jerusalem.

29 And he spake boldly in the name

of the Lord Jesus, and

disputed

against the Grecians: but they went

about to slay him.

30 Which when the brethren knew,

they brought him down to Cæsarea,

and sent him forth to Tarsus.

31 Then had the churches rest

throughout all Judæa and Galilee

and Samaria, and were

edified; and

walking in the fear of the Lord, and

in the

comfort of the Holy Ghost,

were multiplied.

32 ¶ And it came to pass, as Peter

passed throughout all quarters, he

came down also to the

saints which

dwelt at Lydda.

33 And there he found a certain

man named Æneas, which had kept

his bed eight years, and was

sick

of the palsy.

34 And Peter said unto him, Æneas,

Jesus Christ maketh thee whole:

arise, and make thy bed. And he

arose immediately.

35 And all that dwelt at Lydda

and Saron saw him, and turned to

the Lord.

36 ¶ Now there was at Joppa a cer-

tain disciple named Tabitha, which

by interpretation is called Dorcas:

this

woman was full of good works

and almsdeeds which she did.

37 And it came to pass in those

days, that she was sick, and died:

whom when they had washed, they

laid her in an upper chamber.

38 And forasmuch as Lydda was

nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had

heard that Peter was there, they

sent unto him two men, desiring

him that he would not delay to come

to them.

39 Then Peter arose and went

with them. When he was come,

they brought him into the upper

chamber: and all the widows stood

by him weeping, and shewing the

coats and garments which Dorcas

made, while she was with them.

40 But Peter put them all forth,

and kneeled down, and prayed;

and turning him to the body said,

Tabitha,

arise. And she opened

her eyes: and when she saw Peter,

she sat up.

41 And he gave her his hand, and

lifted her up, and when he had

called the

saints and widows, pre-

sented her

alive.

42 And it was known throughout

all Joppa; and many believed in

the Lord.

43 And it came to pass, that he tar-

ried many days in Joppa with one

Simon a tanner.

CHAPTER 10

An angel ministers to Cornelius—Peter,

in a vision, is commanded to take the

gospel to the Gentiles—The gospel is

taught by witnesses—The Holy Ghost

falls upon the Gentiles.

T was a certain man in Cæsarea

called Cornelius, a centurion of the

band called the Italian band,

2 A devout man, and one that

feared God with all his house, which

25 a Josh. 2:15.

26 a Gal. 1:18 (15–18).

27 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

29 a

tg Disputations.

31 a

tg Edification.

tg Comfort;

Holy Ghost, Comforter;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

32 a

tg Saints.

33 a

gr paralyzed.

36 a

tg Woman.

40 a

tg Death, Power over.

41 a

tg Saints.

b John 14:12 (12–14).

1383 ACTS 10:3–26

gave much

alms to the people, and

prayed to God alway.

3 He saw in a

vision

evidently

about the ninth hour of the day an

angel of God coming in to him, and

saying unto him, Cornelius.

4 And when he looked on him,

he was afraid, and said, What is it,

Lord? And he said unto him, Thy

prayers and thine alms are come up

for a memorial before God.

5 And now send men to Joppa, and

call for one Simon, whose surname

is Peter:

6 He lodgeth with one Simon a

tanner, whose house is by the sea

side: he shall tell thee what thou

oughtest to do.

7 And when the angel which spake

unto Cornelius was departed, he

called two of his household servants,

and a devout soldier of them that

waited on him continually;

8 And when he had declared all

these things unto them, he sent them

to Joppa.

9 ¶ On the morrow, as they went

on their journey, and drew nigh

unto the city, Peter went up upon

the

housetop to pray about the

sixth hour:

10 And he became very hungry, and

would have eaten: but while they

made ready, he fell into a

trance,

11 And saw

heaven opened, and a

certain vessel descending unto him,

as it had been a great sheet

knit

at the four corners, and let down

to the earth:

12 Wherein were all manner of

fourfooted beasts of the earth, and

wild beasts, and creeping things,

and fowls of the air.

13 And there came a voice to him,

Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for

I have never eaten any thing that is

common or

unclean.

15 And the voice spake unto him

again the second time, What God

hath

cleansed, that call not thou

common.

16 This was done thrice: and the

vessel was received up again into

heaven.

17 Now while Peter doubted in

himself what this vision which he

had seen should mean, behold, the

men which were sent from Corne-

lius had made inquiry for Simon’s

house, and stood before the gate,

18 And called, and asked whether

Simon, which was surnamed Peter,

were lodged there.

19 ¶ While Peter thought on the

vision, the

Spirit said unto him,

Behold, three men seek thee.

20 Arise therefore, and get thee

down, and

go with them, doubting

nothing: for I have sent them.

21 Then Peter went down to the

men which were sent unto him

from Cornelius; and said, Behold,

I am he whom ye seek: what is the

cause wherefore ye are come?

22 And they said, Cornelius the

centurion, a just man, and one that

feareth God, and of good report

among all the nation of the Jews,

was

warned from God by an holy

angel to send for thee into his house,

and to hear words of thee.

23 Then called he them in, and

lodged them. And on the morrow

Peter went away with them, and

certain brethren from Joppa ac-

companied him.

24 And the morrow after they en-

tered into Cæsarea. And Cornelius

waited for them, and had called to-

gether his kinsmen and near friends.

25 And as Peter was coming in,

Cornelius met him, and fell down

at his feet, and worshipped him.

26 But Peter took him up, saying,

Stand up; I myself also am a

man.

2 a tg Almsgiving.

3 a

tg Vision.

gr clearly, distinctly.

c 2 Ne. 32:3;

Moro. 7:22 (22–38).

9 a 1 Sam. 9:25 (25–27).

10 a Acts 22:17.

11 a D&C 107:19.

gr bound.

14 a Lev. 11:2 (2–47).

15 a Lev. 20:25.

tg Cleanliness;

Purification.

b Acts 11:9;

1 Ne. 17:35 (32–41).

19 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

20 a Acts 15:7.

22 a

tg Warn.

26 a Rev. 19:10;

D&C 20:19.

1384ACTS 10:27–45

27 And as he talked with him, he

went in, and found many that were

come together.

28 And he said unto them, Ye know

how that it is an unlawful thing for

a man that is a Jew to keep com-

pany, or come unto one of another

nation; but God hath shewed me that

I should not call any man

common

unclean.

29 Therefore came I unto you with-

out gainsaying, as soon as I was sent

for: I ask therefore for what intent

ye have sent for me?

30 And Cornelius said, Four days

ago I was

fasting until this hour;

and at the ninth hour I prayed in

my house, and, behold, a

man stood

before me in bright clothing,

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer

is heard, and thine alms are had

in remembrance in the sight of

God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and

call hither Simon, whose surname

is Peter; he is lodged in the house

of one Simon a tanner by the sea

side: who, when he cometh, shall

speak unto thee.

33 Immediately therefore I sent to

thee; and thou hast well done that

thou art come. Now therefore are

we all here present before God, to

hear all things that are commanded

thee of God.

34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth,

and said, Of a truth I perceive that

God is no

respecter of persons:

35 But in every

nation he that

feareth him, and

worketh

righ-

teousness, is

accepted with him.

36 The

word which God sent unto

the children of Israel, preaching

peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord

of all:)

37 That word, I say, ye know, which

was published throughout all Judæa,

and began from Galilee, after the

baptism which John preached;

38 How God

anointed Jesus of

Nazareth with the

Holy Ghost and

with power: who went about doing

good, and healing all that were

op-

pressed of the devil; for

God was

with him.

39 And we are

witnesses of all

things which he did both in the

land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem;

whom they slew and hanged on

a tree:

40 Him God

raised up the third

day, and

shewed him openly;

Not to all the people, but unto

witnesses chosen before of God,

even to us, who did eat and drink

with him after he rose from the

dead.

42 And he commanded us to

preach unto the people, and to

testify that it is he which was

or-

dained of God to be the

Judge of

quick and dead.

43 To him give all the prophets

witness, that through his

name

whosoever

believeth in him shall

receive

remission of sins.

44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these

words, the Holy Ghost fell on all

them which heard the word.

45 And they of the circumcision

which believed were astonished, as

many as came with Peter, because

28 a 2 Ne. 26:33;

Hel. 3:28 (27–30).

tg Uncleanness.

30 a

tg Fast, Fasting.

tg Angels.

34 a Acts 15:9; 17:26 (25–26);

Rom. 2:11;

1 Ne. 17:35;

D&C 1:35; 38:16.

tg Judgment.

35 a Rom. 10:12 (12–13);

Alma 26:37 (36–37).

tg Nations.

tg Reverence.

tg Good Works.

tg Righteousness.

e 1 Sam. 2:30.

36 a 3 Ne. 27:13 (13–22).

38 a

tg Anointing;

Jesus Christ, Messiah.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Oppression.

d Ex. 8:19;

Luke 11:20;

John 3:2;

Acts 2:22.

39 a Acts 13:31 (29–33).

tg Witness.

40 a Acts 3:15 (15, 26); 17:31.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection;

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

41 a Ether 12:7.

42 a

tg Missionary Work.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Priesthood, Authority.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

43 a

tg Prophets, Mission of.

tg Name.

tg Faith.

tg Remission of Sins.

1385 ACTS 10:46–11:19

that on the

Gentiles also was poured

out the

gift of the Holy Ghost.

46 For they heard them speak with

tongues, and magnify God. Then

answered Peter,

47 Can any man forbid water, that

these should not be baptized, which

have received the

Holy Ghost as

well as we?

48 And he commanded them to be

baptized in the name of the Lord.

Then prayed they him to tarry cer-

tain days.

CHAPTER 11

God grants the gift of repentance to the

Gentiles—The disciples are first called

Christians at Antioch—The Church is

guided by revelation.

A the apostles and brethren that

were in Judæa heard that the

Gen-

tiles had also received the

word

of God.

2 And when Peter was come up

to Jerusalem, they that were of the

circumcision

contended with him,

3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men

uncircumcised, and didst eat with

them.

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter

from the beginning, and expounded

it by order unto them, saying,

5 I was in the city of Joppa pray-

ing: and in a

trance I saw a vision,

A certain vessel descend, as it had

been a great sheet, let down from

heaven by four corners; and it came

even to me:

6 Upon the which when I had fas-

tened mine eyes, I considered, and

saw fourfooted beasts of the earth,

and wild beasts, and creeping things,

and fowls of the air.

7 And I heard a voice saying unto

me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for noth-

ing common or unclean hath at any

time entered into my mouth.

9 But the voice answered me

again from heaven, What God hath

cleansed, that call not thou

com-

mon.

10 And this was done three times:

and all were drawn up again into

heaven.

11 And, behold, immediately there

were three men already come unto

the house where I was, sent from

Cæsarea unto me.

12 And the Spirit bade me go with

them, nothing doubting. Moreover

these six brethren accompanied

me, and we entered into the man’s

house:

13 And he shewed us how he had

seen an angel in his house, which

stood and said unto him, Send men

to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose

surname is Peter;

14 Who shall tell thee words,

whereby thou and all thy house

shall be saved.

15 And as I began to speak, the

Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us

at the beginning.

16 Then remembered I the word

of the Lord, how that he said, John

indeed baptized with water; but

ye shall be baptized with the Holy

Ghost.

17 Forasmuch then as God gave

them the like

gift as he did unto

us, who believed on the Lord Jesus

Christ; what was I, that I could with-

stand God?

18 When they heard these things,

they held their peace, and glorified

God, saying, Then hath God also to

the

Gentiles granted

repentance

unto life.

19 ¶ Now they which were scat-

tered abroad upon the

persecution

that arose about Stephen travelled

45 a Matt. 8:11 (11–12);

Luke 13:29 (28–30);

2 Ne. 10:18 (9–18);

D&C 45:9 (7–30).

tg Gentiles.

b tg Holy Ghost, Gift of.

46 a tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

47 a tg Holy Ghost, Baptism of.

48 a tg Baptism, Essential.

1 a D&C 109:60.

b Acts 8:14 (14–20).

2 a

tg Circumcision.

tg Contention.

5 a Acts 22:17.

9 a

tg Purification;

Uncleanness.

b Acts 10:15 (3, 15).

17 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gift of;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

18 a Mark 16:15 (15–16);

Acts 21:19;

D&C 84:62 (62–64).

tg Repent.

19 a

tg Persecution.

1386ACTS 11:20–12:9

as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and

Antioch, preaching the word to none

but unto the Jews only.

20 And some of them were men of

Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when

they were come to Antioch, spake

unto the Grecians, preaching the

Lord Jesus.

21 And the hand of the Lord was

with them: and a great number be-

lieved, and turned unto the Lord.

22 ¶ Then tidings of these things

came unto the ears of the church

which was in Jerusalem: and they

sent forth

Barnabas, that he should

go as far as Antioch.

23 Who, when he came, and had

seen the grace of God, was glad,

and exhorted them all, that with

purpose of heart they would cleave

unto the Lord.

24 For he was a good man, and

full of the Holy Ghost and of faith:

and much people was added unto

the Lord.

25 Then departed Barnabas to Tar-

sus, for to seek Saul:

26 And when he had found him,

he brought him unto Antioch. And

it came to pass, that a whole year

they

assembled themselves with

the church, and taught much peo-

ple. And the disciples were called

Christians first in

Antioch.

27 ¶ And in these days came

prophets from Jerusalem unto

Antioch.

28 And there stood up one of them

named Agabus, and signified by the

Spirit that there should be great

dearth throughout all the world:

which came to pass in the days of

Claudius Cæsar.

29 Then the disciples, every man

according to his ability, determined

to send

relief unto the brethren

which dwelt in Judæa:

30 Which also they did, and sent

it to the

elders by the hands of

Barna bas and Saul.

CHAPTER 12

The martyrdom of James is described—

An angel frees Peter from prison—The

Lord slays Herod by disease—The

Church grows.

N about that time Herod the

king stretched forth his hands to

vex certain of the church.

2 And he

killed

James the brother

of John with the sword.

3 And because he saw it pleased

the Jews, he proceeded further to

take Peter also. (Then were the days

unleavened bread.)

4 And when he had apprehended

him, he put him in

prison, and de-

livered him to four

quaternions

of soldiers to keep him; intending

after

Easter to bring him forth to

the people.

5 Peter therefore was kept in

prison: but prayer was made with-

out ceasing of the church unto God

for him.

6 And when Herod would have

brought him forth, the same night

Peter was sleeping between two sol-

diers, bound with two chains: and

the keepers before the door kept

the prison.

7 And, behold, the

angel of the

Lord came upon him, and a light

shined in the prison: and he smote

Peter on the side, and raised him

up, saying, Arise up quickly. And

his chains fell off from his hands.

8 And the angel said unto him,

Gird thyself, and bind on thy san-

dals. And so he did. And he saith

unto him, Cast thy garment about

thee, and follow me.

9 And he went out, and followed

22 a Acts 4:36.

26 a

tg Assembly for

Worship; Meetings.

b Acts 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16;

Mosiah 5:8 (8–11);

Alma 46:15 (13–15).

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of.

c Acts 14:26.

27 a Acts 13:1 (1–13).

28 a Acts 2:18;

21:11 (4, 10–11).

or famine.

tg Drought.

29 a

tg Almsgiving; Welfare.

30 a

tg Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood.

2 a tg Tyranny.

tg Martyrdom.

3 a

tg Bread, Unleavened.

4 a Alma 14:27 (22–29);

Hel. 5:21 (21–50).

gr squads; i.e.,

detachments of four

men each.

ie Passover.

7 a Acts 5:19.

1387 ACTS 12:10–13:3

him; and

wist not that it was true

which was done by the angel; but

thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first

and the second ward, they came

unto the iron gate that leadeth unto

the city; which opened to them of

his own accord: and they went out,

and passed on through one street;

and forthwith the angel departed

from him.

11 And when Peter was come to

himself, he said, Now I know of a

surety, that the Lord hath sent his

angel, and hath delivered me out of

the hand of Herod, and from all the

expectation of the people of the Jews.

12 And when he had considered the

thing, he came to the house of Mary

the mother of John, whose surname

was Mark; where many were gath-

ered together praying.

13 And as Peter knocked at the

door of the gate, a damsel came to

hearken, named Rhoda.

14 And when she knew Peter’s

voice, she opened not the gate for

gladness, but ran in, and told how

Peter stood before the gate.

15 And they said unto her, Thou

art mad. But she constantly affirmed

that it was even so. Then said they,

It is his angel.

16 But Peter continued knocking:

and when they had opened the door,

and saw him, they were astonished.

17 But he,

beckoning unto them

with the hand to hold their peace,

declared unto them how the Lord

had brought him out of the prison.

And he said, Go shew these things

unto James, and to the brethren.

And he departed, and went into

another place.

18 Now as soon as it was day, there

was no small stir among the soldiers,

what was become of Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for

him, and found him not, he exam-

ined the keepers, and commanded

that they should be put to

death.

And he went down from Judæa to

Cæsarea, and there abode.

20 ¶ And Herod was highly dis-

pleased with them of Tyre and Si-

don: but they came with one accord

to him, and, having made Blastus

the king’s chamberlain their friend,

desired peace; because their coun-

try was nourished by the king’s

country.

21 And upon a set day Herod, ar-

rayed in royal apparel, sat upon

his throne, and made an oration

unto them.

22 And the people gave a shout,

saying, It is the voice of a god, and

not of a man.

23 And immediately the

angel of

the Lord smote him, because he gave

not God the glory: and he was eaten

of worms, and gave up the ghost.

24 ¶ But the word of God grew

and multiplied.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned

from Jerusalem, when they had

fulfilled their

ministry, and took

with them John, whose surname

was Mark.

CHAPTER 13

Saul and Barnabas are called to mis-

sionary service—Saul, now called Paul,

curses a sorcerer—Christ is a descen-

dant of David—Paul offers the gospel

to Israel, then to the Gentiles.

N there were in the church that

was at Antioch certain

prophets and

teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon

that was called Niger, and Lucius

of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had

been brought up with Herod the

tetrarch, and Saul.

2 As they ministered to the Lord,

and

fasted, the

Holy Ghost said,

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for

the work whereunto I have

called

them.

3 And when they had fasted and

9 a or knew.

17 a Acts 21:40.

19 a

tg Persecution.

23 a

tg Angels.

25 a Acts 15:36 (36–37).

1 a Acts 11:27.

tg Church

Organization.

2 a Luke 5:35.

tg Fast, Fasting.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Setting Apart.

tg Called of God.

1388ACTS 13:4–23

prayed, and

laid their

hands on

them, they sent them away.

4 ¶ So they, being sent forth by the

Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleu-

cia; and from thence they sailed

to Cyprus.

5 And when they were at Salamis,

they preached the word of God in

the synagogues of the Jews: and

they had also John to their minister.

6 And when they had gone through

the isle unto Paphos, they found a

certain

sorcerer, a false prophet,

a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:

7 Which was with the deputy of

the country, Sergius Paulus, a

pru-

dent man; who called for Barnabas

and Saul, and desired to hear the

word of God.

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so

is his name by interpretation) with-

stood them, seeking to turn away

the deputy from the faith.

9 Then Saul, (who also is called

Paul,) filled with the

Holy Ghost,

set his eyes on him,

10 And said, O full of all subtilty

and all mischief, thou

child of the

devil, thou

enemy of all

righteous-

ness, wilt thou not cease to pervert

the right ways of the Lord?

11 And now, behold, the hand of

the Lord is upon thee, and thou

shalt be

blind, not seeing the sun

for a season. And immediately there

fell on him a mist and a darkness;

and he went about seeking some to

lead him by the hand.

12 Then the deputy, when he saw

what was done, believed, being as-

tonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 Now when Paul and his com-

pany loosed from Paphos, they came

to Perga in Pamphylia: and

John

departing from them returned to

Jerusalem.

14 ¶ But when they departed

from Perga, they came to Antioch

in Pisidia, and went into the syna-

gogue on the sabbath day, and sat

down.

15 And after the reading of the

law and the prophets the rulers

of the synagogue sent unto them,

saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye

have any word of exhortation for

the people, say on.

16 Then Paul stood up, and beck-

oning with his hand said, Men of

Israel, and ye that

fear God, give

audience.

17 The God of this people of Israel

chose our fathers, and exalted the

people when they dwelt as

strangers

in the land of Egypt, and with an

high arm brought he them out of it.

18 And about the time of forty

years suffered he their manners in

the wilderness.

19 And when he had

destroyed

seven nations in the

land of Cha-

naan, he divided their land to them

by lot.

20 And after that he gave unto them

judges about the space of four hun-

dred and fifty years, until Samuel

the prophet.

21 And afterward they desired a

king: and God gave unto them Saul

the son of Cis, a man of the tribe

of Benjamin, by the space of forty

years.

22 And when he had removed him,

he raised up unto them David to be

their king; to whom also he gave

testimony, and said, I have found

David the son of Jesse, a man after

mine own

heart, which shall fulfil

all my will.

23 Of this man’s

seed hath God

according to his

promise raised

unto Israel a

Saviour, Jesus:

3 a tg Authority;

Priesthood, Authority.

tg Hands, Laying on of;

Priesthood, Ordination.

6 a

tg Sorcery.

7 a

tg Prudence.

9 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

10 a 1 Jn. 3:10 (10–18);

Alma 11:23.

tg Enemies.

tg Righteousness.

11 a Gen. 19:11.

b Alma 30:49 (48–60).

13 a Acts 15:37 (36–40).

16 a Moro. 7:3 (3–4).

17 a

tg Stranger.

19 a Num. 21:3 (1–3);

Ps. 80:8 (8–10).

tg Israel, Land of.

22 a

tg Heart.

23 a

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

tg Promise.

tg Jesus Christ, Savior.

1389 ACTS 13:24–46

24 When John had first preached

before his coming the baptism of re-

pentance to all the people of Israel.

25 And as John fulfilled his course,

he said, Whom think ye that I am? I

am not he. But, behold, there cometh

one after me, whose shoes of his feet

I am not worthy to loose.

26 Men and brethren, children of

the stock of

Abraham, and whoso-

ever among you feareth God, to you

is the word of this salvation sent.

27 For they that dwell at Jerusa-

lem, and their rulers, because they

knew him not, nor yet the voices of

the prophets which are read every

sabbath day, they have fulfilled them

in condemning him.

28 And though they found no cause

of death in him, yet desired they Pi-

late that he should be

slain.

29 And when they had fulfilled all

that was written of him, they took

him down from the tree, and laid

him in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him from the

dead:

31 And he was

seen many days

of them which came up with him

from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are

his

witnesses unto the people.

32 And we declare unto you glad

tidings, how that the promise which

was made unto the

fathers,

33 God hath fulfilled the same

unto us their children, in that he

hath raised up Jesus again; as it is

also written in the second psalm,

Thou art my

Son, this day have I

begotten thee.

34 And as concerning that he raised

him up from the dead, now no more

to return to corruption, he said on

this wise, I will give you the

sure

mercies of David.

35 Wherefore he saith also in an-

other psalm, Thou shalt not suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

36 For David, after he had served

his own generation by the will of

God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto

his fathers, and saw corruption:

37 But he, whom God

raised again,

saw no

corruption.

38 ¶ Be it known unto you there-

fore, men and brethren, that through

this man is preached unto you the

forgiveness of sins:

39 And by him all that believe

are

justified from all things, from

which ye could not be

justified by

the

law of Moses.

40 Beware therefore, lest that come

upon you, which is spoken of in the

prophets;

41 Behold, ye despisers, and won-

der, and perish: for I work a work in

your days, a

work which ye shall

in no wise believe, though a man

declare it unto you.

42 And when the Jews were gone

out of the synagogue, the Gentiles

besought that these words might be

preached to them the next

sabbath.

43 Now when the congregation

was broken up, many of the Jews

and religious

proselytes followed

Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to

them, persuaded them to continue

in the grace of God.

44 ¶ And the next sabbath day

came almost the whole city together

to hear the word of God.

45 But when the Jews saw the

multitudes, they were filled with

envy, and spake

against those

things which were spoken by Paul,

contradicting and

blaspheming.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed

bold, and said, It was necessary that

26 a Abr. 2:9 (9–10).

28 a Matt. 27:20;

Acts 3:13.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

b Acts 10:39 (39–43);

22:15 (14–16).

32 a

tg Family, Patriarchal.

33 a

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

34 a Isa. 55:3.

37 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

b Acts 2:27 (27, 31).

38 a

tg Forgive;

Jesus Christ, Atonement

through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Remission of Sins.

39 a

tg Justification.

b Rom. 2:13.

tg Law of Moses.

41 a Hab. 1:5;

3 Ne. 21:9 (9–11).

42 a

tg Sabbath.

43 a Acts 2:10.

45 a

tg Envy.

b Luke 11:52;

1 Thes. 2:16.

tg Blaspheme.

1390ACTS 13:47–14:14

the word of God should first have

been spoken to you: but seeing ye

put it from you, and judge your-

selves unworthy of everlasting life,

lo, we turn to the

Gentiles.

47 For so hath the Lord com-

manded us, saying, I have set thee to

be a

light of the Gentiles, that thou

shouldest be for

salvation unto the

ends of the earth.

48 And when the Gentiles heard

this, they were glad, and glorified

the word of the Lord:

and as many

as were ordained to eternal life be-

lieved.

49 And the word of the Lord was

published throughout all the region.

50 But the Jews

stirred up the

devout and honourable

women,

and the chief men of the city, and

raised

persecution against Paul

and Barnabas, and expelled them

out of their coasts.

51 But they shook off the

dust of

their feet against them, and came

unto Iconium.

52 And the disciples were filled

with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 14

Persecution attends the spread of the

gospel—Paul heals a crippled man; Paul

and Barnabas are hailed as gods—Paul

is stoned and revived; he preaches—

Elders are ordained.

A it came to pass in Iconium,

that they went both together into

the synagogue of the Jews, and so

spake, that a great multitude both

of the Jews and also of the Greeks

believed.

2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred

up the Gentiles, and made their

minds evil affected against the

brethren.

3 Long time therefore abode they

speaking boldly in the Lord, which

gave

testimony unto the word of

his

grace, and granted signs and

wonders to be done by their hands.

4 But the multitude of the city was

divided: and part held with the Jews,

and part with the apostles.

5 And when there was an assault

made both of the Gentiles, and also

of the

Jews with their rulers, to use

them despitefully, and to stone them,

6 They were ware of it, and fled

unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of

Lycaonia, and unto the region that

lieth round about:

7 And there they preached the

gospel.

8 ¶ And there sat a certain man at

Lystra, impotent in his feet, being

cripple from his mother’s womb,

who never had walked:

9 The same heard Paul speak: who

steadfastly beholding him, and

perceiving that he had

faith to be

healed,

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand

upright on thy feet. And he leaped

and walked.

11 And when the people saw what

Paul had done, they lifted up their

voices, saying in the speech of Ly-

caonia, The

gods are come down

to us in the likeness of men.

12 And they called Barnabas,

Ju-

piter; and Paul,

Mercurius, because

he was the chief speaker.

13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which

was before their city, brought oxen

and garlands unto the gates, and

would have done sacrifice with the

people.

14 Which when the

apostles,

Barna bas and Paul, heard of, they

rent their clothes, and ran in among

the people, crying out,

46 a Matt. 21:43;

Luke 14:24 (21–24);

Acts 28:28 (27–28).

47 a

tg Example.

tg Jesus Christ, Savior;

Salvation.

48 a

JSt Acts 13:48 . . . and as

many as believed were

ordained unto eternal

life.

49 a D&C 1:6.

50 a Alma 27:2 (2, 12).

b Acts 17:4 (4, 12).

tg Persecution.

51 a Matt. 10:14 (14–15);

Luke 10:11;

Acts 18:6 (5–6);

D&C 24:15;

60:15 (13–15).

3 a tg Testimony.

tg Grace.

5 a 2 Cor. 11:26.

8 a Acts 3:2 (1–10).

9 a

tg Faith.

tg Heal.

11 a Acts 28:6 (3–6).

12 a

gr Zeus.

gr Hermes.

14 a

tg Apostles.

1391 ACTS 14:15–15:5

15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye

these things? We also are

men of

passions with you, and preach

unto you that ye should turn from

these

vanities unto the living God,

which

made heaven, and earth,

and the sea, and all things that are

therein:

16 Who in times past suffered all

nations to

walk in their own

ways.

17 Nevertheless he left not himself

without

witness, in that he did good,

and gave us

rain from heaven, and

fruitful seasons, filling our hearts

with

food and gladness.

18 And with these sayings scarce

restrained they the people, that they

had not done sacrifice unto them.

19 ¶ And there came thither certain

Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who

persuaded the people, and, having

stoned Paul, drew him out of the

city, supposing he had been dead.

20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood

round about him, he rose up, and

came into the city: and the next

day he departed with Barnabas

to Derbe.

21 And when they had preached

the gospel to that city, and had

taught many, they returned again to

Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

22 Confirming the souls of the dis-

ciples, and exhorting them to con-

tinue in the faith, and that we must

through much

tribulation enter

into the kingdom of God.

23 And when they had

ordained

them

elders in every church, and

had prayed with

fasting, they com-

mended them to the Lord, on whom

they believed.

24 And after they had passed

throughout Pisidia, they came to

Pamphylia.

25 And when they had preached

the word in Perga, they went down

into Attalia:

26 And thence sailed to

Antioch,

from whence they had been recom-

mended to the grace of God for the

work which they fulfilled.

27 And when they were come, and

had gathered the church together,

they rehearsed all that God had done

with them, and how he had opened

the

door of faith unto the Gentiles.

28 And there they abode long time

with the disciples.

CHAPTER 15

Great dissension arises at Antioch con-

cerning circumcision—The Apostles

at Jerusalem decide the issue—Paul

chooses Silas as his companion.

A certain men which came down

from Judæa taught the brethren,

and said, Except ye be

circumcised

after the manner of Moses, ye can-

not be saved.

2 When therefore Paul and Barna-

bas had no small dissension and

disputation with them, they deter-

mined that Paul and Barnabas, and

certain other of them, should go up

to Jerusalem unto the

apostles and

elders about this question.

3 And being brought on their way

by the church, they passed through

Phenice and Samaria, declaring the

conversion of the Gentiles: and

they caused great joy unto all the

brethren.

4 And when they were come to

Jerusalem, they were received of

the church, and of the apostles and

elders, and they declared all things

that God had done with them.

5 But there rose up certain of the

15 a Dan. 2:46;

James 5:17 (17–18);

1 Ne. 17:55.

tg Lust.

tg Vanity.

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

16 a

tg Walking in

Darkness.

b Acts 17:30 (27–30).

17 a Rom. 1:20.

b Lev. 26:4 (3–4).

tg Food.

19 a

tg Persecution.

22 a

tg Adversity;

Test;

Tribulation.

23 a

tg Authority;

Priesthood, History of;

Priesthood, Ordination.

tg Church Organization;

Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood.

tg Fast, Fasting.

26 a Acts 11:26 (25–26).

27 a 2 Cor. 2:12.

1 a tg Circumcision.

2 a

tg Disputations.

b Gal. 2:1.

3 a

tg Conversion.

1392ACTS 15:6–25

sect of the Pharisees which believed,

saying, That it was needful to cir-

cumcise them, and to command them

to keep the

law of Moses.

6 ¶ And the

apostles and

elders

came together for to consider of

this matter.

7 And when there had been much

disputing,

Peter rose up, and said

unto them, Men and brethren, ye

know how that a good while ago

God made choice among us, that

the

Gentiles by my mouth should

hear the word of the

gospel, and

believe.

8 And God, which

knoweth the

hearts, bare them witness, giving

them the Holy Ghost, even as he

did unto us;

9 And put no

difference between

us and them,

purifying their hearts

by faith.

10 Now therefore why

tempt ye

God, to put a yoke upon the neck

of the disciples, which neither our

fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But we believe that through the

grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we

shall be saved, even as they.

12 ¶ Then all the multitude kept

silence, and gave audience to Barna-

bas and Paul, declaring what mira-

cles and wonders God had wrought

among the Gentiles by them.

13 ¶ And after they had held their

peace, James answered, saying, Men

and brethren, hearken unto me:

14 Simeon hath declared how God

at the first did visit the

Gentiles,

to take out of them a people for

his

name.

15 And to this agree the words of

the prophets; as it is written,

16 After this I will return, and

will build again the

tabernacle of

David, which is fallen down; and I

will build again the ruins thereof,

and I will set it up:

17 That the

residue of men might

seek after the Lord, and all the

Gentiles, upon whom my name is

called, saith the Lord, who doeth

all these things.

Known unto God are all his

works from the beginning of the

world.

19 Wherefore my sentence is, that

we trouble not them, which from

among the Gentiles are turned to

God:

20 But that we write unto them,

that they

abstain from

pollutions

of idols, and from

fornication, and

from things strangled, and from

blood.

21 For Moses of old time hath in

every city them that preach him,

being

read in the synagogues ev-

ery sabbath day.

22 Then pleased it the apostles

and elders, with the whole church,

to send chosen men of their own

company to Antioch with Paul and

Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed

Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among

the brethren:

23 And they

wrote

letters by them

after this manner; The apostles and

elders and brethren send greeting

unto the brethren which are of the

Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and

Cilicia:

24 Forasmuch as we have heard,

that certain which went out from

us have troubled you with words,

subverting your souls, saying, Ye

must be

circumcised, and keep the

law: to whom we gave no such com-

mandment:

25 It seemed good unto us, being

5 a Gal. 5:18 (16–18).

6 a

tg Church Organization.

tg Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood.

7 a

tg Disputations.

b D&C 7:7 (5–7);

JS—H 1:72.

c Acts 10:20 (9–48).

tg Gospel.

8 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

9 a Acts 10:34 (34–35);

17:26 (25–26).

tg Purification;

Purity.

10 a

tg Test.

11 a

tg Grace.

14 a Abr. 2:10 (9–10).

tg Name.

16 a Amos 9:11 (11–12).

17 a Moro. 7:32.

18 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

20 a Acts 21:25.

tg Abstain.

tg Pollution.

tg Fornication;

Sexual Immorality.

tg Blood, Eating of.

21 a 2 Cor. 3:14 (14–15).

23 a

tg Scriptures,

Writing of.

b Acts 16:4.

24 a Gen. 17:11 (10–27);

Moro. 8:8.

1393 ACTS 15:26–16:6

assembled with

one accord, to send

chosen men unto you with our be-

loved Barnabas and Paul,

26 Men that have

hazarded their

lives for the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

27 We have sent therefore Judas

and Silas, who shall also tell you the

same things by mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy

Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you

no greater burden than these nec-

essary things;

29 That ye abstain from meats of-

fered to

idols, and from blood, and

from things strangled, and from

fornication: from which if ye keep

yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare

ye well.

30 So when they were dismissed,

they came to Antioch: and when

they had gathered the multitude

together, they delivered the epistle:

31 Which when they had read, they

rejoiced for the

consolation.

32 And Judas and Silas, being

prophets also themselves, exhorted

the brethren with many words, and

confirmed them.

33 And after they had tarried there

a space, they were let go in peace

from the brethren unto the apostles.

34 Notwithstanding it pleased

Si-

las to abide there still.

35 Paul also and Barnabas con-

tinued in Antioch, teaching and

preaching the word of the Lord,

with many others also.

36 ¶ And some days after Paul said

unto Barnabas, Let us go again and

visit our

brethren in every city

where we have preached the word

of the Lord, and see how they do.

37 And Barnabas determined to

take with them

John, whose sur-

name was

Mark.

38 But Paul thought not good to

take him with them, who departed

from them from Pamphylia, and

went not with them to the work.

39 And the

contention was so

sharp between them, that they de-

parted asunder one from the other:

and so Barnabas took Mark, and

sailed unto Cyprus;

40 And Paul chose Silas, and de-

parted, being recommended by the

brethren unto the grace of God.

41 And he went through Syria and

Cilicia,

confirming the churches.

CHAPTER 16

Paul is directed in a vision to preach

in Macedonia—He casts an evil spirit

out of a woman—He and Silas are im-

prisoned, and they convert the jailor—

They admonish all to believe on the

Lord Jesus and be saved.

T came he to Derbe and Lystra:

and, behold, a certain disciple was

there, named

Timotheus, the son

of a certain woman, which was a

Jewess, and believed; but his father

was a Greek:

2 Which was well reported of by

the brethren that were at Lystra

and Iconium.

3 Him would Paul have to go forth

with him; and took and

circumcised

him because of the Jews which were

in those quarters: for they knew all

that his father was a Greek.

4 And as they went through the cit-

ies, they delivered them the

decrees

for to keep, that were ordained of

the apostles and elders which were

at Jerusalem.

5 And so were the churches

estab-

lished in the faith, and increased in

number daily.

6 Now when they had gone through-

out Phrygia and the region of

Galatia, and were forbidden of the

25 a tg Common Consent.

26 a 2 Tim. 3:11.

29 a 1 Cor. 8:1.

31 a

gr consolation, exhorta-

tion, solace, persuasion.

34 a 2 Cor. 1:19;

1 Thes. 1:1;

1 Pet. 5:12.

36 a Acts 12:25 (20–25).

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

37 a Acts 13:13.

b Col. 4:10;

2 Tim. 4:11.

39 a

tg Contention.

41 a D&C 24:9.

1 a Acts 17:14 (14–15); 20:4;

1 Cor. 4:17;

1 Thes. 1:1; 3:2 (2, 6);

1 Tim. 1:2.

b 2 Tim. 1:5.

3 a

tg Circumcision.

4 a Acts 15:23 (23–29).

5 a Moro. 7:32 (31–32).

1394ACTS 16:7–28

Holy Ghost to preach the word in

Asia,

7 After they were come to Mysia,

they assayed to go into Bithynia:

but the Spirit suffered them not.

8 And they passing by Mysia came

down to Troas.

9 And a

vision appeared to Paul

in the night; There stood a man of

Macedonia, and prayed him, say-

ing, Come over into Macedonia,

and help us.

10 And after he had seen the vision,

immediately we endeavoured to go

into Macedonia, assuredly gathering

that the Lord had called us for to

preach the gospel unto them.

11 Therefore loosing from Troas,

we came with a straight course to

Samothracia, and the next day to

Neapolis;

12 And from thence to Philippi,

which is the chief city of that part

of Macedonia, and a colony: and we

were in that city abiding certain days.

13 And on the sabbath we went

out of the city by a river side, where

prayer was wont to be made; and

we sat down, and spake unto the

women which resorted thither.

14 ¶ And a certain woman named

Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city

of Thyatira, which worshipped God,

heard us: whose

heart the Lord

opened, that she attended unto the

things which were spoken of Paul.

15 And when she was baptized,

and her household, she besought

us, saying, If ye have judged me to

be faithful to the Lord, come into

my house, and

abide there. And she

constrained us.

16 ¶ And it came to pass, as we

went to prayer, a certain damsel

possessed with a spirit of divination

met us, which brought her masters

much gain by

soothsaying:

17 The same followed Paul and us,

and cried, saying,

These men are

the servants of the most high God,

which shew unto us the way of

salvation.

18 And this did she many days.

But Paul, being grieved, turned

and said to the

spirit, I command

thee in the name of Jesus Christ to

come out of her. And he came out

the same hour.

19 ¶ And when her masters saw

that the hope of their gains was

gone, they caught Paul and Silas,

and drew them into the marketplace

unto the rulers,

20 And brought them to the mag-

istrates, saying, These men, being

Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

21 And teach customs, which are

not lawful for us to receive, neither

to observe, being Romans.

22 And the multitude rose up to-

gether against them: and the mag-

istrates rent off their clothes, and

commanded to

beat them.

23 And when they had laid many

stripes upon them, they cast them

into prison, charging the jailor to

keep them safely:

24 Who, having received such a

charge, thrust them into the inner

prison, and made their feet fast in

the stocks.

25 ¶ And at

midnight Paul and

Silas prayed, and

sang praises unto

God: and the prisoners heard them.

26 And suddenly there was a great

earthquake, so that the foundations

of the prison were shaken: and im-

mediately all the

doors were opened,

and every one’s bands were loosed.

27 And the keeper of the prison

awaking out of his sleep, and seeing

the prison doors open, he drew out

his sword, and would have killed

himself, supposing that the prison-

ers had been fled.

28 But Paul cried with a loud voice,

6 a Alma 21:16 (16–17);

22:1 (1–4).

9 a 2 Cor. 2:12.

tg Vision.

14 a Acts 16:40.

b Alma 16:16.

15 a 1 Tim. 5:10.

16 a

tg Sorcery.

17 a James 2:19.

18 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

22 a 2 Cor. 11:25;

1 Thes. 2:2.

23 a 2 Cor. 11:23.

tg Cruelty.

25 a Ps. 119:62.

tg Singing.

26 a Acts 5:19 (15–20);

Alma 14:27 (27–28);

3 Ne. 28:19 (19–20);

4 Ne. 1:30.

1395 ACTS 16:29–17:9

saying, Do thyself no harm: for we

are all here.

29 Then he called for a light, and

sprang in, and came trembling, and

fell down before Paul and Silas,

30 And brought them out, and said,

Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

31 And they said,

Believe on the

Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be

saved, and thy house.

32 And they spake unto him the

word of the Lord, and to all that

were in his house.

33 And he took them the same

hour of the night, and washed their

stripes; and was baptized, he and

all his, straightway.

34 And when he had brought them

into his house, he set meat before

them, and rejoiced, believing in God

with all his house.

35 And when it was day, the mag-

istrates sent the serjeants, saying,

Let those men go.

36 And the keeper of the prison

told this saying to Paul, The mag-

istrates have sent to let you go:

now therefore depart, and go in

peace.

37 But Paul said unto them, They

have beaten us openly uncon-

demned, being

Romans, and have

cast us into prison; and now do they

thrust us out

privily? nay verily;

but let them come themselves and

fetch us out.

38 And the serjeants told these

words unto the magistrates: and

they feared, when they heard that

they were Romans.

39 And they came and besought

them, and brought them out, and

desired them to depart out of the

city.

40 And they went out of the prison,

and entered into the house of

Ly-

dia: and when they had seen the

brethren, they comforted them,

and departed.

CHAPTER 17

Paul and Silas preach and are perse-

cuted in Thessalonica and in Berea—

Paul, in Athens, preaches from Mars’

Hill about the unknown god—He says,

We are the offspring of God.

N when they had passed through

Amphipolis and Apollonia, they

came to

Thessalonica, where was

a synagogue of the Jews:

2 And Paul, as his manner was,

went in unto them, and three sab-

bath days

reasoned with them out

of the

scriptures,

3 Opening and alleging, that Christ

must needs have suffered, and risen

again from the dead; and that this

Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is

Christ.

4 And some of them believed, and

consorted with Paul and Silas; and

of the devout

Greeks a great mul-

titude, and of the chief

women

not a few.

5 ¶ But the

Jews which believed

not, moved with envy, took unto

them certain

lewd fellows of

the baser sort, and gathered a com-

pany, and set all the city on an

uproar, and

assaulted the house

of Jason, and sought to bring them

out to the people.

6 And when they found them

not, they drew Jason and certain

brethren unto the rulers of the

city, crying, These that have turned

the world upside down are come

hither also;

7 Whom Jason hath received: and

these all do contrary to the decrees

of Cæsar, saying that there is another

king, one Jesus.

8 And they troubled the people

and the rulers of the city, when

they heard these things.

9 And when they had taken secu-

rity of Jason, and of the other, they

let them go.

31 a Mosiah 4:10 (9–10);

Hel. 14:13.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

37 a Acts 22:25.

or secretly.

40 a Acts 16:14 (14–15).

1 a 1 Thes. 1:1.

2 a Acts 18:19; 1 Thes. 2:2.

tg Missionary Work.

b Alma 14:1.

4 a John 12:20.

b Acts 13:50.

5 a 2 Cor. 11:26.

gr wicked, evil.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

d 1 Thes. 1:6; 2:14.

1396ACTS 17:10–27

10 ¶ And the brethren immediately

sent away Paul and Silas by night

unto Berea: who coming thither went

into the synagogue of the Jews.

11 These were more noble than

those in Thessalonica, in that they

received the word with all readiness

of mind, and

searched the scrip-

tures daily, whether those things

were so.

12 Therefore many of them be-

lieved; also of honourable women

which were Greeks, and of men,

not a few.

13 But when the Jews of Thessalo-

nica had knowledge that the word

of God was preached of Paul at

Berea, they came thither also, and

stirred up the people.

14 And then immediately the

brethren sent away Paul to go as it

were to the sea: but Silas and

Timo-

theus abode there still.

15 And they that conducted Paul

brought him unto

Athens: and re-

ceiving a commandment unto Silas

and Timotheus for to come to him

with all speed, they departed.

16 ¶ Now while Paul waited for

them at Athens, his spirit was stirred

in him, when he saw the city

wholly

given to

idolatry.

17 Therefore

disputed he in the

synagogue with the Jews, and with

the devout persons, and in the mar-

ket daily with them that met with

him.

18 Then certain philosophers of

the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,

encountered him. And some said,

What will this babbler say? other

some, He seemeth to be a setter

forth of strange gods: because he

preached unto them Jesus, and the

resurrection.

19 And they took him, and brought

him unto

Areopagus, saying, May

we know what this new doctrine,

whereof thou speakest, is?

20 For thou bringest certain

strange things to our ears: we would

know therefore what these things

mean.

21 (For all the Athenians and

strangers which were there

spent

their time in nothing else, but either

to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22 ¶ Then Paul stood in the midst

of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of

Athens, I perceive that in all things

ye are

too superstitious.

23 For as I passed by, and beheld

your

devotions, I found an altar

with this inscription, TO THE

UN-

KNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye

ignorantly worship, him

declare

I unto you.

24 God that

made the world and

all things therein, seeing that he is

Lord of heaven and earth,

dwelleth

not in temples made with hands;

25 Neither is

worshipped with

men’s hands, as though he needed

any thing, seeing he giveth to all

life, and

breath, and all things;

26 And hath

made of

one

blood

all

nations of men for to dwell on

all the face of the earth, and hath

determined the

times before

ap-

pointed, and the

bounds of their

habitation;

27 That they should

seek the

11 a tg Scriptures, Study of.

14 a Acts 16:1 (1–4).

15 a 1 Thes. 3:1.

16 a

gr full of idols; i.e.,

grossly idolatrous.

tg Idolatry.

17 a

tg Disputations.

b Acts 18:4 (4, 19); 19:8.

19 a

gr Hill of Ares (Mars);

probably meaning the

civil council which

met there.

Acts 17:34.

21 a

tg Waste.

22 a

gr most religious; i.e.,

careful in divine things.

23 a

gr sacred, venerated

objects.

b D&C 93:19.

tg God, Knowledge

about.

tg Ignorance.

tg Preaching.

24 a

tg Creation.

b Acts 7:48.

25 a

tg Worship.

tg Breath of Life.

26 a Job 31:15;

Mal. 2:10.

b Acts 10:34 (34–35); 15:9.

c D&C 38:25 (24–27).

tg Gentiles.

tg Nations.

tg God, Foreknowl-

edge of;

God, Omniscience of.

g Eccl. 3:2;

Alma 40:10.

tg Time.

tg Foreordination.

i Deut. 32:8 (8–9);

Job 14:5.

tg Order;

Separation.

27 a

tg God, Access to.

1397 ACTS 17:28–18:8

Lord,

if haply they might

feel af-

ter him, and find him, though he be

not far from every one of us:

28 For in him we

live, and move,

and have our being; as certain also

of your own poets have said, For we

are also his

offspring.

29 Forasmuch then as we are the

offspring of God, we ought not to

think that the Godhead is like unto

gold, or silver, or stone, graven by

art and man’s

device.

30 And the times of this

ignorance

God

winked at; but now

com-

mandeth all men every where to

repent:

31 Because he hath appointed a

day, in the which he will

judge the

world in righteousness by that man

whom he hath

ordained; whereof he

hath given assurance unto all men,

in that he hath

raised him from

the dead.

32 ¶ And when they heard of the

resurrection of the dead, some

mocked: and others said, We will

hear thee again of this matter.

33 So Paul departed from among

them.

34 Howbeit certain men clave unto

him, and believed: among the which

was Dionysius the

Areopagite, and

a woman named Damaris, and oth-

ers with them.

CHAPTER 18

Being rejected by the Jews, Paul turns

to the Gentiles—He preaches, minis-

ters, and travels—Apollos also preaches

with power.

A these things Paul departed

from Athens, and came to Corinth;

2 And found a certain Jew named

Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come

from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;

(because that Claudius had com-

manded all Jews to depart from

Rome:) and came unto them.

3 And because he was of the same

craft, he abode with them, and

wrought: for by their occupation

they were

tentmakers.

4 And he reasoned in the

syna-

gogue every

sabbath, and persuaded

the Jews and the Greeks.

5 And when Silas and

Timo-

theus were come from Macedonia,

Paul was pressed in the spirit, and

testified to the Jews that Jesus was

Christ.

6 And when they opposed them-

selves, and blasphemed, he

shook

his raiment, and said unto them,

Your

blood be upon your own heads;

I am clean: from henceforth I will

go unto the Gentiles.

7 ¶ And he departed thence, and

entered into a certain man’s house,

named Justus, one that worshipped

God, whose house joined hard to

the synagogue.

8 And

Crispus, the chief ruler of

the synagogue, believed on the Lord

with all his house; and many of the

Corinthians hearing

believed, and

were baptized.

27 b JSt Acts 17:27 . . . if they

are willing to find him,

for he is not far from

every one of us;

c D&C 101:8.

28 a Deut. 30:20;

D&C 45:1.

tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

29 a

tg Man, a Spirit Child

of Heavenly Father;

Man, Physical Creation

of; Man, Potential

to Become like

Heavenly Father;

Sons and Daughters

of God;

Spirit Creation.

tg Idolatry.

c Jer. 44:8.

30 a Acts 14:16 (16–17);

1 Pet. 1:14 (1–16);

2 Ne. 9:25 (25–27);

D&C 76:72.

or overlooked,

disregarded.

Moro. 8:22 (9–26).

c D&C 18:9.

tg Repent.

31 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge;

Judgment, the Last.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

c Acts 10:40.

32 a Alma 12:15 (12–18).

tg Mocking.

34 a Acts 17:19 (19, 22).

2 a 1 Cor. 16:19.

3 a Acts 20:34;

1 Thes. 2:9.

tg Skill.

4 a Acts 17:17; 19:8.

tg Sabbath.

5 a 1 Thes. 1:1.

b Alma 7:26 (16, 26).

tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

6 a Matt. 10:14;

Acts 13:51 (44–51);

D&C 24:15; 60:15.

b Ezek. 33:4 (3–5).

8 a 1 Cor. 1:14.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

1398ACTS 18:9–19:1

9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in

the night by a

vision, Be not afraid,

but speak, and hold not thy peace:

10 For I am with thee, and no man

shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I

have much

people in this city.

11 And he continued there a year

and six months, teaching the word

of God among them.

12 ¶ And when Gallio was the

deputy of Achaia, the Jews made in-

surrection with one accord against

Paul, and brought him to the judg-

ment seat,

13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth

men to

worship God contrary to

the law.

14 And when Paul was now about to

open his mouth, Gallio said unto the

Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or

wicked

lewdness, O ye Jews, reason

would that I should bear with you:

15 But if it be a

question of words

and names, and of your law, look ye

to it; for I will be no judge of such

matters.

16 And he drave them from the

judgment seat.

17 Then all the Greeks took Sos-

thenes, the chief ruler of the syna-

gogue, and beat him before the

judgment seat. And Gallio cared

for none of those things.

18 ¶ And Paul after this tarried

there yet a good while, and then

took his leave of the brethren, and

sailed thence into Syria, and with

him Priscilla and Aquila; having

shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he

had a

vow.

19 And he came to Ephesus, and

left them there: but he himself en-

tered into the synagogue, and

rea-

soned with the Jews.

20 When they desired him to tarry

longer time with them, he con-

sented not;

21 But bade them farewell, saying,

I must by all means keep this feast

that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will

return again unto you, if God will.

And he sailed from Ephesus.

22 And when he had landed at

Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted

the church, he went down to Antioch.

23 And after he had spent some

time there, he departed, and went

over all the country of Galatia and

Phrygia in order, strengthening all

the disciples.

24 ¶ And a certain Jew named

Apollos, born at Alexandria, an

eloquent man, and

mighty in the

scriptures, came to Ephesus.

25 This man was

instructed in

the way of the Lord; and being

fervent in the spirit, he spake and

taught

diligently the things of the

Lord, knowing only the baptism

John.

26 And he began to speak boldly in

the synagogue: whom when Aquila

and Priscilla had heard, they took

him unto them, and expounded unto

him the way of God more perfectly.

27 And when he was disposed

to pass into Achaia, the brethren

wrote, exhorting the disciples to

receive him: who, when he was

come, helped them much which

had believed through grace:

28 For he mightily convinced the

Jews, and that publickly,

shewing

by the scriptures that

Jesus was

Christ.

CHAPTER 19

Paul confers the gift of the Holy Ghost

by the laying on of hands—He preaches

and works many miracles—The sons

of Sceva fail to cast out devils by ex-

orcism—The worshippers of Diana

(Artemis) raise a tumult against Paul.

A it came to pass, that, while

Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having

9 a tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal;

Vision.

10 a D&C 111:2 (2–11).

13 a Alma 30:7 (7–11).

14 a Acts 25:5.

b gr crime.

15 a Acts 23:29.

18 a

tg Vow.

19 a Acts 17:2.

24 a 1 Cor. 16:12.

b D&C 100:11.

25 a

tg Education.

tg Zeal.

gr accurately, precisely,

diligently.

d Acts 19:3 (3–6).

27 a D&C 42:11.

28 a

tg Scriptures, Study of.

or Jesus is the Christ.

1399 ACTS 19:2–22

passed through the upper

coasts

came to Ephesus: and finding cer-

tain disciples,

2 He said unto them, Have ye re-

ceived the Holy Ghost since ye be-

lieved? And they said unto him, We

have not so much as heard whether

there be any Holy Ghost.

3 And he said unto them, Unto

what then were ye baptized? And

they said, Unto

John’s baptism.

4 Then said Paul, John verily bap-

tized with the baptism of

repen-

tance, saying unto the people, that

they should believe on him which

should come after him, that is, on

Christ Jesus.

5 When they heard this, they were

baptized in the name of the Lord

Jesus.

6 And when Paul had laid his hands

upon them, the Holy Ghost came on

them; and they spake with

tongues,

and prophesied.

7 And all the men were about

twelve.

8 And he went into the

synagogue,

and spake boldly for the space of

three months,

disputing and per-

suading the things concerning the

kingdom of God.

9 But when divers were hardened,

and believed not, but spake evil of

that way before the multitude, he

departed from them, and separated

the disciples, disputing daily in the

school of one Tyrannus.

10 And this continued by the space

of two years; so that all they which

dwelt in Asia heard the word of the

Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

11 And God wrought special

miracles by the hands of Paul:

12 So that from his body were

brought unto the sick

handker-

chiefs or aprons, and the diseases

departed from them, and the evil

spirits went out of them.

13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond

Jews,

exorcists, took upon them to

call over them which had evil spirits

the

name of the Lord Jesus, saying,

adjure you by Jesus whom Paul

preacheth.

14 And there were seven sons of

one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the

priests, which did so.

15 And the

evil spirit answered

and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I

know; but who are ye?

16 And the man in whom the evil

spirit was leaped on them, and over-

came them, and prevailed against

them, so that they fled out of that

house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all the

Jews and Greeks also dwelling at

Ephesus; and fear fell on them all,

and the name of the Lord Jesus was

magnified.

18 And many that believed came,

and

confessed, and shewed their

deeds.

19 Many of them also which used

curious

arts brought their books

together, and burned them before

all men: and they counted the price

of them, and found it fifty thousand

pieces of silver.

20 So mightily grew the word of

God and prevailed.

21 ¶ After these things were ended,

Paul purposed in the

spirit, when

he had passed through Macedonia

and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, say-

ing, After I have been there, I must

also see

Rome.

22 So he sent into Macedonia

two of them that ministered unto

him, Timotheus and Erastus; but

he himself stayed in Asia for a

season.

1 a or parts, region.

3 a Matt. 3:11; Acts 18:25.

4 a

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

5 a

tg Baptism, Essential.

6 a

tg Holy Ghost, Mission

of; Language.

8 a Acts 17:17; 18:4 (4, 19).

tg Disputations.

11 a

tg Priesthood,

Authority;

Priesthood, Power of.

12 a 2 Kgs. 4:29;

Luke 8:44 (43–48);

Acts 5:15.

13 a Mark 9:38 (38–49);

Luke 11:19.

tg Sorcery.

tg Profanity.

tg Unrighteous

Dominion.

15 a

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

18 a

tg Confession.

19 a

tg Sorcery.

21 a Acts 20:22.

b Acts 23:11.

1400ACTS 19:23–20:1

23 And the same time there arose

no small stir about that way.

24 For a certain man named De-

metrius, a silversmith, which made

silver shrines for

Diana, brought

no small gain unto the craftsmen;

25 Whom he called together with

the workmen of like occupation,

and said, Sirs, ye know that by this

craft we have our wealth.

26 Moreover ye see and hear, that

not alone at Ephesus, but almost

throughout all Asia, this Paul hath

persuaded and turned away much

people, saying that they be no gods,

which are made with hands:

27 So that not only this our

craft

is in danger to be set at nought; but

also that the temple of the great

goddess Diana should be despised,

and her magnificence should be

destroyed, whom all Asia and the

world worshippeth.

28 And when they heard these say-

ings, they were full of wrath, and

cried out, saying, Great is Diana of

the Ephesians.

29 And the whole city was filled

with confusion: and having caught

Gaius and

Aristarchus, men of

Macedonia, Paul’s companions in

travel, they rushed with one accord

into the theatre.

30 And when Paul would have en-

tered in unto the people, the disci-

ples suffered him not.

31 And certain of the chief of Asia,

which were his friends, sent unto

him, desiring him that he would not

adventure himself into the theatre.

32 Some therefore cried one thing,

and some another: for the assembly

was confused; and the more part

knew not wherefore they were come

together.

33 And they drew Alexander out of

the multitude, the Jews putting him

forward. And

Alexander beckoned

with the hand, and would have

made his defence unto the people.

34 But when they knew that he was

a Jew, all with one voice about the

space of two hours cried out, Great

is Diana of the Ephesians.

35 And when the townclerk had

appeased the people, he said, Ye

men of Ephesus, what man is there

that knoweth not how that the city

of the Ephesians is a

worshipper of

the great goddess Diana, and of the

image which fell down from

Jupiter?

36 Seeing then that these things

cannot be spoken against, ye ought to

be quiet, and to do nothing

rashly.

37 For ye have brought hither these

men, which are neither robbers of

churches, nor yet blasphemers of

your goddess.

38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the

craftsmen which are with him, have

a matter against any man,

the law

is open, and there are deputies: let

them implead one another.

39 But if ye inquire any thing con-

cerning other matters, it shall be

determined in a lawful assembly.

40 For we are in danger to be called

in question for this day’s

uproar,

there being no cause whereby we

may give an account of this con-

course.

41 And when he had thus spoken,

he dismissed the assembly.

CHAPTER 20

Paul raises Eutychus from death—Paul

is free from the blood of all men—

He predicts apostasy from within the

Church—He reveals a teaching from

Jesus, It is more blessed to give than

to receive.

A after the

uproar was ceased,

Paul called unto him the disciples,

and

embraced them, and departed

for to go into Macedonia.

24 a gr Artemis.

27 a Alma 11:24 (23–24).

29 a Acts 20:4; 27:2;

Col. 4:10.

33 a 1 Tim. 1:20.

35 a Acts 5:38 (34–42).

gr temple keeper,

guardian.

gr Zeus.

36 a

tg Rashness.

38 a

gr court days are

conducted.

40 a

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

1 a tg Rioting and

Reveling.

or greeted, bade

farewell, expressed

good wishes.

1401 ACTS 20:2–22

2 And when he had gone over those

parts, and had given them much

exhortation, he came into Greece,

3 And there abode three months.

And when the Jews laid wait for

him, as he was about to sail into

Syria, he purposed to return through

Macedonia.

4 And there accompanied him

into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of

the Thessalonians,

Aristarchus and

Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and

Timotheus; and of Asia,

Tychicus

and

Trophimus.

5 These going before tarried for

us at Troas.

6 And we sailed away from Phi-

lippi after the days of

unleavened

bread, and came unto them to Troas

in five days; where we abode seven

days.

7 And upon the

first

day of the

week, when the disciples came

together to

break

bread, Paul

preached unto them, ready to de-

part on the morrow; and continued

his speech until midnight.

8 And there were many lights in

the upper chamber, where they were

gathered together.

9 And there sat in a window a cer-

tain young man named Eutychus,

being fallen into a deep sleep: and

as Paul was long preaching, he sunk

down with sleep, and fell down

from the third loft, and was taken

up dead.

10 And Paul went down, and fell

on him, and

embracing him said,

Trouble not yourselves; for his life

is in him.

11 When he therefore was come up

again, and had broken bread, and

eaten, and talked a long while, even

till break of day, so he departed.

12 And they brought the young

man

alive, and were not a little

comforted.

13 ¶ And we went before to ship,

and sailed unto Assos, there in-

tending to take in Paul: for so had

he appointed, minding himself to

go afoot.

14 And when he met with us at

Assos, we took him in, and came

to Mitylene.

15 And we sailed thence, and came

the next day over against Chios;

and the next day we arrived at

Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium;

and the next day we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul had determined to

sail by Ephesus, because he would

not spend the time in Asia: for

hasted, if it were possible for

him, to be at Jerusalem the day of

Pentecost.

17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to

Ephesus, and called the

elders of

the church.

18 And when they were come to

him, he said unto them, Ye know,

from the first day that I came into

Asia, after what manner I have been

with you at all seasons,

Serving the Lord with all

hu-

mility of mind, and with many

tears,

and

temptations, which befell me

by the lying in wait of the Jews:

20 And how I kept back nothing

that was profitable unto you, but

have shewed you, and have taught

you publickly, and from house

to house,

21 Testifying both to the Jews,

and also to the Greeks, repentance

toward God,

and faith toward our

Lord

Jesus Christ.

22 And now, behold, I go bound

in the

spirit unto Jerusalem, not

knowing the things that shall be-

fall me there:

4 a Acts 19:29; 27:2;

Col. 4:10.

b Acts 16:1.

c Eph. 6:21.

d Acts 21:29.

6 a Ex. 12:15 (14–15).

7 a

tg Sabbath.

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

tg Assembly for

Worship; Meetings.

d D&C 20:75.

tg Sacrament.

tg Bread.

10 a 1 Kgs. 17:21.

12 a

tg Death, Power over.

13 a

gr travel by land, on

foot.

16 a

tg Haste.

b Acts 2:1.

17 a D&C 67:1.

19 a D&C 4:2 (2, 6).

tg Humility.

c 2 Ne. 33:3.

tg Test.

21 a

JSt Acts 20:21 . . . and

faith on the name of our

Lord Jesus Christ.

b D&C 68:25.

22 a Acts 19:21; 1 Ne. 4:6.

1402ACTS 20:23–21:5

23 Save that the Holy Ghost wit-

nesseth in every city, saying that

bonds and

afflictions

abide me.

24 But none of these things

move

me, neither count I my

life dear

unto myself, so that I might finish

my course with joy, and the min-

istry, which I have received of the

Lord Jesus, to testify the

gospel of

the

grace of God.

25 And now, behold, I know that

ye all, among whom I have gone

preaching the kingdom of God, shall

see my face no more.

26 Wherefore I take you to record

this day, that I am pure from the

blood of all men.

27 For I have not shunned to de-

clare unto you all the

counsel of

God.

28 ¶ Take heed therefore unto

yourselves, and to all the

flock, over

the which the Holy Ghost hath made

you

overseers, to feed the

church

of God, which he hath purchased

with his own

blood.

29 For I know this, that after my

departing shall

grievous wolves

enter in among you, not sparing

the flock.

30 Also of your own selves shall

men arise, speaking

perverse things,

draw away disciples after them.

31 Therefore watch, and remember,

that by the space of three years I

ceased not to

warn every one night

and day with tears.

32 And now, brethren, I commend

you to God, and to the word of his

grace, which is able to build you

up, and to give you an

inheritance

among all them which are sanctified.

33 I have

coveted no man’s silver,

gold, or apparel.

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that

these

hands have

ministered unto

my necessities, and to them that

were with me.

35 I have shewed you all things,

how that so labouring ye ought to

support the weak, and to remember

the words of the Lord Jesus, how

he said, It is more blessed to

give

than to receive.

36 ¶ And when he had thus spo-

ken, he kneeled down, and prayed

with them all.

37 And they all wept sore, and fell

on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

Sorrowing most of all for the

words which he spake, that they

should see his face no more. And

they accompanied him unto the ship.

CHAPTER 21

Paul journeys to Jerusalem—He is per-

secuted, arrested, and bound.

A it came to pass, that after we

were gotten from them, and had

launched, we came with a straight

course unto Coos, and the day follow-

ing unto Rhodes, and from thence

unto Patara:

2 And finding a ship sailing over

unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and

set forth.

3 Now when we had discovered

Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,

and sailed into Syria, and landed

at Tyre: for there the ship was to

unlade her burden.

4 And finding disciples, we tarried

there seven days: who said to Paul

through the

Spirit, that he should

not go up to Jerusalem.

5 And when we had accomplished

those days, we departed and went

23 a 1 Thes. 3:3.

gr wait for me.

24 a Dan. 3:16;

Matt. 10:19.

b Acts 21:13.

tg Martyrdom.

tg Gospel.

tg Grace.

26 a Jacob 1:19.

27 a D&C 100:5 (5–8).

tg Counsel.

28 a

tg Church.

or bishops.

tg Bishop.

tg Church.

d Heb. 9:12;

1 Jn. 1:7.

29 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

30 a

tg False Doctrine.

b Rom. 16:17 (17–19).

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

31 a Hel. 10:4.

tg Warn.

32 a

tg Inheritance.

33 a

tg Covet.

b Mosiah 2:12 (12–18).

34 a Acts 18:3;

1 Cor. 9:18 (4–18);

1 Thes. 2:9.

tg Labor.

35 a

tg Almsgiving;

Generosity.

38 a

tg Mourning.

4 a D&C 38:33.

1403 ACTS 21:6–25

our way; and they all brought us on

our way, with wives and children,

till we were out of the city: and we

kneeled down on the shore, and

prayed.

6 And when we had taken our leave

one of another, we took ship; and

they returned home again.

7 And when we had finished our

course from Tyre, we came to Ptole-

mais, and saluted the brethren, and

abode with them one day.

8 And the next day we that were of

Paul’s company departed, and came

unto

Cæsarea: and we entered into

the house of

Philip the

evangelist,

which was one of the seven; and

abode with him.

9 And the same man had four

daughters, virgins, which did

prophesy.

10 And as we tarried there many

days, there came down from Judæa

a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11 And when he was come unto

us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound

his own hands and feet, and said,

Thus saith the

Holy Ghost, So shall

the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man

that owneth this girdle, and shall

deliver him into the hands of the

Gentiles.

12 And when we heard these

things, both we, and they of that

place, besought him not to go up to

Jerusalem.

13 Then Paul answered, What mean

ye to weep and to break mine heart?

for I am ready not to be bound only,

but also to

die at Jerusalem for the

name of the Lord Jesus.

14 And when he would not be per-

suaded, we ceased, saying, The

will

of the Lord be done.

15 And after those days we

took

up our carriages, and went up to

Jerusalem.

16 There went with us also certain

of the disciples of Cæsarea, and

brought with them one Mnason of

Cyprus, an

old disciple, with whom

we should lodge.

17 And when we were come to

Jerusalem, the brethren received

us gladly.

18 And the day following Paul went

in with us unto

James; and all the

elders were present.

19 And when he had saluted them,

he declared particularly what things

God had wrought among the

Gen-

tiles by his ministry.

20 And when they heard it, they

glorified the Lord, and said unto

him, Thou seest, brother, how many

thousands of Jews there are which

believe; and they are all

zealous

of the law:

21 And they are informed of

thee, that thou teachest all the

Jews which are among the Gen-

tiles to forsake Moses, saying that

they ought not to

circumcise their

children, neither to walk after the

customs.

22 What is it therefore? the multi-

tude must needs come together: for

they will hear that thou art come.

23 Do therefore this that we say to

thee: We have four men which have

vow on them;

24 Them take, and purify thyself

with them, and

be at charges with

them, that they may

shave their

heads: and all may know that those

things, whereof they were informed

concerning thee, are nothing; but

that thou thyself also walkest or-

derly, and keepest the law.

25 As touching the Gentiles which

believe, we have written and con-

cluded that they observe no such

thing, save only that they keep

themselves from things offered to

8 a Acts 8:40.

b Acts 6:5;

Eph. 4:11.

c 2 Tim. 4:5.

9 a Judg. 4:4 (4–5);

Acts 2:17.

11 a Acts 2:18; 11:28 (27–28).

13 a Acts 20:24;

D&C 103:28 (27–28).

14 a Matt. 26:42.

15 a

gr made preparation,

packed baggage.

16 a

tg Old Age.

18 a Gal. 1:19.

19 a Acts 11:18;

Alma 26:31 (11–36).

20 a

tg Zeal.

21 a

tg Circumcision.

b Acts 6:14.

23 a

tg Vow.

24 a

gr pay expenses for

them.

b Lev. 14:8;

Num. 6:18 (2–18).

1404ACTS 21:26–22:3

idols, and from blood, and from

strangled, and from

fornication.

26 Then Paul took the men, and

the next day purifying himself

with them entered into the temple,

to signify the

accomplishment of

the days of

purification, until that

offering should be offered for

every one of them.

27 And when the

seven days were

almost ended, the Jews which were

of Asia, when they saw him in the

temple, stirred up all the people,

and laid hands on him,

28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help:

This is the man, that teacheth all

men every where against the peo-

ple, and the law, and this place: and

further brought Greeks also into the

temple, and hath

polluted this holy

place.

29 (For they had seen before with

him in the city

Trophimus an Ephe-

sian, whom they supposed that Paul

had brought into the temple.)

30 And all the city was moved,

and the people ran together: and

they took Paul, and drew him out

of the temple: and forthwith the

doors were shut.

31 And as they went about to

kill

him, tidings came unto the chief

captain of the band, that all Jeru-

salem was in an

uproar.

32 Who immediately took soldiers

and centurions, and ran down unto

them: and when they saw the chief

captain and the soldiers, they left

beating of Paul.

33 Then the chief

captain came

near, and took him, and commanded

him to be bound with two chains;

and demanded who he was, and

what he had done.

34 And some cried one thing,

some another, among the multitude:

and when he could not know the

certainty for the tumult, he com-

manded him to be carried into the

castle.

35 And when he came upon the

stairs, so it was, that he was borne

of the soldiers for the violence of

the people.

36 For the multitude of the peo-

ple followed after, crying, Away

with him.

37 And as Paul was to be led into

the castle, he said unto the chief

captain, May I speak unto thee?

Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

38 Art not thou that Egyptian,

which before these days madest

an uproar, and leddest out into the

wilderness four thousand men that

were murderers?

39 But Paul said, I am a man which

am a Jew of

Tarsus, a city in Cili-

cia, a citizen of no mean city: and,

I beseech thee, suffer me to speak

unto the people.

40 And when he had given him li-

cence, Paul stood on the stairs, and

beckoned with the hand unto the

people. And when there was made

a great

silence, he spake unto them

in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

CHAPTER 22

Paul recounts the story of his conver-

sion and also tells of seeing Jesus in a

vision—He is accorded some privileges

as a Roman citizen.

M, brethren, and fathers, hear

ye my defence which I make now

unto you.

2 (And when they heard that he

spake in the Hebrew tongue to

them, they kept the more silence:

and he saith,)

3 I am verily a man which am a

Jew,

born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet

brought up in this city at the

feet

Gamaliel, and taught accord-

ing to the perfect manner of the

25 a Acts 15:20 (19–20).

tg Fornication.

26 a Num. 6:13.

tg Purification.

c Num. 6:11 (9–12).

27 a Num. 6:9.

28 a Acts 24:6.

tg Pollution.

29 a Acts 20:4.

31 a Acts 26:21;

2 Cor. 11:26.

tg Rioting and Reveling.

32 a Acts 23:27.

33 a Acts 24:7.

34 a Acts 22:24.

39 a Acts 23:34.

40 a Acts 12:17.

tg Silence.

3 a Rom. 11:1.

b Deut. 33:3.

c Acts 5:34.

1405 ACTS 22:4–24

law of the fathers, and was

zealous

toward God, as ye all are this day.

4 And I

persecuted this way unto

the death, binding and delivering

into prisons both men and women.

5 As also the high priest doth bear

me witness, and all the estate of the

elders: from whom also I received

letters unto the brethren, and went

to Damascus, to bring them which

were there bound unto Jerusalem,

for to be punished.

6 And it came to pass, that, as I

made my journey, and was come

nigh unto Damascus about noon,

suddenly there shone from heaven

a great

light round about me.

7 And I fell unto the ground, and

heard a voice saying unto me,

Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

8 And I answered, Who art thou,

Lord? And he said unto me, I am

Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou per-

secutest.

9 And they that were with me saw

indeed the light, and were afraid;

but they heard not the

voice of him

that spake to me.

10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord?

And the Lord said unto me, Arise,

and go into Damascus; and there it

shall be told thee of all things which

are appointed for thee to do.

11 And when I could not see for

the glory of that light, being led by

the hand of them that were with

me, I came into Damascus.

12 And one

Ananias, a devout

man according to the law, having a

good

report of all the Jews which

dwelt there,

13 Came unto me, and stood, and

said unto me, Brother Saul, receive

thy

sight. And the same hour I

looked up upon him.

14 And he said, The God of our

fathers hath chosen thee, that thou

shouldest know his

will, and see

that Just One, and shouldest hear

the voice of his mouth.

15 For thou shalt be his

witness

unto all men of what thou hast seen

and heard.

16 And now why tarriest thou?

arise, and be

baptized, and

wash

away thy sins, calling on the name

of the Lord.

17 And it came to pass, that, when

I was come again to Jerusalem, even

while I prayed in the temple, I was

in a

trance;

18 And

saw him saying unto me,

Make haste, and get thee quickly out

of Jerusalem: for they will not re-

ceive thy testimony concerning me.

19 And I said, Lord, they know that

imprisoned and beat in every syna-

gogue them that believed on thee:

20 And when the blood of thy

martyr Stephen was shed, I also was

standing by, and

consenting unto

his death, and kept the

raiment of

them that slew him.

21 And he said unto me, Depart:

for I will send thee far hence unto

the

Gentiles.

22 And they gave him

audience

unto this word, and then lifted up

their voices, and said, Away with

such a fellow from the earth: for it

is not fit that he should live.

23 And as they cried out, and cast

off their clothes, and threw dust

into the air,

24 The chief captain commanded

him to be brought into the

castle,

and bade that he should be exam-

ined by

scourging; that he might

know wherefore they cried so

against him.

3 d Acts 26:5.

tg Zeal.

4 a Acts 8:3; 26:10;

1 Tim. 1:13.

5 a Acts 9:2.

6 a

tg Vision.

7 a Acts 9:4 (1–9);

26:14 (9–17).

8 a Acts 23:9.

9 a Acts 9:7.

12 a Acts 9:10.

b 1 Tim. 3:7.

13 a

tg Sight.

14 a

tg God, Will of.

15 a Luke 24:48 (45–49);

Acts 9:15; 13:31 (29–33);

26:16.

16 a

tg Baptism; Baptism,

Essential; Conversion.

tg Wash.

17 a Acts 10:10 (9–18);

11:5 (1–18).

18 a

tg Jesus Christ, Ap-

pearances, Postmortal.

19 a Acts 8:3 (3–4).

20 a

tg Martyrdom.

b Luke 11:48 (47–49).

c Acts 7:58.

21 a Acts 26:17 (17–18);

Rom. 11:13.

22 a 2 Ne. 27:32.

24 a Acts 21:34.

tg Cruelty.

1406ACTS 22:25–23:12

25 And as they bound him with

thongs, Paul said unto the centurion

that stood by, Is it lawful for you

to scourge a man that is a

Roman,

and uncondemned?

26 When the centurion heard that,

he went and told the chief captain,

saying, Take heed what thou doest:

for this man is a Roman.

27 Then the chief captain came,

and said unto him, Tell me, art thou

a Roman? He said, Yea.

28 And the

chief captain an-

swered, With a great sum obtained

I this freedom. And Paul said, But

I was free born.

Then straightway they de-

parted from him which should have

examined him: and the chief cap-

tain also was afraid, after he knew

that he was a Roman, and because

he had bound him.

30 On the morrow, because he

would have known the certainty

wherefore he was

accused of the

Jews, he loosed him from his bands,

and commanded the chief priests

and all their council to appear, and

brought Paul down, and set him

before them.

CHAPTER 23

Paul is smitten at Ananias’s order—

The Lord again appears to Paul—Forty

Jews plot his death—He is delivered

over to Felix.

A Paul, earnestly beholding the

council, said, Men and brethren, I

have lived in all good

conscience

before God until this day.

2 And the high priest

Ananias

commanded them that stood by him

smite him on the mouth.

3 Then said Paul unto him, God

shall smite thee, thou

whited wall:

for sittest thou to judge me after

the law, and commandest me to be

smitten contrary to the law?

4 And they that stood by said,

Re-

vilest thou God’s high priest?

5 Then said Paul, I

wist not, breth-

ren, that he was the high priest: for

it is written, Thou shalt not speak

evil of the

ruler of thy people.

6 But when Paul perceived that

the one part were Sadducees, and

the other Pharisees, he cried out

in the council, Men and brethren, I

am a

Pharisee, the son of a Phari-

see: of the

hope and

resurrection

of the dead I am called in question.

7 And when he had so said, there

arose a dissension between the

Pharisees and the Sadducees: and

the multitude was divided.

8 For the

Sadducees say that there

is no

resurrection, neither angel,

nor spirit: but the Pharisees con-

fess both.

9 And there arose a great cry: and

the

scribes that were of the Phari-

sees’ part arose, and strove, saying,

We find no evil in this man: but if

a spirit or an

angel hath spoken to

him, let us not

fight against God.

10 And when there arose a great

dissension, the chief captain, fearing

lest Paul should have been pulled

in pieces of them, commanded

the soldiers to go down, and to

take him by force from among

them, and to bring him into the

castle.

11 And the night following the

Lord

stood by him, and said, Be

of good

cheer, Paul: for as thou

hast testified of me in Jerusalem,

so must thou bear witness also at

Rome.

12 And when it was day, certain

of the Jews banded together, and

25 a Acts 16:37; 23:27.

28 a Acts 23:26.

29 a

JSt Acts 22:29–30

(Appendix).

30 a Acts 23:28.

1 a tg Conscience.

2 a Acts 24:1.

b John 18:22 (20–23).

3 a Ps. 5:9 (9–10);

Matt. 23:27;

Luke 11:44.

4 a

tg Reviling.

5 a

or knew.

tg Citizenship.

6 a Acts 26:5;

Philip. 3:5.

b Acts 28:20.

c Acts 24:21.

8 a Matt. 22:23.

b Acts 4:2.

9 a

tg Scribe.

b Acts 22:8 (6–10).

c Acts 5:39 (34–40).

11 a

tg Vision.

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

c Hel. 10:4 (2–5);

D&C 121:7 (1–7).

d Acts 19:21.

1407 ACTS 23:13–34

bound themselves under a

curse,

saying that they would neither eat

nor drink till they had

killed Paul.

13 And they were more than forty

which had made this

conspiracy.

14 And they came to the chief

priests and elders, and said, We

have bound ourselves under a great

curse, that we will eat nothing until

we have slain Paul.

15 Now therefore ye with the coun-

cil signify to the chief captain that

he bring him down unto you to

morrow, as though ye would inquire

something more perfectly concern-

ing him: and we,

or ever he come

near, are ready to kill him.

16 And when Paul’s sister’s son

heard of their lying in wait, he

went and entered into the castle,

and told Paul.

17 Then Paul called one of the

centurions unto him, and said, Bring

this young man unto the chief cap-

tain: for he hath a certain thing to

tell him.

18 So he took him, and brought

him to the chief captain, and said,

Paul the prisoner called me unto

him, and prayed me to bring this

young man unto thee, who hath

something to say unto thee.

19 Then the chief captain took

him by the hand, and went with

him aside privately, and asked him,

What is that thou hast to tell me?

20 And he said, The Jews have

agreed to desire thee that thou

wouldest bring down Paul to mor-

row into the council, as though they

would inquire somewhat of him

more perfectly.

21 But do not thou yield unto them:

for there lie in wait for him of them

more than forty men, which have

bound themselves with an

oath,

that they will neither eat nor drink

till they have killed him: and now

are they ready, looking for a prom-

ise from thee.

22 So the chief captain then let the

young man depart, and charged

him, See thou tell no man that

thou hast shewed these things

to me.

23 And he called unto him two

centurions, saying, Make ready two

hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea,

and horsemen threescore and ten,

and spearmen two hundred, at the

third hour of the night;

24 And provide them beasts, that

they may set Paul on, and bring him

safe unto Felix the governor.

25 And he wrote a letter after this

manner:

26 Claudius

Lysias unto the most

excellent governor Felix sendeth

greeting.

27 This man was taken of the Jews,

and

should have been killed of

them: then came I with an

army,

and rescued him, having understood

that he was a

Roman.

28 And when I would have known

the cause wherefore they

accused

him, I brought him forth into their

council:

29 Whom I perceived to be accused

questions of their law, but to have

nothing laid to his charge worthy

death or of bonds.

30 And when it was told me how

that the Jews laid wait for the man,

I sent

straightway to thee, and gave

commandment to his accusers also

to say before thee what they had

against him. Farewell.

31 Then the soldiers, as it was

commanded them, took Paul, and

brought him by night to Antipatris.

32 On the morrow they left the

horsemen to go with him, and re-

turned to the castle:

33 Who, when they came to

Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle

to the governor, presented Paul also

before him.

34 And when the governor had

read the letter, he asked of what

12 a tg Curse.

b Acts 25:3 (2–3);

Alma 49:27 (26–27); 51:9.

13 a

tg Conspiracy.

15 a

or before he gets here.

21 a

tg Vow.

26 a Acts 22:28; 24:22.

27 a

JSt Acts 23:27 . . .

would . . .

b Acts 21:32.

c Acts 22:25.

28 a Acts 22:30.

29 a Acts 18:15 (12–17).

b Acts 25:25.

30 a

gr immediately.

1408ACTS 23:35–24:21

province he was. And when he un-

derstood that he was of

Cilicia;

35 I will hear thee, said he, when

thine accusers are also come. And

he commanded him to be kept in

Herod’s

judgment hall.

CHAPTER 24

Paul is accused of sedition—He answers

in defense of his life and doctrine—He

teaches Felix of righteousness, temper-

ance, and the judgment to come.

A after five days

Ananias the

high priest descended with the el-

ders, and with a certain orator named

Tertullus, who informed the gover-

nor against Paul.

2 And when he was called forth,

Tertullus began to accuse him, say-

ing, Seeing that by thee we enjoy

great quietness, and that very wor-

thy deeds are done unto this nation

by thy providence,

3 We accept it always, and in all

places, most noble Felix, with all

thankfulness.

4 Notwithstanding, that I be not

further tedious unto thee, I pray

thee that thou wouldest hear us of

thy clemency a few words.

5 For we have found this man a

pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedi-

tion among all the Jews throughout

the world, and a ringleader of the

sect of the Nazarenes:

6 Who also hath gone about to pro-

fane the

temple: whom we took,

and would have judged according

to our law.

7 But the chief

captain Lysias

came upon us, and with great vio-

lence took him away out of our

hands,

8 Commanding his accusers to

come unto thee: by examining of

whom thyself mayest take knowl-

edge of all these things, whereof we

accuse him.

9 And the Jews also assented, say-

ing that these things were so.

10 Then Paul, after that the gov-

ernor had beckoned unto him to

speak, answered, Forasmuch as I

know that thou hast been of many

years a judge unto this nation, I

do the more cheerfully answer for

myself:

11 Because that thou mayest under-

stand, that there are yet but twelve

days since I went up to Jerusalem

for to worship.

12 And they neither found me

in the temple

disputing with any

man, neither raising up the peo-

ple, neither in the synagogues, nor

in the city:

13 Neither can they prove the

things whereof they now accuse me.

14 But this I confess unto thee,

that after the way which they call

heresy, so worship I the God of my

fathers, believing all things which

are written in the law and in the

prophets:

15 And have hope toward God,

which they themselves also allow,

that there shall be a

resurrection of

the dead, both of the just and unjust.

16 And herein do I exercise myself,

to have always a

conscience void of

offence toward God, and toward men.

17 Now after many years I came

to bring

alms to my nation, and

offerings.

18 Whereupon certain Jews from

Asia found me

purified in the

temple, neither with multitude, nor

with tumult.

19 Who ought to have been here

before thee, and object, if they had

ought against me.

20 Or else let these same here say,

if they have found any evil doing in

me, while I stood before the council,

21 Except it be for this one voice,

that I cried standing among them,

Touching the

resurrection of the

34 a Acts 21:39.

35 a

gr praetorium

(the governor’s

headquarters).

1 a Acts 23:2 (1–5).

6 a Acts 21:28.

7 a Acts 21:33.

12 a

tg Disputations.

14 a Acts 28:23.

15 a

tg Resurrection.

16 a

tg Conscience.

17 a 1 Cor. 16:1.

tg Almsgiving.

18 a

tg Purification.

21 a Acts 23:6 (6–8).

1409 ACTS 24:22–25:15

dead I am called in question by

you this day.

22 And when Felix heard these

things, having more perfect knowl-

edge of that way, he deferred them,

and said, When

Lysias the chief

captain shall come down, I will

know the uttermost of your matter.

23 And he commanded a centurion

to keep Paul, and to let him have

liberty, and that he should forbid

none of his acquaintance to minis-

ter or come unto him.

24 And after certain days, when

Felix came with his wife Drusilla,

which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul,

and heard him concerning the faith

in Christ.

25 And as he reasoned of righ-

teousness,

temperance, and judg-

ment to come, Felix

trembled, and

answered, Go thy way for this time;

when I have a convenient season, I

will call for thee.

26 He hoped also that

money

should have been given him of Paul,

that he might loose him: wherefore

he sent for him the oftener, and

communed with him.

27 But after two years Porcius Fes-

tus came into Felix’ room: and Felix,

willing to shew the Jews a pleasure,

left Paul bound.

CHAPTER 25

Paul, before Festus, appeals unto

Cæsar—Agrippa desires to hear Paul.

N when Festus was come into

the province, after three days he as-

cended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.

2 Then the high priest and the chief

of the Jews informed him against

Paul, and besought him,

3 And desired favour against him,

that he would send for him to Je-

rusalem, laying wait in the way to

kill him.

4 But Festus answered, that Paul

should be kept at Cæsarea, and that

he himself would depart shortly

thither.

5 Let them therefore, said he, which

among you are able, go down with

me, and accuse this man, if there be

any

wickedness in him.

6 And when he had tarried among

them more than ten days, he went

down unto Cæsarea; and the next

day sitting on the judgment seat

commanded Paul to be brought.

7 And when he was come, the Jews

which came down from Jerusalem

stood round about, and laid many

and grievous complaints against

Paul, which they could not prove.

8 While he answered for himself,

Neither against the law of the Jews,

neither against the temple, nor yet

against Cæsar, have I offended any

thing at all.

9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews

a pleasure, answered Paul, and said,

Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and

there be judged of these things be-

fore me?

10 Then said Paul, I stand at

Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I

ought to be judged: to the Jews have

I done no wrong, as thou very well

knowest.

11 For if I be an offender, or have

committed any thing worthy of

death, I refuse not to die: but if there

be none of these things whereof

these accuse me, no man may de-

liver me unto them. I appeal unto

Cæsar.

12 Then Festus, when he had con-

ferred with the council, answered,

Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar?

unto Cæsar shalt thou go.

13 And after certain days king

Agrippa and Bernice came unto

Cæsarea to salute Festus.

14 And when they had been there

many days, Festus declared Paul’s

cause unto the king, saying, There

is a certain man left in bonds by

Felix:

15 About whom, when I was at Je-

rusalem, the chief priests and the

elders of the Jews informed me, de-

siring to have judgment against him.

22 a Acts 23:26 (17–30).

25 a

gr self-control.

gr feared.

26 a

tg Bribe;

Selfishness.

3 a Acts 23:12.

5 a Acts 18:14.

tg Wickedness.

11 a Acts 26:32.

1410ACTS 25:16–26:7

16 To whom I answered, It is not

the manner of the Romans to de-

liver any man to die, before that he

which is accused have the accusers

face to face, and have licence to

answer for himself concerning the

crime laid against him.

17 Therefore, when they were

come hither, without any delay on

the morrow I sat on the judgment

seat, and commanded the man to

be brought forth.

18 Against whom when the ac-

cusers stood up, they brought

none accusation of such things as I

supposed:

19 But had certain questions against

him of their own

superstition, and

of one Jesus, which was dead, whom

Paul affirmed to be alive.

20 And because I

doubted of such

manner of questions, I asked him

whether he would go to Jerusa-

lem, and there be judged of these

matters.

21 But when Paul had appealed

to be reserved unto the hearing of

Augustus, I commanded him to be

kept till I might send him to Cæsar.

22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus,

I would also hear the man myself.

To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear

him.

23 And on the morrow, when

Agrippa was come, and Bernice,

with great pomp, and was entered

into the place of hearing, with the

chief captains, and principal men

of the city, at Festus’ commandment

Paul was brought forth.

24 And Festus said, King Agrippa,

and all men which are here present

with us, ye see this man, about whom

all the multitude of the Jews have

dealt with me, both at Jerusalem,

and also here, crying that he ought

not to live any longer.

25 But when I found that he

had committed nothing worthy of

death, and that he himself hath

appealed to Augustus, I have deter-

mined to send him.

26 Of whom I have no certain thing

to write unto my lord. Wherefore I

have brought him forth before you,

and specially before thee, O king

Agrippa, that, after examination

had, I might have somewhat to write.

27 For it seemeth to me unrea-

sonable to send a prisoner, and not

withal to signify the crimes laid

against him.

CHAPTER 26

Paul recounts his former persecution

of the Saints as a Pharisee—He testi-

fies of the appearance of Jesus on the

Damascus road—Paul bears his testi-

mony to King Agrippa.

T Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou

art permitted to speak for thyself.

Then Paul stretched forth the hand,

and answered for himself:

2 I think myself happy, king

Agrippa, because I shall answer for

myself this day before thee touching

all the things whereof I am accused

of the Jews:

3 Especially because I know thee to

be expert in all customs and ques-

tions which are among the Jews:

wherefore I beseech thee to hear

me patiently.

4 My manner of life from my youth,

which was at the first among mine

own nation at Jerusalem, know all

the Jews;

5 Which knew me from the be-

ginning, if they would testify, that

after the most straitest sect of our

religion I lived a

Pharisee.

6 And now I stand and am judged

for the hope of the promise made

of God unto our fathers:

7 Unto which promise our

twelve

tribes,

instantly serving God day

and night, hope to come. For which

hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am ac-

cused of the Jews.

19 a gr religion.

20 a

gr was perplexed

concerning this inquiry

or dispute.

25 a Acts 23:29.

5 a Acts 22:3; 23:6 (6–9).

7 a

tg Israel, Twelve

Tribes of.

gr earnestly, intently.

1411 ACTS 26:8–27

8 Why should it be thought a thing

incredible with you, that God should

raise the dead?

9 I verily thought with myself, that

I ought to do many things

contrary

to the

name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Which thing I also did in Jeru-

salem: and many of the

saints did

I shut up in prison, having received

authority from the chief priests;

and when they were put to

death,

I gave my

voice against them.

11 And I punished them oft in ev-

ery synagogue, and compelled them

to blaspheme; and being exceedingly

mad against them, I persecuted them

even unto

strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damas-

cus with authority and commission

from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the

way a

light from heaven, above

the brightness of the sun, shining

round about me and them which

journeyed with me.

14 And when we were all fallen to

the earth, I heard a voice speaking

unto me, and saying in the Hebrew

tongue,

Saul, Saul, why persecutest

thou me? it is hard for thee to kick

against the pricks.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord?

And he said, I am Jesus whom thou

persecutest.

16 But rise, and stand upon thy

feet: for I have

appeared unto

thee for this purpose, to make thee

a minister and a

witness both of

these things which thou hast seen,

and of those things in the which I

will appear unto thee;

17 Delivering thee from the people,

and from the Gentiles, unto whom

now I

send thee,

18 To open their eyes, and to turn

them from

darkness to

light, and

from the power of Satan unto God,

that they may receive forgiveness of

sins, and inheritance among them

which are sanctified by faith that

is in me.

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I

was not

disobedient unto the heav-

enly

vision:

20 But shewed first unto them of

Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and

throughout all the coasts of Judæa,

and then to the Gentiles, that they

should repent and turn to God, and

do works meet for repentance.

21 For these causes the Jews caught

me in the temple, and went about

kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained help

of God, I continue unto this day,

witnessing both to small and great,

saying none other things than those

which the

prophets and Moses did

say should come:

23 That Christ should

suffer, and

that he should be the first that

should

rise from the dead, and

should shew light unto the people,

and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he thus spake for him-

self, Festus said with a loud voice,

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much

learning doth make thee

mad.

25 But he said, I am not mad, most

noble Festus; but speak forth the

words of truth and soberness.

26 For the king knoweth of these

things, before whom also I speak

freely: for I am persuaded that none

of these things are hidden from

him; for this thing was not done in

a corner.

27 King Agrippa, believest thou

the prophets? I know that thou

believest.

8 a tg Resurrection.

9 a 1 Tim. 1:13.

tg Name.

10 a Acts 9:1, 13 (13–14), 21;

22:4 (4–5).

tg Martyrdom.

gr vote.

11 a

gr foreign.

13 a JS—H 1:16.

14 a Acts 9:4 (1–9);

22:7 (6–16).

tg Opposition.

16 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

b Luke 1:2;

John 1:14;

Acts 5:32; 9:15; 22:15;

D&C 14:8.

tg Conversion.

17 a Acts 22:21.

18 a

tg Walking in Darkness.

tg Light [noun].

19 a

tg Disobedience.

tg Vision.

21 a Acts 21:31 (30–31).

22 a Acts 28:23.

23 a

tg Martyrdom.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

24 a JS—H 1:24 (24–25).

27 a Alma 30:42 (41–42).

1412ACTS 26:28–27:18

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul,

Almost thou

persuadest me to be

Christian.

29 And Paul said, I would to God,

that not only thou, but also all that

hear me this day, were both almost,

and altogether such as I am, except

these bonds.

30 And when he had thus spoken,

the king rose up, and the governor,

and Bernice, and they that sat with

them:

31 And when they were gone aside,

they talked between themselves,

saying, This man doeth nothing

worthy of

death or of bonds.

32 Then said Agrippa unto Fes-

tus, This man might have been set

at liberty, if he had not appealed

unto

Cæsar.

CHAPTER 27

Paul, in a perilous voyage, travels toward

Rome—An angel comforts him—He uses

the gift of seership—He is shipwrecked.

A when it was determined that we

should sail into Italy, they delivered

Paul and certain other prisoners

unto one named Julius, a centurion

of Augustus’ band.

2 And entering into a ship of

Adramyttium, we launched, mean-

ing to sail by the coasts of Asia; one

Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thes-

salonica, being with us.

3 And the next day we touched at

Sidon. And Julius courteously en-

treated Paul, and gave him liberty

to go unto his friends to refresh

himself.

4 And when we had launched from

thence, we sailed under Cyprus,

because the winds were contrary.

5 And when we had sailed over

the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,

we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

6 And there the centurion found

a ship of Alexandria sailing into

Italy; and he put us therein.

7 And when we had sailed slowly

many days, and scarce were come

over against Cnidus, the wind not

suffering us, we sailed under Crete,

over against Salmone;

8 And, hardly passing it, came

unto a place which is called The

fair havens; nigh whereunto was

the city of Lasea.

9 Now when much time was spent,

and when sailing was now danger-

ous, because the

fast was now al-

ready past, Paul admonished them,

10 And said unto them, Sirs, I per-

ceive that this voyage will be with

hurt and much damage, not only

of the lading and ship, but also of

our lives.

11 Nevertheless the centurion be-

lieved the master and the

owner

of the ship, more than those things

which were spoken by Paul.

12 And because the haven was

not commodious to winter in, the

more part advised to depart thence

also, if by any means they might at-

tain to Phenice, and there to winter;

which is an haven of Crete, and lieth

toward the south west and north

west.

13 And when the south wind blew

softly, supposing that they had ob-

tained their purpose, loosing thence,

they sailed close by Crete.

14 But not long after there arose

against it a tempestuous wind, called

Euroclydon.

15 And when the ship was caught,

and could not bear up into the wind,

we let her drive.

16 And running under a certain

island which is called Clauda, we

had much work to come by the

boat:

17 Which when they had taken up,

they used helps, undergirding the

ship; and, fearing lest they should

fall into the quicksands, strake sail,

and so were driven.

18 And we being exceedingly

tossed with a tempest, the next day

they lightened the ship;

28 a tg Missionary Work.

b Acts 11:26.

31 a

tg Capital Punishment.

32 a Acts 25:11.

2 a Acts 19:29; 20:4;

Col. 4:10.

9 a Lev. 23:27 (27, 29).

tg Fast, Fasting.

11 a

gr ship master, captain.

1413 ACTS 27:19–44

19 And the third day we cast out

with our own hands the tackling

of the ship.

20 And when neither sun nor stars

in many days appeared, and no

small tempest lay on us, all hope

that we should be saved was then

taken away.

21 But after long abstinence Paul

stood forth in the midst of them,

and said, Sirs, ye should have heark-

ened unto me, and not have loosed

from Crete, and to have gained this

harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of

good cheer: for there shall be no

loss of any man’s

life among you,

but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night

the

angel of God, whose I am, and

whom I serve,

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must

be brought before Cæsar: and, lo,

God hath given thee all them that

sail with thee.

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good

cheer: for I believe God, that it shall

be even as it was told me.

26 Howbeit we must be cast upon

a certain island.

27 But when the fourteenth night

was come, as we were driven up and

down in

Adria, about midnight the

shipmen deemed that they drew

near to some country;

28 And sounded, and found it

twenty fathoms: and when they had

gone a little further, they sounded

again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

29 Then fearing lest we should

have fallen upon rocks, they cast

four anchors out of the stern, and

wished for the day.

30 And as the shipmen were about

to flee out of the ship, when they

had let down the boat into the sea,

under colour as though they would

have cast anchors out of the foreship,

31 Paul said to the centurion and

to the soldiers, Except these abide

in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

32 Then the soldiers cut off the

ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

33 And while the day was coming

on, Paul besought them all to take

meat, saying, This day is the four-

teenth day that ye have tarried and

continued

fasting, having taken

nothing.

34 Wherefore I pray you to take

some meat: for this is for your

health:

for there shall not an hair fall from

the head of any of you.

35 And when he had thus spoken,

he took bread, and gave thanks to

God in presence of them all: and

when he had broken it, he began

to eat.

36 Then were they all of good cheer,

and they also took some meat.

37 And we were in all in the ship

two hundred threescore and six-

teen souls.

38 And when they had eaten

enough, they lightened the ship,

and cast out the wheat into the sea.

39 And when it was day, they knew

not the land: but they discovered

a certain

creek with a shore, into

the which they were minded, if it

were possible, to thrust in the ship.

40 And when they had

taken up

the anchors, they committed them-

selves unto the sea, and loosed the

rudder bands, and hoised up the

mainsail to the wind, and made

toward shore.

41 And falling into a place where

two seas met, they ran the ship

aground; and the forepart stuck fast,

and remained unmoveable, but the

hinder part was broken with the

vio lence of the waves.

42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to

kill the prisoners, lest any of them

should swim out, and escape.

43 But the centurion, willing to

save Paul, kept them from their

purpose; and commanded that they

which could swim should cast them-

selves first into the sea, and get to land:

44 And the rest, some on boards,

22 a Acts 27:44.

23 a

tg Angels;

Vision.

27 a

ie the Adriatic Sea.

33 a

tg Fast, Fasting.

34 a

tg Health.

39 a

gr bay.

40 a

gr cut off anchors

(they left them in the

sea).

1414ACTS 28:1–19

and some on broken pieces of the

ship. And so it came to pass, that

they escaped all

safe to land.

CHAPTER 28

Paul is unharmed by a viper’s bite—He

heals the sick in Melita—He preaches

in Rome, first to the Jews and then to

the Gentiles.

A when they were escaped, then

they knew that the island was called

Melita.

2 And the

barbarous people

shewed us no little

kindness: for

they kindled a fire, and received us

every one, because of the present

rain, and because of the cold.

3 And when Paul had gathered a

bundle of sticks, and laid them on

the fire, there came a

viper out of

the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the

venomous beast hang on his hand,

they said among themselves, No

doubt this man is a murderer, whom,

though he hath escaped the sea, yet

vengeance suffereth not to live.

5 And he shook off the beast into

the fire, and felt no

harm.

6 Howbeit they looked when he

should have swollen, or fallen down

dead suddenly: but after they had

looked a great while, and saw no

harm come to him, they changed

their minds, and said that he was

god.

7 In the same quarters were posses-

sions of the chief man of the island,

whose name was Publius; who re-

ceived us, and lodged us three days

courteously.

8 And it came to pass, that the

father of Publius lay

sick of a fever

and of a

bloody flux: to whom Paul

entered in, and prayed, and laid

his

hands on him, and healed him.

9 So when this was done, others

also, which had diseases in the is-

land, came, and were healed:

10 Who also honoured us with

many honours; and when we de-

parted, they laded us with such

things as were necessary.

11 And after three months we de-

parted in a ship of Alexandria, which

had wintered in the isle, whose sign

was Castor and Pollux.

12 And landing at Syracuse, we

tarried there three days.

13 And from thence we

fetched

a compass, and came to Rhegium:

and after one day the south wind

blew, and we came the next day to

Puteoli:

14 Where we found brethren, and

were desired to tarry with them

seven days: and so we went toward

Rome.

15 And from thence, when the

brethren heard of us, they came to

meet us as far as Appii forum, and

The three taverns: whom when Paul

saw, he

thanked God, and took

courage.

16 And when we came to Rome, the

centurion delivered the prisoners to

the captain of the guard: but Paul

was suffered to dwell by himself

with a soldier that kept him.

17 And it came to pass, that after

three days Paul called the chief of

the Jews together: and when they

were come together, he said unto

them, Men and brethren, though I

have committed nothing against the

people, or customs of our fathers, yet

was I delivered prisoner from Jeru-

salem into the hands of the Romans.

18 Who, when they had examined

me, would have let me go, because

there was no cause of death in me.

19 But when the Jews spake against

it, I was constrained to appeal unto

Cæsar; not that I had ought to ac-

cuse my nation of.

44 a Acts 27:22.

2 a Rom. 1:14.

tg Hospitality.

3 a Mark 16:18;

D&C 24:13;

84:72 (71–72);

124:99 (98–100).

5 a Luke 10:19.

6 a Acts 14:11 (8–11).

7 a tg Courtesy.

8 a

tg Sickness.

gr dysentery.

tg Administrations

to the Sick;

Hands, Laying on of.

13 a

gr went around, took a

circuitous course.

15 a

tg Thanksgiving.

tg Courage.

1415 ACTS 28:20–ROMANS 1:1

20 For this cause therefore have

I called for you, to see you, and to

speak with you: because that for

the

hope of Israel I am bound with

this chain.

21 And they said unto him, We nei-

ther received letters out of Judæa

concerning thee, neither any of the

brethren that came shewed or spake

any harm of thee.

22 But we desire to hear of thee

what thou thinkest: for as concern-

ing this sect, we know that every

where it is spoken against.

23 And when they had appointed

him a day, there came many to

him into his lodging; to whom he

expounded and testified the king-

dom of God, persuading them con-

cerning Jesus, both out of the law

of Moses, and out of the

prophets,

from morning till evening.

24 And some believed the things

which were spoken, and some

be-

lieved not.

25 And when they agreed not

among themselves, they departed,

after that Paul had spoken one

word, Well

spake the Holy Ghost

by Esaias the prophet unto our

fathers,

26 Saying, Go unto this people, and

say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall

not understand; and seeing ye shall

see, and not

perceive:

27 For the

heart of this people is

waxed gross, and their ears are dull

of hearing, and their

eyes have they

closed; lest they should see with their

eyes, and hear with their ears, and

understand with their heart, and

should be converted, and I should

heal them.

28 Be it known therefore unto you,

that the salvation of God is sent

unto the

Gentiles, and that they

will hear it.

29 And when he had said these

words, the Jews departed, and had

great reasoning among themselves.

30 And Paul dwelt two whole years

in his own hired house, and received

all that came in unto him,

31 Preaching the kingdom of

God, and teaching those things

which concern the Lord Jesus Christ,

with all confidence, no man forbid-

ding him.

20 a Acts 23:6.

tg Hope.

23 a D&C 68:1.

b Acts 3:18 (18–21);

24:14; 26:22;

Alma 18:36.

24 a

tg Unbelief.

25 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

26 a Isa. 6:9.

27 a

tg Hardheartedness.

tg Spiritual Blindness.

28 a Acts 13:46.

[R]

1 a tg Servant.

b 1 Cor. 4:9 (1–21);

D&C 18:9.

gr set apart.

tg Setting Apart.

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

roMAns

CHAPTER 1

The gospel is the power of God unto

salvation through Jesus Christ—The

wrath of God rests on those guilty of

murder, homosexual practices, fornica-

tion, and other sins if the guilty do not

repent.

AUL, a

servant of Jesus Christ,

called to be an

apostle,

sepa-

rated unto the gospel of God,

1416ROMANS 1:2–20

2 (Which he had promised afore by

his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

3 Concerning his Son

Jesus Christ

our Lord, which was made of the

seed of

David according to the

flesh;

4 And

declared to be the

Son of

God with

power, according to the

spirit of holiness, by the resurrec-

tion

from the dead:

5 By whom we have received

grace

and apostleship,

for

obedience to

the faith among all nations, for his

name:

6 Among whom are ye also the

called of Jesus Christ:

7 To all that be in Rome, beloved

of God, called to be

saints: Grace to

you and peace from God our Father,

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through

Jesus Christ for you all, that your

faith is

spoken of throughout the

whole world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I

serve with my spirit in the gospel

of his Son, that without ceasing

I make mention of you always in

my prayers;

10 Making request, if by any means

now at length I might have a pros-

perous journey by the will of God

to come unto you.

11 For I long to see you, that I may

impart unto you some spiritual

gift,

to the end ye may be established;

12 That is, that I may be

comforted

together with you by the mutual

faith both of you and me.

13 Now I would not have you ig-

norant, brethren, that oftentimes

I purposed to come unto you, (but

was

let hitherto,) that I might have

some

fruit among you also, even as

among other Gentiles.

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks,

and to the

Barbarians; both to the

wise, and to the unwise.

15 So, as much as in me is, I am

ready to preach the gospel to you

that are at Rome also.

16 For I am not

ashamed of the

gospel of Christ: for it is the

power

of God unto

salvation to every one

that believeth; to the Jew first, and

also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the

righteous-

ness of God revealed

from faith to

faith: as it is written, The just shall

live by

faith.

18 For the

wrath of God is revealed

from heaven against all ungodliness

and unrighteousness of men,

who

hold the truth in

unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be

known of God is manifest

in them;

for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the

invisible things of him

3 a The Greek text omits

the name and title at

this point.

tg Jesus Christ, Birth of.

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

4 a

gr appointed, decreed,

set forth.

b D&C 10:57; 11:28;

14:9; 45:52.

Jesus Christ, Power of.

d gr from the dead of

Jesus Christ our Lord.

5 a

tg Grace.

JSt Rom. 1:5–6 . . .

through obedience, and

faith in his name, to

preach the gospel among

all nations; among

whom ye also are called

of Jesus Christ;

tg Obedience.

7 a

tg Saints.

8 a Rom. 16:19.

gr proclaimed.

11 a D&C 46:11 (8–32).

12 a

tg Sustaining Church

Leaders.

13 a

gr hindered, restrained,

prevented.

Rom. 15:22.

b D&C 111:2 (2–11).

14 a Acts 28:2.

15 a

tg Commitment.

16 a Ps. 119:46;

Matt. 10:33 (32–33);

2 Tim. 1:12;

2:12 (10–15);

2 Ne. 31:14 (12–21);

D&C 101:5 (1–5).

tg Loyalty;

Shame.

tg Gospel.

c 1 Cor. 1:18;

1 Pet. 1:5;

D&C 68:4.

Jesus Christ, Power of.

d 1 Cor. 15:2.

tg Salvation.

17 a Ps. 4:1;

2 Cor. 5:21.

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

JSt Rom. 1:17 . . . through

faith on his name; as it is

written . . .

tg Faith.

18 a

tg God, Indignation of.

JSt Rom. 1:18 . . . who

love not the truth,

but remain in

unrighteousness,

ie restrain the truth by

unrighteousness.

tg Unrighteous

Dominion.

19 a

gr among, within.

20 a Acts 14:17.

1417 ROMANS 1:21–2:2

from the creation of the world are

clearly seen, being understood by

the things that are made, even his

eternal

power and Godhead; so

that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew

God, they glorified him not as God,

neither were

thankful; but became

vain in their imaginations, and

their

foolish heart was

darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be

wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the

uncorruptible God into an

image

made like to

corruptible man, and

to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and

creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also

gave them

up to

uncleanness through the

lusts of their own hearts, to dis-

honour their own bodies between

themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God

into a lie, and worshipped and served

the creature more than the Creator,

who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God

gave them

up unto

vile

affections: for even

their

women did change the nat-

ural use into that which is against

nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leav-

ing the natural use of the woman,

burned in their

lust one toward an-

other; men with men working that

which is unseemly, and receiving

in themselves that recompence of

their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like

retain God in their knowledge,

God

gave them over to a

reprobate

mind, to do those things which are

not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrigh-

teousness, fornication,

wickedness,

covetousness,

maliciousness; full

of envy, murder,

debate,

deceit,

malignity; whisperers,

Backbiters, haters of God,

de-

spiteful,

proud,

boasters, inven-

tors of evil things,

disobedient to

parents,

31 Without

understanding, cov-

enantbreakers, without natural

affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of

God, that they which commit such

things are worthy of

death, not only

do the same, but

have

pleasure in

them that do them.

CHAPTER 2

God will render to every person accord-

ing to his or her deeds—Both Jews and

Gentiles will be judged by gospel laws.

T thou art inexcusable,

O man, whosoever thou art that

judgest: for wherein thou

judgest

another, thou condemnest thyself;

for thou that judgest doest the same

things.

2 But we

are sure that the

judg-

ment of God is according to truth

against them which commit such

things.

20 b tg God, Eternal

Nature of.

Jesus Christ, Power of.

21 a tg Ingratitude.

gr corrupt in

their reasonings,

deliberations.

2 Kgs. 17:15.

c Isa. 44:20;

Hosea 4:12.

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

22 a 2 Ne. 9:28.

tg Learn.

23 a

gr incorruptible,

immortal.

b Ex. 32:4.

gr (also) perishable.

24 a Acts 7:42.

tg Uncleanness.

26 a

gr abandoned,

delivered.

gr sufferings, passions

of dishonor.

2 Tim. 3:3.

c Judg. 19:22.

tg Woman.

27 a

tg Homosexual

Behavior;

Lust.

28 a

gr discern, choose.

b Ps. 81:12.

gr worthless, unable to

stand test.

29 a

tg Wickedness.

tg Malice.

gr strife, discord.

tg Deceit.

30 a

gr Slanderers.

tg Backbiting.

gr violent, overbearing.

tg Pride.

tg Boast;

Haughtiness.

tg Disobedience;

Family, Children,

Duties of.

31 a

tg Understanding.

32 a

tg Capital Punishment.

gr approve of them,

sympathize with them.

c Jer. 5:31.

1 a tg Judgment.

2 a

gr know.

tg Judgment, the Last.

1418ROMANS 2:3–22

3 And thinkest thou this, O man,

that

judgest them which do such

things, and doest the same, that

thou shalt escape the

judgment

of God?

4 Or despisest thou the

riches of

his

goodness and

forbearance and

longsuffering; not knowing that the

goodness of God leadeth thee to re-

pentance?

5 But

after thy

hardness and im-

penitent heart treasurest up unto

thyself wrath against the day of

wrath and revelation of the righ-

teous judgment of God;

6 Who will

render to every man

according to his

deeds:

7 To them who by

patient

continu-

ance in well doing seek for glory

and honour and

immortality, eter-

nal life:

8 But unto them that are

conten-

tious, and do not

obey the truth,

but obey unrighteousness,

indig-

nation and wrath,

Tribulation and

anguish, upon

every soul of man that doeth evil,

of the Jew first, and also of the

Gentile;

10 But glory, honour, and

peace,

to every man that

worketh good,

to the Jew first, and also to the

Gentile:

11 For there is no

respect of

per-

sons with God.

12 For as many as have sinned

without

law shall also perish

without law: and as many as have

sinned in the law shall be judged by

the law;

13 (For not the hearers of the law

are just before God, but the

doers

of the law shall be

justified.

14 For when the Gentiles, which

have not the law, do by nature the

things contained in the law, these,

having not the law, are a law unto

themselves:

Which shew the work of the

law written in their hearts, their

conscience also bearing

witness,

and their thoughts the mean while

accusing or else excusing one an-

other;)

16 In the day when God shall

judge

the secrets of men by Jesus Christ

according to my

gospel.

17 Behold, thou art called a Jew,

and restest in the law, and makest

thy boast of God,

18 And knowest his will, and ap-

provest the things that are more

excellent, being instructed out of

the law;

19 And art confident that thou

thyself art a guide of the blind, a

light of them which are in darkness,

20 An instructor of the foolish, a

teacher of babes, which hast the

form of knowledge and of the truth

in the law.

21 Thou therefore which teachest

another,

teachest thou not thyself?

thou that

preachest a man should

not

steal, dost thou steal?

22 Thou that sayest a man should

3 a Ezek. 16:52.

b D&C 10:28.

tg Judgment, the Last.

4 a

tg Treasure.

b Mosiah 4:20 (19–20).

tg Forbear.

5 a

gr in accordance with.

tg Hardheartedness;

Stiffnecked.

6 a

gr give back,

recompense, restore.

tg Accountability.

c Rom. 11:6 (5–6).

tg Good Works.

7 a

tg Patience.

b D&C 67:13.

tg Perseverance.

tg Immortality.

8 a

tg Contention.

tg Disobedience.

tg God, Indignation of.

9 a Ps. 32:10.

tg Sorrow.

gr Greek.

10 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Work, Value of.

gr Greek.

11 a

gr partiality.

Deut. 10:17;

Acts 10:34;

Rom. 10:12 (12–13);

Hel. 3:28 (27–30).

tg God, Access to.

b 1 Ne. 17:35 (35–40);

2 Ne. 26:33 (23–33).

12 a Luke 12:48.

tg Accountability;

Law of Moses.

13 a

tg Good Works.

b Acts 13:39 (26–41).

15 a

gr Who.

b Jer. 31:33 (31–34);

D&C 84:46 (44–47).

c 2 Ne. 32:5.

tg Conscience.

d D&C 6:23 (22–23).

16 a 1 Cor. 4:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

tg Gospel.

20 a

gr system, appearance.

2 Tim. 3:5.

21 a

tg Hypocrisy.

b 1 Cor. 9:14 (13–14);

Alma 39:11 (11–12).

tg Stealing.

1419 ROMANS 2:23–3:13

not commit

adultery, dost thou

commit adultery? thou that ab-

horrest idols, dost thou

commit

sacrilege?

23 Thou that makest thy boast of

the law, through breaking the law

dishonourest thou God?

24 For the name of God is

blas-

phemed among the Gentiles through

you, as it is written.

25 For

circumcision verily prof-

iteth, if thou keep the law: but if

thou be a breaker of the law, thy cir-

cumcision is made uncircumcision.

26 Therefore if the uncircumci-

sion keep the righteousness of the

law, shall not his uncircumcision be

counted for circumcision?

27 And shall not uncircumcision

which is by nature, if it fulfil the

law, judge thee, who by the letter

and circumcision dost transgress

the law?

28 For he is not a Jew, which is one

outwardly; neither is that circumci-

sion, which is outward in the flesh:

29 But he is a Jew, which is one

inwardly; and

circumcision is that

of the heart, in the

spirit, and not

in the letter; whose praise is not of

men, but of God.

CHAPTER 3

Man is not justified by the law of Mo-

ses—He is justified through righteous-

ness, which comes through faith in

Christ, made possible through Christ’s

atoning sacrifice.

W

advantage then hath the

Jew? or what profit is there of

cir-

cumcision?

2 Much every way: chiefly, because

that unto them were committed the

oracles of God.

3 For what if some did not believe?

shall their

unbelief make the faith

of God without effect?

God forbid: yea, let God be true,

but every man a

liar; as it is written,

That thou mightest be

justified in

thy sayings, and mightest overcome

when thou art judged.

But if our unrighteousness

com-

mend the righteousness of God, what

shall we say? Is God

unrighteous

who taketh vengeance? (I speak as

a man)

God forbid: for then how shall

God

judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God hath more

abounded

through my lie unto his

glory; why yet am I also judged as

a sinner?

8 And not rather, (as we be slander-

ously reported, and as some affirm

that we say,) Let us do evil, that

good may come? whose

damnation

is just.

9 What then? are we better than

they? No, in no wise: for we have be-

fore proved both Jews and Gentiles,

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, There is

none

righteous, no, not one:

11 There is none that understand-

eth, there is none that seeketh

after God.

12 They are all gone out of the

way, they are together become

un-

profitable; there is none that doeth

good, no, not one.

13 Their

throat is an open sepul-

chre; with their tongues they have

22 a tg Adulterer.

gr rob shrines, temples.

tg Sacrilege.

24 a

tg Blaspheme.

25 a Gal. 5:3.

tg Circumcision.

29 a Acts 7:51; 2 Ne. 9:33.

tg Circumcision.

b Rom. 7:6.

1 a JSt Rom. 3:1–2 What

advantage then hath the

Jew over the Gentile? or

what profit of circumci-

sion, who is not a Jew from

the heart? But he who is a

Jew from the heart, I say

hath much every way . . .

gr preeminence.

tg Circumcision.

2 a Acts 7:38;

2 Ne. 29:4 (4–6).

3 a 1 Ne. 8:28 (26–28).

4 a

gr May it not be!

b Alma 30:42 (37–42).

c Ps. 51:4.

5 a

JSt Rom. 3:5–8

(Appendix).

gr recommend.

c 2 Ne. 26:7;

Alma 42:1 (1, 13–25).

6 a

gr May it not be!

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

7 a

gr in, by, because of.

8 a

tg Damnation.

10 a Ps. 14:2–3; 53:1 (1–3).

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

12 a D&C 82:6.

b Luke 17:10 (7–10);

Mosiah 2:21 (20–21).

c D&C 33:4; 35:12.

13 a Ps. 5:9.

1420ROMANS 3:14–4:3

used deceit; the

poison of asps is

under their lips:

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing

and

bitterness:

15 Their feet are swift to

shed

blood:

16 Destruction and

misery are in

their ways:

17 And the way of

peace have

they not known:

18 There is no

fear of God before

their eyes.

19 Now we know that what things

soever the law saith, it saith to them

who are under the law: that every

mouth may be stopped, and all

the world may become

guilty be-

fore God.

20 Therefore by the

deeds of the

law there shall no flesh be

justi-

fied in his sight: for

by the law is

the knowledge of sin.

21 But now the

righteousness of

God

without the law is manifested,

being witnessed by the law and the

prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of God

which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto

all and upon all them that believe:

for there is no difference:

23 For all have

sinned, and come

short of the glory of God;

Being

justified freely by his

grace through the

redemption that

is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath

set forth to

be a

propitiation through faith in

his

blood, to declare his righteous-

ness for the

remission of sins that

are past, through the

forbearance

of God;

26 To declare, I say, at this time

his righteousness: that he might be

just, and the justifier of him which

believeth in Jesus.

27 Where is

boasting then? It is

excluded. By what law? of works?

Nay: but by the law of faith.

28 Therefore we conclude that a

man is

justified by

faith

without

the deeds of the law.

29 Is he the

God of the Jews only?

is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes,

of the

Gentiles also:

30 Seeing it is

one God, which

shall justify the

circumcision by

faith, and uncircumcision through

faith.

31 Do we then make void the law

through faith?

God forbid:

yea,

we establish the law.

CHAPTER 4

Abraham’s faith was accounted to him

for righteousness—Man is justified by

faith, righteous works, and grace.

W shall we say then that Abra-

ham our father, as pertaining to the

flesh, hath found?

For if Abraham were justified

by works, he hath

whereof to glory;

but not before God.

3 For what saith the scripture?

13 b Ps. 140:3 (1–13).

14 a Alma 41:11;

Morm. 8:31.

15 a Isa. 59:7 (7–8).

16 a Mosiah 3:25;

Morm. 8:38.

17 a 1 Ne. 20:22 (18–22).

18 a D&C 10:56 (55–56).

19 a Ezek. 16:63.

tg Guilt.

20 a 2 Ne. 25:23.

tg Law of Moses.

c 2 Ne. 2:5 (5–8).

gr through.

21 a

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

gr apart from, without

intervention of.

23 a Prov. 20:9;

1 Ne. 10:6.

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn;

Sin.

24 a

JSt Rom. 3:24 Therefore

being justified only by

his grace . . .

b D&C 20:30.

tg Grace.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

25 a

gr purposed, designed

beforehand.

gr mercy seat.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Redemption.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

tg Remission of Sins.

tg Forbear.

26 a

tg God, Justice of.

27 a Alma 26:36 (10–12, 36);

D&C 3:4; 84:73.

28 a

tg Justification.

tg Faith.

gr apart from, without

intervention of.

29 a 2 Ne. 30:2 (1–2).

tg Gentiles.

30 a 1 Tim. 2:5;

D&C 121:28.

tg Circumcision.

31 a

gr May it not be!

gr but.

2 a JSt Rom. 4:2–5

(Appendix).

gr ground, reason for

boasting.

1421 ROMANS 4:4–22

Abraham

believed God, and it was

counted unto him for

righteousness.

4 Now to him that worketh is the

reward not

reckoned of grace,

but of debt.

5 But to him that worketh not, but

believeth on him that justifieth the

ungodly, his faith is counted for

righteousness.

6 Even as David also describeth

the blessedness of the man, unto

whom God imputeth righteousness

without works,

7 Saying,

Blessed are they whose

iniquities are forgiven, and whose

sins are covered.

8 Blessed is the man to whom the

Lord will not impute sin.

9 Cometh this blessedness then

upon the circumcision only, or upon

the uncircumcision also? for we say

that faith was reckoned to Abraham

for righteousness.

10 How was it then reckoned? when

he was in circumcision, or in uncir-

cumcision? Not in circumcision, but

in uncircumcision.

11 And he received the

sign of

circumcision, a seal of the righ-

teousness of the faith which he had

yet being uncircumcised: that he

might be the

father of all them that

believe, though they be not circum-

cised; that righteousness might be

imputed unto them also:

12 And the father of circumcision

to them who are not of the circum-

cision only, but who also

walk in

the steps of that faith of our father

Abraham, which he had being yet

uncircumcised.

13 For the promise, that he should

be the

heir of the world, was not to

Abraham, or to his

seed, through

the law, but through the righteous-

ness of faith.

14 For if they which are of the law

be heirs, faith is made void, and the

promise made of none effect:

15 Because the law worketh wrath:

for where no

law is, there is no

transgression.

Therefore it is of faith, that

it might be by

grace; to the end the

promise might be sure to all the

seed; not to that only which is of

the law, but to that also which is

of the

faith of Abraham; who is the

father of us all,

17 (As it is written, I have made

thee a father of many nations,) be-

fore him whom he believed, even

God, who

quickeneth the dead,

and calleth those things which be

not as though they were.

18 Who against hope believed in

hope, that he might become the

father of many

nations, according

to that which was spoken, So shall

thy

seed be.

19 And being not weak in faith,

he considered not his own body

now dead, when he was about an

hundred years

old, neither yet the

deadness of Sara’s womb:

20 He

staggered not at the prom-

ise of God through unbelief; but

was strong in faith, giving glory

to God;

21 And being fully persuaded that,

what he had

promised, he was able

also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed

to him for righteousness.

3 a See JSt Gen. 15:9–12

(Appendix).

tg Faith.

tg Righteousness.

4 a

gr wage, hire.

gr considered a favor

but as his due.

7 a Ps. 32:1.

11 a

tg Signs.

tg Circumcision.

c Abr. 2:10.

12 a

tg Walking with God.

13 a

tg Birthright.

tg Seed of Abraham.

15 a Rom. 5:13;

2 Ne. 9:25;

Alma 42:17 (12–24).

tg Transgress.

16 a

JSt Rom. 4:16 Therefore

ye are justified of faith

and works, through

grace, to the end the

promise might be sure

to all the seed; not to

them only who are of

the law, but to them

also who are of the faith

of Abraham; who is the

father of us all,

tg Grace.

tg Faith.

tg Family, Patriarchal.

17 a

tg God, Power of;

Resurrection.

18 a

tg Hope.

tg Nations.

tg Seed of Abraham.

19 a

tg Old Age.

20 a

gr doubted, hesitated.

21 a Gen. 18:14;

Luke 1:37.

tg Promise.

1422ROMANS 4:23–5:18

23 Now it was not written for his

sake alone, that it was imputed to

him;

24 But for

us also, to whom it

shall be imputed, if we believe on

him that raised up Jesus our Lord

from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our

of-

fences, and was raised again for our

justification.

CHAPTER 5

Man is justified through the blood of

Christ—Adam fell, and Christ atoned

that man might be saved.

T being

justified by

faith, we have

peace with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 By whom also we have access by

faith into this grace wherein we

stand, and rejoice in hope of the

glory of God.

3 And not only so, but we glory

tribulations also: knowing that

tribulation worketh

patience;

4 And patience, experience; and

experience, hope:

5 And

hope maketh not ashamed;

because the

love of God is shed

abroad in our hearts by the Holy

Ghost which is given unto us.

6 For when we were yet without

strength, in due time Christ died

for the ungodly.

7 For scarcely for a righteous man

will one die: yet peradventure for

a good man some would even dare

to die.

8 But God commendeth his love

toward us, in that, while we were

yet

sinners,

Christ died for us.

9 Much more then, being now

justified by his

blood, we shall

be saved from wrath through him.

10 For if, when we were enemies,

we were

reconciled to God by the

death of his Son, much more, be-

ing reconciled, we shall be saved

by his life.

11 And not only so, but we also

joy in God through our Lord Jesus

Christ, by whom we have now re-

ceived the

atonement.

12 Wherefore, as by one man

sin

entered into the world, and

death

by sin; and so

death passed upon

all men, for that all have

sinned:

13 (For until the law sin was in

the world: but

sin is not imputed

when there is no

law.

14 Nevertheless death reigned from

Adam to Moses, even over them that

had not sinned after the similitude

of Adam’s

transgression, who is the

figure of him that was to come.

15 But not as the offence, so also

is the free gift. For if through the

offence of one many be dead, much

more the grace of God, and the gift

by grace, which is by

one man,

Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto

many.

16 And not as it was by one that

sinned, so is the gift: for the judg-

ment was by one to condemnation,

but the free gift is of many offences

unto justification.

17 For if by one man’s offence death

reigned by one; much more they

which receive abundance of

grace

and of the gift of righteousness shall

reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of

24 a 3 Ne. 20:25 (24–27).

25 a Isa. 53:5; Mark 10:45.

tg Justification.

1 a tg Justification.

tg Faith.

tg Peace of God.

2 a Gal. 5:5 (5–6).

3 a 2 Cor. 4:17.

tg Tribulation.

tg Patience.

5 a Ps. 119:116.

tg Hope.

tg Love.

6 a

tg Strength.

8 a Mosiah 4:11.

tg Salvation, Plan of.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer;

Reconciliation.

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

11 a

gr reconciliation,

restoration to favor.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Redemption.

12 a Gen. 3:6.

tg Fall of Man; Sin.

b 1 Cor. 15:21.

tg Death.

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

13 a

tg Sin.

b Rom. 4:15; 2 Ne. 9:25;

Alma 42:17 (12–24).

14 a

tg Transgress.

gr type, pattern.

1 Cor. 15:45.

15 a 2 Cor. 5:14.

17 a

tg Grace.

1423 ROMANS 5:19–6:15

one judgment came upon all men to

condemnation; even so by the

righ-

teousness of one the free gift came

upon all men unto

justification

of life.

19 For as by one man’s

disobedi-

ence many were made sinners, so

by the

obedience of one shall many

be made righteous.

20 Moreover the law entered, that

the offence might abound. But

where sin abounded, grace did much

more abound:

21 That as sin hath reigned unto

death, even so might grace reign

through

righteousness unto

eter-

nal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 6

Baptism is in similitude of the death,

burial, and resurrection of Christ—The

wages of sin is death—Christ brings

eternal life.

W shall we say then? Shall we

continue in sin, that

grace may

abound?

God forbid. How shall we, that

are dead to

sin, live any longer

therein?

3 Know ye not, that so many of us

as were

baptized into Jesus Christ

were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are

buried with

him by

baptism into death: that

like as Christ was raised up from

the

dead by the glory of the Father,

even so we also should

walk in

newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted to-

gether in the

likeness of his

death,

we shall be also in the likeness of his

resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our

old man

is crucified with him, that the

body

of sin might be

destroyed, that

henceforth we should not serve

sin.

7 For he that is

dead is

freed

from sin.

8 Now if we be

dead with Christ,

we believe that we shall also live

with him:

9 Knowing that Christ being

raised

from the dead dieth no more;

death hath no more dominion over

him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto

sin

once: but in that he liveth, he

liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also your-

selves to be dead indeed unto sin,

but

alive unto God through Jesus

Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in

your

mortal body, that ye should

obey it in the

lusts thereof.

13 Neither

yield ye your

members

instruments of unrighteousness

unto sin: but

yield yourselves unto

God, as those that are alive from

the dead, and your members as in-

struments of

righteousness unto

God.

For sin shall not have

domin-

ion over you: for ye are not under

the law, but under grace.

15 What then? shall we sin, because

18 a tg Righteousness.

tg Justification.

19 a

tg Disobedience.

tg Obedience.

21 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Eternal Life.

1 a D&C 20:32 (29–34).

2 a

gr May it not be!

b Mosiah 2:41.

3 a Mosiah 27:25.

4 a

tg Baptism, Immersion.

tg Baptism.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

tg Walking with God.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for;

Man, New, Spiritually

Reborn.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

b Col. 2:20; 3:3;

2 Tim. 2:11.

tg Resurrection.

6 a Eph. 4:22 (22–24);

Col. 3:9.

b Col. 2:11.

gr brought to an end,

freed.

d Moro. 10:32 (32–33).

7 a

JSt Rom. 6:7 . . . dead to

sin . . .

gr acquitted, cleared.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

10 a Heb. 9:28.

b Heb. 7:27; 10:10.

11 a Gal. 2:19.

12 a

tg Mortality.

tg Lust.

13 a 2 Ne. 4:27 (27–28).

b Col. 3:5.

gr weapons.

d Mosiah 3:19;

Hel. 3:35.

tg Righteousness.

14 a

JSt Rom. 6:14 For in so

doing sin . . .

b 2 Ne. 2:29 (26–29).

1424ROMANS 6:16–7:8

we are not under the law, but under

grace?

God forbid.

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye

yield yourselves

servants to obey,

his servants ye are to whom ye

obey; whether of sin unto death,

or of obedience unto righteousness?

17 But God be thanked, that ye

were the servants of sin, but ye have

obeyed from the heart that form of

doctrine which was delivered you.

18 Being then made

free from

sin, ye became the servants of

righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men

because of the infirmity of your

flesh: for as ye have yielded your

members servants to uncleanness

and to iniquity unto iniquity; even

so now yield your members servants

to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of

sin, ye were

free from righteousness.

21 What

fruit had ye then in those

things whereof ye are now ashamed?

for the end of those things is death.

22 But now being made

free from

sin, and become servants to God, ye

have your

fruit unto

holiness, and

the end everlasting life.

23 For the

wages of

sin is

death;

but the

gift of God is

eternal life

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 7

The law of Moses is fulfilled in Christ—

Paul delights in the law of God after

the inward man.

K ye not, brethren, (for I speak

to them that know the law,) how

that the

law hath dominion over

a man as long as he liveth?

2 For the

woman which hath an

husband is bound by the law to her

husband so long as he liveth; but if

the husband be dead, she is loosed

from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liv-

eth, she be married to another man,

she shall be called an adulteress:

but if her husband be dead, she is

free from that law; so that she is no

adulteress, though she be married

to another man.

4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also

are become

dead to the

law by

the body of Christ; that ye should

be married to another, even to him

who is raised from the dead, that

we should bring forth fruit unto

God.

For when we were in the flesh,

the

motions of sins, which were by

the law, did work in our members

to bring forth fruit unto

death.

6 But now we are

delivered from

the law, that being

dead wherein

we were held; that we should serve

in newness of

spirit, and not in the

oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the

law sin?

God forbid. Nay, I had not

known sin, but by the

law: for I had

not known

lust, except the law had

said, Thou shalt not

covet.

8 But sin, taking occasion by the

commandment, wrought in me all

manner of concupiscence. For with-

out the

law sin was dead.

15 a tg Grace.

gr May it not be!

16 a John 8:34.

b Alma 3:27 (26–27);

34:34 (33–36);

Hel. 14:31 (29–31).

tg Obedience.

17 a

tg Commitment.

18 a Mosiah 5:8 (7–8).

tg Remission of Sins.

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Sin.

20 a

gr unrestricted by.

21 a

gr benefit, reward.

22 a Rom. 8:2 (1–4);

Rev. 2:17 (17, 26).

gr benefit, reward.

tg Sanctification.

23 a

tg Wages.

tg Sin.

tg Death;

Death, Spiritual, First.

tg God, Gifts of.

tg Eternal Life.

1 a Mosiah 13:30 (29–32).

2 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

tg Marriage, Marry.

4 a Gal. 2:19;

2 Ne. 25:25 (24–27);

D&C 74:5 (2–6).

b Mosiah 13:28 (27–29).

5 a

JSt Rom. 7:5–27

(Appendix).

gr sufferings,

afflictions.

c 2 Ne. 2:5 (4–10); 25:23;

Alma 42:14 (12–16).

6 a

gr released, freed from.

b 2 Cor. 5:17.

c Rom. 2:29 (28–29).

7 a

gr May it not be!

b D&C 82:3 (3–4).

tg Law of Moses.

tg Lust.

gr lust for, set the heart

upon.

tg Covet.

8 a Alma 42:17 (14–24).

1425 ROMANS 7:9–8:4

9 For I was alive without the law

once: but when the commandment

came, sin revived, and I died.

10 And the commandment, which

was ordained to life, I found to be

unto

death.

11 For sin,

taking occasion by the

commandment, deceived me, and

by it slew me.

12 Wherefore the law is holy, and

the commandment holy, and just,

and good.

13 Was then that which is good

made death unto me?

God forbid.

But sin, that it might appear sin,

working death in me by that which is

good; that sin by the commandment

might become exceeding sinful.

14 For we know that the

law is

spiritual: but I am

carnal,

sold

under sin.

For

that which I do I

allow

not: for what I

would, that do I not;

but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I

would

not, I consent unto the law that it

is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that

do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is,

in my

flesh,)

dwelleth no good

thing: for to will is present with me;

but how to

perform that which is

good I find not.

19 For the

good that I

would I

do not: but the evil which I would

not, that I do.

20 Now if I do

that I would not, it

is no more I that do it, but sin that

dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when

I would do good, evil is

present

with me.

22 For I

delight in the law of God

after the inward man:

23 But I see another law in my

members,

warring against the law

of my mind, and bringing me into

captivity to the law of sin which

is in my members.

24 O

wretched man that I am! who

shall deliver me from the body of

this death?

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ

our Lord. So then with the mind I

myself serve the law of God; but

with the flesh the law of sin.

CHAPTER 8

The law of Christ brings life and peace—

Those adopted as children of God be-

come joint heirs with Christ—God’s elect

are foreordained to eternal life—Christ

makes intercession for man.

T is therefore now no condem-

nation to them which are in Christ

Jesus, who

walk not after the

flesh,

but after the

Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life

in Christ Jesus hath made me

free

from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do,

in that it was

weak through the

flesh, God sending his own Son

in the likeness of sinful

flesh,

and for sin, condemned sin in the

flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the

law might be fulfilled in us, who

walk not after the flesh, but after

the

Spirit.

10 a 2 Cor. 3:7.

11 a

gr having taken

opportunity.

13 a

gr May it not be!

14 a D&C 29:34.

tg Carnal Mind.

gr devoted to, a slave to.

15 a

JSt Rom. 7:15–17

(Appendix).

gr what I produce,

achieve.

gr know, understand.

gr choose, intend,

design.

16 a

gr choose, intend,

design.

17 a

gr produce, work.

18 a

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

b Alma 22:15.

c 2 Ne. 4:19 (17–20, 26).

19 a

tg Opposition.

gr intend, choose.

20 a

gr what I do not intend,

choose.

21 a Heb. 12:1;

2 Ne. 4:18 (17–19).

22 a

tg Spirituality.

23 a Alma 13:28.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

24 a 2 Ne. 4:17.

tg Sorrow.

1 a tg Walking with God.

tg Trust Not in the

Arm of Flesh.

c Alma 13:12 (12, 28);

D&C 11:12 (12–13).

2 a Rom. 6:22 (11–22);

2 Cor. 3:17;

Mosiah 5:2 (2–9).

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

3 a Heb. 7:18.

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

4 a Mosiah 3:19.

1426ROMANS 8:5–23

5 For they that are after the flesh

mind the things of the flesh; but

they that are after the Spirit the

things of the Spirit.

6 For to be

carnally minded is

death; but to be

spiritually minded

is life and

peace.

7 Because the

carnal mind is

enmity against God: for it is not

subject to the law of God, neither

indeed can be.

8 So then they that are

in the flesh

cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but

in the Spirit, if so be that the

Spirit

of God

dwell in you. Now if any

man have not the

Spirit of Christ,

he is none of his.

10 And if

Christ be in you,

the

body is dead because of sin; but

the Spirit is life because of

righ-

teousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that

raised up Jesus from the dead dwell

in you, he that raised up Christ from

the dead shall also

quicken your

mortal bodies by his Spirit that

dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are

debtors, not to the flesh, to live af-

ter the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh,

shall die: but if ye through the

Spirit do

mortify the deeds of the

body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are

led by the

Spirit of God, they are the

sons

of God.

15 For ye have not received the

spirit of

bondage again to fear; but

ye have received the Spirit of

adop-

tion, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth

wit-

ness with our

spirit, that we are

the

children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs;

heirs of God, and joint-heirs with

Christ; if so be that we

suffer with

him, that we may be also glorified

together.

18 For I reckon that the

sufferings

of this present time are not worthy

to be compared with the

glory which

shall be revealed

in us.

19 For the

earnest expectation of

the

creature waiteth for the

mani-

festation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made sub-

ject to

vanity, not willingly, but by

reason of him who hath subjected

the same in hope,

21 Because the

creature itself also

shall be

delivered from the bond-

age of

corruption into the glorious

liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole

creation

groaneth and travaileth

in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves

also,

which have the

firstfruits of

5 a gr watch, guard.

6 a

tg Carnal Mind;

Chastity; Man, Natural,

Not Spiritually Reborn.

tg Death; Death,

Spiritual, First.

tg Spirituality.

tg Peace of God.

7 a

tg Fall of Man.

tg Opposition.

8 a

JSt Rom. 8:8 . . . after the

flesh . . .

9 a

JSt Rom. 8:9 But ye are

not after the flesh, but

after the Spirit . . .

b D&C 8:2.

c 1 Jn. 3:24 (19–24).

tg Holy Ghost, Loss of.

10 a 2 Cor. 13:5.

JSt Rom. 8:10 . . . though

the body shall die

because of sin, yet the

Spirit is life, because of

righteousness.

tg Righteousness.

11 a

gr make alive.

D&C 84:33.

tg God, Power of;

Resurrection.

tg Mortality.

13 a

gr are at the point of

withering, dying.

gr put to death, subdue.

Col. 3:5.

14 a

tg Leadership.

tg God, Spirit of.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

15 a

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

b Isa. 56:3 (3–8).

16 a

tg Witness.

tg Spirit Creation.

tg Man, a Spirit Child of

Heavenly Father.

17 a Luke 12:44 (42–44).

tg Birthright;

Election; Eternal Life;

Exaltation;

Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father.

tg Persecution;

Suffering.

18 a

tg Adversity; Pain;

Self-Sacrifice.

b D&C 58:4; 63:66; 136:31.

gr to us.

19 a

gr eager hope.

gr creation, material

universe.

gr revelation.

20 a

JSt Rom. 8:20 . . .

tribulation . . .

tg Vanity.

21 a

gr creation, material

universe.

tg Deliver.

c 1 Cor. 15:42.

tg Liberty.

22 a

tg Earth, Curse of.

23 a

gr who.

b Gal. 5:22 (16–26).

1427 ROMANS 8:24–39

the Spirit, even we ourselves groan

within ourselves, waiting for the

adoption, to wit, the redemption

of our body.

24 For we are saved by

hope: but

hope that is

seen is not hope: for

what a man seeth, why doth he yet

hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see

not, then do we with patience wait

for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also

help-

eth our infirmities: for we know

not what we should

pray for as we

ought: but the Spirit itself maketh

intercession for us with

groanings

which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that

searcheth the

hearts knoweth what is the mind of

the Spirit, because he maketh

in-

tercession for the saints according

to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things

work together for

good to them

that love God, to them who are the

called according to his purpose.

For whom he did

foreknow,

he also

did predestinate

to be con-

formed to the

image of his Son, that

he might be the

firstborn among

many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he

did pre-

destinate, them he also called: and

whom he called, them he also jus-

tified: and whom he justified, them

he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these

things? If God be for us, who can

against us?

32 He that spared not his own

Son, but

delivered him up for us

all, how shall he not with him also

freely give us

all things?

33 Who shall

lay any thing to the

charge of God’s elect? It is God that

justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It

is Christ that died, yea rather, that

is risen again, who is even at the

right hand of God, who also maketh

intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from

the

love of Christ? shall

tribula-

tion, or distress, or

persecution, or

famine, or nakedness, or peril, or

sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake

we are

killed all the day long; we

are accounted as

sheep for the

slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are

more than

conquerors through

him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that nei-

ther death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things

present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any

other creature, shall be able to

separate us from the

love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

CHAPTER 9

Paul explains how the law of election

(foreordination) operates—The peo-

ple of Israel are chosen (foreordained)

to receive the adoption, covenants,

23 c 2 Cor. 5:2.

24 a

tg Hope.

b 2 Cor. 4:18.

26 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

b James 4:3;

D&C 46:28 (28–30);

88:65 (64–65).

tg Communication.

gr sighings.

27 a

tg Judgment.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

28 a Ezra 8:22;

Alma 36:3;

D&C 90:24; 100:15.

29 a

JSt Rom. 8:29–30

(Appendix).

tg God, Foreknowledge

of; Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

gr appointed before-

hand, foreordained.

tg Foreordination.

gr to have the same

form as.

e 2 Cor. 3:18;

Col. 3:10.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg Jesus Christ,

Firstborn.

30 a

gr appointed before-

hand, foreordained.

31 a

JSt Rom. 8:31 . . . prevail

against us?

32 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

b Isa. 50:8.

c D&C 84:38 (33–41).

33 a

gr accuse God’s elect.

34 a Isa. 53:12;

Heb. 7:25.

35 a D&C 29:5.

tg Tribulation.

tg Persecution.

36 a Ps. 44:22;

2 Cor. 4:11.

tg Sheep.

37 a

gr abundantly

victorious.

b 2 Cor. 2:14.

39 a Matt. 10:31 (29–31);

D&C 121:33.

b 2 Ne. 1:15.

1428ROMANS 9:1–21

promises, and blessings of the gospel;

yet they are not all Israel who are of

Israel—They must seek their blessings

by faith—The Gentiles also attain to

righteousness and salvation by faith.

I  the truth in Christ, I

lie not,

conscience also bearing me

witness in the Holy Ghost,

2 That I have great heaviness and

continual sorrow in my heart.

For I could wish that myself

were

accursed from Christ for my

brethren, my kinsmen according

to the flesh:

4 Who are Israelites; to whom per-

taineth the

adoption, and the glory,

and the

covenants, and the giving

of the law, and the service of God,

and the promises;

5 Whose are the fathers, and of

whom as concerning the

flesh

Christ came, who is over all, God

blessed for ever. Amen.

6 Not as though the word of God

hath taken none effect. For they

are not all Israel, which are of

Israel:

Neither, because they are the

seed of Abraham, are they all chil-

dren: but, In

Isaac shall thy seed

be called.

8 That is, They which are the chil-

dren of the flesh, these are not the

children of God: but the children

of the promise are counted for

the seed.

9 For this is the word of promise,

At this time will I come, and Sara

shall have a

son.

10 And not only this; but when

Rebecca also had conceived by one,

even by our father Isaac;

11 (For the children being not yet

born, neither having done any good

or evil, that the purpose of God ac-

cording to

election might stand, not

of works, but of him that calleth;)

12 It was said unto her, The

elder

shall serve the younger.

13 As it is written, Jacob have I

loved, but Esau have I hated.

14 What shall we say then? Is there

unrighteousness with God?

God

forbid.

15 For he saith to Moses, I will have

mercy on whom I will have mercy,

and I will have

compassion on

whom I will have compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that will-

eth, nor of him that runneth, but of

God that sheweth

mercy.

17 For the scripture saith unto

Pharaoh, Even for this same

pur-

pose have I raised thee up, that I

might shew my power in thee, and

that my name might be declared

throughout all the earth.

18 Therefore hath he

mercy on

whom he will have mercy, and whom

he will he

hardeneth.

19 Thou wilt say then unto me,

Why doth he yet find fault? For

who hath resisted his will?

20 Nay but, O man, who art thou

that

repliest against God? Shall the

thing formed say to him that formed

it, Why hast thou

made me thus?

21 Hath not the

potter power over

the clay, of the same lump to make

one vessel unto honour, and another

unto dishonour?

1 a 1 Tim. 2:7.

tg Conscience.

3 a

JSt Rom. 9:3 (For once I

could have wished that

myself were accursed

from Christ,) . . .

b Ex. 32:32.

4 a

tg Election;

Sons and Daughters of

God.

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

6 a

gr has been fruitless,

ineffectual.

b 2 Ne. 30:2.

7 a

JSt Rom. 9:7 Neither,

because they are all

children of Abraham, are

they the seed;

but, In Isaac . . .

tg Seed of Abraham.

8 a

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

9 a

tg Seed of Abraham.

10 a Gen. 22:23.

11 a

tg Foreordination;

God, Foreknowledge of.

12 a Gen. 25:23.

13 a Mal. 1:2 (2–3).

14 a Ps. 92:15.

tg God, Perfection of.

gr May it not be!

15 a

tg Compassion.

16 a

tg God, Mercy of.

17 a Ex. 9:16 (15–17).

18 a

tg Forgive.

gr leaves to

stubbornness, hardness.

Deut. 2:30.

20 a

gr contradictest,

disputest.

b Job 9:12.

21 a Isa. 45:9; Jer. 18:6.

1429 ROMANS 9:22–10:8

22 What if God, willing to shew

his wrath, and to make his power

known, endured with much long-

suffering the vessels of wrath fitted

destruction:

23 And that he might make known

the

riches of his

glory on the ves-

sels of mercy, which he had afore

prepared unto glory,

24 Even us, whom he hath called,

not of the Jews only, but also of the

Gentiles?

25 As he saith also in

Osee, I will

call them my people, which were

not my

people; and her beloved,

which was not beloved.

26 And it shall come to pass, that

in the place where it was said unto

them, Ye are not my people; there

shall they be called the

children

of the living God.

Esaias also crieth concerning

Israel, Though the

number of the

children of

Israel be as the sand of

the sea, a

remnant shall be saved:

28 For he will finish the work,

and cut it short in

righteousness:

because a short work will the Lord

make upon the earth.

29 And as Esaias said before, Ex-

cept the Lord of

Sabaoth had left

us a

seed, we had been as Sodoma,

and been made like unto Gomorrha.

30 What shall we say then? That

the Gentiles, which followed not af-

ter righteousness, have attained to

righteousness, even the

righteous-

ness which is of faith.

31 But

Israel, which followed after

the law of righteousness, hath not

attained to the law of righteousness.

Wherefore? Because they sought

it not by faith, but as it were by the

works of the law. For they

stumbled

at that stumblingstone;

33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in

Sion a

stumblingstone and

rock of

offence: and whosoever believeth

on him shall not be ashamed.

CHAPTER 10

Salvation comes through righteousness

to those who believe in Christ—Faith

comes by hearing the gospel taught by

legal administrators sent of God.

B, my heart’s desire and

prayer to God for Israel is, that they

might be

saved.

2 For I bear them record that they

have a

zeal of God, but not accord-

ing to knowledge.

3 For they being ignorant of God’s

righteousness, and

going about to

establish their own righteousness,

have not

submitted themselves

unto the righteousness of God.

4 For Christ is the

end of the law

for righteousness to every one that

believeth.

5 For Moses describeth the righ-

teousness which is of the law, That

the man which doeth those things

shall live by them.

6 But the

righteousness which is

of faith speaketh on this wise, Say

not in thine heart, Who shall ascend

into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ

down from above:)

7 Or, Who shall descend into the

deep? (that is, to bring up Christ

again from the dead.)

8 But what saith it? The word is

nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in

22 a 1 Pet. 2:8 (4–8).

23 a

tg Treasure.

tg Celestial Glory;

God, Glory of.

25 a

ie Hosea.

b Hosea 2:23;

Zech. 13:9.

26 a

gr sons.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

27 a

ie Isaiah.

b Isa. 10:22.

tg Israel, Blessings of.

tg Israel, Remnant of.

28 a D&C 52:11.

29 a

heb hosts.

gr posterity.

30 a

tg Righteousness.

31 a

tg Apostasy of Israel.

32 a

gr Why?

b Isa. 8:14 (13–15);

Matt. 21:44 (43–45);

Luke 2:34.

33 a

tg Cornerstone;

Jesus Christ, Prophecies

about.

tg Rock.

tg Offense.

1 a tg Reconciliation.

2 a

tg Zeal.

3 a

tg God, the Standard

of Righteousness.

gr desiring,

endeavoring.

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Submissiveness.

4 a 2 Ne. 2:7 (7–10).

6 a

tg Righteousness.

1430ROMANS 10:9–11:4

thy heart: that is, the word of faith,

which we preach;

9 That if thou shalt confess with

thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt

believe in thine heart that God hath

raised him from the dead, thou shalt

be saved.

10 For with the

heart man

be-

lieveth unto righteousness; and with

the mouth confession is made unto

salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Who-

soever believeth on him shall not

be ashamed.

12 For there is no

difference be-

tween the Jew and the Greek: for

the same Lord over all is

rich unto

all that

call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall

call upon

the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14 How then shall they call on him

in whom they have not

believed?

and how shall they believe in him

of whom they have not heard?

and how shall they hear without a

preacher?

15 And how shall they

preach, ex-

cept they be

sent? as it is written,

How beautiful are the

feet of them

that preach the

gospel of

peace, and

bring glad tidings of good things!

16 But they have not all

obeyed

the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord,

who hath

believed our report?

17 So then

faith cometh by

hear-

ing, and hearing by the word of God.

18 But I say, Have they not heard?

Yes verily, their sound went into all

the earth, and their

words unto the

ends of the

world.

19 But I say, Did not Israel know?

First Moses saith, I will provoke you

jealousy by them that are no peo-

ple, and by a foolish nation I will

anger you.

20 But

Esaias is very bold, and

saith, I was found of them that

sought me not; I was made manifest

unto them that asked not after me.

21 But to Israel he saith, All day

long I have stretched forth my hands

unto a

disobedient and

gainsay-

ing people.

CHAPTER 11

Israel was chosen (foreordained) accord-

ing to the election of grace—But some

harden their hearts against it—The

Gentiles are adopted into the house of

Israel—The gospel goes preferentially

to the Gentiles until the fulness of the

Gentiles.

I  then, Hath God cast away his

people?

God forbid. For I also am

Israelite, of the seed of Abraham,

of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God hath not cast away his

peo-

ple which he

foreknew.

Wot ye not

what the scripture saith of

Elias?

how he maketh intercession to God

against Israel, saying,

3 Lord, they have

killed thy proph-

ets, and digged down thine altars;

and I am

left alone, and they seek

my life.

4 But what saith the answer of God

unto him? I have

reserved to myself

seven thousand men, who have not

bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

10 a tg Heart.

b D&C 46:14 (11–14).

tg Salvation.

12 a Acts 10:35 (34–35);

Rom. 2:11;

Gal. 3:28 (26–29).

tg Treasure.

tg God, Access to.

13 a

tg Prayer.

14 a

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Hypocrisy.

b D&C 42:6.

15 a

tg Missionary Work;

Preaching.

tg Called of God.

c Nahum 1:15.

tg Gospel.

tg Peacemakers;

Peace of God.

16 a

tg Apostasy of Israel.

b Isa. 53:1;

John 12:38.

17 a

tg Faith.

b Gal. 3:2;

2 Ne. 33:1 (1–4);

Alma 31:5 (5, 8–11);

D&C 100:8 (7–8).

18 a Ps. 19:4.

b D&C 23:2; 24:10.

19 a Deut. 32:21.

tg Jealous.

20 a

ie Isaiah.

b Isa. 65:1.

21 a Isa. 65:2.

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Disobedience.

gr contradicting,

opposing.

1 a gr May it not be!

b Acts 22:3;

2 Cor. 11:22.

2 a

tg Israel, Blessings of.

tg Foreordination;

God, Foreknowl-

edge of.

gr Know.

ie Elijah.

3 a

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Martyrdom.

b 1 Kgs. 19:14 (10–18).

4 a D&C 49:8.

1431 ROMANS 11:5–25

5 Even so then at this present time

also there is a remnant according

to the

election of grace.

6 And if by

grace, then is it no

more of

works: otherwise grace is

no more grace. But if it be of works,

then is it no more grace: otherwise

work is no more work.

7 What then? Israel hath not ob-

tained that which he seeketh for;

but the election hath obtained it,

and the rest

were blinded

8 (According as it is written, God

hath given them the spirit of

slum-

ber, eyes that they should not see,

and ears that they should not

hear;)

unto this day.

9 And David saith, Let their table

be made a

snare, and a trap, and a

stumblingblock, and a

recompence

unto them:

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that

they may not see, and bow down

their back alway.

11 I say then, Have they stumbled

that they should fall?

God forbid:

but rather through their fall salva-

tion is come unto the Gentiles, for

to provoke them to

jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the

riches of the world, and the

di-

minishing of them the riches of

the Gentiles; how much more their

fulness?

13 For I speak to you

Gentiles, in-

asmuch as I am the apostle of the

Gentiles, I

magnify mine office:

14 If by any means I may provoke

to emulation them which are my flesh,

and might save some of them.

15 For if the casting away of them

be the

reconciling of the world,

what shall the receiving of them be,

but life from the dead?

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the

lump is also holy: and if the

root be

holy, so are the branches.

17 And if some of the branches be

broken off, and thou, being a wild

olive

tree, wert grafted in among

them, and with them partakest of

the root and fatness of the olive tree;

Boast not against the branches.

But if thou boast, thou bearest not

the root, but the root thee.

19 Thou wilt say then, The branches

were broken off, that I might be

grafted in.

20 Well; because of

unbelief they

were

broken off, and thou stand-

est by

faith. Be not highminded,

but

fear:

21 For if God spared not the

natu-

ral branches, take heed lest he also

spare not thee.

22 Behold therefore the goodness

and severity of God: on them which

fell, severity; but toward thee, good-

ness, if thou continue in his good-

ness: otherwise thou also shalt be

cut off.

23 And they also, if they abide not

still in unbelief, shall be grafted in:

for God is able to graft them in again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the

olive tree which is wild by nature,

and wert grafted contrary to nature

into a good olive tree: how much

more shall these, which be the natu-

ral branches, be grafted into their

own olive tree?

25 For I would not, brethren, that

ye should be ignorant of this mys-

tery, lest ye should be wise in your

own

conceits; that

blindness in

part is happened to Israel, until

the

fulness of the

Gentiles be

come in.

5 a tg Election.

6 a

tg Grace.

b Rom. 2:6 (5–10).

7 a

gr became callous.

8 a

gr deep sleep, stupor.

Isa. 29:10.

b Matt. 13:14;

2 Ne. 16:10.

9 a Ps. 69:22.

gr retribution, requital.

11 a

gr May it not be!

tg Jealous.

12 a

gr default, failure.

13 a Acts 22:21.

b Jacob 2:2 (2–3);

D&C 24:3; 66:11.

15 a

tg Reconciliation.

16 a

tg Israel, Mission of.

17 a

tg Vineyard of the Lord.

18 a

tg Boast.

20 a

tg Apostasy of Israel;

Unbelief.

b Ps. 80:12 (12–16).

tg Israel, Scattering of.

c 2 Cor. 1:24.

tg Reverence.

21 a Jacob 5:3 (1–77);

6:1 (1–13).

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

25 a Prov. 26:12.

gr callousness.

Jacob 4:14.

tg Restoration of the

Gospel.

tg Gentiles.

1432ROMANS 11:26–12:8

26 And so all

Israel shall be saved:

as it is written, There shall come

out of

Sion the

Deliverer, and

shall turn away ungodliness from

Jacob:

27 For this is my

covenant unto

them, when I shall take away their

sins.

28 As concerning the gospel, they

are enemies for your sakes: but as

touching the election, they are be-

loved for the fathers’ sakes.

29 For the gifts and calling of God

are without repentance.

30 For as ye in times past

have

not believed God, yet have now

obtained mercy through their

unbelief:

31 Even so have these also now not

believed, that through your mercy

they also may obtain mercy.

32 For God hath

concluded them

all in unbelief, that he might have

mercy upon all.

33 O the depth of the

riches both

of the

wisdom and

knowledge

of God! how

unsearchable are his

judgments, and his ways past

find-

ing out!

34 For who hath known the

mind

of the Lord? or who hath been his

counsellor?

35 Or who hath first given to him,

and it shall be recompensed unto

him again?

36 For of him, and

through him,

and to him, are all things: to whom

be glory for ever. Amen.

CHAPTER 12

Paul counsels the Saints to present

their bodies as a living sacrifice, to use

their own grace-given gifts, and to live

as Saints should live.

I  you therefore, brethren,

by the mercies of God, that ye pre-

sent your

bodies a living

sacrifice,

holy,

acceptable unto God, which is

your reasonable

service.

2 And be not conformed to this

world: but be ye

transformed by

the

renewing of your

mind, that

ye may

prove what is that good,

and acceptable, and perfect,

will

of God.

3 For I say, through the grace given

unto me, to every man that is among

you, not to

think of himself more

highly than he ought to think; but

to think

soberly, according as

God

hath dealt to every man the mea-

sure of faith.

4 For as we have many members

in one body, and all members have

not the same

office:

5 So we, being many, are

one

body

in Christ, and every one members

one of another.

6 Having then gifts differing ac-

cording to the

grace that is given to

us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy

according to the proportion of

faith;

7 Or ministry, let us wait on our

ministering: or he that teacheth,

on teaching;

8 Or he that exhorteth, on

26 a tg Israel, Restoration of.

tg Zion.

c Isa. 59:20;

Alma 11:40 (37–41).

27 a Isa. 59:21 (20–21);

Heb. 10:16 (16–17);

D&C 49:9 (5–9).

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

30 a

gr were disbelieving,

disobedient to.

gr disobedience,

disbelief.

31 a

gr obeyed.

32 a

gr closed up together.

33 a

tg Treasure.

tg God, Intelligence of.

tg God, Omniscience of.

d Isa. 40:28.

e Prov. 25:2.

34 a Jacob 4:8 (8–13);

Mosiah 4:9.

b 1 Cor. 2:16;

D&C 22:4.

tg Counselor.

36 a D&C 76:24 (22–24);

93:10.

1 a tg Body, Sanctity of.

b Mosiah 2:34;

Moro. 10:32 (30–33);

D&C 93:1.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

c Lev. 1:4.

tg Service.

2 a

tg World;

Worldliness.

b Eph. 5:8;

1 Jn. 5:4 (1–5).

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

tg Mind.

gr test, try, prove.

tg God, Will of.

3 a

tg Humility.

b D&C 18:21; 43:35.

c 1 Cor. 7:17.

4 a

gr function, operation.

5 a

tg Unity.

tg Church.

6 a

tg Grace.

tg Faith.

1433 ROMANS 12:9–13:6

exhorta tion: he that giveth, let him

do it with simplicity; he that ruleth,

with diligence; he that sheweth

mercy, with

cheerfulness.

9 Let love be

without dissimu-

lation. Abhor that which is

evil;

cleave to that which is good.

10 Be kindly

affectioned one to

another with

brotherly

love; in

honour preferring one another;

11 Not slothful in

business;

fer-

vent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12 Rejoicing in hope;

patient in

tribulation;

continuing instant

in prayer;

13 Distributing to the necessity of

saints; given to

hospitality.

14 Bless them which

persecute

you: bless, and

curse not.

15 Rejoice with them that do re-

joice, and

weep with them that

weep.

16 Be of the same mind one toward

another. Mind not high things, but

condescend to men of low estate.

Be not wise in your own

conceits.

Recompense to no man

evil

for evil. Provide things

honest in

the

sight of all men.

18 If it be possible, as much as lieth

in you, live

peaceably with all men.

19 Dearly beloved,

avenge not

yourselves, but rather give place

unto wrath: for it is written, Ven-

geance is mine; I will repay, saith

the Lord.

20 Therefore if thine

enemy hun-

ger, feed him; if he thirst, give him

drink: for in so doing thou shalt

heap coals of fire on his head.

21 Be not overcome of evil, but

overcome evil with good.

CHAPTER 13

Paul counsels, Be subject unto God’s

ministers; keep the commandments;

love one another; righteousness leads

to salvation.

L every soul

be subject unto

the higher

powers. For there is no

power

but of God: the

powers that

be are ordained of God.

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth

the power, resisteth the ordinance

of God: and they that

resist shall

receive to themselves

damnation.

3 For rulers are not a terror to good

works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then

not be afraid of the

power? do that

which is

good, and thou shalt have

praise of the same:

4 For he is

the minister of God

to thee for good. But if thou do

that which is evil, be afraid; for

he beareth not the sword in vain:

for he is the minister of God, a re-

venger to execute wrath upon him

that doeth evil.

5 Wherefore ye must needs be sub-

ject, not only for wrath, but also for

conscience sake.

For for this cause pay ye tribute

also: for they are God’s ministers,

attending continually upon this

very thing.

8 a tg Cheerful.

9 a

gr sincere, unfeigned,

real.

b Ps. 26:4; 2 Ne. 4:31;

Alma 13:12;

D&C 38:42.

tg Evil.

10 a Philip. 2:2 (1–4).

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Love.

11 a

gr haste, diligence.

tg Zeal.

12 a D&C 24:8; 31:9.

tg Adversity.

gr constantly

persisting in.

13 a

tg Hospitality.

14 a

tg Enemies;

Persecution.

tg Curse.

15 a

tg Compassion.

16 a

gr conforming

willingly with the

humble.

3 Ne. 12:5.

b Prov. 26:12.

tg Pride.

17 a

tg Forgive; Retribution.

tg Evil.

tg Honesty.

d 2 Cor. 8:21.

18 a Prov. 3:30.

tg Peace; Peacemakers.

19 a

tg Forbear;

Retribution.

20 a 2 Kgs. 6:22.

tg Enemies.

21 a Rev. 2:17.

1 a gr be submissive,

render obedience.

D&C 58:22 (21–22).

tg Citizenship;

Governments.

gr authorities.

c John 19:11 (10–12).

JSt Rom. 13:1 . . . in the

church but of God . . .

tg Governments.

2 a

tg Rebellion.

tg Damnation.

3 a

gr authority.

tg Retribution.

4 a

gr a servant.

5 a

tg Conscience.

6 a

JSt Rom. 13:6–7

(Appendix).

1434ROMANS 13:7–14:9

7 Render therefore to all their dues:

tribute to whom tribute is due; cus-

tom to whom custom; fear to whom

fear;

honour to whom honour.

Owe no man any thing, but to

love one another: for he that

loveth

another hath fulfilled the law.

9 For this, Thou shalt not commit

adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou

shalt not

steal, Thou shalt not bear

false witness, Thou shalt not

covet;

and if there be any other command-

ment, it is briefly comprehended in

this saying, namely, Thou shalt love

thy

neighbour as thyself.

Love worketh no ill to his neigh-

bour: therefore love is the fulfilling

of the

law.

11 And that, knowing the time,

that now it is high

time to awake

out of

sleep: for now is our salva-

tion nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is far spent, the

day

is at hand: let us therefore cast off

the works of

darkness, and let us

put on the

armour of

light.

13 Let us walk

honestly, as in the

day; not in

rioting and

drunk-

enness, not in

chambering and

wantonness, not in strife and

envying.

14 But

put ye on the Lord Jesus

Christ, and make not provision for

the flesh, to fulfil the

lusts thereof.

CHAPTER 14

Avoid quarreling about opinions and

making unrighteous judgment of each

other—Every knee will bow to Christ—

The kingdom of God embraces righ-

teousness, peace, and joy in the Holy

Ghost.

H that is

weak in the faith receive

ye, but not to

doubtful

disputations.

2 For one believeth that he may

eat all things: another, who is weak,

eateth

herbs.

3 Let not him that eateth despise

him that eateth not; and let not him

which eateth not

judge him that

eateth: for God hath received him.

4 Who art thou that

judgest an-

other man’s servant? to his own

master he standeth or falleth. Yea,

he shall be holden up: for God is

able to make him stand.

5 One man esteemeth one

day

above another: another esteemeth

every day alike. Let every man be

fully persuaded in his own mind.

6 He that regardeth the day, re-

gardeth it unto the Lord; and he

that regardeth not the day, to the

Lord he doth not regard it. He that

eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giv-

eth God thanks; and he that eateth

not, to the Lord he eateth not, and

giveth God thanks.

7 For none of us

liveth to himself,

and no man dieth to himself.

8 For whether we live, we live unto

the Lord; and whether we die, we

die unto the Lord: whether we live

therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

9 For to this end Christ both died,

and rose, and revived, that he might

7 a D&C 134:6.

tg Honor.

8 a

tg Debt.

tg Love.

9 a

tg Adulterer.

tg Stealing.

tg Covet.

tg Neighbor.

10 a Moro. 7:47 (1, 44–47).

tg Motivations.

b Matt. 22:40 (36–40);

Gal. 5:14 (13–14).

11 a

tg Time.

tg Apathy;

Sleep.

12 a John 9:4;

Alma 34:31 (31–34).

b 2 Cor. 5:17;

1 Thes. 5:4.

tg Darkness,

Spiritual.

c Isa. 59:17 (16–17);

2 Cor. 6:7;

Eph. 6:11 (10–24);

1 Thes. 5:8;

D&C 27:15 (15–18).

tg Children of Light;

Light [noun].

13 a

gr with propriety,

decently, gracefully.

tg Honesty.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

tg Drunkenness.

gr lewdness,

whoredoms.

tg Envy.

14 a Gal. 3:27 (24–29).

tg Lust.

1 a Isa. 35:3;

Rom. 15:1 (1–3);

1 Cor. 8:9;

Gal. 6:1;

D&C 81:5; 84:106.

tg Doubt.

tg Disputations.

2 a

gr vegetables.

3 a Col. 2:16.

4 a D&C 11:12.

5 a Gal. 4:10 (9–10).

7 a 2 Cor. 5:15 (14–16);

Gal. 2:20.

8 a D&C 42:44 (44–47);

63:49.

1435 ROMANS 14:10–15:4

Lord both of the

dead and

living.

10 But why dost thou

judge thy

brother? or why dost thou set at

nought thy brother? for we shall

all stand before the

judgment seat

of Christ.

11 For it is written, As I live, saith

the Lord, every

knee shall bow to

me, and every tongue shall

con-

fess to God.

12 So then every one of us shall

give account of himself to God.

13 Let us not therefore judge one

another any more: but judge this

rather, that no man put a

stum-

blingblock or an occasion to fall in

his brother’s way.

14 I know, and am persuaded by

the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing

unclean of itself: but to him that

esteemeth any thing to be unclean,

to him it is unclean.

15 But if thy brother be grieved

with thy meat,

now walkest thou not

charitably. Destroy not him

with

thy meat, for whom Christ died.

16 Let not then your good be evil

spoken of:

17 For the kingdom of God is not

meat and drink; but

righteous-

ness, and

peace, and

joy in the

Holy Ghost.

18 For he that in these things

serveth Christ is acceptable to God,

and approved of men.

19 Let us therefore follow after the

things which make for

peace, and

things wherewith one may

edify

another.

For meat destroy not the

work

of God. All things indeed are pure;

but it is evil for that man who eat-

eth with offence.

21 It is good neither to eat flesh,

nor to drink wine, nor any thing

whereby thy brother stumbleth, or

offended, or is made weak.

22 Hast thou faith? have it to thy-

self before God. Happy is he that

condemneth not himself

in that

thing which he alloweth.

23 And he that

doubteth is

damned if he eat, because he eateth

not of faith: for whatsoever is not

faith is

sin.

CHAPTER 15

True Saints fellowship one another—

Paul recounts his diligence in preaching

the gospel—The gifts of the Spirit are

poured out upon the Gentiles.

W then that are strong ought to

bear the infirmities of the

weak,

and not to please ourselves.

2 Let every one of us please his

neighbour for his good to

edifi-

cation.

3 For even Christ pleased not him-

self; but, as it is written, The

re-

proaches of them that reproached

thee fell on me.

4 For whatsoever things were

written aforetime were

written

for our

learning, that we through

9 a tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Power of.

b Luke 20:38.

tg Genealogy and

Temple Work;

Salvation for the Dead.

10 a tg Judgment.

b tg Judgment, the Last.

11 a Isa. 45:23;

Philip. 2:10.

b gr praise, profess openly.

13 a Lev. 19:14;

1 Cor. 8:9 (9–13);

10:32 (24–33);

2 Cor. 6:3;

Alma 39:11.

14 a gr ceremonially unclean.

tg Uncleanness.

tg Motivations.

15 a

JSt Rom. 14:15 . . . thou

walkest not charitably

if thou eatest. Therefore

destroy not him with

thy meat . . .

b gr according to love.

c gr on account of food.

17 a gr food.

tg Food.

b tg Righteousness.

c tg Contentment;

Peace of God.

d tg Joy.

19 a tg Peace; Peacemakers.

b tg Edification.

20 a gr Because of food.

b tg God, Works of.

21 a 1 Cor. 8:13.

22 a gr by what he tries,

approves.

23 a tg Doubt.

b tg Faith.

c tg Sin.

1 a gr remove, endure,

bear with.

Alma 31:33.

b Rom. 14:1 (1–3).

2 a tg Neighbor.

b tg Edification.

3 a gr revilings, insults.

tg Reproach.

4 a 1 Cor. 10:11.

tg Scriptures,

Writing of.

b 1 Cor. 9:10.

c tg Scriptures, Value of;

Understanding.

1436ROMANS 15:5–24

patience and comfort of the

scrip-

tures might have

hope.

5 Now the God of patience and

consolation grant you to be

like-

minded one toward another accord-

ing to Christ Jesus:

6 That ye may with one mind and

one mouth glorify God, even the

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 Wherefore receive ye one an-

other, as Christ also received us to

the glory of God.

8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was

a minister of the

circumcision for

the truth of God, to

confirm the

promises made unto the fathers:

9 And that the Gentiles might glo-

rify God for his

mercy; as it is writ-

ten, For this cause I will

confess to

thee among the

Gentiles, and sing

unto thy name.

10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye

Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all

ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye

people.

12 And again,

Esaias saith, There

shall be a root of

Jesse, and he that

shall rise to reign over the Gentiles;

in him shall the Gentiles trust.

13 Now the God of hope fill you

with all joy and

peace in believ-

ing, that ye may abound in

hope,

through the power of the Holy

Ghost.

14 And I myself also am persuaded

of you, my brethren, that ye also

are full of goodness, filled with all

knowledge, able also to

admonish

one another.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have

written the more boldly unto you in

some sort, as putting you in mind,

because of the

grace that is given

to me of God,

16 That I should be the

minister

of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, min-

istering the gospel of God, that the

offering up of the Gentiles might

be acceptable, being

sanctified by

the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore whereof I may

glory through Jesus Christ in those

things which pertain to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak of

any of those things which Christ

hath not wrought by me, to make

the Gentiles obedient, by word and

deed,

19 Through mighty

signs and won-

ders, by the power of the

Spirit of

God; so that from Jerusalem, and

round about unto Illyricum, I have

fully preached the gospel of Christ.

20 Yea, so have I strived to preach

the gospel, not where Christ was

named, lest I should build upon

another man’s

foundation:

21 But as it is written, To whom he

was not

spoken of, they shall see:

and they that have not heard shall

understand.

22 For which cause also I have been

much

hindered from coming to you.

23 But now having no more

place

in these parts, and having a great

desire these many years to come

unto you;

24 Whensoever I take my journey

into Spain, I will come to you: for I

trust to see you in my journey, and

to be brought on my way thither-

ward by you, if first I be somewhat

filled with your company.

4 d tg Patience.

tg Scriptures, Study of.

tg Hope.

5 a

gr comfort.

b 1 Cor. 1:10 (9–16);

1 Thes. 5:13 (13–15);

Mosiah 18:21.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

8 a

tg Circumcision.

gr establish, make

constant.

c 2 Cor. 1:20.

9 a

tg God, Mercy of.

gr profess openly,

praise.

c Ps. 18:49.

10 a Acts 9:15 (1–19);

3 Ne. 30:2 (1–2).

12 a

ie Isaiah.

tg Jesus Christ, Davidic

Descent of.

13 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Hope.

14 a

tg Knowledge.

tg Warn.

15 a

gr part.

tg Grace.

16 a

gr servant at one’s own

expense.

gr sacrifice, offering.

tg Holy Ghost,

Gifts of.

17 a Alma 26:16 (16, 35).

19 a Morm. 9:19 (19–21);

D&C 63:10 (7–10).

tg God, Spirit of.

20 a 2 Cor. 10:15;

D&C 52:33.

21 a Isa. 52:15.

22 a Rom. 1:13.

23 a

gr opportunity.

1437 ROMANS 15:25–16:17

25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to

minister unto the saints.

26 For it hath pleased them of

Macedonia and Achaia to make a

certain

contribution for the poor

saints which are at Jerusalem.

27 It hath pleased them verily; and

their debtors they are. For if the

Gentiles have been made partak-

ers of their

spiritual things, their

duty is also to minister unto them

carnal things.

28 When therefore I have performed

this, and have sealed to them this

fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

29 And I am sure that, when I

come unto you, I shall come in the

fulness of the blessing of the gos-

pel of Christ.

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for

the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and

for the love of the Spirit, that ye

strive together with me in your

prayers to God for me;

31 That I may be delivered from

them that

do not believe in Judæa;

and that my service which I have

for Jerusalem may be accepted of

the saints;

32 That I may come unto you with

joy by the will of God, and may with

you be

refreshed.

33 Now the God of peace be with

you all. Amen.

CHAPTER 16

Paul sends greetings to various Saints—

He counsels the Saints to avoid those

who cause divisions—The Saints should

be wise concerning good and innocent

concerning evil.

I  unto you Phebe our sis-

ter, which is a servant of the church

which is at Cenchrea:

2 That ye receive her in the Lord,

as becometh saints, and that ye assist

her in whatsoever business she hath

need of you: for she hath been a suc-

courer of many, and of myself also.

3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my

helpers in Christ Jesus:

4 Who have for my life laid down

their own necks: unto whom not

only I give thanks, but also all the

churches of the Gentiles.

5 Likewise greet the church that

is in their house. Salute my well-

beloved Epænetus, who is the first-

fruits of Achaia unto Christ.

6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much

labour on us.

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my

kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners,

who are of note among the apostles,

who also were in Christ before me.

8 Greet Amplias my beloved in

the Lord.

9 Salute Urbane, our helper in

Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

10 Salute Apelles approved in

Christ. Salute them which are of

Aristobulus’

household.

11 Salute Herodion my kinsman.

Greet them that be of the

household

of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa,

who labour in the Lord. Salute the

beloved Persis, which laboured

much in the Lord.

13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord,

and his mother and mine.

14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon,

Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the

brethren which are with them.

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia,

Nereus, and his sister, and Olym-

pas, and all the saints which are

with them.

16 Salute one another with an

holy

kiss. The

churches of Christ

salute you.

17 Now I beseech you, brethren,

mark them which cause

divisions

26 a tg Almsgiving; Welfare.

27 a 1 Cor. 9:11.

tg Duty.

gr material, temporal.

28 a Philip. 4:17; Titus 3:14.

29 a D&C 1:23; 14:10; 35:17;

39:11 (11–18); 42:12;

JS—H 1:34.

31 a

gr refuse belief or

obedience.

32 a 2 Cor. 7:13.

10 a JSt Rom. 16:10 . . .

church.

11 a

JSt Rom. 16:11 . . .

church . . .

16 a

JSt Rom. 16:16 . . .

salutation . . .

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

17 a

gr watch, beware of.

b Acts 20:30 (28–30);

1 Cor. 1:10 (10–13);

2 Thes. 3:6 (2–6);

2 Ne. 26:21 (20–21).

1438ROMANS 16:18–1 CORINTHIANS 1:2

and

offences contrary to the

doc-

trine which ye have learned; and

avoid them.

18 For they that are such serve

not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their

own belly; and by good words and

fair speeches deceive the hearts of

the

simple.

19 For your

obedience is come

abroad unto all men. I am glad there-

fore on your behalf: but yet I would

have you

wise unto that which is

good, and

simple concerning evil.

20 And the God of

peace shall

bruise

Satan under your feet

shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you. Amen.

21 Timotheus my workfellow, and

Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my

kinsmen, salute you.

22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle,

salute you in the Lord.

23 Gaius mine host, and of the

whole church, saluteth you. Erastus

the chamberlain of the city saluteth

you, and Quartus a brother.

24 The

grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you all. Amen.

25 Now to him that is of power

stablish you according to my

gospel, and the preaching of Jesus

Christ, according to the revelation

of the

mystery, which was kept se-

cret since the world began,

26 But now is made manifest, and

by the scriptures of the prophets, ac-

cording to the commandment of the

everlasting God, made known to all

nations for the

obedience of faith:

27 To God only wise, be glory

through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

¶Written to the Romans from Corinthus,

and sent by Phebe servant of the church at

Cenchrea.

17 c gr stumbling blocks,

scandals.

d 3 Ne. 11:40 (31–41).

e 1 Cor. 5:11.

18 a 2 Pet. 2:3.

gr innocent, guileless.

19 a Rom. 1:8.

tg Wisdom.

gr blameless, innocent.

20 a Moro. 7:3 (3–4).

gr break the power of,

crush.

Gen. 3:15.

tg Jesus Christ,

Prophecies about;

Redemption.

tg Devil.

24 a Rev. 22:21 (17–21).

25 a 1 Thes. 3:2.

b Eph. 3:4;

Col. 1:26 (25–26);

D&C 6:7 (7–11);

42:65 (61–65);

121:27 (25–27).

26 a Gen. 21:33.

tg Obedience.

[1 C]

2 a tg Sanctification.

tg Mission of

Early Saints;

Saints.

The firsT episTle of

pAul The AposTle To The

corinThiAns

CHAPTER 1

True Saints are perfectly united in the

same mind and in the same judgment—

Preach the gospel and save souls—The

gospel is preached by the weak and the

simple.

AUL, called to be an apostle of

Jesus Christ through the will of

God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 Unto the church of God which is

at Corinth, to them that are

sanc-

tified in Christ Jesus, called to be

saints, with all that in every place

1439 1 CORINTHIANS 1:3–24

call upon the name of Jesus Christ

our Lord, both theirs and ours:

3 Grace be unto you, and

peace,

from God our Father, and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always on your

behalf, for the grace of God which

is given you by Jesus Christ;

5 That in every thing ye are en-

riched by him, in all utterance, and

in all knowledge;

6 Even as the

testimony of Christ

was

confirmed in you:

7 So that ye

come behind in no

gift; waiting for the

coming of our

Lord Jesus Christ:

8 Who shall also

confirm you unto

the end, that ye may be

blameless

in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful, by whom ye were

called unto the

fellowship of his

Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that ye all speak the same thing, and

that there be no

divisions among

you; but that ye be perfectly joined

together in the same

mind and in

the same judgment.

11 For it hath been declared unto

of you, my brethren, by them

which are of the house of Chloe, that

there are

contentions among you.

12 Now this I say, that every one

of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of

Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I

Christ.

13 Is Christ

divided? was Paul

crucified for you? or were ye bap-

tized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I baptized none

of you,

but

Crispus and Gaius;

15 Lest any should say that I had

baptized in mine own name.

16 And I baptized also the house-

hold of

Stephanas: besides, I

know not whether I baptized any

other.

17 For Christ sent me not to bap-

tize, but to preach the gospel: not

with

wisdom of words, lest the

cross of Christ should be made of

none effect.

18 For the

preaching of the cross

is to them that perish foolishness;

but unto us which are saved it is

the

power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy

the wisdom of the wise, and will

bring to nothing the

understand-

ing of the

prudent.

20 Where is the wise? where is

the

scribe? where is the

disputer

of this

world? hath not God made

foolish the

wisdom of this

world?

21 For after that in the wisdom of

God the world

by wisdom knew

not God, it pleased God by the fool-

ishness of

preaching to save them

that believe.

22 For the Jews require a

sign,

and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 But we

preach Christ

crucified,

unto the Jews a

stumblingblock,

and unto the Greeks foolishness;

24 But unto them

which are

3 a tg Peace of God.

6 a

tg Testimony.

gr established,

strengthened.

7 a

gr come short, miss,

need.

gr revelation.

1 Thes. 3:13;

D&C 45:44 (25–44).

8 a

gr secure, establish,

strengthen.

b 3 Ne. 27:20;

D&C 4:2.

9 a

tg Fellowshipping.

10 a

gr factions, schisms.

Acts 4:32;

Rom. 15:5 (1–7);

16:17 (17–18);

Eph. 4:13 (11–14);

3 Ne. 11:28 (28–30).

tg Church.

b 1 Cor. 12:25;

2 Cor. 13:11;

D&C 38:27.

tg Mind.

11 a

gr about, concerning.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

Contention.

12 a 3 Ne. 27:8 (4–9).

13 a 2 Ne. 28:3 (3–5, 12–13).

14 a

gr except.

b Acts 18:8.

16 a 1 Cor. 16:15.

17 a

tg Wisdom.

18 a 1 Pet. 2:8 (4–8).

b Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 4:20.

19 a

tg Understanding.

tg Prudence.

20 a

tg Scribe.

tg Disputations.

gr age.

d Isa. 44:25;

Jer. 8:8 (8–9);

D&C 133:58.

tg Worldliness.

21 a

gr by means of,

through.

tg Gospel.

22 a

tg Sign Seekers.

23 a

tg Missionary Work.

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

c Jacob 4:15.

24 a

JSt 1 Cor. 1:24 . . . who

believe, both Jews and

Greeks . . .

14401 CORINTHIANS 1:25–2:11

called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ

the

power of God, and the

wisdom

of God.

25 Because the

foolishness of God

is wiser than men; and the weakness

of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, breth-

ren, how that not many wise men

after the

flesh, not many mighty,

not many noble, are

called:

27 But God hath chosen the

fool-

ish things of the world to

confound

the wise; and God hath chosen the

weak things of the world to con-

found the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world,

and things which are despised, hath

God chosen, yea, and things which

are not, to bring to nought things

that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in

his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,

who of God is made unto us wisdom,

and righteousness, and

sanctifica-

tion, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written,

He that glorieth, let him

glory in

the Lord.

CHAPTER 2

The gospel is preached by the power of

the Spirit—The Spirit reveals all things

to the Saints—The unrepentant natural

man cannot receive the things of the

Spirit of God.

A I, brethren, when I came to you,

came not with excellency of speech

or of wisdom, declaring unto you

the

testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know

any thing among you,

save Jesus

Christ, and him

crucified.

3 And I was with you in

weakness,

and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my

speech and my preach-

ing was not with

enticing words of

man’s wisdom, but in demonstration

of the

Spirit and of

power:

5 That your faith should not stand

in the wisdom of men, but in the

power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom

among them that are

perfect: yet

not the wisdom of this world, nor

of the princes of this world, that

come to nought:

7 But we speak the

wisdom of God

in a

mystery, even the hidden

wis-

dom, which God

ordained before

the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this

world knew: for had they known it,

they would not have

crucified the

Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written,

Eye hath not

seen, nor ear heard, neither have

entered into the heart of man, the

things which God hath

prepared

for them that love him.

10 But God hath

revealed them

unto us by his

Spirit: for the

Spirit

searcheth all things, yea, the deep

things of God.

11 For what man

knoweth the

things of a man, save the spirit of

man which is in him? even so the

24 b tg God, Power of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with the

Father.

25 a

tg Foolishness.

26 a

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

JSt 1 Cor. 1:26 . . .

chosen . . .

John 12:43 (42–43).

tg Called of God.

27 a James 2:5 (1–9);

D&C 1:23 (18–20, 23).

gr shame, frustrate.

Alma 37:7 (6–7);

D&C 133:58 (58–59).

c Ether 12:27 (23–29);

D&C 35:13; 124:1.

30 a

tg Sanctification.

31 a Jer. 9:24 (23–24);

1 Cor. 5:6;

Alma 26:16 (16, 35).

1 a tg Testimony.

2 a

gr except.

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

3 a Gal. 4:13;

Ether 12:23 (23–29).

4 a 1 Thes. 1:5.

gr persuasive.

tg Teaching with the

Spirit.

d 2 Ne. 28:4 (3–5).

tg Priesthood, Power of.

5 a 2 Cor. 4:7.

6 a

tg Perfection.

7 a

tg Wisdom.

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

c Col. 2:3.

gr foreordained.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

9 a Isa. 64:4; D&C 76:10.

tg Blessing; Reward.

10 a Alma 5:46 (45–48).

tg Revelation.

b 1 Thes. 4:8; 1 Jn. 3:24;

D&C 42:17.

c D&C 35:19.

gr explores,

investigates.

D&C 63:59.

11 a

tg Education.

1441 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12–3:13

things of God

knoweth no man,

but the

Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the

spirit of the world, but the spirit

which is of God; that we might know

the things that are freely given to

us of God.

13 Which things also we speak,

not in the words which man’s

wis-

dom teacheth, but which the Holy

Ghost

teacheth; comparing spiri-

tual things with spiritual.

14 But the

natural man

receiveth

not the things of the

Spirit of God:

for they are

foolishness unto him:

neither can he

know them, because

they are

spiritually

discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual

judgeth

all things, yet he himself is judged

of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of

the Lord, that he may

instruct him?

But we have the

mind of Christ.

CHAPTER 3

Milk comes before meat in the Church—

Men’s works will be tried by fire—The

Saints are the temple of God, and if

they are faithful, they will inherit all

things.

A I, brethren, could not speak unto

you as unto spiritual, but as unto

carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with

milk, and

not with meat: for hitherto ye were

not able to bear it, neither yet now

are ye able.

3 For ye are yet

carnal: for whereas

there is among you

envying, and

strife, and

divisions, are ye not

carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul;

and another, I am of Apollos; are ye

not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is

Apollos, but

ministers by whom

ye believed, even as the Lord gave

to every man?

6 I have

planted, Apollos watered;

but God

gave the

increase.

7 So then neither is he that plant-

eth any thing, neither he that

watereth; but God that giveth the

increase.

8 Now he that planteth and he

that watereth are one: and every

man shall receive his own

reward

according to his own labour.

9 For we are

labourers together

with God: ye are God’s

husbandry,

ye are God’s building.

10 According to the

grace of God

which is given unto me, as a wise

masterbuilder, I have laid the

foundation, and another buildeth

thereon. But let every man take

heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For other

foundation can no

man lay than that is laid, which is

Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this

foundation gold, silver, precious

stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Every man’s work shall be

made manifest: for the day shall

11 b Mark 6:52; John 1:5;

Jacob 4:8 (8–10, 13);

Alma 26:21 (21–22).

JSt 1 Cor. 2:11 . . . except

he has the Spirit of God.

tg Holy Ghost, Source

of Testimony.

12 a D&C 50:15.

13 a 2 Cor. 1:12.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

14 a 2 Ne. 9:43 (42–43).

tg Learn; Man, Natural,

Not Spiritually Reborn.

tg Teachable.

tg God, Spirit of.

d Ether 12:25 (23–28, 38).

tg Foolishness.

tg God, Knowledge

about; Knowledge.

tg Spirituality.

gr examined, tried,

judged.

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

15 a

gr examines, tries,

judges.

16 a Rom. 11:34;

D&C 22:4.

tg Counsel.

b 1 Jn. 3:24 (19–24);

4:12 (7–21);

Moses 4:6.

2 a Heb. 5:12 (11–14);

1 Pet. 2:2 (1–3);

D&C 19:22; 50:40.

3 a

tg Carnal Mind;

Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

tg Envy.

tg Strife.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

5 a

gr servants.

2 Cor. 3:6.

6 a John 4:37 (36–38);

1 Cor. 9:1.

gr caused, gave growth.

c Mark 4:27 (26–29).

8 a

tg Reward; Wages.

9 a 2 Cor. 6:1.

gr cultivated field,

farm.

10 a

tg Grace.

11 a Matt. 16:18;

2 Ne. 4:30.

tg Cornerstone.

14421 CORINTHIANS 3:14–4:8

declare it, because it shall be re-

vealed by fire; and the

fire shall

try

every man’s work of what sort it is.

14 If any man’s work abide which

he hath built thereupon, he shall

receive a reward.

15 If any man’s work shall be

burned, he shall suffer loss: but

he himself

shall be saved; yet so

as by fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are the

temple of God, and that the

Spirit

of God dwelleth

in you?

17 If any man

defile the temple

of God, him shall God destroy; for

the temple of God is

holy, which

temple ye are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If

any man among you

seemeth to be

wise in this world, let him become

fool, that he may be

wise.

19 For the

wisdom of this

world

foolishness with God. For it is

written, He taketh the wise in their

own

craftiness.

20 And again, The Lord

knoweth

the thoughts of the wise, that they

are

vain.

21 Therefore let no man

glory in

men. For all things are yours;

22 Whether

Paul, or Apollos, or

Cephas, or the world, or life, or

death, or things present, or things

to come;

all are yours;

23 And ye are

Christ’s; and Christ

is God’s.

CHAPTER 4

Christ’s ministers must be faithful—The

Apostles suffer, minister, and keep the

faith—The kingdom of God is not in

word but in power.

L a man so account of us, as of the

ministers of Christ, and stewards of

the

mysteries of God.

2 Moreover it is required in

stew-

ards, that a man be found

faithful.

3 But with me it is a very small

thing that I should be judged of

you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I

judge not mine own self.

4 For I know nothing

by myself;

yet am I not hereby justified: but he

that

judgeth me is the Lord.

5 Therefore judge nothing before

the time, until the Lord come, who

both will bring to light the

hidden

things of darkness, and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts:

and then shall every man have

praise of God.

6 And these things, brethren, I have

in a figure transferred to myself

and to Apollos for your sakes; that

ye might learn in us not to think

of men above that which is written,

that no one of you be

puffed up

for one against another.

7 For who maketh thee

to differ

from another? and what hast thou

that thou didst not

receive? now

if thou didst receive it, why dost

thou glory, as if thou hadst not re-

ceived it?

8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich,

ye have reigned as kings without

us: and I would to God ye did reign,

that we also might reign with you.

13 a Mal. 3:2 (2–3).

gr test, put to proof.

tg Test.

15 a

JSt 1 Cor. 3:15 . . . may . . .

16 a

tg Body, Sanctity of;

Life, Sanctity of;

Temple.

tg God, Spirit of.

gr in, within, among.

17 a

gr spoil, corrupt,

deprave.

tg Cleanliness;

Filthiness;

Holy Ghost, Loss of;

Pollution; Sacrilege;

Uncleanness;

Word of Wisdom.

tg Holiness; Sacred.

18 a

tg Boast.

b 2 Ne. 9:42 (42–43).

tg Learn.

19 a

tg God, Wisdom of;

Knowledge; Wisdom.

tg World; Worldliness.

tg Foolishness.

gr cunning, villainy.

20 a

tg God, Omni-

science of.

gr deceptive, fruitless.

21 a 1 Cor. 5:6;

D&C 76:61 (58–62).

22 a D&C 76:99.

b Luke 12:44.

23 a 2 Cor. 10:7.

1 a tg God, Knowledge

about;

Mysteries of Godliness.

2 a

tg Delegation of

Responsibility;

Stewardship.

tg Trustworthiness.

4 a

JSt 1 Cor. 4:4 . . . against

myself . . .

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

5 a D&C 123:13.

b Rom. 2:16.

6 a

gr proud, arrogant.

D&C 38:24.

7 a

gr different from,

superior to.

b Mosiah 4:19.

1443 1 CORINTHIANS 4:9–5:7

9 For I think that God hath set forth

us the

apostles last, as it were

ap-

pointed to death: for we are made

a spectacle unto the world, and to

angels, and to men.

10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but

ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,

but ye are strong; ye are honourable,

but we are despised.

11 Even unto this present hour

we both hunger, and thirst, and are

naked, and are

buffeted, and have

no certain dwellingplace;

12 And

labour, working with our

own

hands: being

reviled, we

bless; being

persecuted, we

suffer

it:

13 Being defamed, we entreat: we

are made as the filth of the world,

and are the offscouring of all things

unto this day.

14 I write not these things to

shame you, but as my beloved

sons

warn you.

15 For though ye have ten thou-

sand instructors in Christ, yet have

ye not many fathers: for in Christ

Jesus I have begotten you through

the

gospel.

16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye

followers of me.

17 For this cause have I sent unto

you

Timotheus, who is my beloved

son, and faithful in the Lord, who

shall bring you into remembrance

of my ways which be in Christ, as I

teach every where in every church.

18 Now some are

puffed up, as

though I would not come to you.

19 But I will come to you shortly,

if the Lord will, and will know, not

the speech of them which are puffed

up, but the power.

20 For the kingdom of God is not

in word, but in

power.

What will ye? shall I come unto

you with a rod, or in love, and in

the spirit of

meekness?

CHAPTER 5

The Church cannot fellowship sinners

—Christ, our passover, was sacrificed

for us.

I is reported commonly that there

fornication among you, and

such fornication as is not so much

as named among the Gentiles, that

one should have his father’s wife.

2 And ye are

puffed up, and have

not rather mourned, that he that

hath done this deed might be taken

away from among you.

3 For I verily,

as absent in body,

but present in spirit, have judged

already, as though I were present,

concerning him that hath so done

this deed,

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, when ye are gathered to-

gether,

and my spirit, with the

power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5 To

deliver such an one unto Sa-

tan for the

destruction of the flesh,

that the spirit may be saved in the

day of the Lord Jesus.

6 Your

glorying is not good. Know

ye not that a little leaven leaveneth

the whole lump?

Purge out therefore the old

leaven, that ye may be a new lump,

as ye are

unleavened. For even

9 a gr last apostles.

Rom. 1:1;

1 Ne. 11:34 (33–34).

b D&C 42:48.

11 a

gr roughly treated,

afflicted.

12 a

tg Labor.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

c D&C 38:40.

tg Malice;

Reviling.

tg Persecution.

gr endure patiently.

14 a

tg Shame.

b 1 Thes. 2:11.

tg Warn.

15 a

tg Gospel.

16 a

gr imitators.

1 Cor. 11:1.

17 a Acts 16:1;

1 Tim. 1:2.

18 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

20 a 1 Cor. 1:18 (17–18);

D&C 18:47; 42:14.

tg Priesthood, Power of.

21 a

ie Which do you choose?

gr gentleness, kindness.

1 a gr sexual immorality.

tg Sexual Immorality.

2 a Alma 5:53 (53–56); 6:3.

3 a

gr as it were.

4 a

JSt 1 Cor. 5:4 . . . and

have the Spirit, with . . .

5 a 1 Tim. 1:20;

D&C 78:12 (11–12).

tg Punish.

c D&C 2:1; 19:3; 39:21;

45:12 (12–34);

Moses 7:65 (59–67).

6 a

gr boasting.

1 Cor. 1:31;

3:21 (18–21).

7 a D&C 43:11.

tg Bread, Unleavened.

14441 CORINTHIANS 5:8–6:11

Christ our

passover is sacrificed

for us:

8 Therefore let us keep the

feast,

not with old

leaven, neither with

the leaven of malice and wicked-

ness; but with the unleavened bread

sincerity and truth.

9 I wrote unto you in an

epistle

not to

company with

fornicators:

10 Yet not altogether with the for-

nicators of this world, or with the

covetous, or

extortioners, or with

idolaters; for then must ye needs go

out of the world.

11 But now I have written unto you

not to keep

company, if any man

that is called a brother be a fornicator,

or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer,

or a

drunkard, or an extortioner; with

such an one

no not to

eat.

12 For what have I to do to judge

them also that are

without? do not

judge them that are within?

13 But them that are without God

judgeth. Therefore put away from

among yourselves that wicked person.

CHAPTER 6

Church members should not fight one

another in the courts—The unrighteous

will not be saved—True Saints are the

temple of the Holy Ghost.

D any of you, having a

matter

against another, go to

law before

the unjust, and not before the saints?

2 Do ye not know that the saints

shall

judge the

world? and if the

world shall be judged by you, are

ye unworthy to judge the smallest

matters?

3 Know ye not that we shall judge

angels? how much more things that

pertain to this life?

4 If then ye have judgments of

things pertaining to this life, set

them to judge who are least es-

teemed in the church.

5 I speak to your

shame. Is it so,

that there is not a wise man among

you? no, not one that shall be able

to judge between his brethren?

6 But brother goeth to law with

brother, and that before the unbe-

lievers.

7 Now therefore there is utterly

a fault among you, because ye go

to law one with another. Why do

ye not rather take

wrong? why

do ye not rather

suffer yourselves to

defrauded?

8 Nay, ye do wrong, and

defraud,

and that your brethren.

9 Know ye not that the

unrigh-

teous shall not

inherit the kingdom

of God? Be not deceived: neither

fornicators, nor idolaters, nor

adul-

terers, nor

effeminate, nor

abusers

of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor

thieves, nor covetous, nor

drunkards, nor

revilers, nor

ex-

tortioners, shall inherit the king-

dom of God.

11 And such were some of you: but

ye are

washed, but ye are

sancti-

fied, but ye are justified in the

name

7 c tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Passover.

8 a Ex. 12:14 (14–17).

tg Leaven.

tg Sincere.

9 a

tg Scriptures, Lost.

b 2 Thes. 3:6 (6, 11–15).

gr sexually

immoral persons,

male prostitutes.

tg Fornication.

10 a

tg Covet.

gr swindlers, robbers.

11 a Rom. 16:17.

tg Drunkenness.

gr not even.

d 2 Jn. 1:10.

12 a

gr outside, foreign, not

belonging.

b 1 Cor. 6:1.

1 a Ex. 18:16.

b Matt. 18:17; 1 Cor. 5:12;

D&C 64:12 (9–12).

2 a See

JSt Matt. 7:1–2

(Matt. 7:1 note a).

Dan. 7:22; Rev. 20:4.

tg Judgment, the Last.

tg World.

5 a

tg Shame.

7 a

tg Retribution.

tg Forbear.

c Luke 6:29 (29–30).

8 a

tg Fraud; Injustice;

Selfishness.

9 a 1 Ne. 10:21;

Alma 11:37; 40:26;

Moses 6:57.

tg Worthiness.

b John 3:5; 1 Cor. 15:50.

gr sexually

immoral persons,

male prostitutes.

tg Fornication.

tg Adulterer;

Sexual Immorality.

gr catamites.

gr male homosexuals.

tg Homosexual

Behavior.

10 a

tg Stealing.

tg Drunkenness;

Word of Wisdom.

tg Reviling.

gr robbers.

11 a

tg Baptism; Wash.

tg Sanctification.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of;

Name.

1445 1 CORINTHIANS 6:12–7:9

of the Lord Jesus, and by the

Spirit

of our God.

All things are lawful unto me,

but all things are not

expedient:

all things are lawful for me, but

I will not be brought under the

power of any.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly

for meats: but God shall destroy both

it and them. Now the body is not for

fornication, but for the Lord; and

the Lord for the body.

14 And God hath both raised up

the Lord, and will also

raise up us

by his own power.

15 Know ye not that your bodies

are the

members of Christ? shall

I then take the members of Christ,

and make them the members of an

harlot? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he

which is joined to an harlot is one

body? for two, saith he, shall be

one flesh.

17 But he that is joined unto the

Lord is

one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that

a man doeth is without the body;

but he that committeth fornication

sinneth against his own body.

19 What? know ye not that your

body is the

temple of the Holy

Ghost which is in you, which ye

have of God, and ye are not your

own?

20 For ye are

bought with a price:

therefore glorify God in your body,

and in your spirit, which are God’s.

CHAPTER 7

Paul answers special questions about

marriage among those called on mis-

sions—Paul praises self-discipline.

N concerning the things whereof

ye wrote unto me:

It is good for a

man not to touch a woman.

2 Nevertheless,

to avoid

fornica-

tion, let every man have his own

wife, and let every woman have

her own husband.

3 Let the

husband render unto the

wife due

benevolence: and likewise

also the wife unto the husband.

4 The wife hath not power of her

own body, but the husband: and

likewise also the husband hath

not power of his own body, but the

wife.

Defraud ye not one the other,

except it be with consent for a time,

that ye may give yourselves to fast-

ing and prayer; and come together

again, that

Satan

tempt you not

for your incontinency.

6 But I speak this by permission,

and not of commandment.

7 For I would that all men were

even as I myself. But every man hath

his

proper

gift of God, one after

this manner, and another after that.

8 I say therefore to the unmarried

and

widows, It is good for them if

they abide even as I.

But if they cannot

contain, let

them marry: for it is better to marry

than to

burn.

11 d tg God, Spirit of.

12 a

JSt 1 Cor. 6:12 All

these things are not

lawful unto me, and

all these things are not

expedient. All things

are not lawful for me,

therefore I will not . . .

gr beneficial,

advantageous.

13 a

gr sexual immorality.

tg Chastity;

Fornication.

14 a

tg Resurrection.

15 a Eph. 5:30.

16 a

tg Marriage, Marry.

17 a 3 Ne. 19:23 (23, 29).

19 a

tg Body, Sanctity of;

Chastity.

tg Temple.

c 1 Cor. 7:23.

20 a Ex. 15:16;

1 Pet. 1:18 (17–21);

2 Pet. 2:1.

1 a JSt 1 Cor. 7:1 . . . saying,

It is good . . .

2 a

JSt 1 Cor. 7:2 . . . I say, to

avoid . . .

tg Fornication.

tg Marriage, Marry;

Marriage, Wives.

3 a

tg Marriage, Husbands.

tg Marriage, Wives.

tg Benevolence;

Family, Love within;

Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in.

5 a

JSt 1 Cor. 7:5 Depart

ye not one from the

other . . .

tg Family, Love within;

Fraud.

tg Devil.

tg Test.

7 a

gr own.

tg God, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

8 a

tg Widows.

9 a

JSt 1 Cor. 7:9 But if they

cannot abide, let them

marry; for it is better

to marry than that any

should commit sin.

gr use self-control.

gr burn with lust.

14461 CORINTHIANS 7:10–31

10 And unto the married I com-

mand, yet not I, but the Lord, Let

not the

wife

depart from her

husband:

11 But and if she depart, let her re-

main unmarried, or be

reconciled

to her husband: and let not the hus-

band

put away his wife.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the

Lord: If any brother hath a wife that

believeth not, and she be pleased

to dwell with him, let him not put

her away.

13 And the woman which hath an

husband that believeth not, and if

he be pleased to dwell with her, let

her not leave him.

For the unbelieving

husband

sanctified by the wife, and the

unbelieving wife is

sanctified by

the husband: else were your chil-

dren unclean; but now are they holy.

15 But if the unbelieving depart,

let him depart. A brother or a sister

is not under bondage in such cases:

but God hath called us

to peace.

16 For what knowest thou, O wife,

whether thou shalt

save thy hus-

band? or how knowest thou, O man,

whether thou shalt save thy wife?

17 But as

God hath distributed to

every man, as the Lord hath called

every one, so let him walk. And so

ordain I in all churches.

18 Is any man called being cir-

cumcised? let him not

become

uncircumcised. Is any called in

uncircumcision? let him not be

circumcised.

Circumcision is nothing, and

uncircumcision is nothing, but the

keeping of the commandments of

God.

20 Let every man abide in the same

calling wherein he was called.

21 Art thou called being a servant?

care not for it: but if thou mayest

be made free, use it rather.

22 For he that is called in the Lord,

being a servant, is the Lord’s

free-

man: likewise also he that is called,

being free, is Christ’s

servant.

23 Ye are

bought with a price; be

not ye the

servants of men.

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein

he is called, therein abide with

God.

25 Now concerning virgins I have

no commandment of the Lord: yet

I give my judgment, as one that

hath obtained

mercy of the Lord

to be faithful.

26 I suppose therefore that this

is good for the present

distress,

I say, that it is good for a man so

to be.

27 Art thou bound unto a wife?

seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed

from a wife? seek not a wife.

28 But and if thou marry, thou hast

not sinned; and if a virgin marry,

she hath not sinned. Nevertheless

such shall have trouble in the flesh:

but I spare you.

But this I say, brethren, the

time is short: it remaineth, that both

they that have wives be as though

they had none;

30 And they that weep, as though

they wept not; and they that re-

joice, as though they rejoiced not;

and they that buy, as though they

possessed not;

31 And they that use this world,

as not abusing it: for the

fashion of

this

world passeth away.

10 a Matt. 5:32.

tg Chastity;

Family, Patriarchal.

tg Divorce.

11 a

tg Peacemakers;

Reconciliation.

tg Divorce.

13 a

tg Marriage, Husbands.

14 a D&C 74.

tg Marriage, Interfaith.

tg Sanctification.

gr cleansed.

15 a

gr in.

16 a

tg Family, Love within.

17 a Rom. 12:3.

gr order, prescribe.

18 a

gr conceal, obliterate

circumcision.

19 a

tg Circumcision.

22 a Mosiah 5:8;

D&C 88:86.

b Eph. 6:6;

Col. 3:24.

23 a 1 Cor. 6:19 (19–20).

gr slaves.

25 a 1 Tim. 1:13.

26 a

gr trial, affliction.

JSt 1 Cor. 7:26 . . .

distress, for a man so

to remain that he may do

greater good.

29 a

JSt 1 Cor. 7:29–33, 38

(Appendix).

31 a James 4:14;

1 Jn. 2:17.

tg Worldliness.

1447 1 CORINTHIANS 7:32–8:9

32 But I would have you without

carefulness. He that is unmarried

careth for the things that belong

to the Lord, how he may please

the Lord:

33 But he that is married careth

for the things that are of the world,

how he may please his wife.

34 There is difference also between

a wife and a virgin. The unmarried

woman careth for the things of the

Lord, that she may be holy both

in body and in spirit: but she that

is married careth for the things of

the world, how she may please her

husband.

35 And this I speak for your own

profit; not that I may cast a snare

upon you, but for that which is

comely, and that ye may attend

upon the Lord without distraction.

36 But if any man think that he

behaveth himself uncomely toward

his virgin, if she pass the flower of

her age, and need so require, let him

do what he will, he sinneth not: let

them marry.

37 Nevertheless he that standeth

steadfast in his heart, having no

necessity, but hath power over his

own will, and hath so decreed in his

heart that he will keep his virgin,

doeth well.

So then he that giveth her in

marriage doeth well; but he that

giveth her not in marriage doeth

better.

39 The

wife is bound by the

law

as long as her husband liveth; but

if her husband be dead, she is at

liberty to be married to whom she

will; only in the Lord.

40 But she is happier if she so abide,

after my judgment: and I think also

that I have the Spirit of God.

CHAPTER 8

There are many gods and many lords—

To us there is one God (the Father) and

one Lord, who is Christ.

N

as touching things offered

unto

idols, we know that we all

have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth

up, but

charity

edifieth.

2 And if any man think that he

knoweth any thing, he knoweth

nothing yet as he ought to

know.

3 But if any man love God, the

same is

known of him.

4 As concerning therefore the eat-

ing of those things

that are offered

in sacrifice unto

idols, we know that

idol is nothing in the world, and

that there is none other God but one.

5 For though there be that are

called gods, whether in heaven or

in earth, (as there be gods many,

and lords many,)

6 But to us there is but one

God,

the

Father, of whom are all things,

and we in him; and one

Lord Jesus

Christ, by whom are

all things, and

we by him.

7 Howbeit there is not in every man

that knowledge: for some with con-

science of the idol unto this hour

eat it as a thing offered unto an idol;

and their

conscience being weak

is defiled.

8 But

meat commendeth us not to

God: for neither, if we eat, are we

the better; neither, if we eat not, are

we the worse.

9 But take heed lest by any means

this

liberty of yours become a

32 a gr cares.

38 a

JSt 1 Cor. 7:38 So then

he that giveth himself in

marriage doeth well;

but he that giveth

himself not in marriage

doeth better.

39 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

tg Marriage, Temporal.

1 a gr concerning.

b Acts 15:29.

gr love.

tg Charity.

gr builds up,

strengthens, establishes,

repairs.

tg Edification.

2 a

tg Education;

Study.

3 a John 10:14.

4 a

JSt 1 Cor. 8:4 . . . which

are in the world offered

in sacrifice unto idols,

we know that an idol is

nothing, and . . .

b Gal. 4:8.

tg Idolatry.

c 1 Cor. 10:19 (19–20).

6 a

tg Godhead.

b Dan. 2:47;

Eph. 4:6.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

tg Jesus Christ,

Power of.

7 a

tg Conscience.

8 a

tg Food.

9 a

tg Liberty;

Motivations.

14481 CORINTHIANS 8:10–9:16

stumblingblock to them that are

weak.

10 For if any man see thee which

hast knowledge sit at meat in the

idol’s temple, shall not the con-

science of him which is weak be

emboldened to eat those things

which are offered to idols;

11 And through thy knowledge

shall the weak brother perish, for

whom Christ died?

12 But when ye sin so against the

brethren, and wound their weak

conscience, ye sin against Christ.

13 Wherefore, if meat

make my

brother to

offend, I will

eat no

flesh while the world standeth, lest

I make my brother to offend.

CHAPTER 9

Paul rejoices in his Christian liberty—

He preaches the gospel to all without

charge—He is all things to all men to

gain converts.

A I not an

apostle? am I not free?

have I not

seen Jesus Christ our

Lord? are not ye my

work in the

Lord?

2 If I be not an apostle unto oth-

ers, yet doubtless I am to you: for

the

seal of mine apostleship are ye

in the Lord.

3 Mine

answer to them that do

examine me is this,

4 Have we not power to eat and

to drink?

5 Have we not power to lead about

a sister, a

wife, as well as other

apostles, and as the

brethren of

the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have

not we power to forbear working?

7 Who goeth a

warfare any time

at his own charges? who planteth

vineyard, and

eateth not of the

fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock,

and eateth not of the milk of the

flock?

8 Say I these things as a man? or

saith not the law the same also?

9 For it is written in the law of

Moses, Thou shalt not

muzzle the

mouth of the ox that treadeth out the

corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

10 Or saith he it altogether for our

sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this

written: that he that ploweth

should plow in hope; and that he

that thresheth in hope should be

partaker of his hope.

11 If we have sown unto you

spiri-

tual things, is it a great thing if we

shall reap your carnal things?

12 If others be partakers of this

power over you, are not we rather?

Nevertheless we have not used this

power; but suffer all things, lest

we should hinder the gospel of

Christ.

13 Do ye not know that they which

minister about holy things

live of

the things of the temple? and they

which wait at the altar are partak-

ers with the altar?

14 Even so hath the Lord ordained

that they which

preach the

gospel

should

live of the gospel.

15 But I have used none of these

things: neither have I written these

things, that it should be so done

unto me: for it were better for me

to die, than that any man should

make my glorying void.

16 For though I preach the

gos-

pel, I have nothing to glory of: for

9 b Rom. 14:13;

1 Cor. 10:32 (24–33).

c Rom. 14:1.

12 a 1 Jn. 3:14 (10–18).

13 a

gr cause my brother to

stumble, falter.

b Rom. 14:21 (20–21).

tg Abstain.

1 a 2 Cor. 12:11 (11–12);

Gal. 2:7 (7–8);

1 Tim. 2:7.

b Acts 9:17 (3, 17);

2 Cor. 12:1 (1, 7);

Gal. 1:12.

c 1 Cor. 3:6.

2 a

gr certification, proof,

token.

2 Cor. 3:2.

3 a

gr defense.

gr question, call into

account, judge.

5 a Matt. 8:14.

b Matt. 12:46;

John 7:3 (3, 5, 10).

7 a 2 Cor. 10:4.

b Deut. 20:6.

c Prov. 27:18.

9 a Deut. 25:4.

10 a Rom. 15:4.

b 2 Tim. 2:6 (5–6).

11 a Rom. 15:27.

12 a

gr authority.

13 a Deut. 18:1 (1–2).

gr eat.

14 a Rom. 2:21 (21–23);

Alma 39:11 (11–12).

tg Gospel.

c Matt. 10:10.

16 a

tg Gospel.

1449 1 CORINTHIANS 9:17–10:8

necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is

unto me, if I

preach not the gospel!

17 For if I do this thing

willingly,

I have a

reward: but if against my

will, a

dispensation of the gospel is

committed unto me.

18 What is my reward then? Verily

that, when I preach the gospel, I may

make the gospel of Christ without

charge, that I abuse not my power

in the gospel.

19 For though I be free from all

men, yet have I made myself

ser-

vant unto all, that I might gain the

more.

20 And unto the Jews I became as

a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to

them that are under the law, as un-

der the law, that I might gain them

that are under the law;

21 To them that are without law,

as without law, (being not without

law to God, but under the law to

Christ,) that I might gain them that

are without law.

22 To the weak became I as

weak,

that I might gain the weak: I am

made

all things to all men, that I

might by all means save some.

23 And this I do for the gospel’s

sake, that I might be partaker thereof

with you.

24 Know ye not that they which

run in a race run all, but one re-

ceiveth the prize? So run, that ye

may obtain.

25 And every man that striveth

for the

mastery is

temperate in

all things. Now they do it to obtain

a corruptible

crown; but we an

in-

corruptible.

26 I therefore so run, not as un-

certainly; so fight I, not as one that

beateth the air:

27 But I

keep under my

body,

and bring it into subjection: lest

that by any means, when I have

preached to others, I myself should

be a castaway.

CHAPTER 10

Christ is the God of Israel and the

spiritual Rock that guided them—

Ancient Israel rebelled against Christ

—Paul contrasts true and false

sacraments.

M, brethren, I would not

that ye should be ignorant, how that

all our fathers were under the

cloud,

and all passed through the

sea;

2 And were all

baptized unto Mo-

ses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 And did all eat the same spiri-

tual

meat;

4 And did all drink the same spiri-

tual drink: for they drank of that

spiritual Rock that followed them:

and that

Rock was Christ.

5 But with many of them

God

was not well

pleased: for they were

overthrown in the

wilderness.

6 Now these things were our

ex-

amples, to the intent we should not

lust after evil things, as they also

lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were

some of them; as it is written, The

people sat down to eat and drink,

and rose up to play.

8 Neither let us commit

fornica-

tion, as some of them committed,

16 b tg Duty.

tg Missionary Work;

Preaching.

17 a

tg Initiative.

tg Reward.

c Gal. 2:7.

tg Dispensations.

18 a Acts 20:34 (33–34);

2 Cor. 11:7;

1 Thes. 2:9;

Mosiah 2:14 (12, 14–18).

19 a 2 Cor. 4:5.

tg Servant.

22 a 2 Cor. 11:29.

b 1 Cor. 10:33 (32–33).

25 a 2 Tim. 2:5.

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Temperance.

tg Reward.

d 1 Pet. 1:4 (1–16).

27 a

gr rigorously discipline.

tg Chastity.

1 a Ps. 99:7;

D&C 103:20 (19–20).

tg Israel,

Deliverance of.

2 a

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

3 a Ex. 16:15.

4 a 3 Ne. 15:5.

tg Cornerstone;

Jesus Christ, Jehovah;

Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Anticipation;

Rock.

5 a Num. 21:5;

Ezek. 20:13 (10–26).

b D&C 68:31.

gr strewn, buried.

Heb. 3:17.

d Num. 26:65 (64–65);

Jude 1:5.

6 a

gr types.

gr desire, long for.

tg Lust.

7 a Ex. 32:6.

8 a

tg Fornication.

14501 CORINTHIANS 10:9–29

and fell in one day three and twenty

thousand.

9 Neither let us

tempt Christ, as

some of them also tempted, and

were destroyed of serpents.

10 Neither

murmur ye, as some

of them also murmured, and were

destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened

unto them for

ensamples:

and they

are

written for our

admonition,

upon whom the ends of the world

are come.

12 Wherefore let him that think-

eth he

standeth take heed lest he

fall.

13 There hath no temptation

taken

you but such as is common to man:

but God is faithful, who will not

suffer you to be

tempted above

that ye are able; but will with the

temptation also make a way to

escape, that ye may be able to

bear it.

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved,

flee from

idolatry.

15 I speak as to wise men; judge

ye what I say.

16 The

cup of

blessing which we

bless, is it not the

communion of the

blood of Christ? The bread which

we break, is it not the communion

of the body of Christ?

17 For we being many are one bread,

and one body: for we are all partak-

ers of that one bread.

18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are

not they which eat of the sacrifices

partakers of the altar?

19 What say I then? that the idol

is any thing, or that which is of-

fered in sacrifice to

idols is any

thing?

20 But I say, that the things which

the Gentiles sacrifice, they

sacri-

fice to devils, and not to God: and I

would not that ye should have fel-

lowship with devils.

21 Ye cannot drink the

cup of the

Lord, and the cup of devils: ye can-

not be partakers of the Lord’s table,

and of the table of devils.

22 Do we provoke the Lord to

jeal-

ousy? are we stronger than he?

All things are lawful for me,

but all things are not

expedient:

all things are lawful for me, but all

things

edify not.

24 Let no man seek his

own, but

every man another’s

wealth.

25 Whatsoever is sold in the

sham-

bles, that eat, asking no question for

conscience sake:

26 For the

earth is the Lord’s, and

the fulness thereof.

27 If any of them that believe not

bid you to a

feast, and ye be dis-

posed to go; whatsoever is set be-

fore you, eat, asking no question for

conscience sake.

28 But if any man say unto you,

This is offered in sacrifice unto idols,

eat not for his sake that shewed it,

and for conscience sake: for the

earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness

thereof:

29 Conscience, I say, not thine

own, but of the other: for why is my

9 a tg Test.

10 a

tg Murmuring.

b Num. 14:37.

11 a

gr types.

tg Example.

JSt 1 Cor. 10:11 . . . and

they were written for

our admonition also,

and for an admonition for

those upon whom the

end of the world shall

come.

c Rom. 15:4.

tg Warn.

12 a Philip. 4:1 (1–7).

b Acts 1:25;

D&C 3:9; 58:15.

13 a

gr seized upon.

b Job 4:7 (1, 2, 7); 37:23;

Ps. 34:17 (17, 19);

1 Ne. 22:19;

Alma 14:11.

tg Test.

tg Temptation.

d D&C 95:1.

tg Strength.

14 a

tg Idolatry.

16 a Matt. 26:27 (26–29).

tg Blessing.

gr aid, fellowship,

partnership.

18 a

gr sharers, partners.

19 a 1 Cor. 8:4.

20 a Deut. 32:17.

tg Sacrifice;

Superstitions.

21 a 2 Cor. 6:16 (14–17).

22 a

tg Jealous.

23 a

JSt 1 Cor. 10:23 All

things are not lawful

for me, for all things

are not expedient; all

things are not lawful,

for all things edify not.

gr advantageous,

appropriate, beneficial.

tg Edification.

24 a Philip. 2:21 (17–30).

JSt 1 Cor. 10:24 . . . good.

25 a

gr market.

26 a Ps. 24:1.

tg God, Works of.

27 a Ex. 34:15.

1451 1 CORINTHIANS 10:30–11:18

liberty judged of another man’s

conscience?

30 For if I

by grace be a partaker,

why am I evil spoken of for that for

which I give thanks?

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or

drink, or whatsoever ye do,

do all

to the glory of God.

32 Give none

offence, neither to

the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor

to the church of God:

33 Even as I please all men in all

things, not

seeking mine own profit,

but the

profit of many, that they

may be

saved.

CHAPTER 11

Paul speaks of certain customs of hair

and grooming—Heresies will arise

that test and prove the faithful—The

sacramental emblems are partaken

in remembrance of the flesh and

blood of Christ—Beware of partaking

unworthily.

B ye

followers of me, even as I

also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brethren,

that

ye remember me in all things, and

keep the

ordinances, as I delivered

them to you.

3 But I would have you know, that

the head of every man is Christ;

and the

head of the

woman is

the man; and the

head of Christ is

God.

4 Every man praying or prophe-

sying, having his head covered, dis-

honoureth his head.

5 But every woman that prayeth

or prophesieth with her head un-

covered dishonoureth her head: for

that is

even all one as if she were

shaven.

6 For if the woman be not covered,

let her also be shorn: but if it be a

shame for a woman to be shorn or

shaven, let her be covered.

7 For a man indeed ought not to

cover his head, forasmuch as he is

the image and glory of God: but

the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman;

but the woman of the man.

9 Neither was the man created

for the woman; but the woman for

the man.

10 For this cause ought the woman

to have power on her head because

of the angels.

11 Nevertheless neither is the

man without the woman, neither

the

woman without the man, in

the Lord.

12 For as the woman is of the

man, even so is the man also by the

woman; but all things of God.

13 Judge in yourselves: is it

comely

that a woman pray unto God un-

covered?

14 Doth not even nature itself teach

you, that, if a man have long

hair,

it is a shame unto him?

15 But if a woman have long hair,

it is a glory to her: for her hair is

given her for a covering.

16 But if any man seem to be

con-

tentious, we have no such custom,

neither the churches of God.

17 Now in this that I declare unto

you I praise you not, that ye come

together not for the better, but for

the worse.

18 For first of all, when ye come

29 a tg Conscience.

30 a

gr with gratitude,

graciousness.

31 a Col. 3:17 (17–23).

32 a Rom. 14:13 (11–21);

1 Cor. 8:9 (7–13).

tg Offense.

33 a 2 Cor. 12:14.

gr benefit, advantage.

c 1 Cor. 9:22 (19–23).

1 a gr imitators.

1 Cor. 4:16;

Eph. 5:1 (1–5).

2 a

gr because.

gr precepts, doctrines,

traditions.

tg Ordinance.

3 a

tg Marriage,

Husbands.

tg Marriage, Wives;

Woman.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with the

Father.

5 a

gr one and the same as.

6 a

tg Shame.

11 a

tg Family, Eternal;

Marriage, Celestial;

Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in;

Marriage, Husbands.

tg Marriage, Wives.

13 a

gr proper, fitting,

becoming.

14 a Ezek. 44:20.

16 a 1 Cor. 14:33 (33, 40);

3 Ne. 11:22.

tg Contention.

14521 CORINTHIANS 11:19–12:4

together in the

church, I hear that

there be

divisions among you; and

I partly believe it.

19 For there must be also

here-

sies among you, that they which are

approved may be made manifest

among you.

20 When ye come together there-

fore into one place,

this is not to

eat the Lord’s supper.

21 For in eating every one taketh

before other his own supper: and one

is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What? have ye not houses to eat

and to drink in? or despise ye the

church of God, and

shame them

that have not? What shall I say to

you? shall I praise you in this? I

praise you not.

23 For I have received of the Lord

that which also I delivered unto you,

That the Lord Jesus the same night in

which he was betrayed took

bread:

24 And when he had given thanks,

he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this

is my body, which is broken for you:

this do in

remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he

took the cup, when he had supped,

saying, This cup is the new testa-

ment in my blood: this do ye, as

oft as ye drink it, in remembrance

of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this

bread,

and drink this cup, ye do

shew the

Lord’s

death till he come.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat

this

bread, and drink this cup of the

Lord,

unworthily, shall

guilty

of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man

examine himself,

and so let him eat of that bread, and

drink of that cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh

unworthily, eateth and drinketh

damnation to himself, not discern-

ing the Lord’s body.

30 For this cause many are weak

and

sickly among you, and many

sleep.

31 For if we would

judge ourselves,

we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we

are

chastened of the Lord, that

we should not be condemned with

the world.

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when

ye come together to eat, tarry one

for another.

34 And if any man hunger, let him

eat at home; that ye come not to-

gether unto condemnation. And the

rest will I set in order when I come.

CHAPTER 12

The Holy Ghost reveals that Jesus is the

Christ—Spiritual gifts are present among

the Saints—Apostles, prophets, and

miracles are found in the true Church.

N concerning spiritual gifts, breth-

ren, I would not have you ignorant.

2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles,

carried away unto these dumb

idols, even as ye were led.

3 Wherefore I give you to under-

stand, that no man speaking by the

Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed:

and that no man can

say that Jesus

is the

Lord, but by the

Holy Ghost.

4 Now there are diversities of

gifts,

but the same Spirit.

18 a tg Assembly for

Worship; Meetings.

gr dissensions, schisms.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

Church.

19 a

gr sects, factions.

20 a

JSt 1 Cor. 11:20 . . . is

it not to eat the Lord’s

supper?

22 a

tg Church.

tg Shame.

23 a 3 Ne. 20:8 (3–9).

24 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

26 a

tg Sacrament.

gr proclaim, announce.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

27 a

tg Bread of Life.

b 3 Ne. 18:29 (28–32);

Morm. 9:29.

gr offend against.

tg Guilt.

28 a 2 Cor. 13:5 (5–7).

29 a

tg Sacrament.

gr condemnation,

judgment.

tg Damnation.

30 a

tg Sickness.

31 a

gr scrutinize, examine.

32 a

tg Chastening.

2 a gr led astray.

tg Idolatry.

3 a

tg Revelation;

Testimony.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

c John 6:44 (44, 63–65).

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of; Holy Ghost,

Source of Testimony;

Inspiration.

4 a

tg God, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Mission of.

1453 1 CORINTHIANS 12:5–29

5 And there are differences of ad-

ministrations, but the same Lord.

6 And there are diversities of opera-

tions, but it is the same God which

worketh all in all.

7 But the manifestation of the

Spirit is given to every man to

profit withal.

8 For to one is

given by the

Spirit

the

word of

wisdom; to another

the word of

knowledge by the

same Spirit;

9 To another

faith by the same

Spirit; to another the gifts of

heal-

ing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of

mira-

cles; to another

prophecy; to another

discerning of spirits; to another

divers kinds of tongues; to another

the interpretation of

tongues:

11 But all these worketh that one

and the selfsame Spirit, dividing

to every man severally as he will.

12 For as the body is one, and hath

many members, and all the mem-

bers of that one body, being many,

are one body: so also is Christ.

13 For by one Spirit are we all

baptized into one

body, whether

we be Jews or

Gentiles, whether we

bond or free; and have been all

made to drink into one Spirit.

14 For the body is not one mem-

ber, but many.

15 If the foot shall say, Because

I am not the hand, I am not of

the body; is it therefore not of the

body?

16 And if the ear shall say, Be-

cause I am not the eye, I am not of

the body; is it therefore not of the

body?

17 If the whole body were an eye,

where were the hearing? If the

whole were hearing, where were the

smelling?

18 But now hath God set the mem-

bers every one of them in the body,

as it hath pleased him.

19 And if they were all one mem-

ber, where were the body?

20 But now are they many members,

yet but one body.

21 And the eye cannot say unto the

hand, I have no need of thee: nor

again the

head to the feet, I have

no need of you.

22 Nay, much more those mem-

bers of the body, which seem to be

more feeble, are necessary:

23 And those members of the body,

which we think to be less honour-

able, upon these we bestow more

abundant honour; and our un-

comely parts have more abundant

comeliness.

24 For our comely parts have no

need: but God hath tempered the

body together, having given more

abundant honour to that part which

lacked:

25 That there should be no schism

in the body; but that the members

should have the same

care one for

another.

26 And whether one member

suf-

fer, all the members

suffer with it;

or one member be honoured, all the

members rejoice with it.

27 Now ye are the body of

Christ,

and

members in particular.

28 And God hath set some in the

church, first

apostles, secondarily

prophets, thirdly

teachers, after

that miracles, then gifts of healings,

helps,

governments, diversities of

tongues.

29 Are all apostles? are all prophets?

7 a D&C 46:16 (8–18).

tg God, Spirit of.

8 a D&C 35:23.

b D&C 25:7; 35:19.

c D&C 89:2.

tg Wisdom.

e Moro. 10:10.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Knowledge.

9 a

tg Faith.

tg Heal.

10 a

tg Miracle.

tg Prophecy.

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

tg Language.

13 a

tg Church.

gr Greeks.

Col. 3:11.

gr slaves.

D&C 24:11; 43:20.

21 a D&C 84:109.

tg Leadership.

22 a

gr weaker.

25 a 1 Cor. 1:10 (10–15).

26 a

tg Suffering.

tg Compassion.

27 a

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

tg Church

Organization.

28 a

tg Apostles.

tg Prophets,

Mission of.

tg Teacher.

tg Governments.

14541 CORINTHIANS 12:30–14:4

are all teachers? are all workers of

miracles?

30 Have all the gifts of healing?

do all speak with tongues? do all

interpret?

31 But

covet earnestly the best

gifts: and yet shew I unto you a

excellent way.

CHAPTER 13

Paul discusses the high status of char-

ity—Charity, a pure love, excels and

exceeds almost all else.

T I speak with the tongues

of men and of angels, and have not

charity, I am become as sounding

brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of

prophecy, and understand all

mysteries, and all knowledge; and

though I have all faith, so that I

could remove mountains, and have

not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods

to feed the

poor, and though I give

my body to be burned, and have

not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Charity

suffereth long, and is

kind; charity

envieth not; charity

vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself

unseemly,

seeketh not her own, is not easily

provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in

iniquity, but

rejoiceth in the

truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all

things, hopeth all things, endureth

all things.

8 Charity never

faileth: but

whether there be prophecies, they

shall fail; whether there be tongues,

they shall cease; whether there be

knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we

prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect

is come, then that which is in part

shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as

a child, I understood as a child, I

thought as a child: but when I be-

came a man, I put away childish

things.

12 For now we see through a

glass,

darkly; but then face to face: now I

know in part; but then shall I know

even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth

faith,

hope,

charity, these three; but the great-

est of these is charity.

CHAPTER 14

People should desire spiritual gifts—

Tongues and prophecy are compared—

Prophecy is the greater gift—Paul says,

You may all prophesy; covet to prophesy.

F after charity, and desire

spiritual

gifts, but rather that ye

may prophesy.

2 For he that speaketh in

an un-

known tongue speaketh not unto

men, but unto God: for no man

understandeth him; howbeit in the

spirit he speaketh mysteries.

3 But he that

prophesieth speak-

eth unto men to

edification, and

exhortation, and comfort.

4 He that speaketh in an unknown

tongue edifieth himself; but he that

prophesieth edifieth the church.

29 a tg Miracle.

31 a

gr seek earnestly, be

zealous for.

D&C 46:8 (8–9).

tg Covet.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

c Ether 12:11 (11–12, 32).

1 a gr love.

2 a

tg Prophecy.

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

3 a

tg Welfare.

4 a

tg Charity;

Courtesy.

tg Forbear;

Suffering.

tg Benevolence.

tg Envy.

5 a

gr indecently,

unbecomingly.

tg Selfishness.

tg Anger;

Provoking;

Self-Mastery.

6 a

gr injustice,

unrighteousness.

tg Truth.

8 a

tg Dependability.

12 a 2 Cor. 3:18;

James 1:23 (22–27).

tg Veil.

gr obscurely,

enigmatically.

13 a

tg Faith.

tg Hope.

tg Love.

1 a gr Pursue, follow

eagerly, earnestly.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

2 a

JSt 1 Cor. 14:2 . . .

another tongue . . .

(Note:

JSt uses

“another” in place of

“an unknown” in every

instance in vv. 4, 13, 14,

19, 27.)

3 a

tg Prophecy.

tg Edification.

1455 1 CORINTHIANS 14:5–26

5 I

would that ye all spake with

tongues, but rather that ye

prophe-

sied: for greater is he that prophe-

sieth than he that speaketh with

tongues, except he interpret, that

the church may receive edifying.

6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you

speaking with tongues, what shall

I profit you,

except I shall speak

to you either by

revelation, or by

knowledge, or by prophesying, or

by doctrine?

7 And even things without life

giving sound, whether pipe or harp,

except they give a distinction in the

sounds, how shall it be known what

is piped or harped?

8 For if the trumpet give an un-

certain sound, who shall prepare

himself to the battle?

9 So likewise ye, except ye utter

by the tongue words easy to be

understood, how shall it be known

what is spoken? for ye shall speak

into the air.

10 There are, it may be, so many

kinds of

voices in the world, and

none of them is without signification.

11 Therefore if I know not the

meaning of the voice, I shall be unto

him that speaketh a barbarian, and

he that speaketh shall be a barbar-

ian unto me.

12 Even so ye,

forasmuch as ye

are zealous of spiritual

gifts, seek

that ye may excel to the

edifying

of the church.

13 Wherefore let him that speak-

eth in an unknown tongue pray that

he may interpret.

14 For if I pray in an unknown

tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my

understanding is unfruitful.

15 What is it then? I will pray with

the spirit, and I will pray with the

understanding also: I will sing with

the spirit, and I will sing with the

understanding also.

16 Else when thou shalt bless with

the spirit, how shall he that occu-

pieth the room of the unlearned

say Amen at thy giving of thanks,

seeing he understandeth not what

thou sayest?

17 For thou verily givest thanks

well, but the other is not edified.

18 I thank my God, I speak with

tongues more than ye all:

19 Yet in the church I had rather

speak five words with my under-

standing, that by my voice I might

teach others also, than ten thousand

words in an unknown tongue.

20 Brethren, be not

children in

understanding: howbeit in

malice

be ye children, but in

understand-

ing be men.

21 In the law it is written, With

men of other tongues and other lips

will I speak unto this people; and

yet for all that will they not

hear

me, saith the Lord.

22 Wherefore

tongues are for a

sign, not to them that believe, but to

them that believe not: but

prophe-

sying serveth not for them that be-

lieve not, but for them which believe.

23 If therefore the whole church be

come together into one place, and

all speak with tongues, and there

come in those that are unlearned, or

unbelievers, will they not say that

ye are mad?

24 But if all prophesy, and there

come in one that believeth not, or

one unlearned, he is convinced of

all, he is judged of all:

25 And thus are the

secrets of his

heart made manifest; and so falling

down on his face he will worship

God, and report that God is in you

of a truth.

26 How is it then, brethren? when

ye come together, every one of you

hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath

a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an

5 a gr wish.

tg Prophecy.

6 a

gr unless.

tg Revelation.

10 a

tg Revelation.

12 a

gr since.

b D&C 46:10.

tg Edification.

14 a

gr mind.

19 a

tg Language.

20 a Matt. 18:3 (1–6);

Eph. 4:14.

tg Understanding.

gr wickedness,

depravity.

tg Malice.

tg Education.

21 a

gr listen to, heed.

22 a Acts 2:11.

tg Signs.

tg Prophecy.

23 a Acts 2:13 (12–13).

25 a Heb. 4:12 (12–13).

14561 CORINTHIANS 14:27–15:9

interpretation. Let all things be

done unto

edifying.

27 If any man speak in an unknown

tongue, let it be by two, or at the most

by three, and that by course; and let

one interpret.

28 But if there be no interpreter,

let him keep

silence in the church;

and let him speak to himself, and

to God.

29 Let the prophets speak two or

three, and let the other judge.

30 If any thing be revealed to an-

other that sitteth by, let the first

hold his peace.

31 For ye may all prophesy one

by one, that all may learn, and all

may be comforted.

32 And the spirits of the prophets

are subject to the prophets.

33 For God is not the

author of

confusion, but of

peace, as in all

churches of the

saints.

34 Let your

women keep silence

in the churches: for it is not permit-

ted unto them to

speak; but they are

commanded

to be under

obedience,

as also saith the law.

35 And if they will learn any thing,

let them ask their husbands at home:

for it is a shame for women to

speak

in the church.

36 What? came the word of God

out from you? or came it unto

you only?

37 If any man think himself to

be a prophet, or spiritual, let him

acknowledge that the things that I

write unto you are the command-

ments of the Lord.

38 But if any man be ignorant, let

him be ignorant.

39 Wherefore, brethren,

covet to

prophesy, and forbid not to speak

with tongues.

40 Let all things be done decently

and in

order.

CHAPTER 15

Christ died for our sins—He rose from

the dead and was seen by many—All

men will be resurrected—Paul speaks

of baptism for the dead—The three de-

grees of glory are described—Victory

over death comes through Christ.

M, brethren, I

declare unto

you the

gospel which I preached

unto you, which also ye have re-

ceived, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are

saved, if ye

keep in memory what I preached

unto you, unless ye have believed

in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of

all that which I also received, how

that Christ

died for our

sins ac-

cording to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that

rose again the third day accord-

ing to the scriptures:

5 And that he was

seen of

Cephas,

then of the twelve:

6 After that, he was

seen of

above

five hundred brethren at once; of

whom the greater part remain unto

this present, but some are fallen

asleep.

7 After that, he was seen of James;

then of all the apostles.

8 And last of all he was

seen of me

also, as of one born out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apostles,

that am not

meet to be called an

26 a 2 Cor. 12:19;

D&C 50:23.

28 a

tg Silence.

33 a 1 Cor. 11:16 (16–19).

b Eph. 4:5 (3–6), 13;

D&C 1:30.

tg Peace; Peace of God.

tg Church.

tg Saints.

34 a

tg Woman.

JSt 1 Cor. 14:34 . . . rule . . .

gr to be submissive.

tg Obedience.

35 a

JSt 1 Cor. 14:35 . . . rule . . .

39 a

ie be eager, zealous.

tg Covet.

40 a

tg Order.

1 a tg Missionary Work.

tg Gospel.

2 a Rom. 1:16.

gr hold fast to, retain.

3 a D&C 54:1.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

b Acts 3:18;

Alma 5:27.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

b Luke 24:34 (33–36).

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

gr more than, over.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Appearances,

Postmortal.

9 a

gr adequate, sufficient,

competent.

1457 1 CORINTHIANS 15:10–30

apostle, because I

persecuted the

church of God.

10 But by the

grace of God I am

what I am: and his grace which was

bestowed upon me was not in vain;

but I

laboured more abundantly

than they all: yet not I, but the grace

of God which was with me.

11 Therefore whether it were I or

they, so we preach, and so ye be-

lieved.

12 Now if Christ be preached that

he rose from the dead, how say some

among you that there is no resur-

rection of the dead?

13 But if there be no resurrec-

tion of the dead, then is Christ not

risen:

14 And if Christ be not risen, then

is our preaching vain, and your faith

is also vain.

15 Yea, and we are found false

witnesses of God; because we have

testified of God that he raised up

Christ: whom he raised not up, if

so be that the dead rise not.

16 For if the dead rise not, then is

not Christ raised:

17 And if Christ be not raised, your

faith is

vain; ye are yet in your sins.

18 Then they also which are fallen

asleep in Christ are

perished.

19 If in this

life only we have

hope in Christ, we are of all men

most miserable.

20 But now is

Christ

risen from

the dead, and become the

firstfruits

of them that slept.

21 For since by man came

death,

by man came also the

resurrection

of the dead.

22 For as in

Adam all

die, even so

Christ shall all be made

alive.

23 But every man in his own

or-

der: Christ the

firstfruits; after-

ward they that are Christ’s at his

coming.

24 Then cometh the end, when he

shall have delivered up the kingdom

to God, even the Father; when he

shall have

put down all

rule and

all

authority and

power.

25 For he must

reign, till he hath

put all

enemies under his

feet.

26 The last

enemy that shall be

destroyed is

death.

27 For he hath put all things un-

der his feet. But when he saith all

things are put under him, it is

mani-

fest that he is excepted, which did

put all things under him.

28 And when all things shall be

subdued unto him, then shall the

Son also himself be

subject unto

him that put all things under him,

that God may be all in all.

29 Else what shall they do which

are

baptized

for the dead, if the

dead

rise not at all? why are they

then baptized for the

dead?

30 And why stand we in

jeopardy

every hour?

9 b Acts 8:3.

10 a

tg Grace.

b 2 Cor. 11:23.

15 a Acts 4:33.

17 a

gr useless, empty,

ineffective.

18 a

gr lost, destroyed.

19 a

tg Salvation for

the Dead.

tg Hope.

20 a 1 Pet. 1:3.

b Eph. 1:20.

gr firstling.

21 a Rom. 5:12.

tg Death.

tg Resurrection.

22 a

tg Adam; Fall of Man.

b Ps. 82:7.

tg Salvation, Plan of.

tg Immortality;

Jesus Christ, Atonement

through;

Jesus Christ, Mission of;

Jesus Christ,

Resurrection;

Salvation.

23 a

gr rank.

tg Order.

gr firstling.

tg Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

24 a

gr brought to an end,

abolished.

b Isa. 60:12;

Dan. 2:44; 7:9.

tg Authority.

tg Jesus Christ,

Power of.

25 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Millennial Reign.

b D&C 88:106.

c Heb. 2:8.

26 a

tg Enemies.

tg Death, Power over.

c 2 Tim. 1:10;

Rev. 20:14 (11–15).

27 a

gr clear, plain, evident.

28 a Philip. 3:21;

D&C 76:106.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

29 a

tg Baptism, Essential;

Baptism for the Dead;

Genealogy and Temple

Work.

gr in behalf of, for the

sake of.

tg Immortality.

tg Salvation for

the Dead.

30 a

gr danger, peril.

14581 CORINTHIANS 15:31–52

I protest by your rejoicing

which I have in Christ Jesus our

Lord, I die daily.

32 If after the manner of men I

have fought with beasts at Ephesus,

what advantageth it me, if the dead

rise not? let us

eat and drink; for

to morrow we die.

33 Be not deceived: evil

commu-

nications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin

not; for some have not the knowledge

of God: I speak this to your

shame.

35 But some man will say, How are

the dead raised up? and with what

body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sow-

est is not quickened, except it

die:

37 And that which thou sowest,

thou sowest not that body that shall

be, but bare grain,

it may chance

of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it

hath pleased him, and to every seed

his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh:

but there is one kind of flesh of men,

another flesh of beasts, another of

fishes, and another of birds.

There are also celestial bodies,

and bodies terrestrial: but the glory

of the

celestial is one, and the

glory of the

terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the

sun,

and another glory of the moon, and

another glory of the

stars: for one

star

differeth from another star in

glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the

dead. It is sown in

corruption; it is

raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is

raised in

glory: it is sown in weak-

ness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a

natural body; it is

raised a

spiritual body. There is a

natural body, and there is a spiri-

tual body.

45 And so it is written, The

first

man

Adam was made a living soul;

the last

Adam was made a

quick-

ening spirit.

46 Howbeit that was not

first

which is spiritual, but that which is

natural; and afterward that which

is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth,

earthy: the second man is the Lord

from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they

also that are earthy: and as is the

heavenly, such are they also that

are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the im-

age of the earthy, we shall also bear

the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that

flesh and

blood cannot

inherit

the kingdom of God; neither doth

corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery;

We shall not all

sleep, but we shall

all be

changed,

52 In a moment, in the

twinkling

of an eye, at the last trump: for the

trumpet shall sound, and the

dead

shall be raised incorruptible, and

we shall be

changed.

31 a JSt 1 Cor. 15:31 I protest

unto you the resurrection

of the dead; and this is my

rejoicing which I have

in Christ Jesus our Lord

daily, though I die.

32 a Isa. 22:13;

Luke 12:19;

2 Ne. 28:7.

tg Procrastination.

33 a

gr conversations,

associations.

34 a

tg Shame.

36 a John 12:24 (24–29).

37 a

ie whether it be.

40 a

JSt 1 Cor. 15:40 Also

celestial bodies, and

bodies terrestrial, and

bodies telestial; but the

glory of the celestial,

one; and the terrestrial,

another; and the telestial,

another.

tg Celestial Glory.

tg Terrestrial Glory.

41 a

tg Astronomy.

tg Telestial Glory.

c D&C 76:98.

tg Glory.

42 a Rom. 8:21;

Mosiah 16:10.

43 a Col. 3:4.

44 a D&C 29:43.

b Alma 11:45;

D&C 88:27.

45 a D&C 84:16.

tg Adam.

c Rom. 5:14.

d John 5:21.

46 a D&C 29:32;

128:14 (13–14).

50 a

tg Flesh and Blood.

b Lev. 17:14 (11, 14).

c John 3:5;

1 Cor. 6:9.

d Alma 41:4.

51 a

gr die, sleep in death.

1 Thes. 4:17.

b Philip. 3:21;

D&C 43:32.

52 a D&C 63:51 (50–51).

b D&C 29:26.

tg Death.

d D&C 101:31.

1459 1 CORINTHIANS 15:53–16:18

53 For this

corruptible must put

on incorruption, and this

mortal

must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall

have put on incorruption, and this

mortal shall have put on

immor-

tality, then shall be brought to pass

the saying that is written,

Death is

swallowed up in victory.

55 O

death, where is thy sting? O

grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of

death is sin; and

the

strength of sin is the law.

57 But

thanks be to God, which

giveth us the

victory through our

Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren,

be ye

steadfast, unmoveable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord,

forasmuch as ye know that your

labour is not in vain in the Lord.

CHAPTER 16

Paul counsels, Stand fast in the faith;

let all things be done with charity.

N concerning the

collection for

the saints, as I have

given order

to the churches of Galatia, even so

do ye.

2 Upon the

first day of the week let

every one of you lay by him in store,

as God hath

prospered him, that

there be no gatherings when I come.

3 And when I come, whomsoever ye

shall approve by your letters, them

will I send to bring your

liberality

unto Jerusalem.

4 And if it be

meet that I go also,

they shall go with me.

5 Now I will come unto you, when

I shall pass through Macedonia: for

I do pass through Macedonia.

6 And it may be that I will abide,

yea, and winter with you, that ye

may bring me on my journey whith-

ersoever I go.

7 For I will not see you now

by the

way; but I

trust to

tarry a while

with you, if the Lord permit.

8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until

Pentecost.

9 For a great

door and

effectual

is opened unto me, and there are

many adversaries.

10 Now if

Timotheus come, see

that he may be with you without

fear: for he worketh the work of the

Lord, as I also do.

11 Let no man therefore

despise

him: but conduct him forth in peace,

that he may come unto me: for I look

for him with the brethren.

12 As touching our brother

Apol-

los, I greatly desired him to come

unto you with the brethren: but his

will was not at all to come at this

time; but he will come when he

shall have convenient time.

Watch ye,

stand fast in the

faith,

quit you like

men, be strong.

14 Let all your things be done with

charity.

15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye

know the house of

Stephanas, that it

is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that

they have

addicted themselves to

the ministry of the saints,)

16 That ye submit yourselves unto

such, and to every one that helpeth

with us, and laboureth.

17 I am glad of the coming of

Stepha nas and Fortunatus and

Achai cus: for that which was

lack-

ing on your part they have supplied.

18 For they have refreshed my

53 a Alma 41:4.

tg Mortality.

54 a

tg Immortality.

b Isa. 25:8.

55 a Mosiah 16:8 (7–8).

gr Hades, hell.

56 a D&C 42:45–46.

gr power.

57 a

tg Thanksgiving.

b 1 Jn. 5:4 (4–5).

58 a

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

1 a Acts 24:17 (17, 26).

gr directed, arranged.

2 a

tg Sabbath.

b Deut. 16:10.

3 a

gr gift.

tg Generosity.

4 a

gr suitable,

worthwhile.

7 a

gr in passing.

gr hope.

c 2 Cor. 1:15 (15–16).

9 a Col. 4:3.

gr energetic, efficient.

10 a 2 Cor. 1:19;

1 Thes. 3:2.

11 a 1 Tim. 4:12.

12 a Acts 18:24.

13 a

tg Watch.

b Philip. 4:1 (1–7).

c D&C 9:14.

gr behave like men.

e 1 Sam. 4:9;

Isa. 46:8.

14 a

tg Charity.

15 a 1 Cor. 1:16.

gr devoted, appointed.

17 a 2 Cor. 11:9.

14601 CORINTHIANS 16:19–2 CORINTHIANS 1:8

spirit and yours: therefore acknowl-

edge ye them that are such.

19 The churches of Asia salute

you.

Aquila and Priscilla salute you

much in the Lord, with the church

that is in their house.

20 All the brethren greet you.

Greet ye one another with an holy

kiss.

21 The salutation of me Paul with

mine own hand.

22 If any man love not the Lord

Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema

Maran-atha.

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you.

24 My love be with you all in Christ

Jesus. Amen.

¶The first epistle to the Corinthians was

written from Philippi by Stephanas, and

Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.

19 a Acts 18:2.

20 a

jst 1 Cor. 16:20 . . .

salutation.

22 a Aramaic, meaning “The

Lord will come!” or

“Come, O Lord!”

[2 C]

1 a D&C 21:1.

3 a

tg God, Mercy of.

tg Comfort.

4 a

tg Tribulation.

b Philip. 3:10;

2 Thes. 2:16.

5 a Col. 1:24.

tg Suffering.

6 a

gr active, operative.

b D&C 63:20; 101:35.

7 a

tg Persecution;

Suffering.

8 a

tg Despair.

The second episTle of

pAul The AposTle To The

corinThiAns

CHAPTER 1

God comforts and cares for His Saints—

The Saints are sealed and given assur-

ance by the Spirit in their hearts.

AUL, an

apostle of Jesus

Christ by the will of God, and

Timo thy our brother, unto the

church of God which is at Corinth,

with all the saints which are in all

Achaia:

2 Grace be to you and peace from

God our Father, and from the Lord

Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be God, even the Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father

mercies, and the God of all

comfort;

4 Who comforteth us in all our

tribulation, that we may be able

to comfort them which are in any

trouble, by the

comfort where-

with we ourselves are comforted

of God.

5 For as the

sufferings of Christ

abound in us, so our consolation

also aboundeth by Christ.

6 And whether we be afflicted, it is

for your consolation and salvation,

which is

effectual in the

endur-

ing of the same sufferings which

we also suffer: or whether we be

comforted, it is for your consolation

and salvation.

7 And our hope of you is steadfast,

knowing, that as ye are partakers of

the

sufferings, so shall ye be also

of the consolation.

8 For we would not, brethren,

have you ignorant of our trouble

which came to us in Asia, that we

were pressed out of measure, above

strength, insomuch that we

de-

spaired even of life:

1461 2 CORINTHIANS 1:9–2:7

9 But we had the sentence of death

in ourselves, that we should not

trust in ourselves, but in God which

raiseth the dead:

10 Who

delivered us from so great

a death, and doth deliver: in whom

we trust that he will yet deliver us;

11 Ye also helping together by

prayer for us, that for the gift be-

stowed upon us by the means of

many persons thanks may be given

by many on our behalf.

12 For our rejoicing is this, the

testimony of our conscience, that

simplicity and godly sincerity,

not with fleshly

wisdom, but by

the grace of God, we have had our

conversation in the world, and more

abundantly to you-ward.

13 For we

write none other

things unto you, than what ye read

or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall

acknowledge even to the end;

14 As also ye have acknowledged

us in part, that we are your rejoic-

ing, even as ye also are ours in the

day of the Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence I was

minded to

come unto you before,

that ye might have a second benefit;

16 And to pass by you into Mace-

donia, and to come again out of

Mace donia unto you, and of you to

be brought on my way toward Judæa.

17 When I therefore was thus

minded, did I use

lightness? or the

things that I purpose, do I purpose

according to the flesh, that with me

there should be yea yea, and nay

nay?

18 But as God is true, our word

toward you was not yea and nay.

19 For the

Son of God, Jesus Christ,

who was preached among you by

us, even by me and

Silvanus and

Timotheus, was not yea and nay,

but in him was yea.

20 For all the

promises of God in

him are yea, and in him Amen, unto

the glory of God by us.

21 Now he which stablisheth

us with you in Christ, and hath

anointed us, is God;

22 Who hath also

sealed us, and

given the earnest of the Spirit in

our hearts.

23 Moreover I call God for a record

upon my soul, that to spare you I

came not as yet unto Corinth.

24 Not for that we have dominion

over your faith, but are helpers of

your joy: for by

faith ye stand.

CHAPTER 2

Saints should love and forgive one

another—They always triumph in

Christ.

B I determined this with myself,

that I would not come again to you

in heaviness.

2 For if I make you sorry, who is he

then that maketh me glad, but the

same which is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this same unto you,

lest, when I came, I should have sor-

row from them of whom I ought to

rejoice; having

confidence in you

all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and

anguish of heart I wrote unto you

with many tears; not that ye should

be grieved, but that ye might know

the love which I have more abun-

dantly unto you.

5 But if any have caused grief, he

hath not grieved me, but in part:

that I may not overcharge you all.

6 Sufficient to such a man is this

punishment, which was inflicted of

many.

7 So that contrariwise ye ought

rather to

forgive him, and comfort

him, lest perhaps such a one should

9 a tg Resurrection.

10 a

tg Deliver.

11 a Philip. 1:19;

Philem. 1:22.

12 a

tg Testimony.

gr plainness, singleness

of heart.

c 1 Cor. 2:13.

13 a

Scriptures, Writing of.

14 a D&C 1:9 (8–10).

15 a 1 Cor. 16:7 (5–7).

17 a

gr light-mindedness,

levity.

19 a Luke 1:35.

b Acts 15:34 (32–34);

1 Thes. 1:1; 1 Pet. 5:12.

c 1 Cor. 16:10 (10–11);

1 Thes. 3:2.

20 a Rom. 15:8.

21 a

tg Anointing.

22 a

tg Sealing.

24 a Rom. 11:20.

3 a 2 Cor. 8:22.

7 a

tg Forgive.

14622 CORINTHIANS 2:8–3:13

be swallowed up with overmuch

sorrow.

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye

would confirm your love toward him.

9 For to this end also did I

write,

that I might know the proof of

you, whether ye be

obedient in all

things.

10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I

forgive also: for if I forgave any thing,

to whom I forgave it, for your sakes

forgave I it in the

person of Christ;

11 Lest

Satan should get an advan-

tage of us: for we are not ignorant

of his devices.

12 Furthermore, when I came to

Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and

door was opened unto me of the

Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, be-

cause I found not Titus my brother:

but taking my leave of them, I went

from thence into Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be unto God, which

always causeth us to

triumph in

Christ, and maketh manifest the

savour of his knowledge by us in

every place.

15 For we are unto God a sweet

savour of Christ, in them that are

saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one we are the savour of

death unto death; and to the other

the savour of life unto life. And

who is

sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not as many, which

corrupt the

word of God: but as of

sincerity, but as of God, in the sight

of God speak we in Christ.

CHAPTER 3

The gospel surpasses the law of Moses

—Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there

is liberty.

D we begin again to commend our-

selves? or need we, as some others,

epistles of commendation to you, or

letters of commendation from you?

2 Ye are our

epistle written in our

hearts, known and read of all men:

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly

declared to be the epistle of Christ

ministered by us,

written not with

ink, but with the Spirit of the living

God; not in

tables of stone, but in

fleshy tables of the

heart.

4 And such trust have we through

Christ to God-ward:

5 Not that we are sufficient of

ourselves to think any thing as of

ourselves; but our

sufficiency is

of God;

6 Who also hath made us able

ministers of the new testament;

not of the letter, but of the spirit:

for the letter killeth, but the

spirit

giveth life.

7 But if the ministration of

death,

written and engraven in stones, was

glorious, so that the children of Is-

rael could not steadfastly behold

the face of Moses for the

glory of

his countenance; which glory was to

be done away:

8 How shall not the ministration

of the spirit be rather glorious?

9 For if the ministration of con-

demnation be glory, much more doth

the ministration of righteousness

exceed in glory.

10 For even that which was made

glorious had no glory in this respect,

by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11 For if that which is done away

was glorious, much more that which

remaineth is glorious.

12 Seeing then that we have such

hope, we use great

plainness of

speech:

13 And not as Moses, which put a

veil over his face, that the children

9 a tg

Scriptures, Writing of.

b 2 Cor. 7:15.

10 a

gr presence.

11 a 2 Pet. 2:20 (20–22).

12 a Acts 14:27;

1 Cor. 16:9.

14 a Rom. 8:37.

16 a 2 Cor. 3:5 (5–6).

17 a 2 Cor. 4:2.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Scriptures,

Preservation of.

tg Sincere.

2 a 1 Cor. 9:2.

3 a Deut. 9:10 (10–11).

b Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 34:1;

Deut. 4:13;

Prov. 3:3.

c Ezek. 11:19 (19–20).

d Jer. 31:33;

Heb. 8:10.

5 a 2 Cor. 2:16;

Alma 26:12.

6 a 1 Cor. 3:5.

b John 6:63.

7 a Rom. 7:10.

tg Transfiguration.

12 a

gr boldness, frankness.

1463 2 CORINTHIANS 3:14–4:13

of Israel could not steadfastly look to

the end of that which is abolished:

14 But their

minds were

blinded:

for until this day remaineth the same

veil untaken away in the

reading

of the old testament; which

veil is

done away in Christ.

15 But even unto this day, when

Moses is read, the veil is upon their

heart.

16 Nevertheless when it shall turn

to the Lord, the veil shall be taken

away.

17 Now the Lord is

that Spirit:

and where the

Spirit of the Lord

is, there is

liberty.

18 But we all, with open face be-

holding as in a

glass the

glory of

the Lord, are changed into the same

image from

glory to glory, even as

by the Spirit of the Lord.

CHAPTER 4

Gospel light shines on the Saints—Mor-

tal trials are nothing as contrasted with

eternal glory.

T seeing we have this min-

istry, as we have received

mercy,

we faint not;

2 But have

renounced the hidden

things of

dishonesty, not walking

in craftiness, nor handling the word

of God

deceitfully; but by manifes-

tation of the

truth commending

ourselves to every man’s

conscience

in the sight of God.

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid

to them that are lost:

4 In whom the

god of this

world

hath

blinded the

minds of them

which

believe not, lest the

light of

the glorious gospel of Christ, who

is the

image of

God, should shine

unto them.

5 For we

preach not ourselves, but

Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your

servants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For God, who

commanded the

light to shine out of darkness, hath

shined in our hearts, to give the

light of the knowledge of the

glory

of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in

earthen vessels, that the excellency

of the

power may be of God, and

not of us.

8 We are

troubled on every side,

yet not distressed; we are perplexed,

but not in

despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken;

cast down, but not

destroyed;

10 Always bearing about in the

body the dying of the Lord Jesus,

that the life also of Jesus might be

made manifest in our body.

11 For we which live are alway de-

livered unto

death for Jesus’ sake,

that the life also of Jesus might

be made manifest in our

mortal

flesh.

12 So then death worketh in us,

but life in you.

13 We having the same spirit of

14 a tg Mind.

tg Spiritual Blindness.

c Acts 15:21.

tg Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Anticipation; Veil.

15 a

tg Hardheartedness.

17 a

gr the Spirit.

b Alma 61:15.

tg God, Spirit of.

c Rom. 8:2.

tg Governments; Liberty.

18 a 1 Cor. 13:12.

tg Celestial Glory.

c Rom. 8:29.

tg Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father.

1 a Alma 12:34.

2 a

tg Priesthood,

Qualifying for.

gr shame, disgrace.

tg Honesty.

c 2 Cor. 2:17;

1 Thes. 2:3 (3, 5).

d D&C 19:37; 75:4.

tg Conscience.

4 a Eph. 6:12.

tg Devil.

tg Worldliness.

c Alma 19:6; Moro. 7:12;

D&C 93:39 (38–39).

tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Mind.

tg Unbelief.

tg Light [noun].

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg Godhead.

5 a Gal. 1:11 (11–12).

tg Missionary Work.

b 1 Cor. 9:19; Alma 26:3.

6 a Ps. 33:9;

Moses 2:5 (4–5).

b D&C 45:9.

tg Intelligence;

Light of Christ.

tg God, Glory of; Jesus

Christ, Relationships

with the Father.

7 a 1 Cor. 2:5;

D&C 19:3; 88:13 (7–13).

8 a 2 Cor. 7:5.

tg Adversity.

tg Despair.

9 a 2 Cor. 11:23 (23–27);

D&C 101:35.

b Ps. 129:2.

11 a Rom. 8:36.

tg Martyrdom.

tg Mortality.

14642 CORINTHIANS 4:14–5:15

faith, according as it is written, I

believed, and therefore have I spo-

ken; we also believe, and therefore

speak;

14 Knowing that he which raised

up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us

also by Jesus, and shall present us

with you.

15 For all things are for your sakes,

that the abundant grace might

through the

thanksgiving of many

redound to the glory of God.

16 For which cause we faint not;

but though our outward man per-

ish, yet the

inward man is renewed

day by day.

17 For our light

affliction, which

is but for a moment, worketh for us

a far more exceeding and

eternal

weight of glory;

18 While we look not at the

things which are

seen, but at

the things which are not seen: for

the things which are seen are tem-

poral; but the things which are

not

seen are

eternal.

CHAPTER 5

Saints walk by faith and seek taber-

nacles of immortal glory—The gospel

reconciles man to God—God’s minis-

ters carry the word of reconciliation

to the world.

F we know that if our earthly

house of this tabernacle were dis-

solved, we have a building of God,

an house not made with hands,

eternal in the heavens.

2 For in this we groan, earnestly

desiring to be

clothed upon with

our house which is from heaven:

3 If so be that being clothed we

shall not be found naked.

4 For we that are in this tabernacle

groan, being burdened: not for

that we would be unclothed, but

clothed upon, that

mortality might

be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that hath wrought us

for the selfsame thing is God, who

also hath given unto us the earnest

of the Spirit.

6 Therefore we are always

confi-

dent, knowing that, whilst we are

at home in the body, we are absent

from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by

faith, not by

sight:)

8 We are confident, I say, and will-

ing rather to be absent from the body,

and to be present with the Lord.

9 Wherefore we

labour, that,

whether present or absent, we may

be accepted of him.

10 For we must all appear before

the

judgment seat of Christ; that

every one may receive the things

done in his body,

according to that

he hath

done, whether it be good

or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the terror

of the Lord, we persuade men; but

we are made manifest unto God;

and I trust also are made manifest

in your

consciences.

12 For we commend not ourselves

again unto you, but give you occa-

sion to glory on our behalf, that ye

may have somewhat to answer them

which glory in appearance, and not

in heart.

For whether we be beside our-

selves, it is to God: or whether we

be sober, it is for your cause.

14 For the love of Christ con-

straineth us; because we thus judge,

that if

one

died for all, then were

all dead:

15 And that he died for all, that

13 a D&C 14:8.

b D&C 18:21.

15 a

tg Thanksgiving.

16 a 2 Ne. 4:20;

Mosiah 24:15.

17 a Rom. 5:3.

tg Persecution;

Suffering.

tg Eternal Life.

c D&C 63:66.

18 a Rom. 8:24.

b Ether 12:6.

tg Eternity.

2 a Rom. 8:23.

4 a

tg Mourning.

tg Mortality.

6 a

gr of good courage, of

good cheer.

7 a

tg Faith.

tg Sight.

9 a Moro. 9:6.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

tg Accountability.

tg Good Works.

11 a

tg Conscience.

13 a

JSt 2 Cor. 5:13 For we

bear record that we are

not beside ourselves; for

whether we glory, it is to

God, or whether we be

sober, it is for your sakes.

14 a Rom. 5:15.

b D&C 19:16.

1465 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16–6:13

they which live should not hence-

forth

live unto themselves, but

unto him which died for them, and

rose again.

Wherefore henceforth know

we no man after the flesh: yea,

though we have known Christ after

the flesh, yet now henceforth know

we him no more.

17 Therefore if any man be

Christ, he is a

new creature:

old

things are

passed away; behold,

all things are become

new.

18 And all things are of God, who

hath

reconciled us to himself by

Jesus Christ, and hath given to us

the ministry of reconciliation;

19 To wit, that God was in Christ,

reconciling the world unto himself,

not imputing their trespasses unto

them; and hath committed unto us

the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then we are

ambassadors

for Christ, as though God did beseech

you by us: we pray you in Christ’s

stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21 For he hath made him to be

sin

for us, who knew no

sin; that we

might be made the

righteousness

of God in him.

CHAPTER 6

Now is the day of salvation—God’s min-

isters must walk uprightly and bear all

things—Saints should not be unequally

yoked with unbelievers.

W then, as

workers together with

him, beseech you also that ye

receive not the

grace of God in vain.

2 (For he saith, I have heard thee

in a

time accepted, and in the

day of

salvation have I succoured

thee: behold, now is the accepted

time; behold, now is the day of

salvation.)

3 Giving no

offence in any thing,

that the ministry be not blamed:

4 But in all things approving our-

selves as the

ministers of God, in

much

patience, in

afflictions, in

necessities, in distresses,

5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in

tumults, in labours, in watchings,

in fastings;

6 By

pureness, by knowledge, by

longsuffering, by

kindness, by the

Holy Ghost, by

love unfeigned,

7 By the word of truth, by the

power of God, by the

armour of

righteousness on the right hand

and on the left,

8 By honour and dishonour, by evil

report and good report: as deceivers,

and yet true;

9 As unknown, and yet well known;

as dying, and, behold, we live; as

chastened, and not killed;

10 As

sorrowful, yet alway rejoic-

ing; as

poor, yet making many

rich;

as having nothing, and yet possess-

ing all things.

11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is

open unto you, our heart is

enlarged.

12 Ye are not straitened in us,

but ye are straitened in your own

bowels.

13 Now for a recompence in the

same, (I speak as unto my children,)

be ye also enlarged.

15 a Rom. 14:7 (7–9).

16 a

JSt 2 Cor. 5:16

Wherefore, henceforth

live we no more after

the flesh; yea, though we

once lived after the flesh,

yet since we have known

Christ, now henceforth

live we no more after

the flesh.

17 a 1 Jn. 2:5 (2–5).

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

c Rom. 7:6; 13:12 (12–14);

Heb. 8:13.

d D&C 29:24; 63:49.

e Rev. 21:5.

18 a

tg Reconciliation.

19 a

tg Reconciliation.

20 a Luke 14:23.

21 a Isa. 53:6.

b 1 Jn. 3:3.

c Rom. 1:17.

1 a 1 Cor. 3:9.

JSt 2 Cor. 6:1 . . .

Christ . . .

tg Grace.

2 a Isa. 49:8.

b Alma 34:32 (31–34).

tg Salvation.

3 a Rom. 14:13.

tg Offense.

4 a 2 Cor. 11:23.

tg Priesthood, Magnify-

ing Callings within.

tg Patience.

c D&C 127:2 (2–3).

5 a

tg Rioting and Reveling.

6 a

tg Purity.

tg Forbear.

tg Kindness.

d D&C 121:41 (41–42).

7 a Rom. 13:12.

tg Righteousness.

10 a

tg Mourning.

b 2 Cor. 8:9.

tg Treasure.

11 a Ps. 119:32 (25–32).

12 a D&C 121:45.

14662 CORINTHIANS 6:14–7:11

14 Be ye not unequally

yoked to-

gether with unbelievers: for what

fellowship hath righteousness with

unrighteousness? and what com-

munion hath

light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ

with Belial? or what part hath he

that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what

agreement hath the

temple of God with idols? for ye are

the

temple of the living God; as

God hath said, I will

dwell in them,

and walk in them; and I will be their

God, and they shall be my people.

17 Wherefore

come out from

among them, and be ye

sepa-

rate, saith the Lord, and touch not

the

unclean thing; and I will re-

ceive you,

18 And will be a

Father unto you,

and ye shall be my

sons and daugh-

ters, saith the Lord

Almighty.

CHAPTER 7

Godly sorrow for sin leads to repen-

tance—The sorrow of the world leads

to death.

H therefore these promises,

dearly beloved, let us

cleanse our-

selves from all

filthiness of the flesh

and spirit, perfecting

holiness in

the fear of God.

2 Receive us; we have

wronged no

man, we have corrupted no man, we

have

defrauded no man.

3 I speak not this to condemn

you: for I have said before, that ye

are in our hearts to die and live

with you.

4 Great is my boldness of speech

toward you, great is my glorying

of you: I am filled with

comfort,

I am exceeding

joyful in all our

tribulation.

5 For, when we were come into

Macedonia, our flesh had no rest,

but we were

troubled on every

side; without were fightings, within

were

fears.

6 Nevertheless God, that comfort-

eth those that are cast down, com-

forted us by the coming of Titus;

7 And not by his coming only, but

by the consolation wherewith he was

comforted in you, when he told us

your earnest desire, your mourning,

your fervent mind toward me; so

that I rejoiced the more.

8 For though I made you sorry with

a letter, I do not repent, though I did

repent: for I perceive that the same

epistle hath made you sorry, though

it were but for a season.

9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were

made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to

repentance: for ye were made

sorry

after a godly manner, that ye might

receive damage by us in nothing.

10 For

godly

sorrow worketh

repentance to

salvation not to be

repented of: but the

sorrow of the

world worketh death.

11 For behold this selfsame thing,

that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,

what carefulness it wrought in

you, yea, what clearing of yourselves,

yea, what indignation, yea, what

fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea,

what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all

things ye have approved yourselves

to be clear in this matter.

14 a tg Marriage, Interfaith;

Marriage, Temporal.

tg Fellowshipping.

c 2 Kgs. 3:13;

Ezek. 14:3.

tg Light [noun].

16 a 1 Cor. 10:21 (19–22).

tg Body, Sanctity of;

Temple.

c Lev. 26:12.

tg God, Presence of.

17 a D&C 25:10; 53:2;

84:50 (49–53).

tg Separation.

c Isa. 52:11.

tg Uncleanness.

18 a Jer. 31:9 (1, 9).

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

tg God, Power of.

1 a tg Chastity;

Cleanliness;

Purification.

gr pollution,

stain, defilement.

tg Filthiness.

tg Holiness.

2 a 1 Thes. 2:3 (3–10).

tg Fraud.

4 a

tg Comfort.

tg Joy.

c 3 Ne. 12:12 (11–12).

5 a 2 Cor. 4:8.

b D&C 10:55.

7 a

tg Comfort.

9 a

tg Poor in Spirit.

10 a

tg Godliness.

b Eccl. 7:3;

Isa. 22:12;

Joel 2:17;

James 4:9 (8–10);

Alma 36:17 (5–28);

42:29.

tg Mourning;

Sorrow.

tg Repent.

tg Salvation.

e Morm. 2:13.

1467 2 CORINTHIANS 7:12–8:16

12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto

you, I did it not for his cause that

had done the wrong, nor for his

cause that suffered wrong, but that

our care for you in the sight of God

might appear unto you.

13 Therefore we were comforted

in your comfort: yea, and exceed-

ingly the more joyed we for the joy

of Titus, because his spirit was

re-

freshed by you all.

14 For if I have

boasted any thing

to him of you, I am not ashamed;

but as we spake all things to you

in truth, even so our

boasting,

which I made before Titus, is found

a truth.

15 And his

inward affection is

more abundant toward you, whilst

he remembereth the

obedience of

you all, how with fear and trembling

ye received him.

16 I rejoice therefore that I have

confidence in you in all things.

CHAPTER 8

True Saints impart of their substance

to the poor—Christ, out of His poverty,

brought eternal riches.

M, brethren,

we do you to

wit of the grace of God bestowed on

the churches of Macedonia;

2 How that in a great

trial of

af-

fliction the abundance of their joy

and their deep

poverty abounded

unto the riches of their

liberality.

3 For to their power, I bear record,

yea, and beyond their power they

were willing of themselves;

4 Praying us with much entreaty

that we would receive the gift, and

take upon us the

fellowship of the

ministering to the saints.

5 And this they did, not as we hoped,

but first

gave their own selves to

the Lord, and unto us by the will

of God.

6 Insomuch that we desired Titus,

that as he had begun, so he would

also finish in you the same grace also.

7 Therefore, as ye abound in every

thing, in faith, and utterance, and

knowledge, and in all

diligence,

and in your love to us, see that ye

abound in this grace also.

8 I speak

not by commandment,

but by occasion of the forwardness

of others, and to prove the

sincer-

ity of your love.

9 For ye know the

grace of our

Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he

was

rich, yet for your sakes he

became

poor, that ye through his

poverty might be rich.

10 And herein I give my advice:

for this is expedient for you, who

have begun before, not only to do,

but also to be forward a year ago.

11 Now therefore perform the do-

ing of it; that as there was a readiness

to will, so there may be a performance

also out of that which ye have.

12 For if there be first a

willing

mind, it is accepted according to

that a man hath, and not according

to that he hath not.

13 For I mean not that other men

be eased, and ye burdened:

14 But by an equality, that now at

this time your abundance may be

a supply for their want, that their

abundance also may be a supply

for your want: that there may be

equality:

15 As it is written, He that had

gathered much had nothing over;

and he that had gathered little had

no lack.

16 But thanks be to God, which

put the same earnest care into the

heart of Titus for you.

13 a Rom. 15:32.

14 a 2 Cor. 9:2.

tg Boast.

15 a

gr heart, tender

affections, compassion.

b 2 Cor. 2:9; 10:6.

tg Obedience.

1 a gr we make known

(or declare) to you the

grace.

2 a

tg Probation; Test.

tg Affliction.

c Mark 12:44 (43–44).

gr sincerity, purity of

mind.

tg Generosity.

4 a D&C 88:133.

5 a

tg Self-Sacrifice.

7 a

tg Diligence.

8 a D&C 63:22.

tg Sincere.

9 a

tg Grace.

tg Treasure.

c Philip. 2:7 (5–8).

d 2 Cor. 6:10.

12 a Ex. 25:2 (1–7).

b D&C 64:34.

14 a Alma 1:30 (29–30).

tg Consecration.

15 a Ex. 16:18.

14682 CORINTHIANS 8:17–9:13

17 For indeed he accepted the ex-

hortation; but being more forward,

of his own accord he went unto you.

18 And we have sent with him

the brother, whose praise is in the

gospel throughout all the churches;

19 And not that only, but who was

also chosen of the churches to travel

with us with this grace, which is ad-

ministered by us to the glory of the

same Lord, and declaration of your

ready mind:

20 Avoiding this, that no man

should blame us in this abundance

which is administered by us:

21 Providing for

honest things,

not only in the sight of the Lord,

but also in the

sight of men.

22 And we have sent with them our

brother, whom we have oftentimes

proved diligent in many things, but

now much more diligent, upon the

great

confidence which I have in

you.

23 Whether any do inquire of Titus,

he is my partner and fellowhelper

concerning you: or our brethren

be inquired of, they are the messen-

gers of the churches, and the glory

of Christ.

24 Wherefore shew ye to them,

and before the churches, the proof

of your love, and of our boasting on

your behalf.

CHAPTER 9

God loves and rewards a cheerful

giver—Thanks be to God for His un-

speakable gift.

F as touching the ministering to

the saints, it is superfluous for me

to write to you:

2 For I know the forwardness of

your mind, for which I

boast of you

to them of Macedonia, that Achaia

was ready a year ago; and your zeal

hath

provoked very many.

3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest

our boasting of you should be in

vain in this behalf; that, as I said,

ye may be ready:

4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia

come with me, and find you un-

prepared, we (that we say not, ye)

should be ashamed in this same

confident boasting.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary

to exhort the brethren, that they

would go before unto you, and

make up beforehand your

bounty,

whereof ye had notice before, that

the same might be ready, as a matter

of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

6 But this I say, He which soweth

sparingly shall

reap also sparingly;

and he which

soweth bountifully

shall reap also bountifully.

7 Every man according as he

pur-

poseth in his heart, so let him give;

not

grudgingly, or of necessity: for

God loveth a

cheerful

giver.

8 And God is able to make all

grace

abound toward you; that ye, always

having all sufficiency in all things,

may abound to every good work:

9 (As it is written, He hath dis-

persed abroad; he hath given to the

poor: his righteousness remaineth

for ever.

10 Now he that ministereth seed

to the sower both minister bread

for your food, and multiply your

seed sown, and increase the fruits

of your

righteousness;)

11 Being enriched in every thing

to all bountifulness, which causeth

through us

thanksgiving to God.

12 For the

administration of this

service not only supplieth the want

of the saints, but is abundant also

by many thanksgivings unto God;

13 Whiles by the experiment of

this ministration they glorify God

for your professed subjection unto

the gospel of Christ, and for your

liberal distribution unto them, and

unto all men;

21 a tg Honesty.

b Rom. 12:17.

22 a 2 Cor. 2:3.

2 a 2 Cor. 7:14.

tg Provoking.

5 a

gr gift, blessing,

benevolence.

6 a

tg Harvest.

tg Accountability.

7 a D&C 6:33 (33–34).

tg Hypocrisy.

tg Cheerful.

tg Generosity.

8 a Philip. 4:18 (15–23);

Jacob 2:19 (17–19).

tg Grace.

10 a

tg Righteousness.

11 a

tg Thanksgiving.

12 a Heb. 13:16.

1469 2 CORINTHIANS 9:14–10:18

14 And by their prayer for you,

which long after you for the exceed-

ing grace of God in you.

Thanks be unto God for his

unspeakable

gift.

CHAPTER 10

Bring every thought into obedience—

Paul glories in the Lord.

N I Paul myself beseech you by

the

meekness and gentleness of

Christ, who in presence am base

among you, but being absent am

bold toward you:

2 But I beseech you, that I may not

be bold when I am present with that

confidence, wherewith I think to

be bold against some, which think

of us as if we walked according to

the flesh.

3 For though we walk in the flesh,

we do not

war after the flesh:

4 (For the

weapons of our

warfare

are not carnal, but mighty through

God to the pulling down of strong

holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and

every high thing that exalteth it-

self against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every

thought to the

obedience of Christ;

6 And having in a readiness to re-

venge all

disobedience, when your

obedience is fulfilled.

7 Do ye look on things after the

outward

appearance? If any man

trust to himself that he is Christ’s,

let him of himself think this again,

that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we

Christ’s.

8 For though I should boast some-

what more of our

authority, which

the Lord hath given us for

edifica-

tion, and not for your destruction,

I should not be ashamed:

9 That I may not seem as if I would

terrify you by letters.

10 For his letters, say they, are

weighty and powerful; but his

bod-

ily presence is weak, and his speech

contemptible.

11 Let such an one think this,

that, such as we are in word by

letters when we are absent, such

will we be also in deed when we are

present.

12 For we dare not make ourselves

of the number, or compare ourselves

with some that commend them-

selves: but they measuring them-

selves by themselves, and compar-

ing themselves among themselves,

are not wise.

13 But we will not

boast of things

without our measure, but according

to the measure of the rule which

God hath distributed to us, a mea-

sure to reach even unto you.

14 For we stretch not ourselves

beyond our measure, as though we

reached not unto you: for we are

come as far as to you also in preach-

ing the gospel of Christ:

15 Not boasting of things without

our measure, that is, of other men’s

labours; but having hope, when

your faith is increased, that we shall

be enlarged by you according to our

rule abundantly,

16 To preach the gospel in the re-

gions beyond you, and not to boast in

another man’s line of things made

ready to our hand.

17 But he that glorieth, let him

glory in the Lord.

18 For not he that

commendeth

himself is approved, but whom the

Lord commendeth.

CHAPTER 11

Maintain the simplicity that is in

Christ—Satan sends forth false apos-

tles—Paul glories in his sufferings for

Christ.

15 a tg Thanksgiving.

b James 1:17.

1 a D&C 19:23; 25:5 (5, 14).

3 a

tg War.

4 a Eph. 6:11 (10–24).

b 1 Cor. 9:7.

5 a

tg Motivations.

tg Obedience.

6 a

tg Disobedience.

b 2 Cor. 7:15.

7 a 1 Sam. 16:7.

b 1 Cor. 3:23.

8 a 2 Cor. 13:10.

tg Called of God.

tg Edification.

10 a Gal. 4:13.

b 2 Cor. 11:6.

13 a

tg Boast.

15 a Rom. 15:20.

17 a Jer. 9:24 (23–24);

Alma 26:16 (11–16).

18 a Luke 18:14.

tg Boast.

14702 CORINTHIANS 11:1–23

W to God ye could bear with

me a little in my folly: and indeed

bear with me.

2 For I am

jealous over you with

godly jealousy: for I have

es-

poused you to one husband, that I

may present you as a chaste virgin

to Christ.

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as

the

serpent

beguiled Eve through

his

subtilty, so your minds should

corrupted from the

simplicity

that is in Christ.

4 For if he that cometh preacheth

another

Jesus, whom we have not

preached, or if ye receive another

spirit, which ye have not received,

or another

gospel, which ye have

not accepted, ye might well bear

with him.

5 For I suppose I was not a whit

behind the very chiefest apostles.

6 But though I be

rude in speech,

yet not in knowledge; but we have

been throughly made manifest

among you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offence in

abasing myself that ye might be

exalted, because I have preached

to you the gospel of God

freely?

8 I

robbed other churches, taking

wages of them, to do you service.

9 And when I was present with

you, and wanted, I was

chargeable

to no man: for that which was

lack-

ing to me the brethren which came

from Macedonia

supplied: and in

all things I have kept myself from

being burdensome unto you, and

so will I keep myself.

10 As the truth of Christ is in me,

no man shall stop me of this boast-

ing in the regions of Achaia.

11 Wherefore? because I love you

not? God knoweth.

12 But what I do, that I will do,

that I may cut off occasion from

them which desire occasion; that

wherein they

glory, they may be

found even as we.

13 For such are

false apostles,

deceitful workers, transforming

themselves into the apostles of

Christ.

14 And no marvel; for

Satan him-

self is transformed into an

angel

of light.

15 Therefore it is no great thing if

his ministers also be transformed

as the ministers of righteousness;

whose

end shall be according to

their works.

16 I say again, Let no man think

me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool

receive me, that I may

boast my-

self a little.

17 That which I speak, I speak it not

after the Lord, but as it were fool-

ishly, in this confidence of boasting.

18 Seeing that many glory after

the flesh, I will glory also.

19 For ye suffer fools gladly, see-

ing ye yourselves are wise.

20 For ye suffer, if a man bring

you into

bondage, if a man devour

you, if a man take of you, if a man

exalt himself, if a man smite you

on the face.

21 I speak as concerning

reproach,

as though we had been weak. How-

beit whereinsoever any is bold, (I

speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

22 Are they

Hebrews? so am I. Are

they

Israelites? so am I. Are they

the seed of Abraham? so am I.

23 Are they

ministers of Christ?

2 a tg Jealous.

b D&C 20:77.

3 a

tg Devil.

tg Fall of Man;

Temptation.

c Gen. 3:1.

d Heb. 13:9.

e Jacob 4:14.

4 a Gal. 1:6.

tg Gospel.

6 a 2 Cor. 10:10.

7 a 1 Cor. 9:18.

8 a

gr despoiled other

churches, having taken

provisions for you.

tg Wages.

9 a 2 Cor. 12:13 (13, 16);

1 Thes. 2:9.

b 1 Cor. 16:17.

c Philip. 4:10.

12 a

gr boast; so in

chapters 11–12.

13 a

tg False Priesthoods;

False Prophets.

14 a 2 Ne. 9:9;

D&C 129:8.

tg Devil.

tg Angels.

15 a Philip. 3:19.

16 a

gr listen to, bear with,

follow.

tg Boast.

20 a

tg Bondage, Physical.

21 a

tg Reproach.

22 a Philip. 3:5.

b Rom. 11:1.

23 a 2 Cor. 6:4 (4–10).

1471 2 CORINTHIANS 11:24–12:9

(I speak as a fool)

I am more; in

labours more abundant, in

stripes

above measure, in

prisons more

frequent, in deaths oft.

24 Of the Jews five times received

forty stripes save one.

25 Thrice was I

beaten with rods,

once was I stoned, thrice I suffered

shipwreck, a night and a day I have

been in the deep;

26 In journeyings often, in perils

of waters, in perils of robbers, in

perils by mine own

countrymen,

in perils by the

heathen, in

perils

in the city, in perils in the wilder-

ness, in perils in the sea, in perils

among false brethren;

27 In

weariness and

painfulness,

in watchings often, in hunger and

thirst, in fastings often, in cold and

nakedness.

28 Beside those things that

are without, that which cometh

upon me daily, the care of all the

churches.

29 Who is weak, and I am not

weak? who is offended, and I

burn not?

30 If I must needs glory, I will glory

of the things which concern mine

infirmities.

31 The God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed

for evermore, knoweth that I lie

not.

32 In Damascus the governor under

Aretas the king kept the city of the

Damascenes with a garrison, desir-

ous to

apprehend me:

33 And through a window in a

basket was I let down by the wall,

and escaped his hands.

CHAPTER 12

Paul is caught up to the third heaven—

The Lord gives men weaknesses that

they may triumph over them—Paul

manifests the signs of an Apostle.

I is not expedient for me doubtless

glory. I will come to

visions and

revelations of the Lord.

I knew a man in Christ above

fourteen years ago, (whether in

the

body, I cannot tell; or whether

out of the body, I cannot tell: God

knoweth;) such an one caught up

to the

third

heaven.

3 And I knew such a man, (whether

in the body, or out of the body, I

cannot tell: God knoweth;)

4 How that he was caught up into

paradise, and heard

unspeakable

words, which it is

not

lawful for a

man to utter.

5 Of such an one will I glory: yet

of myself I will not

glory, but in

mine infirmities.

6 For though I would desire to

glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will

say the truth: but now I forbear, lest

any man should think of me above

that which he seeth me to be, or that

he heareth of me.

7 And lest I should be

exalted

above measure through the abun-

dance of the revelations, there was

given to me a

thorn in the flesh,

the messenger of Satan to buffet

me, lest I should be exalted above

measure.

8 For this thing I besought the

Lord thrice, that it might depart

from me.

9 And he said unto me, My

grace is

sufficient for thee: for my

strength

23 b JSt 2 Cor. 11:23 . . . so

am I; in labors . . .

c 1 Cor. 15:10.

d Acts 16:23;

James 5:10 (10–11);

Alma 26:29 (29–31).

e 2 Cor. 4:9.

24 a Deut. 25:3.

25 a Acts 16:22.

tg Persecution.

26 a Acts 14:5; 17:5.

tg Heathen.

c Acts 21:31.

27 a

gr toil, trouble.

tg Pain.

29 a 1 Cor. 9:22.

JSt 2 Cor. 11:29 . . .

anger not?

32 a Acts 9:23 (23–25).

1 a tg Boast.

b 1 Cor. 9:1.

tg Revelation.

2 a

gr I know a man in

Christ who fourteen

years ago.

b D&C 137:1.

tg Celestial Glory.

tg Heaven.

4 a

tg Paradise.

gr ineffable.

c 3 Ne. 17:17;

19:34 (32–34).

gr possible, permitted.

5 a

tg Boast.

7 a D&C 3:4.

tg Pain.

9 a

tg Grace.

tg Strength.

14722 CORINTHIANS 12:10–13:7

is made perfect in

weakness. Most

gladly therefore will I rather glory

in my infirmities, that the power of

Christ may

rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in

infirmities, in reproaches, in ne-

cessities, in

persecutions, in dis-

tresses for Christ’s sake: for when I

weak, then am I

strong.

11 I am become a fool in glorying;

ye have compelled me: for I ought to

have been commended of you: for in

nothing am I behind the very

chief-

est apostles, though I be nothing.

12 Truly the

signs of an apostle

were wrought among you in all pa-

tience, in signs, and wonders, and

mighty deeds.

13 For what is it wherein ye were

inferior to other churches, except

it be that I myself was not

burden-

some to you? forgive me this wrong.

14 Behold, the third time I am

ready to come to you; and I will not

be burdensome to you: for I

seek

not yours, but you: for the children

ought not to lay up for the parents,

but the parents for the children.

15 And I will very gladly spend

and be spent for you; though the

more abundantly I love you, the

less I be loved.

16 But be it so, I did not burden

you: nevertheless, being crafty, I

caught you with guile.

17 Did I make a gain of you by

any of them whom I sent unto you?

18 I desired Titus, and with him

I sent a brother. Did Titus make a

gain of you? walked we not in the

same spirit? walked we not in the

same steps?

19 Again, think ye that we excuse

ourselves unto you? we speak before

God in Christ: but we do all things,

dearly beloved, for your

edifying.

20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I

shall not find you such as I would,

and that I shall be found unto you

such as ye would not: lest there be

debates, envyings, wraths,

strifes,

backbitings, whisperings, swell-

ings,

tumults:

21 And lest, when I come again, my

God will humble me among you,

and that I shall bewail many which

have sinned already, and have not

repented of the uncleanness and for-

nication and lasciviousness which

they have committed.

CHAPTER 13

Saints should test themselves as to

righteousness—Be perfect and of one

mind; live in peace.

T is the third time I am coming

to you. In the mouth of two or three

witnesses shall every word be es-

tablished.

2 I told you before, and foretell

you, as if I were present, the sec-

ond time; and being absent now

I write to them which heretofore

have sinned, and to all other, that,

if I come again, I will not spare:

3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ

speaking in me, which to you-ward

is not weak, but is mighty in you.

4 For though he was

crucified

through weakness, yet he liveth by

the power of God. For we also are

weak in him, but we shall live with

him by the power of God toward you.

Examine yourselves, whether

ye be in the faith; prove your own

selves. Know ye not your own selves,

how that

Jesus

Christ is in you,

except ye be reprobates?

6 But I trust that ye shall know

that we are not reprobates.

7 Now I pray to God that ye do no

evil; not that we should appear ap-

proved, but that ye should do that

9 c 2 Cor. 13:9;

Ether 12:27 (26–28).

d D&C 39:12.

10 a

tg Adversity.

tg Persecution.

tg Humility.

d Joel 3:10; D&C 50:16.

11 a 1 Cor. 9:1.

12 a

tg Signs.

13 a 2 Cor. 11:9 (8–9).

14 a 1 Cor. 10:33.

19 a 1 Cor. 14:26.

tg Edification.

20 a

tg Strife.

tg Backbiting.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

1 a Deut. 19:15;

D&C 6:28.

tg Book of Mormon;

Witness.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

5 a 1 Cor. 11:28 (27–31).

b 1 Jn. 3:24 (19–24);

4:12 (7–21).

c Rom. 8:10.

1473 2 CORINTHIANS 13:8–GALATIANS 1:9

which is

honest, though we be as

reprobates.

8 For we can do nothing against

the truth, but for the truth.

9 For we are glad, when we are

weak, and ye are strong: and this

also we wish, even your perfection.

10 Therefore I write these things

being absent, lest being present I

should use sharpness, according

to the

power which the Lord hath

given me to edification, and not to

destruction.

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be

perfect, be of good comfort, be of

one

mind, live in

peace; and the

God of

love and peace shall be

with you.

12 Greet one another with an holy

kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus

Christ, and the love of God, and the

communion of the Holy Ghost, be

with you all. Amen.

¶ The second epistle to the Corinthians was

written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia,

by Titus and Lucas.

7 a tg Honesty.

9 a 2 Cor. 12:9.

10 a 2 Cor. 10:8.

11 a

tg Perfection.

tg Unity.

c 1 Cor. 1:10 (10–13).

tg Peace.

tg God, Love of.

12 a

jst 2 Cor. 13:12 . . .

salutation.

[G]

1 a tg Apostles;

Priesthood, Authority.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

tg Redemption.

tg God, Will of.

6 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Apostasy of the Early

Christian Church.

b 2 Cor. 11:4.

7 a

gr agitate, raise doubts,

perplex.

b Gal. 5:10.

tg Gospel.

8 a

tg Angels.

b 1 Tim. 1:3.

tg Gospel.

d Gal. 5:12.

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

GAlATiAns

CHAPTER 1

Preachers of false gospels are accursed—

Paul received the gospel by revelation—

He believed, was taught, and preached

to the Gentiles.

AUL, an

apostle, (not of men,

neither by man, but by Jesus

Christ, and God the Father, who

raised him from the dead;)

2 And all the brethren which are

with me, unto the churches of Ga-

latia:

3 Grace be to you and peace from

God the Father, and from our Lord

Jesus Christ,

4 Who

gave himself for our sins,

that he might

deliver us from this

present evil world, according to the

will of God and our Father:

5 To whom be glory for ever and

ever. Amen.

6 I marvel that ye are so soon

re-

moved from him that called you

into the grace of Christ unto an-

other

gospel:

7 Which is not another; but there be

some that

trouble you, and would

pervert the

gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an

angel from

heaven, preach any

other

gospel

unto you than that which we have

preached unto you, let him be

accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now

again, If any man preach any other

1474GALATIANS 1:10–2:6

gospel unto you than that ye have

received, let him be

accursed.

10 For do I now

persuade men, or

God? or do I seek to

please men?

for if I yet

pleased men, I should

not be the servant of Christ.

11 But I

certify you, brethren, that

the gospel which was

preached of

me is not after man.

12 For I neither received it

of man,

neither was I taught it, but

by the

revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For ye have heard of my

con-

versation in time past in the Jews’

religion, how that beyond measure

persecuted the church of God,

and

wasted it:

14 And

profited in the Jews’ re-

ligion above many

my equals in

mine own nation, being more ex-

ceedingly

zealous of the

traditions

of my fathers.

15 But when it pleased God, who

separated me from my mother’s

womb, and called me by his

grace,

16 To reveal his Son in me, that I

might preach him among the

hea-

then; immediately I conferred not

with

flesh and blood:

17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem

to them which were apostles before

me; but I went into Arabia, and re-

turned again unto Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went

up to

Jerusalem to see Peter, and

abode with him fifteen days.

19 But other of the

apostles saw I

none, save

James the Lord’s

brother.

20 Now the things which I

write

unto you, behold, before God, I lie

not.

21 Afterwards I came into the re-

gions of Syria and Cilicia;

22 And was unknown by face unto

the churches of Judæa which were

in Christ:

23 But they had heard only, That

he which persecuted us in times

past now preacheth the faith which

once he destroyed.

24 And they glorified God in me.

CHAPTER 2

Paul goes to Jerusalem—He contends

for the true gospel—Salvation comes

through Christ.

T fourteen years after I went up

again to

Jerusalem with

Barnabas,

and took Titus with me also.

2 And I went up by

revelation, and

communicated unto them that gos-

pel which I preach among the Gen-

tiles, but privately to them which

were of reputation, lest by any means

I should run, or had run, in vain.

3 But neither Titus, who was with

me, being a Greek, was compelled

to be

circumcised:

And that because of false breth-

ren unawares brought in, who came

in privily to spy out our

liberty

which we have in Christ Jesus, that

they might bring us into

bondage:

5 To whom we gave place by sub-

jection, no, not for an hour; that the

truth of the gospel might continue

with you.

6 But of these who seemed to be

somewhat, (whatsoever they were,

it maketh no matter to me: God ac-

cepteth no man’s person:) for they

9 a tg False Doctrine.

b 2 Ne. 28:15.

10 a

gr appease, aspire to

the favor of.

JSt Gal. 1:10 . . . please . . .

tg Peer Influence.

tg Courage.

11 a

gr declare, make

known to.

b 2 Cor. 4:5.

12 a

gr from a man.

gr through a revelation.

c 1 Cor. 9:1;

D&C 84:1.

tg Testimony.

13 a

gr conduct.

b Acts 9:21 (10–22).

gr was ravaging,

destroying.

14 a

gr was advancing.

gr men of my age.

tg Zeal.

tg Traditions of Men.

15 a

tg Grace.

16 a

gr nations, Gentiles.

tg Heathen.

tg Flesh and Blood.

18 a Acts 9:26.

19 a

tg Apostles.

b Acts 21:18.

tg Jesus Christ,

Family of.

20 a

Scriptures, Writing of.

1 a Acts 15:2.

b Acts 4:36 (36–37).

2 a Alma 8:16;

Hel. 13:3.

gr reported.

3 a

tg Circumcision.

4 a

JSt Gal. 2:4

Notwithstanding, there

were some brought in

by false brethren

unawares, who . . .

tg Liberty.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

1475 GALATIANS 2:7–3:3

who seemed to be somewhat in con-

ference added nothing to me:

7 But contrariwise, when they saw

that the

gospel of the uncircum-

cision was committed unto me, as

the gospel of the

circumcision was

unto

Peter;

8 (For he that wrought effectually

in Peter to the apostleship of the

circumcision, the same was mighty

in me toward the Gentiles:)

9 And when James,

Cephas, and

John, who seemed to be pillars, per-

ceived the

grace that was given unto

me, they gave to me and Barnabas

the right hands of

fellowship; that

we should go unto the

heathen, and

they unto the circumcision.

10 Only they would that we should

remember the poor; the same which

I also was forward to do.

11 But when Peter was come to

Antioch, I withstood him to the

face, because he was to be blamed.

12 For before that certain came

from James, he did eat with the

Gentiles: but when they were come,

he withdrew and separated himself,

fearing them which were of the cir-

cumcision.

13 And the other Jews dissembled

likewise with him; insomuch that

Barnabas also was carried away

with their

dissimulation.

14 But when I saw that they walked

not uprightly according to the truth

of the gospel, I said unto Peter be-

fore them all, If thou, being a Jew,

livest after the manner of Gentiles,

and not as do the Jews, why com-

pellest thou the Gentiles to live as

do the Jews?

15 We who are Jews by nature, and

not sinners of the Gentiles,

16 Knowing that a man is not

jus-

tified by the works of the

law, but

by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we

have believed in Jesus Christ, that

we might be justified by the

faith

of Christ, and not by the

works of

the

law: for by the works of the law

shall no flesh be

justified.

17 But if, while we seek to be jus-

tified by Christ, we ourselves also

are found sinners, is therefore Christ

the minister of sin? God forbid.

18 For if I build again the things

which I destroyed, I make myself a

transgressor.

19 For I through the law am

dead

to the law, that I might

live unto

God.

20 I am crucified with Christ: nev-

ertheless I live; yet not I, but

Christ

liveth in me: and the life which I

now live in the flesh I live by the

faith of the Son of God, who loved

me, and gave himself for me.

21 I do not frustrate the

grace of

God: for if righteousness come by

the

law, then Christ is dead in vain.

CHAPTER 3

God gave the gospel to Abraham—The

Mosaic law was added because of

transgressions—The law was a school-

master until Christ—The Saints are

children of God by faith—All who are

of the faith and baptized into Christ

become Abraham’s seed.

O  Galatians, who hath

bewitched you, that ye should not

obey the truth, before whose eyes

Jesus Christ hath been evidently set

forth, crucified among you?

2 This only would I learn of you,

Received ye the Spirit by the works

of the

law, or by the

hearing of

faith?

3 Are ye so foolish? having begun

7 a 1 Cor. 9:17.

tg Circumcision.

c 1 Cor. 9:1.

9 a John 1:42.

tg Grace.

tg Fellowshipping.

gr nations, Gentiles.

13 a

gr hypocrisy.

16 a

tg Justification.

b D&C 22:2.

c Moro. 7:33 (7–33).

d Mosiah 13:28 (27–32).

e 2 Ne. 2:5 (5–8).

gr vindicated,

approved, guiltless.

19 a Rom. 7:4 (1–7).

b Rom. 6:11 (9–11).

20 a John 17:22 (20–23).

b Rom. 14:7 (7–9).

tg Faith.

21 a

tg Grace.

b Mosiah 13:28 (27–31).

1 a Jacob 7:18 (16–18).

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

2 a 2 Ne. 2:5;

Mosiah 13:28 (27–28).

b Rom. 10:17.

1476GALATIANS 3:4–24

in the Spirit, are ye now made per-

fect by the flesh?

4 Have ye suffered so many things

in vain? if it be yet in vain.

5 He therefore that

ministereth to

you the Spirit, and worketh mira-

cles among you, doeth he it by the

works of the law, or by the hearing

of faith?

6 Even as Abraham believed God,

and it was accounted to him for

righteousness.

7 Know ye therefore that they

which are of faith, the same are the

children of Abraham.

8 And the scripture, foreseeing

that God would justify the

heathen

through faith, preached before the

gospel unto Abraham, saying, In

thee shall all

nations be

blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith

are

blessed with faithful Abraham.

10 For as many as are of the works

of the law are under the curse: for it

is written,

Cursed is every one that

continueth not in all things which

are written in the book of the law

to do them.

11 But that no man is justified by

the law in the sight of God, it is evi-

dent: for, The just shall live by

faith.

12 And the law is not of faith: but,

The man that doeth them shall live

in them.

13 Christ hath

redeemed us from

the

curse of the

law, being made a

curse for us: for it is written,

Cursed

is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the

blessing of Abraham

might come on the Gentiles through

Jesus Christ; that we might receive

the

promise of the Spirit through

faith.

15 Brethren, I speak after the man-

ner of men; Though it be but a man’s

covenant, yet if it be confirmed,

no man disannulleth, or addeth

thereto.

16 Now to

Abraham and his seed

were the

promises made. He saith

not, And to seeds, as of many; but

as of one, And to thy seed, which

is Christ.

17 And this I say, that the covenant,

that was confirmed before of God

in Christ, the law, which was

four

hundred and thirty years after, can-

not disannul, that it should make

the promise of none effect.

18 For if the

inheritance be of the

law, it is no more of promise: but

God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Wherefore then serveth the law?

It was

added because of transgres-

sions, till the seed should come to

whom the promise was made; and it

was ordained by angels in the hand

of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not a media-

tor of one, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the

promises of God? God forbid: for if

there had been a law given which

could have given life, verily righ-

teousness should have been by

the law.

22 But the scripture hath con-

cluded all under

sin, that the prom-

ise by faith of Jesus Christ might be

given to them that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were

kept under the law, shut up unto

the faith which should afterwards

be revealed.

24 Wherefore the

law was our

schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,

5 a gr grants, furnishes.

6 a

tg Righteousness.

7 a

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

8 a

tg Heathen.

tg Gospel.

tg Israel, Mission of.

tg Mission of

Latter-day Saints.

9 a

tg Israel, Blessings of.

10 a

tg Curse.

11 a

tg Faith.

13 a Gal. 4:5.

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Curse.

c Alma 42:22 (1–28).

d Deut. 21:23.

14 a

tg Blessing;

Israel, Mission of.

b Acts 8:35 (29–35).

tg Promise.

16 a Ps. 132:11;

Luke 1:55 (54–55).

b D&C 107:40.

17 a

tg Israel, Bondage of,

in Egypt.

18 a

tg Inheritance.

19 a

JSt Gal. 3:19–20

(Appendix).

b 1 Tim. 1:9.

22 a D&C 49:8.

24 a

tg Law of Moses.

gr pedagogue, director,

supervisor of children.

JSt Gal. 3:24 . . .

schoolmaster until

Christ . . .

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

1477 GALATIANS 3:25–4:18

that we might be

justified by

faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we

are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26 For ye are all the

children of

God by

faith in Christ Jesus.

27 For as many of you as have been

baptized into Christ have put on

Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor

Greek,

there is neither bond nor free, there

is neither male nor female: for ye

are all

one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are

Abraham’s

seed, and

heirs ac-

cording to the promise.

CHAPTER 4

The Saints are children of God by

adoption—Paul calls the Galatians

back to Christ—He compares the two

covenants.

N I say, That the heir, as long as

he is a child, differeth nothing from

a servant, though he be lord of all;

2 But is under tutors and gover-

nors until the time appointed of

the father.

3 Even so we, when we were chil-

dren, were in

bondage under the

elements of the world:

4 But when the fulness of the time

was come, God

sent forth his

Son,

made of a

woman, made under

the law,

5 To

redeem them that were un-

der the law, that we might receive

the

adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God

hath sent forth the Spirit of his

Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,

Father.

7 Wherefore thou art no more a

servant, but a

son; and if a son,

then an

heir of God through Christ.

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew

not God, ye

did

service unto them

which by nature are no

gods.

9 But now, after that ye have known

God, or rather are known of God,

how turn ye again to the weak and

beggarly elements, whereunto ye

desire again to be in

bondage?

10 Ye observe

days, and months,

and times, and years.

11 I am afraid

of you, lest I have

bestowed upon you labour in vain.

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as

I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not

injured me at all.

13 Ye know how through

infirmity

of the

flesh I preached the gospel

unto you at the first.

14 And my

temptation which was

in my flesh ye despised not, nor re-

jected; but received me as an angel

of God, even as Christ Jesus.

15 Where is then the blessedness

ye spake of? for I bear you record,

that, if it had been possible, ye would

have plucked out your own eyes,

and have given them to me.

16 Am I therefore become your en-

emy, because I tell you the

truth?

17 They zealously affect you, but

not well; yea, they would exclude

you, that ye might affect them.

18 But it is good to be

zealously

affected always in a good thing, and

not only when I am present with

you.

24 c See JSt Rom. 4:16

(Rom. 4:16 note a).

Moro. 10:32 (32–33).

26 a

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

tg Baptism,

Qualifications for.

27 a Rom. 13:14;

2 Ne. 31:13 (12–13);

Mosiah 5:8 (2–14).

tg Baptism.

28 a

tg Gentiles.

b Rom. 10:12 (12–13).

tg Unity.

29 a

tg Conversion.

tg Seed of Abraham.

c Gal. 4:28.

3 a tg Bondage, Spiritual.

4 a John 8:42;

16:28 (27–28, 30); 17:8.

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

tg Jesus Christ, Birth of.

gr born.

tg Woman.

5 a Gal. 3:13.

tg Election.

7 a

gr slave.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

tg Eternal Life;

Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father.

8 a

gr were slaves, were in

bondage.

b 1 Cor. 8:4.

c Jer. 44:3.

9 a D&C 84:51 (50–51).

10 a Rom. 14:5 (5–6).

11 a

gr concerning.

13 a

gr weakness, feebleness.

1 Cor. 2:3 (2–4).

b 2 Cor. 10:10.

14 a

gr trial, test.

16 a Hel. 13:26.

tg Truth.

18 a

tg Zeal.

1478GALATIANS 4:19–5:10

19 My little children, of whom I

travail in birth again until Christ

be formed in you,

20 I desire to be present with you

now, and to change my voice; for I

stand in doubt of you.

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be

under the law, do ye not hear

the law?

22 For it is written, that Abraham

had two sons, the one by a

bond-

maid, the other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bond-

woman was born after the flesh; but

he of the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for

these are the two covenants; the one

from the mount Sinai, which gen-

dereth to

bondage, which is

Agar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in

Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem

which now is, and is in bondage

with her children.

26 But

Jerusalem which is above is

free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written,

Rejoice, thou

barren that bearest not; break forth

and cry, thou that travailest not:

for the desolate hath many more

children than she which hath an

husband.

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was,

are the

children of promise.

29 But as then he that was born

after the

flesh

persecuted him

that was born after the Spirit, even

so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what saith the

scripture?

Cast out the bondwoman

and her son: for the son of the bond-

woman shall not be heir with the

son of the freewoman.

31 So then, brethren, we are not

children of the bondwoman, but

of the free.

CHAPTER 5

Stand fast in gospel liberty—Seek faith,

love, Christ, and the Spirit—The works

of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit

are named.

S fast therefore in the

liberty

wherewith Christ hath made us

free, and be not

entangled again

with the yoke of

bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that

if ye be circumcised, Christ shall

profit you nothing.

3 For I testify again to every man

that is

circumcised, that he is a

debtor to do the whole law.

4 Christ is become of no effect

unto you, whosoever of you are jus-

tified by the

law; ye are fallen from

grace.

5 For we through the Spirit wait for

the hope of righteousness by

faith.

6 For in Jesus Christ neither

cir-

cumcision

availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision; but

faith which

worketh by

love.

7 Ye did run well; who did hin-

der you that ye should not

obey

the truth?

8 This persuasion cometh not of

him that calleth you.

9 A little leaven leaveneth the

whole lump.

10 I have

confidence in you

through the Lord, that ye

will be

none otherwise minded: but he that

troubleth you shall bear his judg-

ment, whosoever he be.

20 a gr am perplexed about.

22 a Gen. 16:2 (1–3);

D&C 132:30 (30–34), 65;

Abr. 2:9 (9–11).

24 a

tg Law of Moses.

b Gen. 16:1.

26 a

tg Jerusalem, New.

27 a Gen. 21:6.

tg Barren.

28 a Gal. 3:29.

tg Mission of

Early Saints;

Seed of Abraham.

29 a

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

b Gen. 21:9.

30 a Gen. 21:10.

1 a Philip. 4:1 (1–7).

tg Liberty.

c 2 Ne. 2:26 (26–27);

Mosiah 5:8;

Alma 61:9 (9, 21).

d D&C 88:86.

tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Law of Moses.

3 a Rom. 2:25.

4 a

tg Law of Moses.

tg Grace.

5 a Rom. 5:2 (1–5);

1 Pet. 1:21 (21–22).

6 a

tg Circumcision.

gr has any power,

validity, service.

tg Faith.

tg Love.

7 a

tg Disobedience.

10 a

tg Dependability.

gr will take no other

view, will not have a

different opinion.

c Gal. 1:7.

1479 GALATIANS 5:11–6:5

11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach

circumcision, why do I yet suffer

persecution? then is the

offence

of the cross ceased.

12 I would they were even

cut off

which

trouble you.

13 For, brethren, ye have been

called unto

liberty; only use not

liberty for an occasion to the flesh,

but by love

serve one another.

14 For all the

law is fulfilled in

one word, even in this; Thou shalt

love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 But if ye bite and devour one

another, take heed that ye be not

consumed one of another.

16 This I say then,

Walk in the

Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the

lust of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusteth against

the

Spirit, and the Spirit against the

flesh: and these are contrary the

one to the other: so that ye cannot

do the things that ye would.

18 But if ye be

led of the Spirit,

ye are not under the

law.

19 Now the works of the

flesh are

manifest, which are these; Adultery,

fornication,

uncleanness, lascivi-

ousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,

variance, emulations, wrath,

strife,

seditions, heresies,

Envyings, murders,

drunken-

ness,

revellings, and such like: of

the which I tell you before, as I have

also told you in time past, that they

which do such things shall not in-

herit the kingdom of God.

22 But the

fruit of the

Spirit is

love,

joy,

peace,

longsuffering,

gentleness, goodness,

faith,

Meekness,

temperance: against

such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christ’s have

crucified the flesh with the

affec-

tions and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us

also walk in the Spirit.

26 Let us not be desirous of vain

glory,

provoking one another, en-

vying one another.

CHAPTER 6

Bear one another’s burdens—As you

sow, so shall you reap—Be not weary

in well-doing.

B, if a man be

overtaken

in a

fault, ye which are spiritual,

restore such an one in the spirit of

meekness;

considering thyself, lest

thou also be tempted.

2 Bear ye one another’s

burdens,

and so fulfil the law of Christ.

3 For if a man think himself to be

something, when he is nothing, he

deceiveth himself.

4 But let every man

prove his

own

work, and then shall he have

rejoicing in himself alone, and not

in another.

5 For every man shall

bear his

own burden.

11 a gr stumbling block,

cause of misery.

12 a

tg Excommunication.

b Gal. 1:8 (8–9).

13 a

tg Abundant Life;

Liberty.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

14 a Rom. 13:10 (8–10);

1 Tim. 1:5.

tg God, Law of.

tg Love.

16 a

tg Walking with God.

tg Guidance, Divine.

tg Chastity;

Lust.

17 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Loss of.

18 a D&C 20:45; 28:4; 42:13.

b Acts 15:5 (1–11);

Mosiah 13:29 (29–31).

19 a Mosiah 16:3 (3–5);

D&C 67:12 (10–12).

tg Fornication.

tg Uncleanness.

20 a

tg Strife.

21 a

tg Envy.

tg Drunkenness;

Word of Wisdom.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

22 a Rom. 8:23.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

tg Inspiration;

Spirituality.

c Col. 3:12.

tg Joy.

tg Contentment;

Peace of God.

tg Forbear.

tg Benevolence;

Kindness.

tg Faith.

23 a

tg Meek.

gr self-control.

tg Temperance.

24 a

gr sufferings,

afflictions, passions.

26 a

tg Provoking.

1 a Rom. 14:1;

D&C 20:80.

gr transgression,

trespass.

c Heb. 12:13.

gr watching.

2 a

tg Compassion.

4 a

tg Test.

tg Good Works.

5 a Prov. 9:12.

1480GALATIANS 6:6–EPHESIANS 1:4

6 Let him that is taught in the

word

communicate unto him that

teacheth in all good things.

7 Be not

deceived; God is not

mocked: for whatsoever a man

soweth, that shall he also

reap.

8 For he that soweth to his flesh

shall of the flesh reap corruption;

but he that soweth to the Spirit

shall of the Spirit reap life ever-

lasting.

9 And let us not be

weary in well

doing: for in due season we shall

reap, if we faint not.

10 As we have therefore opportu-

nity, let us do

good unto all men,

especially unto them who are of the

household of faith.

11 Ye see how large a letter I have

written unto you with mine own

hand.

12 As many as desire to make a

fair shew in the flesh, they con-

strain you to be circumcised; only

lest they should suffer

persecution

for the cross of Christ.

13 For neither they themselves

who are circumcised keep the law;

but desire to have you circumcised,

that they may glory in your flesh.

14 But God forbid that I should

glory, save in the cross of our Lord

Jesus Christ, by whom the world is

crucified unto me, and I unto the

world.

15 For in Christ Jesus neither

cir-

cumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision, but a new creature.

16 And as many as walk according

to this rule,

peace be on them, and

mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

17 From henceforth let no man

trouble me: for I bear in my body

the marks of the Lord Jesus.

18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord

Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Amen.

¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome.

6 a tg Communication.

7 a

tg Deceit.

tg Mocking.

c Ezek. 32:27.

tg Accountability;

Agency; Good Works.

d Ps. 7:16.

tg Harvest.

9 a Luke 8:14 (14–15);

2 Thes. 3:13; D&C 64:33.

tg Steadfastness.

tg Abundant Life.

10 a Prov. 3:27.

12 a

tg Persecution.

15 a

tg Circumcision.

16 a Ps. 125:5.

[E]

1 a tg Saints.

3 a

tg Spirituality.

4 a

tg Election;

Foreordination.

tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

tg Holiness.

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

ephesiAns

CHAPTER 1

The Saints are foreordained to receive

the gospel—The gospel is to be restored

in the latter days—The Saints are sealed

by the Holy Spirit of Promise—They

know God and Christ by revelation.

AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ

by the will of God, to the

saints

which are at Ephesus, and to

the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from

God our Father, and from the Lord

Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath

blessed us with all

spiritual bless-

ings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath

chosen us

in him

before the foundation of the

world, that we should be

holy and

without blame before him in love:

1481 EPHESIANS 1:5–23

5 Having

predestinated us unto

the

adoption of children by Jesus

Christ to himself, according to the

good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his

grace, wherein he hath made us

accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have

redemption

through his blood, the

forgiveness

of sins, according to the

riches of

his

grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded to-

ward us in all

wisdom and

pru-

dence;

9 Having made known unto us the

mystery of his

will, according to

his good pleasure which he hath

purposed in himself:

10 That in the

dispensation of the

fulness of times he might

gather

together in one

all things in Christ,

both which are in heaven, and which

are on earth; even in him:

11 In whom also we have obtained

an inheritance, being

predestinated

according to the purpose of him who

worketh all things after the counsel

of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise

of his glory, who

first trusted in

Christ.

13 In whom ye also trusted, after

that ye heard the word of truth,

the

gospel of your salvation: in

whom also after that ye believed, ye

were

sealed with that holy Spirit

promise,

14 Which is the earnest of our in-

heritance until the redemption of

the purchased possession, unto the

praise of his glory.

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard

of your

faith in the Lord Jesus, and

love unto all the saints,

16 Cease not to give thanks for

you, making mention of you in my

prayers;

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus

Christ, the Father of glory, may

give unto you the spirit of

wisdom

and

revelation in the knowledge

of him:

18 The eyes of your

understand-

ing being

enlightened; that ye may

know what is the hope of his calling,

and what the

riches of the glory of

his

inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding great-

ness of his

power to us-ward who

believe, according to the working

of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ,

when he

raised him from the dead,

and set him at his own right hand

in the

heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, and

power, and might, and dominion,

and every

name that is named, not

only in this world, but also in that

which is to come:

22 And hath put

all things under

his

feet, and gave him to be the

head over all things to the

church,

23 Which is his body, the fulness

of him that filleth all in all.

CHAPTER 2

We are saved by grace through faith—

The blood of Christ saves Jew and Gen-

tile alike—The Church is built upon the

foundation of apostles and prophets.

5 a gr foreordained.

Eph. 1:11.

tg Foreordination.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

7 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Redemption.

tg Forgive.

tg Treasure.

tg Grace.

8 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

tg Prudence.

9 a Eph. 3:4; D&C 107:19.

tg God, Will of.

10 a

tg Dispensations;

Last Days; Restoration

of the Gospel.

tg Israel, Gathering of.

Jesus Christ, Power of.

11 a Eph. 1:5.

12 a

gr trusted, hoped

beforehand.

13 a D&C 93:51.

tg Gospel.

tg Sealing.

tg Promise.

15 a Col. 1:4 (4–5).

17 a

tg Wisdom.

tg Revelation.

18 a

tg Understanding.

b D&C 6:15; 11:13.

tg Education.

tg Treasure.

tg Inheritance.

19 a Col. 2:12.

20 a Acts 2:32;

1 Cor. 15:20 (14–20).

b Heb. 7:26.

21 a Heb. 1:4.

tg Name.

22 a

Jesus Christ, Power of.

b Heb. 2:8.

tg Jesus Christ,

Head of the Church;

Jesus Christ, Messiah.

tg Church.

1482EPHESIANS 2:1–22

A you hath he quickened, who were

dead in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked

according to the course of this

world, according to the prince of

the power of the air, the spirit that

now worketh in the children of

disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had

our conversation in times past in

the

lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the

desires of the flesh and of the mind;

and were by

nature the children

of wrath, even as others.

4 But God, who is rich in

mercy,

for his great love wherewith he

loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins,

hath

quickened us together with

Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together,

and made us sit together in heav-

enly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come he

might shew the exceeding

riches

of his grace in his kindness toward

us through Christ Jesus.

8 For by

grace are ye

saved

through

faith; and that not of your-

selves: it is the

gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should

boast.

10 For we are his

workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus unto good

works, which God hath before or-

dained that we should

walk in them.

11 Wherefore remember, that ye be-

ing in time past Gentiles in the flesh,

who are called

Uncircumcision by

that which is called the Circumcision

in the flesh made by hands;

12 That at that time ye were

without Christ, being aliens from

the commonwealth of Israel, and

strangers from the

covenants of

promise, having no

hope, and

with-

out God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who

sometimes were far off are made

nigh by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our

peace, who hath

made both one, and hath broken

down the middle

wall of partition

between us;

15 Having

abolished in his flesh

the enmity, even the law of com-

mandments contained in

ordinances;

for to make in himself of twain one

new man, so making peace;

16 And that he might

reconcile

both unto God in one body by

the cross, having slain the enmity

thereby:

17 And came and preached peace

to you which were afar off, and to

them that were nigh.

18 For through him we both have

access by one Spirit unto the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more

strangers and foreigners, but

fel-

lowcitizens with the

saints, and of

the

household of God;

20 And are built upon the founda-

tion of the

apostles and

prophets,

Jesus Christ himself being the chief

corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly

framed together groweth unto an

holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded

together for an habitation of God

through the Spirit.

1 a Col. 1:21; Rev. 3:1.

2 a

tg Worldliness.

b D&C 121:17.

tg Disobedience.

3 a

tg Lust.

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

4 a

tg God, Mercy of.

5 a

tg Resurrection.

7 a

tg Treasure.

8 a Alma 22:14 (13–14);

42:14 (10–25);

D&C 20:30 (29–34).

tg Grace.

tg Salvation;

Salvation, Plan of.

tg Faith.

tg God, Gifts of.

9 a

tg Boast.

10 a Ps. 100:3; Isa. 60:21;

D&C 29:25.

tg Good Works.

tg Walking with God.

11 a

tg Circumcision.

12 a

tg Stranger.

tg Covenants.

c 1 Thes. 4:13.

d 1 Thes. 4:5;

Mosiah 27:31;

Alma 41:11.

14 a

tg Peace; Peace of God.

tg Veil.

15 a Col. 2:14.

tg Ordinance.

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

16 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

19 a

tg Gentiles; Stranger.

tg Citizenship;

Fellowshipping.

tg Saints.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

20 a

tg Apostles;

Church Organization.

tg Prophets, Mission of.

tg Cornerstone.

1483 EPHESIANS 3:1–4:2

2 a tg Dispensations.

3 a Col. 1:27 (26–27).

tg Scriptures, Lost.

4 a Rom. 16:25;

Eph. 1:9 (9–11).

5 a

tg Revelation.

tg Prophets, Mission of.

6 a

tg Gentiles.

8 a

tg Grace.

tg Treasure.

9 a

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

tg Creation;

God, Creator;

Jesus Christ, Creator.

tg Jesus Christ,

Jehovah.

11 a

tg Earth, Purpose of.

14 a

tg Godhead.

15 a

tg Family.

16 a

tg Treasure.

b Col. 1:11.

tg Strength.

17 a Col. 2:7.

b Col. 1:23.

19 a

tg God, Love of.

21 a D&C 76:112.

1 a tg Worthiness.

gr calling.

2 a

tg Forbear.

CHAPTER 3

The Gentiles are fellow heirs with Is-

rael—The love of Christ surpasses all

understanding.

F this cause I Paul, the prisoner

of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 If ye have heard of the

dispen-

sation of the grace of God which is

given me to you-ward:

3 How that by revelation he made

known unto me the mystery; (as I

wrote afore in few words,

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may

understand my knowledge in the

mystery of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not

made known unto the sons of men,

as it is now

revealed unto his holy

apostles and

prophets by the Spirit;

6 That the

Gentiles should be fel-

lowheirs, and of the same body, and

partakers of his promise in Christ

by the gospel:

7 Whereof I was made a minister,

according to the gift of the grace of

God given unto me by the effectual

working of his power.

8 Unto me, who am less than the

least of all saints, is this

grace given,

that I should preach among the

Gentiles the unsearchable

riches

of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what

is the fellowship of the

mystery,

which from the beginning of the

world hath been hid in God, who

created all things by

Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the

principalities and powers in heav-

enly places might be known by the

church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal

pur-

pose which he purposed in Christ

Jesus our Lord:

12 In whom we have boldness and

access with confidence by the faith

of him.

13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint

not at my tribulations for you, which

is your glory.

14 For this cause I bow my knees

unto the

Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ,

15 Of whom the whole

family in

heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, ac-

cording to the

riches of his glory,

to be

strengthened with might by

his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your

hearts by faith; that ye, being

rooted

and

grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend

with all saints what is the breadth,

and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the

love of Christ,

which passeth knowledge, that ye

might be filled with all the fulness

of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to

do exceeding abundantly above all

that we ask or think, according to

the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto him be glory in the church

by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,

world without end. Amen.

CHAPTER 4

There is one Lord, one faith, and one

baptism—Apostles and prophets are

essential to the Church—The Saints

are exhorted to live righteously—They

are sealed unto the day of redemption.

I , the prisoner of the

Lord, beseech you that ye walk

worthy of the

vocation wherewith

ye are called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness,

with longsuffering,

forbearing one

another in love;

1484EPHESIANS 4:3–23

3 a tg Unity.

4 a

tg Church.

5 a 1 Cor. 14:33; Eph. 4:13;

D&C 1:30.

tg Gospel.

tg Baptism, Essential;

Baptism, Immersion.

6 a Mal. 2:10; 1 Cor. 8:6.

tg God the Father,

Elohim.

7 a

tg Grace.

8 a Ps. 68:18; Acts 1:9;

D&C 88:6.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

11 a

tg Authority.

tg Apostles;

Church Organization;

Priesthood, History of.

tg Prophets,

Mission of.

d Acts 21:8; 2 Tim. 4:5.

tg Patriarch.

tg Bishop.

tg Teacher.

12 a

tg Priesthood, Magnify-

ing Callings within.

tg Edification.

13 a 1 Cor. 1:10; 14:33;

Eph. 4:5 (3–6);

3 Ne. 11:28 (28–30);

D&C 1:30; 38:27.

tg Learn.

tg God, Perfection of;

Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father; Perfection.

14 a 1 Cor. 14:20.

b Heb. 13:9.

15 a

tg Reproof.

b Col. 2:19.

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

17 a 1 Thes. 4:5.

tg Vanity.

tg Mind.

18 a D&C 10:2.

tg Understanding.

tg Ignorance.

gr hardness.

tg Spiritual Blindness.

tg Hardheartedness.

19 a 1 Ne. 17:45.

tg Conscience.

22 a Col. 3:8.

b Rom. 6:6 (1–7).

tg Lust.

3 Endeavouring to keep the

unity

of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one

body, and one Spirit,

even as ye are called in one hope of

your calling;

5 One Lord, one

faith, one

bap-

tism,

6 One God and

Father of all, who

is above all, and through all, and

in you all.

7 But unto every one of us is given

grace according to the measure of

the gift of Christ.

8 Wherefore he saith, When he

ascended up on high, he led cap-

tivity captive, and gave gifts unto

men.

9 (Now that he ascended, what is

it but that he also descended first

into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same

also that

ascended up far above

all heavens, that he might fill all

things.)

11 And he

gave some,

apostles;

and some,

prophets; and some,

evangelists; and some,

pastors and

teachers;

12 For the

perfecting of the saints,

for the work of the ministry, for

the

edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the

unity

of the faith, and of the

knowledge

of the Son of God, unto a

perfect

man, unto the measure of the stat-

ure of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more

children, tossed to and fro, and

carried about with every wind of

doctrine, by the sleight of men,

and cunning craftiness, whereby

they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the

truth in love,

may grow up into him in all things,

which is the

head, even Christ:

16 From whom the whole body fitly

joined together and compacted by

that which every joint supplieth,

according to the effectual working

in the measure of every part, mak-

eth increase of the body unto the

edifying of itself in love.

17 This I say therefore, and testify

in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk

not as other

Gentiles walk, in the

vanity of their

mind,

18 Having the

understanding

darkened, being alienated from

the life of God through the

igno-

rance that is in them, because of the

blindness of their

heart:

19 Who being

past

feeling have

given themselves over unto lascivi-

ousness, to work all uncleanness

with greediness.

20 But ye have not so learned

Christ;

21 If so be that ye have heard him,

and have been taught by him, as the

truth is in Jesus:

22 That ye

put off concerning the

former conversation the

old man,

which is corrupt according to the

deceitful

lusts;

23 And be renewed in the spirit

of your mind;

1485 EPHESIANS 4:24–5:11

24 a tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn;

Mission of Early Saints.

tg Righteousness.

25 a

tg Lying.

tg Honesty; Truth.

26 a

JSt Eph. 4:26 Can ye be

angry, and not sin? . . .

tg Anger.

27 a Mosiah 2:32 (32–33);

3 Ne. 11:29.

28 a

tg Stealing.

tg Labor;

Work, Value of.

c Prov. 21:26.

29 a

tg Communication;

Gossip; Profanity.

30 a Gen. 6:6.

tg God, Spirit of.

tg Sealing.

31 a

tg Anger.

tg Backbiting.

tg Slander.

tg Malice.

32 a

tg Benevolence;

Courtesy; Family, Love

within; Kindness.

tg Forgive.

1 a gr imitators.

1 Cor. 11:1;

Philip. 3:17 (13–21).

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness;

Jesus Christ, Exemplar.

2 a

tg Walking with God.

b Heb. 8:3.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

d Gen. 8:21;

Lev. 1:9.

3 a

tg Chastity;

Fornication;

Sexual Immorality.

tg Saints.

4 a

tg Filthiness.

tg Levity.

c Eccl. 5:2; Matt. 12:36.

5 a

tg Chastity; Whore.

tg Uncleanness.

tg Inheritance;

Worthiness.

6 a

tg Deceit.

tg God, Indignation of.

tg Disobedience.

8 a

tg Children of Light.

b Rom. 12:2.

9 a

tg Good Works.

11 a Gen. 49:6; Ps. 1:1 (1–2);

Prov. 1:10 (10–19).

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

tg Reproof.

24 And that ye put on the

new

man, which after God is created in

righteousness and true holiness.

25 Wherefore putting away

ly-

ing, speak every man

truth with

his neighbour: for we are members

one of another.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not

the sun go down upon your

wrath:

27 Neither give place to the

devil.

28 Let him that stole

steal no more:

but rather let him

labour, working

with his hands the thing which is

good, that he may have to

give to

him that needeth.

29 Let no corrupt

communication

proceed out of your mouth, but that

which is good to the use of edify-

ing, that it may minister grace unto

the hearers.

30 And

grieve not the holy

Spirit

of God, whereby ye are

sealed unto

the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath,

and

anger, and clamour, and

evil

speaking, be put away from you,

with all

malice:

32 And be ye

kind one to another,

tenderhearted,

forgiving one an-

other, even as God for Christ’s sake

hath forgiven you.

CHAPTER 5

The Saints are exhorted to avoid un-

cleanness and walk uprightly—Hus-

bands and wives should love each other.

B ye therefore

followers of God,

as dear children;

2 And

walk in love, as Christ also

hath loved us, and hath given him-

self for us an

offering and a

sac-

rifice to God for a sweetsmelling

savour.

3 But

fornication, and all un-

cleanness, or covetousness, let it

not be once named among you, as

becometh

saints;

4 Neither

filthiness, nor

foolish

talking, nor jesting, which are not

convenient: but rather giving of

thanks.

5 For this ye know, that no

whore-

monger, nor

unclean person, nor

covetous man, who is an idolater,

hath any

inheritance in the king-

dom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man

deceive you with

vain words: for because of these

things cometh the

wrath of God

upon the children of

disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers

with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness,

but now are ye light in the Lord:

walk as

children of

light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in

all

goodness and righteousness

and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto

the Lord.

11 And have no

fellowship with

the unfruitful works of

darkness,

but rather

reprove them.

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12 a tg Shame.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ, Light of

the World;

Light [noun].

17 a

tg Wisdom.

18 a

tg Drunkenness;

Word of Wisdom.

tg Temperance.

19 a

tg Singing.

b 2 Kgs. 3:15.

20 a

tg Thanksgiving.

21 a

tg Reconciliation.

22 a

tg Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in.

b Esth. 1:20 (20–22).

tg Submissiveness.

23 a

tg Marriage, Husbands.

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

tg Church.

25 a

tg Family, Patriarchal.

tg Family, Love within;

Love.

tg Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in.

26 a

tg Sanctification.

tg Purification.

28 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

29 a

tg Hate.

tg Body, Sanctity of.

30 a 1 Cor. 6:15.

31 a

tg Marriage, Celestial;

Unity.

32 a

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

33 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

tg Courtesy;

Respect.

1 a tg Children.

tg Counsel;

Family, Children,

Duties of;

Respect.

2 a

tg Honoring Father and

Mother.

12 For it is a

shame even to speak

of those things which are done of

them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved

are made manifest by the light: for

whatsoever doth make manifest is

light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake

thou that sleepest, and arise from

the dead, and Christ shall give thee

light.

15 See then that ye walk circum-

spectly, not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because

the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not

unwise,

but understanding what the will of

the Lord is.

18 And be not

drunk with wine,

wherein is

excess; but be filled

with the Spirit;

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms

and

hymns and spiritual songs,

singing and making

melody in your

heart to the Lord;

20 Giving

thanks always for all

things unto God and the Father in

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Submitting yourselves one to

another in the fear of God.

Wives,

submit yourselves unto

your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the

husband is the head of

the wife, even as Christ is the

head

of the

church: and he is the saviour

of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is sub-

ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to

their own husbands in every thing.

Husbands,

love your

wives,

even as Christ also loved the church,

and gave himself for it;

26 That he might

sanctify and

cleanse it with the washing of wa-

ter by the word,

27 That he might present it to him-

self a glorious church, not having

spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;

but that it should be holy and with-

out blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives

as their own bodies. He that loveth

his

wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet

hated

his own

flesh; but nourisheth and

cherisheth it, even as the Lord the

church:

30 For we are

members of his

body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave

his father and mother, and shall be

joined unto his wife, and they two

shall be

one flesh.

32 This is a great

mystery: but I

speak concerning Christ and the

church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of

you in particular so love his wife

even as himself; and the

wife see

that she

reverence her husband.

CHAPTER 6

Children should honor their parents—

Servants and masters are judged by the

same law—Saints should put on the

whole armor of God.

C,

obey your parents in

the Lord: for this is right.

Honour thy father and mother;

(which is the first commandment

with promise;)

3 That it may be well with thee, and

thou mayest live long on the earth.

1487 EPHESIANS 6:4–24

4 a tg Family, Love within;

Family, Patriarchal;

Marriage, Fatherhood.

tg Provoking.

tg Family, Children,

Responsibilities toward.

5 a Titus 2:9.

b 1 Pet. 2:18 (13–25).

6 a 1 Cor. 7:22 (21–24).

tg God, Will of.

7 a

tg Service.

8 a Col. 3:24.

9 a Mal. 3:5; Col. 4:1.

tg Leadership.

c Moro. 8:12;

D&C 38:16.

10 a

tg Strength.

11 a Ps. 91:4;

Rom. 13:12;

2 Cor. 10:4 (3–6);

1 Thes. 5:8;

D&C 27:15 (15–18).

tg Chastity; Protection,

Divine; Watch.

12 a JS—H 1:15 (15–17).

tg Opposition.

tg Flesh and Blood.

d 2 Cor. 4:4.

tg Darkness, Spiritual;

Secret Combinations.

tg Governments;

Wickedness.

14 a Isa. 11:5.

tg Truth.

c Isa. 59:17; 61:10.

tg Righteousness.

15 a

tg Peace of God.

16 a

tg Faith.

b 1 Ne. 15:24;

D&C 3:8.

17 a

tg Salvation.

18 a

tg Prayer.

tg Perseverance.

19 a

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

20 a D&C 60:2 (2–3).

21 a Acts 20:4.

24 a

tg Sincere.

4 And, ye

fathers,

provoke not

your

children to wrath: but bring

them up in the nurture and admo-

nition of the Lord.

Servants, be obedient to them

that are your

masters according to

the flesh, with fear and trembling,

in singleness of your heart, as unto

Christ;

6 Not with eyeservice, as men-

pleasers; but as the

servants of

Christ, doing the

will of God from

the heart;

7 With good will doing

service, as

to the Lord, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatsoever good

thing any man doeth, the same shall

receive of the Lord, whether he

be bond or free.

9 And, ye

masters, do the same

things unto them, forbearing threat-

ening: knowing that your

Master

also is in heaven; neither is there

respect of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, be

strong

in the Lord, and in the power of

his might.

11 Put on the whole

armour of

God, that ye may be able to stand

against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we

wrestle not

against

flesh and blood, but against prin-

cipalities, against powers, against

the

rulers of the

darkness of this

world, against spiritual

wickedness

in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the

whole armour of God, that ye may

be able to withstand in the evil day,

and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your

loins

girt about with

truth, and

having on the

breastplate of

righ-

teousness;

15 And your feet shod with the

preparation of the gospel of

peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of

faith, wherewith ye shall be able

to quench all the fiery

darts of the

wicked.

17 And take the helmet of

salva-

tion, and the sword of the Spirit,

which is the word of God:

Praying always with all prayer

and supplication in the Spirit, and

watching thereunto with all

per-

severance and supplication for all

saints;

19 And for me, that utterance may

be given unto me, that I may open

my mouth boldly, to make known

the

mystery of the gospel,

20 For which I am an ambassador

in bonds: that therein I may speak

boldly, as I ought to speak.

21 But that ye also may know my

affairs, and how I do,

Tychicus, a

beloved brother and faithful min-

ister in the Lord, shall make known

to you all things:

22 Whom I have sent unto you for

the same purpose, that ye might

know our affairs, and that he might

comfort your hearts.

23 Peace be to the brethren, and

love with faith, from God the Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

24 Grace be with all them that love

our Lord Jesus Christ in

sincerity.

Amen.

¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians

by Tychicus.

1 a tg Servant.

tg Bishop;

Church Organization.

tg Deacon.

6 a

gr complete,

accomplish.

7 a

gr just, right.

gr establishment,

strengthening.

tg Grace.

8 a

gr witness.

gr affections,

compassions.

9 a Moses 7:18.

10 a

gr prove, put to the test.

gr pure, spotless.

11 a

tg Righteousness.

12 a

gr come.

13 a Philip. 4:22.

14 a Luke 1:74 (68–75);

1 Jn. 4:18 (15–18);

D&C 68:6 (5–6).

15 a

tg Strife.

19 a 2 Cor. 1:11;

Philem. 1:22.

tg God, Spirit of.

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

philippiAns

CHAPTER 1

All that happened to Paul furthered the

gospel cause—Our conduct should be

worthy of the gospel.

AUL and Timotheus, the

ser-

vants of Jesus Christ, to all the

saints in Christ Jesus which are

at Philippi, with the

bishops and

deacons:

2 Grace be unto you, and peace,

from God our Father, and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

3 I thank my God upon every re-

membrance of you,

4 Always in every prayer of mine

for you all making request with joy,

5 For your fellowship in the gospel

from the first day until now;

6 Being confident of this very

thing, that he which hath begun a

good work in you will

perform it

until the day of Jesus Christ:

7 Even as it is

meet for me to think

this of you all, because I have you

in my heart; inasmuch as both in

my bonds, and in the defence and

confirmation of the gospel, ye all

are partakers of my

grace.

8 For God is my

record, how

greatly I long after you all in the

bowels of Jesus Christ.

9 And this I pray, that your

love

may abound yet more and more

in knowledge and in all judgment;

10 That ye may

approve things

that are excellent; that ye may be

sincere and without offence till

the day of Christ;

11 Being filled with the fruits of

righteousness, which are by Jesus

Christ, unto the glory and praise

of God.

12 But I would ye should under-

stand, brethren, that the things

which happened unto me have

fallen

out rather unto the furtherance of

the gospel;

13 So that my bonds in Christ are

manifest in all the

palace, and in

all other places;

14 And many of the brethren in

the Lord, waxing confident by my

bonds, are much more bold to speak

the word without

fear.

15 Some indeed preach Christ even

of envy and

strife; and some also

of good will:

16 The one preach Christ of con-

tention, not sincerely, supposing to

add affliction to my bonds:

17 But the other of love, knowing

that I am set for the defence of the

gospel.

18 What then? notwithstanding,

every way, whether in pretence, or

in truth, Christ is preached; and

I therein do rejoice, yea, and will

rejoice.

19 For I know that this shall turn to

my salvation through your

prayer,

and the supply of the

Spirit of

Jesus Christ,

20 According to my earnest

1489 PHILIPPIANS 1:21–2:10

expec tation and my

hope, that in

nothing I shall be ashamed, but that

with all boldness, as always, so now

also Christ shall be

magnified in

my body, whether it be by life, or

by death.

21 For to me to live is Christ, and

to die is gain.

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is

the fruit of my labour: yet what I

shall choose I

wot not.

23 For I am

in a strait betwixt two,

having a desire to depart, and to

be with Christ; which is far better:

24 Nevertheless to

abide in the

flesh is more needful for you.

25 And having this confidence, I

know that I shall abide and continue

with you all for your furtherance

and joy of faith;

26 That your rejoicing may be more

abundant in Jesus Christ for me by

my coming to you again.

27 Only let your conversation be

as it becometh the gospel of Christ:

that whether I come and see you, or

else be absent, I may hear of your

affairs, that ye

stand fast in one

spirit, with

one

mind

striving

together for the faith of the gospel;

28 And in nothing terrified by your

adversaries:

which is to them an

evident token of perdition, but to

you of salvation, and that of God.

29 For unto you it is given in the be-

half of Christ, not only to believe on

him, but also to

suffer for his sake;

30 Having the same conflict which

ye saw in me, and now hear to be

in me.

CHAPTER 2

Saints should be of one mind and one

spirit—Every knee will bow to Christ—

Saints must work out their salvation—

Paul faces martyrdom with joy.

I there be therefore any consolation

in Christ, if any comfort of love, if

any fellowship of the Spirit, if any

bowels and mercies,

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-

minded, having the same

love, being

one

accord, of one mind.

3 Let nothing be done through

strife

or vainglory; but in lowliness of

mind let each

esteem other better

than themselves.

4 Look not every man on his own

things, but every man also on the

things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you, which

was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the

form of God,

thought it not robbery to be

equal

with God:

7 But made himself of no reputa-

tion, and took upon him the form

of a

servant, and was made in the

likeness of men:

8 And being found in

fashion as

a man, he

humbled himself, and

became

obedient unto

death, even

the

death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly

exalted him, and given him a

name

which is above every name:

10 That at the

name of Jesus ev-

ery

knee should bow, of things in

heaven, and things in earth, and

things under the earth;

20 a Ps. 119:116.

b Ps. 34:3 (1–3).

22 a

gr know.

23 a

gr hard-pressed to

choose.

24 a 3 Ne. 28:9 (1–12);

D&C 7:5 (1–8).

27 a Philip. 4:1 (1–7).

tg Unity.

tg Mind.

d Jude 1:3.

28 a

JSt Philip. 1:28 . . . who

reject the gospel, which

bringeth on them destruc-

tion; but you who receive

the gospel, salvation; and

that of God.

29 a

tg Suffering.

1 a gr tender affections

of the heart and

compassion.

2 a

tg Benevolence.

tg Unity.

c Rom. 12:10 (10–18);

Moses 7:18 (18–21).

3 a

tg Strife.

tg Humility; Love;

Respect.

6 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature; Man,

Physical Creation of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

7 a Isa. 53:4 (3–7);

2 Cor. 8:9 (8–15);

Heb. 2:9.

8 a

gr outward appearance.

tg Humility; Meek.

c Isa. 50:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

9 a

tg Exaltation.

b Mal. 1:11; Heb. 1:4.

tg Name.

10 a Mosiah 27:31;

D&C 76:110 (106–11);

88:104 (103–4).

b Isa. 45:23;

Rom. 14:11.

1490PHILIPPIANS 2:11–3:6

11 And that every tongue should

confess that Jesus Christ is

Lord, to

the glory of God the Father.

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye

have always obeyed, not as in my

presence only, but now much more

in my absence,

work out your own

salvation with fear and trembling.

13 For it is God which worketh

in you both to will and to do of his

good pleasure.

14 Do all things without murmur-

ings and

disputings:

15 That ye may be blameless and

harmless, the

sons of God, without

rebuke, in the midst of a crooked

and perverse

nation, among whom

shine as lights in the world;

16 Holding forth the word of life;

that I may rejoice in the day of

Christ, that I have not run in vain,

neither laboured in vain.

17 Yea, and if I be

offered upon

the sacrifice and service of your

faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

18 For the same cause also do ye

joy, and rejoice with me.

19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to

send Timotheus shortly unto you,

that I also may be of good comfort,

when I know your state.

20 For I have no man likeminded,

who will naturally care for your

state.

21 For all

seek their

own, not

the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

22 But ye know the

proof of him,

that, as a son with the father, he

hath served with me in the gospel.

23 Him therefore I hope to send

presently, so soon as I shall see how

it will go with me.

24 But I trust in the Lord that I also

myself shall come shortly.

25 Yet I supposed it necessary

to send to you

Epaphroditus, my

brother, and companion in labour,

and fellowsoldier, but your mes-

senger, and he that ministered to

my wants.

26 For he longed after you all, and

was full of heaviness, because that

ye had heard that he had been sick.

27 For indeed he was sick nigh

unto death: but God had mercy on

him; and not on him only, but on

me also, lest I should have sorrow

upon sorrow.

28 I sent him therefore the more

carefully, that, when ye see him

again, ye may rejoice, and that I

may be the less sorrowful.

29 Receive him therefore in the

Lord with all

gladness; and

hold

such in

reputation:

30 Because for the work of Christ

he was nigh unto death, not regard-

ing his life, to supply your

lack of

service toward me.

CHAPTER 3

Paul sacrifices all things for Christ—

True ministers set examples of righ-

teousness.

F, my brethren, rejoice in the

Lord. To write the same things to

you, to me indeed is not grievous,

but for you it is safe.

2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil

workers, beware of the concision.

3 For we are the

circumcision,

which

worship God in the spirit,

and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have

no confidence in the

flesh.

4 Though I might also have con-

fidence in the flesh. If any other

man thinketh that he hath whereof

he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of

the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Ben-

jamin, an

Hebrew of the Hebrews;

as touching the law, a

Pharisee;

6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the

11 a tg Jesus Christ,

Messiah.

12 a Alma 34:37;

Morm. 9:27.

tg Good Works.

tg Salvation.

14 a

tg Disputations.

15 a

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

gr generation.

tg Mission of Early

Saints.

17 a 1 Thes. 2:8; D&C 98:13.

21 a

tg Apathy.

b 1 Cor. 10:24.

22 a

gr trial.

25 a Philip. 4:18.

29 a

tg Cheerful.

b 1 Thes. 5:13.

gr honor.

30 a Philip. 4:10.

3 a tg Circumcision.

tg Worship.

tg Trust Not in the

Arm of Flesh.

5 a 2 Cor. 11:22.

b Acts 23:6.

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church; touching the righteousness

which is in the law, blameless.

7 But what things were gain to

me, those I counted loss for Christ.

8 Yea doubtless, and I count all

things but loss for the excellency of

the knowledge of Christ Jesus my

Lord: for whom I have

suffered the

loss of all things, and do count them

but

dung, that I may win Christ,

9 And be found in him, not having

mine own righteousness, which is of

the law, but that which is through

the faith of Christ, the

righteous-

ness which is of God by faith:

10 That I may know him, and the

power of his resurrection, and the

fellowship of his sufferings, being

made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain

unto the resurrection of the

dead.

12 Not as though I had already

attained, either were already

per-

fect: but I

follow after, if that I may

apprehend that for which also I am

apprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to

have apprehended: but this one thing

I do, forgetting those things which

are behind, and reaching forth unto

those things which are before,

14 I

press toward the mark for the

prize of the high calling of God in

Christ Jesus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be

perfect, be thus minded: and if in

any thing ye be otherwise minded,

God shall reveal even this unto you.

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have

already attained, let us walk by the

same rule, let us mind the same

thing.

17 Brethren, be

followers together

of me, and mark them which walk

so as ye have us for an

ensample.

18 (For many walk, of whom I

have told you often, and now tell

you even weeping, that they are the

enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 Whose

end is destruction,

whose God is their belly,

and whose

glory is in their

shame, who mind

earthly things.)

20 For our conversation is in

heaven; from whence also we look for

the

Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall

change our

vile

body,

that it may be fashioned like

unto his glorious

body, according

to the working whereby he is able

even to

subdue all things unto

himself.

CHAPTER 4

Stand fast in the Lord—We believe in

being honest, true, and chaste.

T, my brethren dearly

beloved and longed for, my joy and

crown, so

stand fast in the Lord, my

dearly beloved.

2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech

Syntyche, that they be of the same

mind in the Lord.

3 And I entreat thee also, true

yokefellow, help those women

which laboured with me in the

gospel, with Clement also, and with

other my fellowlabourers, whose

names are in the

book of life.

4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and

again I say, Rejoice.

5 Let your

moderation be known

unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

8 a tg Self-Sacrifice;

Suffering.

b Omni 1:26;

Mosiah 2:34.

gr refuse.

9 a

tg Righteousness.

10 a 2 Cor. 1:4;

2 Thes. 2:16.

11 a

JSt Philip. 3:11 . . . just.

12 a

tg Perfection.

gr press forward.

14 a

tg Steadfastness.

tg Objectives.

15 a Moro. 10:32 (32–33).

17 a Matt. 16:24 (24–26);

Eph. 5:1;

1 Thes. 1:6.

tg Example.

19 a 2 Cor. 11:15.

JSt Philip. 3:19 . . .

and who glory in their

shame . . .

tg Shame.

20 a

tg Jesus Christ, Savior.

21 a 1 Cor. 15:51.

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

gr humble, of low

estate.

tg Resurrection.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

e 1 Cor. 15:28;

D&C 19:2; 76:106.

1 a 1 Cor. 10:12;

16:13 (13–14);

Gal. 5:1;

Philip. 1:27;

D&C 87:8.

3 a

gr associate.

tg Book of Life.

5 a

gr gentleness.

tg Modesty;

Temperance.

1492PHILIPPIANS 4:6–23

careful for nothing; but in

every thing by

prayer and sup-

plication with

thanksgiving let

your requests be made known unto

God.

7 And the

peace of God, which

passeth all

understanding, shall

keep your hearts and minds through

Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever

things are

true, whatsoever things

are

honest, whatsoever things are

just, whatsoever things are

pure,

whatsoever things are

lovely,

what-

soever things are of good report; if

there be any

virtue, and if there be

any praise,

think on these things.

9 Those things, which ye have both

learned, and

received, and heard,

and seen in me, do: and the God of

peace shall be with you.

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord

greatly, that now at the last your

care of me hath flourished again;

wherein ye were also careful, but

lacked opportunity.

11 Not that I speak in respect of

want: for I have learned, in what-

soever state I am, therewith to be

content.

12 I know both how to be

abased,

and I know how to abound: every

where and in all things I am in-

structed both to be full and to be

hungry, both to abound and to suffer

need.

13 I can do all things through

Christ which

strengtheneth me.

14 Notwithstanding ye have well

done, that ye did

communicate

with my affliction.

15 Now ye Philippians know also,

that in the beginning of the gospel,

when I departed from Macedonia,

no church communicated with me

as concerning giving and receiving,

but ye only.

16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent

once and again unto my necessity.

17 Not because I desire a gift: but

I desire

fruit that may abound to

your account.

18 But I have all, and

abound:

I am full, having received of

Ep-

aphroditus the things which were

sent from you, an odour of a sweet

smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-

pleasing to God.

19 But my God shall supply all

your

need according to his

riches

in glory by Christ Jesus.

20 Now unto God and our Father

be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

21 Salute every saint in Christ

Jesus. The brethren which are with

me greet you.

22 All the saints salute you, chiefly

they that are of

Cæsar’s household.

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you all. Amen.

¶ It was written to the Philippians from

Rome by Epaphroditus.

6 a gr Don’t be unduly

concerned about

anything.

JSt Philip. 4:6 . . .

afflicted . . .

Ps. 55:22;

Prov. 16:3;

Matt. 6:25.

tg Prayer.

tg Thanksgiving.

7 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Understanding.

gr guard.

8 a

tg Truth.

tg Honesty.

tg Righteousness.

tg Purity.

tg Beauty.

f A of F 1:13.

tg Chastity;

Virtue.

tg Motivations;

Study.

9 a 1 Thes. 4:1.

10 a 2 Cor. 11:9.

b Philip. 2:30 (25, 30).

11 a

tg Contentment.

12 a

gr humble.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

13 a John 15:5 (4–5).

b 1 Tim. 1:12;

Alma 26:12 (11–13).

14 a

gr participate.

17 a Rom. 15:28 (25–28);

Titus 3:14.

18 a 2 Cor. 9:8.

b Philip. 2:25 (25–30).

19 a Ps. 23:1.

tg Treasure.

22 a Philip. 1:13.

4 a Eph. 1:15 (12–15);

1 Thes. 5:8.

b Heb. 6:10.

5 a 1 Pet. 1:4.

tg Gospel.

6 a

jst Col. 1:6 . . . as in

all generations of the

world . . .

b Alma 32:42 (28–42);

3 Ne. 14:16;

D&C 52:34 (18, 34).

tg Grace.

7 a Col. 4:12 (12–13);

Philem. 1:23.

9 a

tg Knowledge.

tg God, Will of.

tg Understanding.

10 a

tg Walking with God.

tg Worthiness.

c 1 Thes. 4:1.

tg Education.

11 a Eph. 3:16.

tg Glory.

tg Jesus Christ,

Power of.

d Acts 5:41 (40–41).

tg Joy.

12 a Col. 3:17.

gr qualified us.

c 2 Ne. 9:18;

D&C 45:58 (57–58);

84:38 (33–38).

13 a D&C 21:6; 38:11.

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Redemption.

tg Remission of Sins.

15 a

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg Godhead.

tg Firstborn;

Jesus Christ, Firstborn.

gr all creation.

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

colossiAns

CHAPTER 1

Redemption comes through Christ—He

created all things, is in the image of

God, and is the Firstborn of the Father.

AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ

by the will of God, and Timo-

theus our brother,

2 To the saints and faithful breth-

ren in Christ which are at Colosse:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from

God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

3 We give thanks to God and the

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

praying always for you,

4 Since we heard of your

faith in

Christ Jesus, and of the

love which

ye have to all the saints,

5 For the

hope which is laid up

for you in heaven, whereof ye heard

before in the word of the truth of

the

gospel;

6 Which is come unto you,

as it is

in all the world; and bringeth forth

fruit, as it doth also in you, since

the day ye heard of it, and knew the

grace of God in truth:

7 As ye also learned of

Epaphras

our dear fellowservant, who is for

you a faithful minister of Christ;

8 Who also declared unto us your

love in the Spirit.

9 For this cause we also, since the

day we heard it, do not cease to pray

for you, and to desire that ye might

be filled with the

knowledge of his

will in all wisdom and spiritual

understanding;

10 That ye might

walk

worthy of

the Lord unto all

pleasing, being

fruitful in every good work, and

increasing in the

knowledge of

God;

Strengthened with all might,

according to his

glorious

power,

unto all patience and longsuffering

with

joyfulness;

12 Giving

thanks unto the Father,

which hath

made us meet to be

partakers of the

inheritance of the

saints in light:

13 Who hath delivered us from

the power of

darkness, and hath

translated us into the

kingdom of

his dear

Son:

14 In whom we have

redemption

through his blood, even the

forgive-

ness of sins:

15 Who is the

image of the invisi-

ble

God, the

firstborn of

every

creature:

1494COLOSSIANS 1:16–2:3

16 For by him were all

things

cre-

ated, that are in heaven, and that

are in earth, visible and invisible,

whether they be thrones, or domin-

ions, or

principalities, or powers:

all things were

created by him,

and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and

by him all things

consist.

18 And he is the

head of the body,

the church: who is the beginning,

the

firstborn from the dead; that

in all things he might have the pre-

eminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in

him should all

fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through

the blood of his cross, by him to

reconcile all things unto himself;

by him, I say, whether they be things

in earth, or things in heaven.

21 And you, that were

sometime

alienated and enemies in your mind

by wicked works, yet now hath he

reconciled

22 In the body of his flesh through

death, to present you holy and

unblameable and unreproveable

in his sight:

23 If ye

continue in the faith

grounded and settled, and be not

moved away from the

hope of the

gospel, which ye have heard, and

which was preached to every crea-

ture which is under heaven; whereof

I Paul am made a minister;

24 Who now rejoice in my suf-

ferings for you, and fill up that

which is behind of the

afflictions

of Christ in my flesh for his body’s

sake, which is the church:

25 Whereof I am made a minister,

according to the

dispensation of

God which is given to me for you,

to fulfil the word of God;

26 Even the

mystery which hath

been hid from ages and from gen-

erations, but now is made

manifest

to his saints:

27 To whom God would make

known what is the

riches of the

glory of this mystery among the

Gentiles; which is Christ in you,

the hope of glory:

28 Whom we

preach,

warning

every man, and teaching every man

in all wisdom; that we may present

every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29 Whereunto I also labour, striv-

ing according to his working, which

worketh in me mightily.

CHAPTER 2

The fulness of the Godhead dwells in

Christ—Beware of being deceived by

the traditions of men—The handwrit-

ing against us was nailed to the cross

of Christ.

F I would that ye knew what great

conflict I have for you, and for them

Laodicea, and for as many as

have not seen my face in the flesh;

2 That their hearts might be com-

forted, being knit together in love,

and unto all riches of the full as-

surance of

understanding, to the

acknowledgement of the mystery

of God,

and of the Father, and of

Christ;

3 In whom are hid all the

trea-

sures of

wisdom and

knowledge.

16 a Heb. 2:10 (9–10).

tg Creation.

c Col. 2:10;

1 Pet. 3:22.

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

17 a D&C 88:13 (5–13).

18 a

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

tg Jesus Christ,

Firstborn; Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

19 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

20 a

tg Reconciliation.

21 a

gr formerly.

b Eph. 2:1.

22 a

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

b Mosiah 3:21;

D&C 4:2.

23 a

tg Perseverance.

gr established and

steadfast.

Eph. 3:17 (17–19).

c John 15:6.

tg Hope.

24 a 2 Cor. 1:5.

25 a

tg Dispensations.

26 a Rom. 16:25 (25–26).

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

b 2 Tim. 1:10.

27 a Eph. 3:3.

tg Treasure.

28 a

tg Preaching.

tg Warn.

1 a gr anguish.

b Col. 4:15 (12–16);

Rev. 1:11.

2 a

tg Understanding.

JSt Col. 2:2 . . . and of

Christ, who is of God,

even the Father;

3 a

tg Treasure.

b 1 Cor. 2:7 (6–7).

tg God, Intelligence of;

God, Omniscience of.

tg Knowledge.

1495 COLOSSIANS 2:4–23

4 And this I say, lest any man

should beguile you with enticing

words.

5 For though I be absent in the

flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,

joying and beholding your

order,

and the steadfastness of your faith

in Christ.

6 As ye have therefore received

Christ Jesus the Lord, so

walk ye

in him:

Rooted and built up in him, and

stablished in the faith, as ye have

been taught, abounding therein

with

thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest any man

spoil you

through

philosophy and vain

de-

ceit, after the

tradition of men,

after the rudiments of the

world,

and not after Christ.

9 For in him dwelleth all the

ful-

ness of the Godhead bodily.

10 And ye are

complete in him,

which is the head of all

principal-

ity and power:

11 In whom also ye are circum-

cised with the

circumcision made

without hands, in putting off the

body of the sins of the flesh by the

circumcision of Christ:

Buried with him in

baptism,

wherein also ye are

risen with him

through the faith of the

operation

of God, who hath raised him from

the dead.

13 And you, being dead in your

sins and the uncircumcision of your

flesh, hath he

quickened together

with him, having forgiven you all

trespasses;

Blotting out the handwriting

of ordinances that was against us,

which was contrary to us, and took

it out of the way, nailing it to his

cross;

15 And having spoiled principali-

ties and powers, he made a shew

of them openly, triumphing over

them in it.

16 Let no man therefore

judge you

meat, or in drink, or in respect

of an holyday, or of the new moon,

or of the

sabbath days:

17 Which are a

shadow of things

to come; but the body is of Christ.

18 Let no man

beguile you of

your reward in a voluntary

hu-

mility and worshipping of angels,

intruding into those things which

he hath not seen, vainly puffed up

by his fleshly mind,

19 And not holding the

Head, from

which all the body by joints and

bands having nourishment minis-

tered, and knit together, increaseth

with the increase of God.

20 Wherefore if ye be

dead with

Christ from the rudiments of the

world, why, as though living in the

world, are ye subject to

ordinances,

(Touch not; taste not; handle

not;

22 Which all are to perish with the

using;) after the

commandments

and

doctrines of men?

23 Which things have indeed a

shew of wisdom in will worship,

and humility, and neglecting of

the body; not in any honour to the

satisfying of the flesh.

5 a tg Order.

6 a

tg Walking with God.

7 a Eph. 3:17.

tg Thanksgiving.

8 a Heb. 13:9.

b D&C 123:12.

tg Learn.

tg Deceit; Education;

Fraud.

tg Traditions of Men.

tg Worldliness.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

10 a John 1:16.

b Col. 1:16;

1 Pet. 3:22.

11 a

tg Circumcision.

b Rom. 6:6.

12 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Immersion.

c Col. 3:1.

d Eph. 1:19 (19–20).

13 a

gr caused to

become alive.

tg Resurrection.

14 a Eph. 2:15.

16 a Rom. 14:3 (1–3).

tg Word of Wisdom.

tg Sabbath.

17 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

18 a Matt. 24:4 (4–5);

Mosiah 26:6;

D&C 123:12.

tg Humility.

19 a Eph. 4:15 (15–16).

20 a Rom. 6:5 (2–5);

Col. 3:3.

tg Ordinance.

21 a

JSt Col. 2:21–22

(Appendix).

22 a Titus 1:14;

D&C 46:7;

JS—H 1:19.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

b Matt. 15:9;

2 Ne. 28:9.

1496COLOSSIANS 3:1–20

CHAPTER 3

Some lives are hidden with God in

Christ—The Saints are told to be holy

and to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

I ye then be

risen with Christ,

seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right

hand of God.

2 Set your

affection on

things

above, not on things on the

earth.

3 For ye are

dead, and your life

is hid with Christ in God.

4 When Christ, who is our

life, shall

appear, then shall ye also appear

with him in

glory.

Mortify therefore your

mem-

bers which are upon the earth; for-

nication, uncleanness,

inordinate

affection, evil concupiscence, and

covetousness, which is

idolatry:

6 For which things’ sake the

wrath

of God cometh on the children of

disobedience:

7 In the which ye also walked

some

time, when ye lived in them.

8 But now ye also

put off all these;

anger, wrath,

malice,

blasphemy,

filthy

communication out of your

mouth.

Lie not one to another, seeing

that ye have put off the

old man

with his deeds;

10 And have put on the

new man,

which is renewed in knowledge after

the

image of him that

created him:

11 Where there is neither

Greek

nor Jew,

circumcision nor uncir-

cumcision, Barbarian, Scythian,

bond nor free: but Christ is all, and

in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the

elect

of God, holy and beloved,

bowels of

mercies,

kindness,

humbleness

of mind,

meekness, longsuffering;

Forbearing one another, and

forgiving one another, if any man

have a quarrel against any: even as

Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14 And above all these things put

charity, which is the bond of

perfectness.

15 And let the

peace of God rule

in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye

thankful.

16 Let the

word of Christ dwell in

you richly in all

wisdom;

teaching

and admonishing one another in

psalms and

hymns and spiritual

songs, singing with grace in your

hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word

or deed,

do all in the name of the

Lord Jesus, giving

thanks to God

and the Father by him.

Wives, submit yourselves unto

your own husbands, as it is fit in

the Lord.

Husbands,

love your wives, and

be not bitter against them.

Children,

obey your parents in

1 a Col. 2:12.

2 a

gr mind.

b Matt. 6:33.

c Prov. 15:24.

tg Worldliness.

3 a Rom. 6:5 (2–5);

Col. 2:20.

4 a Ether 4:12.

b 1 Jn. 3:2.

c 1 Cor. 15:43 (42–44).

5 a Rom. 8:13.

b Rom. 6:13.

tg Sexual Immorality.

tg Covet.

tg Idolatry.

6 a

tg God, Indignation of.

tg Disobedience.

7 a

gr formerly.

8 a Eph. 4:22 (22–24).

tg Anger.

tg Malice.

tg Blaspheme.

tg Profanity.

9 a

tg Honesty;

Lying.

b Rom. 6:6;

Mosiah 3:19.

10 a

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

b Rom. 8:29.

tg Jesus Christ, Creator;

Man, Physical

Creation of.

11 a 1 Cor. 12:13.

tg Circumcision.

12 a

tg Election.

b Gal. 5:22.

tg Mercy.

tg Benevolence.

tg Humility.

tg Meek.

13 a

tg Forbear.

b Mosiah 26:31 (30–31).

14 a

tg Charity.

15 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Thanksgiving.

16 a 2 Ne. 32:3.

tg God, Intelligence of.

tg Teaching.

tg Singing.

17 a 1 Cor. 10:31.

b Col. 1:12.

tg Prayer.

18 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

19 a

tg Marriage, Husbands.

tg Marriage, Continu-

ing Courtship in.

20 a

tg Children;

Family, Love within.

tg Family, Children,

Duties of;

Honoring Father and

Mother.

1497 COLOSSIANS 3:21–4:16

all things: for this is well pleasing

unto the Lord.

Fathers,

provoke not your

children to

anger, lest they be dis-

couraged.

Servants, obey in all things your

masters according to the flesh; not

with eyeservice, as menpleasers;

but in

singleness of heart,

fearing

God:

23 And whatsoever ye do, do it

heartily, as to the Lord, and not

unto men;

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye

shall

receive the

reward of the

inheritance: for ye

serve the Lord

Christ.

25 But he that doeth

wrong shall

receive for the wrong which he

hath done: and there is no

respect

of persons.

CHAPTER 4

The Saints are told to be wise in all

things—Luke and others greet the Co-

lossians.

M, give unto your servants

that which is just and equal; know-

ing that ye also have a

Master in

heaven.

2 Continue in prayer, and watch in

the same with thanksgiving;

3 Withal praying also for us, that

God would open unto us a

door of

utterance, to speak the mystery of

Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

4 That I may make it manifest, as

I ought to speak.

Walk in

wisdom toward them

that are without, redeeming the

time.

6 Let your

speech be alway with

grace, seasoned with

salt, that ye

may know how ye ought to answer

every man.

7 All my state shall Tychicus de-

clare unto you, who is a beloved

brother, and a faithful minister and

fellowservant in the Lord:

8 Whom I have sent unto you for

the same purpose, that he might

know your estate, and comfort your

hearts;

9 With

Onesimus, a faithful and

beloved brother, who is one of you.

They shall make known unto you

all things which are done here.

Aristarchus my fellowprisoner

saluteth you, and

Marcus,

sister’s

son to Barnabas, (touching whom

ye received commandments: if he

come unto you, receive him;)

11 And Jesus, which is called Jus-

tus, who are of the

circumcision.

These only are my fellowworkers

unto the kingdom of God, which

have been a comfort unto me.

Epaphras, who is one of you,

a servant of Christ, saluteth you,

always labouring fervently for you

in prayers, that ye may stand per-

fect and complete in all the will

of God.

13 For I bear him record, that he

hath a great

zeal for you, and them

that are in Laodicea, and them in

Hierapolis.

14 Luke, the beloved physician,

and

Demas, greet you.

15 Salute the brethren which are

Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the

church which is in his house.

16 And when this epistle is read

among you, cause that it be read also

in the church of the Laodiceans; and

21 a tg Family, Children,

Responsibilities toward.

tg Provoking.

tg Anger.

22 a 1 Tim. 6:1 (1–2);

Titus 2:9 (9–10);

1 Pet. 2:18.

tg Sincere.

tg Reverence.

23 a

tg Commitment;

Industry; Laziness.

24 a Eph. 6:8.

tg Reward.

tg Inheritance.

d 1 Cor. 7:22.

25 a

tg Injustice.

b D&C 1:35; 38:16.

1 a Mal. 3:5;

Eph. 6:9.

b Matt. 23:8.

tg Heaven.

3 a 1 Cor. 16:9.

5 a

tg Walking with God.

tg Wisdom.

6 a

tg Communication.

tg Salt.

9 a Philem. 1:10.

10 a Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2.

b Acts 15:37 (37–39);

2 Tim. 4:11.

gr cousin, kinsman.

11 a

tg Circumcision.

12 a Col. 1:7 (7–8);

Philem. 1:23.

13 a

tg Zeal.

14 a 2 Tim. 4:10;

Philem. 1:24.

15 a Col. 2:1;

Rev. 1:11.

1498COLOSSIANS 4:17–1 THESSALONIANS 1:9

that ye likewise read the

epistle

from Laodicea.

17 And say to

Archippus, Take

heed to the ministry which thou

hast received in the Lord, that thou

fulfil it.

18 The salutation by the

hand

of me Paul. Remember my

bonds.

Grace be with you. Amen.

¶ Written from Rome to the Colossians by

Tychicus and Onesimus.

16 a tg Scriptures, Lost.

17 a Philem. 1:2.

18 a 2 Thes. 3:17.

b Heb. 13:3.

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1 a Acts 15:34 (32–34);

2 Cor. 1:19;

1 Pet. 5:12.

b Acts 16:1 (1–2);

18:5 (1, 5);

1 Thes. 3:2 (2, 6).

jst 1 Thes. 1:1 . . .

servants of God the Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ,

unto the church of the

Thessalonians; grace

unto you . . .

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

e Acts 17:1 (1, 11).

2 a D&C 46:32.

3 a 1 Thes. 5:8;

James 2:17.

b Heb. 6:10.

tg Patience.

4 a

gr beloved of God,

your election.

tg Election.

5 a

tg Gospel.

b 1 Thes. 2:1.

c 1 Cor. 2:4.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Holy Ghost, Source

of Testimony.

f 1 Thes. 2:10;

2 Thes. 3:7.

6 a

gr imitators.

Philip. 3:17.

b Acts 17:5 (5–10).

tg Affliction.

c Acts 5:41.

7 a

tg Example.

8 a 2 Thes. 1:4.

The firsT episTle of

pAul The AposTle To The

ThessAloniAns

CHAPTER 1

The gospel comes both in word and in

power.

AUL, and

Silvanus, and

Timo-

theus,

unto the

church of the

Thessalonians which is in God

the Father and in the Lord Jesus

Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace,

from God our Father, and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

2 We give

thanks to God always

for you all, making mention of you

in our prayers;

3 Remembering without ceasing

your work of

faith, and

labour of

love, and

patience of hope in our

Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of

God and our Father;

4 Knowing, brethren

beloved, your

election of God.

5 For our

gospel

came not unto

you in

word only, but also in

power,

and in the

Holy Ghost, and in much

assurance; as ye know what

man-

ner of men we were among you for

your sake.

6 And ye became

followers of us,

and of the Lord, having received the

word in much

affliction, with

joy

of the Holy Ghost:

7 So that ye were

ensamples to

all that believe in Macedonia and

Achaia.

8 For from you sounded out the

word of the Lord not only in Mace-

donia and Achaia, but also in every

place your faith to God-ward is

spread abroad; so that we need not

to speak any thing.

9 For they themselves shew of us

what manner of entering in we had

1499 1 THESSALONIANS 1:10–2:16

unto you, and how ye turned to God

from

idols to serve the

living and

true God;

10 And to wait for his Son from

heaven, whom he raised from the

dead, even Jesus, which

delivered

us from the

wrath to come.

CHAPTER 2

True ministers preach in a godly man-

ner—Converts are the glory and joy of

missionaries.

F yourselves, brethren, know our

entrance in unto you, that it was

not in vain:

2 But even after that we had suf-

fered before, and were shamefully

entreated, as ye know, at Philippi,

we were bold in our God to

speak

unto you the gospel of God with

much contention.

3 For our exhortation was not of

deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in

guile:

4 But as we were

allowed of God

to be

put in

trust with the gospel,

even so we

speak; not as

pleasing

men, but God, which

trieth our

hearts.

5 For neither at any time used

flattering words, as ye know,

nor a cloak of

covetousness; God

is witness:

6 Nor of men sought we

glory, nei-

ther of you, nor yet of others, when

we might have been burdensome,

as the apostles of Christ.

7 But we were gentle among you,

even as a nurse cherisheth her

children:

8 So being affectionately desirous

of you, we were willing to have im-

parted unto you, not the gospel of

God only, but also our own

souls,

because ye were dear unto us.

9 For ye remember, brethren, our

labour and

travail: for

labouring

night and day, because we would

not be

chargeable unto any of you,

we preached unto you the gospel

of God.

10 Ye are

witnesses, and God also,

how holily and justly and unblame-

ably we behaved ourselves among

you that believe:

11 As ye know how we exhorted

and comforted and charged ev-

ery one of you, as a father doth his

children,

12 That ye would

walk

worthy

of God, who hath called you unto

his kingdom and glory.

13 For this cause also

thank we

God without ceasing, because, when

ye received the word of God which

ye heard of us, ye received it not as

the word of men, but as it is in truth,

the word of God, which effectually

worketh also in you that believe.

14 For ye, brethren, became

fol-

lowers of the churches of God which

in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye

also have

suffered like things of

your own countrymen, even as they

have of the Jews:

15 Who both

killed the Lord Jesus,

and their own prophets, and have

persecuted us; and they please not

God, and are contrary to all men:

Forbidding us to speak to the

Gentiles that they might be saved,

9 a tg Idolatry.

b D&C 20:19.

10 a Acts 1:11 (9–11).

tg Deliver.

c 1 Thes. 5:9.

1 a 1 Thes. 1:5.

2 a Acts 16:22 (19–24).

b Acts 17:2 (2–3).

3 a 2 Cor. 4:2; 7:2.

tg Guile.

4 a

gr approved, found

worthy, chosen.

2 Tim. 1:11.

gr entrusted.

c D&C 12:8; 124:113.

d Titus 2:1;

1 Pet. 4:11.

tg Peer Influence.

gr examines, proves

by trial.

tg Test.

5 a

tg Flatter.

tg Covet.

6 a John 5:44 (41–44);

D&C 76:61.

8 a Philip. 2:17.

9 a

gr toil.

b Acts 18:3; 20:34.

tg Work, Value of.

gr burdensome.

1 Cor. 9:18 (4–18);

2 Cor. 11:9.

10 a 1 Thes. 1:5.

11 a 1 Cor. 4:14.

12 a

tg Walking with God.

b 1 Pet. 1:15 (15–16).

13 a

tg Thanksgiving.

14 a

gr imitators.

b Acts 17:5 (5–7);

2 Thes. 1:4 (4–5).

15 a

tg Martyrdom;

Prophets, Rejection of.

16 a Luke 11:52;

Acts 13:45 (45, 50).

15001 THESSALONIANS 2:17–4:2

to fill up their sins

alway: for the

wrath is come upon them to the

uttermost.

17 But we, brethren, being taken

from you for a short time in pres-

ence, not in heart, endeavoured the

more abundantly to see your

face

with great desire.

18 Wherefore we would have come

unto you, even I Paul, once and

again; but Satan hindered us.

19 For what is our hope, or joy, or

crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye

in the presence of our Lord Jesus

Christ at his

coming?

20 For ye are our glory and joy.

CHAPTER 3

The Saints are told to perfect that which

is lacking in their faith.

W when we could no lon-

ger forbear, we thought it good to

be left at

Athens alone;

2 And sent

Timotheus, our brother,

and minister of God, and our fellow-

labourer in the gospel of Christ, to

establish you, and to comfort you

concerning your faith:

3 That no man should be

moved

by these

afflictions: for yourselves

know that we are

appointed there-

unto.

4 For verily, when we were with

you, we told you before that we

should suffer tribulation; even as

it came to pass, and ye know.

5 For this cause, when I could

no longer forbear, I sent to know

your faith, lest by some means the

tempter have

tempted you, and

our labour be in vain.

6 But now when Timotheus came

from you unto us, and brought us

good tidings of your faith and char-

ity, and that ye have good remem-

brance of us always, desiring greatly

to see us, as we also to see you:

7 Therefore, brethren, we were

comforted over you in all our

af-

fliction and distress by your faith:

8 For now we live, if ye stand fast

in the Lord.

9 For what thanks can we render

to God again for you, for all the

joy

wherewith we joy for your sakes

before our God;

10 Night and day praying exceed-

ingly that we might see your

face,

and might

perfect that which is

lacking in your faith?

11 Now God himself and our

Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

direct our way unto you.

12 And the Lord make you to in-

crease and

abound in

love one to-

ward another, and toward all men,

even as we do toward you:

13 To the end he may stablish your

hearts unblameable in holiness be-

fore God, even our Father, at the

coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

with all his

saints.

CHAPTER 4

The Saints are told to be holy, sanctify

themselves, and love one another—The

Lord will come, and the dead will rise.

F then we beseech you,

brethren, and exhort you by the Lord

Jesus, that as ye have

received of

us how ye ought to

walk and to

please God, so ye would

abound

more and more.

2 For ye know what command-

ments

we gave you by the Lord

Jesus.

16 b gr always.

17 a 1 Thes. 3:10.

19 a 1 Thes. 3:13;

Rev. 1:7; 22:12;

D&C 88:97.

1 a Acts 17:15.

2 a Acts 16:1 (1–2);

1 Cor. 16:10 (10–11);

2 Cor. 1:19;

1 Thes. 1:1.

b Rom. 16:25.

3 a

gr disturbed, perturbed.

b Acts 20:23;

JS—H 1:24 (23–24).

c Acts 9:15 (15–16).

5 a D&C 29:39 (39–40, 47);

Moses 4:4 (3–4).

gr put to trial, test.

7 a

tg Sustaining Church

Leaders.

tg Affliction.

9 a Alma 26:11 (11–13);

D&C 18:16 (14–16).

10 a 1 Thes. 2:17.

tg Perfection.

12 a 1 Thes. 4:1.

b D&C 121:45.

13 a 1 Cor. 1:7 (7–8);

1 Thes. 2:19;

Rev. 1:7; 22:12.

tg Saints.

1 a Philip. 4:9.

tg Walking with God.

c Col. 1:10.

d 1 Thes. 3:12.

2 a D&C 1:38.

1501 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3–18

3 For this is the will of God, even

your

sanctification, that ye should

abstain from

fornication:

4 That every one of you should

know how to possess his

vessel in

sanctification and honour;

5 Not in the

lust of concupiscence,

even as the

Gentiles which

know

not God:

6 That no man

go beyond and de-

fraud his brother in

any matter: be-

cause that the Lord is the

avenger of

all such, as we also have forewarned

you and testified.

7 For God hath not called us unto

uncleanness, but unto holiness.

8 He therefore that

despiseth,

de-

spiseth not man, but God, who hath

also given unto us his

holy Spirit.

9 But as touching

brotherly love

ye need not that I write unto you:

for ye yourselves are

taught of God

love one another.

10 And indeed ye do it toward all

the brethren which are in all Mace-

donia: but we beseech you, brethren,

that ye increase more and more;

11 And that ye

study to be quiet,

and to do your own business, and

work with your own

hands, as

we commanded you;

12 That ye may walk

honestly

toward them that are without, and

that ye may have lack of nothing.

13 But I would not have you to

be ignorant, brethren, concerning

them which are asleep, that ye

sor-

row not, even as others which have

hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus

died and rose again, even so them

also which

sleep in Jesus will God

bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the

word of the Lord,

that

we which

are alive and remain unto the com-

ing of the Lord shall not

prevent

them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall

de-

scend from heaven with

a shout,

with the voice of the

archan-

gel, and with the

trump of God:

and the dead in Christ shall

rise

first:

Then we which are alive and

remain shall be

caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet

the

Lord in the

air: and so shall

ever be with the

Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another

with these words.

CHAPTER 5

The Saints will know the season of the

Second Coming of Christ—Live the way

Saints should live—Rejoice evermore—

Do not despise prophesyings.

3 a Heb. 12:14.

tg Abstain.

gr immorality.

tg Chastity;

Fornication; Sexual

Immorality; Whore.

4 a

tg Body, Sanctity of.

tg Sanctification.

5 a

gr passion of lust.

tg Lust;

Marriage, Husbands.

b Eph. 4:17 (17, 19).

c Eph. 2:12 (11–12).

6 a

gr take advantage of,

wrong.

gr the matter.

c 2 Thes. 1:8.

7 a

tg Uncleanness.

8 a

gr rejects, sets aside,

violates.

b Luke 10:16.

c 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Jn. 3:24.

9 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

b John 6:45;

1 Jn. 2:27 (20, 27).

tg Love.

11 a

gr strive, endeavor

earnestly.

tg Industry; Labor;

Skill; Work, Value of.

c Prov. 31:13.

12 a

tg Dependability;

Honesty.

13 a

tg Despair;

Mourning; Sorrow.

b Eph. 2:12.

14 a Zech. 14:5.

15 a

JSt 1 Thes. 4:15 . . . that

they who are alive at the

coming of the Lord,

shall not prevent them

who remain unto the

coming of the Lord, who

are asleep.

b 2 Thes. 2:2 (1–3).

gr precede, make

progress over.

16 a

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

gr a cry of command, a

cheer.

tg Adam.

d Matt. 24:31.

tg Resurrection.

17 a

JSt 1 Thes. 4:17 Then

they who are alive, shall

be caught up together

into the clouds with them

who remain, to meet the

Lord in the air; and so

shall we be ever with

the Lord.

b 1 Cor. 15:51;

D&C 88:96 (96–97);

101:31; 109:75.

c Jude 1:14 (14–16).

d Moro. 10:34.

tg Immortality.

f John 14:3;

Rev. 22:4 (3–5).

15021 THESSALONIANS 5:1–23

B of the times and the seasons,

brethren, ye have no need that I

write unto you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly

that the

day of the Lord so cometh

as a

thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace

and

safety; then sudden destruction

cometh upon them, as travail upon

a woman with child; and they shall

not

escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in

dark-

ness, that that

day should overtake

you as a thief.

5 Ye are all the

children of light,

and the children of the day: we are

not of the night, nor of darkness.

6 Therefore let us not

sleep, as

do others; but let us

watch and be

sober.

7 For they that sleep sleep in the

night; and they that be drunken are

drunken in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be

sober, putting on the

breastplate

faith and love; and for an hel-

met, the

hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us

wrath, but to obtain

salvation

by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us, that, whether

we wake or sleep, we should

live

together with him.

11 Wherefore

comfort yourselves

together, and

edify one another,

even as also ye do.

12 And we beseech you, brethren,

to know them which

labour among

you, and are over you in the Lord,

and admonish you;

13 And to

esteem them very highly

in love for their work’s sake. And be

peace among yourselves.

14 Now we exhort you, brethren,

warn them that are

unruly,

com-

fort the

feebleminded,

support

the

weak, be patient toward all

men.

15 See that none

render

evil for

evil unto any

man; but ever follow

that which is good, both among

yourselves, and to all men.

Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give

thanks: for

this is the will of God in Christ Jesus

concerning you.

Quench not the

Spirit.

20 Despise not prophesyings.

Prove all things; hold fast that

which is good.

Abstain from all

appearance

evil.

23 And the very God of peace

sanc-

tify you wholly; and I pray God your

whole spirit and soul and body be

preserved blameless unto the com-

ing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 a tg Day of the Lord;

Millennium, Preparing

a People for.

b D&C 106:4.

3 a

tg Refuge.

b D&C 1:2.

4 a Rom. 13:12 (12–13).

b Luke 17:24; 21:34.

5 a

gr sons.

tg Children of Light.

6 a

tg Sleep.

tg Watch.

gr sober, vigilant,

circumspect.

tg Abstain.

8 a

tg Levity.

b Rom. 13:12;

Eph. 6:11 (11–18).

c Col. 1:4 (4–5);

1 Thes. 1:3.

tg Hope.

9 a 1 Thes. 1:10;

1 Pet. 2:8 (6–8).

tg Salvation.

10 a

tg Immortality.

11 a

gr exhort, console,

encourage.

tg Edification.

12 a

tg Leadership.

13 a Philip. 2:29.

tg Respect.

b Mark 9:50;

Rom. 15:5 (1–7);

D&C 20:54 (53–55).

14 a

tg Warn.

b 2 Thes. 3:11.

gr encourage, console.

gr faint-hearted,

despondent.

gr care for.

gr infirm, doubting,

timid.

15 a

tg Retribution.

tg Forbear.

tg Enemies.

16 a

tg Joy.

17 a

tg Prayer.

18 a

tg Communication;

Thanksgiving.

19 a

gr Extinguish, Hinder,

Suppress.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Holy Ghost, Loss of.

21 a

gr Examine, Put to

the test.

1 Jn. 4:1 (1–6).

tg Study;

Test.

22 a

tg Abstain.

gr kinds.

tg Apparel.

tg Evil.

23 a

tg Sanctification.

1503 1 THESSALONIANS 5:24–2 THESSALONIANS 1:11

24 Faithful is he that calleth you,

who also will do it.

25 Brethren, pray for us.

26 Greet all the brethren with an

holy

kiss.

27 I charge you by the Lord that

this epistle be read unto all the holy

brethren.

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you. Amen.

¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians

was written from Athens.*

26 a jst 1 Thes. 5:26 . . .

salutation.

* More recent scholarship

concludes that 1 and 2 Thes.

were most likely written

from Corinth.

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1 a jst 2 Thes. 1:1 . . . the

servants of God the Father

and our Lord Jesus Christ,

unto the church of the

Thessalonians;

tg Jesus Christ, Head of

the Church.

4 a 1 Thes. 1:8.

gr endurance.

D&C 58:2.

c 1 Thes. 2:14.

5 a

tg Suffering.

7 a

tg Rest.

tg Day of the Lord.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

d D&C 76:21.

8 a

tg World, End of.

b 1 Thes. 4:6.

tg Disobedience.

tg Gospel.

9 a

tg Punish.

tg Eternity.

tg Damnation;

Sons of Perdition.

10 a Isa. 66:5.

tg Saints.

The second episTle of

pAul The AposTle To The

ThessAloniAns

CHAPTER 1

At His Second Coming, the Lord Jesus

will take vengeance upon the ungodly.

AUL, and Silvanus, and Timo-

theus,

unto the

church of

the Thessalonians in God our

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Grace unto you, and peace, from

God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

3 We are bound to thank God al-

ways for you, brethren, as it is meet,

because that your faith groweth ex-

ceedingly, and the charity of every

one of you all toward each other

aboundeth;

4 So that we ourselves glory in

you in the

churches of God for

your

patience and faith in all your

persecutions and tribulations that

ye endure:

5 Which is a manifest token of the

righteous judgment of God, that

ye may be counted worthy of the

kingdom of God, for which ye also

suffer:

6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with

God to recompense tribulation to

them that trouble you;

7 And to you who are troubled

rest

with us, when the

Lord Jesus shall

revealed from heaven with his

mighty

angels,

8 In flaming

fire taking

ven-

geance on them that know not God,

and that

obey not the

gospel of our

Lord Jesus Christ:

9 Who shall be

punished with

everlasting

destruction from the

presence of the Lord, and from the

glory of his power;

10 When he shall come to be

glo-

rified in his

saints, and to be ad-

mired in all them that believe (be-

cause our testimony among you was

believed) in that day.

11 Wherefore also we pray always

15042 THESSALONIANS 1:12–2:16

for you, that our God would count

you

worthy of this calling, and

fulfil all the good pleasure of his

goodness, and the work of faith with

power:

12 That the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ may be glorified in you, and

ye in him, according to the

grace of

our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

CHAPTER 2

Apostasy is to precede the Second

Coming—The gospel prepares men for

eternal glory.

N we beseech you, brethren,

the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and by our gathering together unto

him,

2 That ye be not soon shaken in

mind,

or be troubled, neither by

spirit, nor by word, nor by

letter as

from us, as that the

day of Christ

is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any

means:

for that day shall not come,

except there come a

falling away

first, and that

man of

sin be re-

vealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who

opposeth and exalteth

himself above all that is called God,

or that is worshipped; so that he as

God sitteth in the temple of God,

shewing himself that he is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I

was yet with you, I told you these

things?

6 And now ye know

what with-

holdeth that he might be

revealed

in his time.

For the

mystery of

iniquity

doth already work: only

he who

now letteth will let, until he be taken

out of the way.

8 And then shall that

Wicked be

revealed, whom the Lord shall con-

sume with the spirit of his mouth,

and shall destroy with the bright-

ness of his

coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after

the working of Satan with all

power

and

signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of

unrighteousness in them that per-

ish; because they received not the

love of the truth, that they might

be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall

send them strong delusion, that

they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be

damned

who

believed not the truth, but had

pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to give thanks

alway to God for you, brethren

beloved of the Lord, because God

hath from the beginning

chosen

you to salvation through

sancti-

fication of the Spirit and belief of

the truth:

14 Whereunto he called you by

our

gospel, to the obtaining of the

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast,

and hold the traditions which ye

have been taught, whether by word,

or our epistle.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ

himself, and God, even our Father,

which hath

loved us, and hath

11 a tg Worthiness.

12 a

tg Grace.

1 a gr concerning.

2 a

JSt 2 Thes. 2:2 . . . or be

troubled by letter, except

ye receive it from us;

neither by spirit, nor by

word, as that the day of

Christ is at hand.

b 1 Thes. 4:15 (13–17).

c Luke 19:11.

3 a

JSt 2 Thes. 2:3 . . . for

there shall come a

falling away first . . .

gr apostasy, defection.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Antichrist;

Devil.

tg Sin.

4 a

tg Opposition.

6 a

gr the one who

possesses, holds in firm

grasp, restrains.

gr disclosed,

discovered, manifested.

7 a

JSt 2 Thes. 2:7–9

(Appendix).

tg Conspiracy;

Secret Combinations.

gr lawlessness.

gr he who now

possesses, holds in firm

grasp, restrains.

8 a

gr Lawless one.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

9 a

tg False Priesthoods.

tg Signs.

12 a

gr brought to account,

trial.

tg Damnation.

tg Unbelief.

13 a

tg Election;

Foreordination.

tg Sanctification.

14 a

tg Gospel.

16 a 1 Jn. 4:10.

1505 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17–3:18

given us everlasting

consolation and

good hope through

grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and stab-

lish you in every good word and

work.

CHAPTER 3

Pray for the triumph of the gospel

cause—Paul preaches the gospel of

work—Be not weary in well-doing.

F, brethren, pray for us, that

the word of the Lord

may have free

course, and be glorified, even as it

is with you:

2 And that we may be delivered

from

unreasonable and wicked

men: for all men have not faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall

stablish you, and keep you from

evil.

4 And we have

confidence in the

Lord touching you, that ye both do

and will do the things which we

command you.

5 And the Lord

direct your hearts

into the

love of God, and into the

patient waiting for Christ.

6 Now we command you, brethren,

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that ye

withdraw yourselves from

every brother that walketh

disor-

derly, and not after the tradition

which he received of us.

7 For yourselves know how ye

ought to

behaved

not ourselves disorderly among

you;

8 Neither did we eat any man’s

bread

for nought; but wrought with

labour and travail night and day,

that we might not be chargeable to

any of you:

9 Not because we have not

power,

but to make ourselves an

ensample

unto you to follow us.

10 For even when we were with

you, this we commanded you, that

if any would not

work, neither

should he eat.

11 For we hear that there are some

which walk among you

disorderly,

working not at all, but are busy-

bodies.

12 Now them that are such we

command and exhort by our Lord

Jesus Christ, that with quietness

they work, and eat their own

bread.

13 But ye, brethren, be not

weary

in well doing.

14 And if any man obey not our

word by this epistle, note that man,

and have no company with him,

that he may be ashamed.

15 Yet count him not as an

enemy,

but

admonish him as a

brother.

16 Now the Lord of peace himself

give you peace always by all means.

The Lord be with you all.

17 The salutation of Paul with mine

own

hand, which is the token in

every epistle: so I write.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you all. Amen.

¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians

was written from Athens.*

16 b 2 Cor. 1:4;

Philip. 3:10.

tg Grace.

1 a gr may progress freely,

rapidly.

2 a

gr unsuitable, absurd,

improper.

3 a

gr the evil one, the

devil.

4 a

tg Dependability.

5 a

tg Guidance, Divine.

b Deut. 11:13.

6 a 1 Cor. 5:9 (1–13);

Alma 1:24 (21–24);

5:57 (56–57).

tg Excommunication.

b Rom. 16:17 (17–19).

7 a

gr imitate.

b 1 Thes. 1:5.

8 a

gr undeservedly,

gratuitously.

tg Work, Value of.

9 a

gr authority.

tg Example.

10 a

tg Idleness;

Industry;

Labor;

Laziness.

11 a 1 Thes. 5:14.

12 a

tg Bread.

13 a Gal. 6:9.

15 a

tg Enemies.

tg Warn.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

17 a Col. 4:18.

* More recent scholarship

concludes that 1 and 2 Thes.

were most likely written

from Corinth.

2 a Acts 16:1 (1–4);

1 Cor. 4:17.

gr a true son

according to.

gr lawful, true.

3 a 1 Tim. 6:3 (3–5);

3 Ne. 11:40.

b Gal. 1:8 (6–8).

4 a Titus 1:14;

2 Pet. 1:16.

gr offer, present.

c 1 Tim. 6:4.

tg Edification.

5 a Gal. 5:14.

tg Charity.

c 2 Tim. 2:22.

6 a

gr missed the mark.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

gr vain, idle, fruitless

discussion.

7 a

gr strongly assert.

9 a

tg Law of Moses.

tg Godliness.

c Gal. 3:19.

tg Disobedience.

10 a

tg Whore.

gr homosexuals.

tg Homosexual

Behavior.

gr kidnappers.

e 2 Tim. 4:3.

11 a

tg Trustworthiness.

12 a Philip. 4:13.

13 a Acts 26:9.

b Acts 8:3; 22:4.

gr violent.

d 1 Cor. 7:25.

e John 9:39 (39–41).

tg Ignorance.

14 a

tg Grace.

15 a 1 Tim. 3:1.

The firsT episTle of

pAul The AposTle To

TiMoThy

CHAPTER 1

Counsel is given to teach true doctrine

only—Christ came to save repentant

sinners.

AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ

by the commandment of God

our Saviour, and Lord Jesus

Christ, which is our hope;

2 Unto

Timothy,

own son in

the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,

from God our Father and Jesus

Christ our Lord.

3 As I besought thee to abide still at

Ephesus, when I went into Macedo-

nia, that thou mightest charge some

that they

teach no

other doctrine,

4 Neither give heed to

fables and

endless genealogies, which

minister

questions, rather than godly

edi-

fying which is in faith: so do.

5 Now the end of the

command-

ment is

charity out of a

pure heart,

and of a good conscience, and of

faith unfeigned:

6 From which some having

swerved have

turned aside unto

vain jangling;

7 Desiring to be teachers of the

law; understanding neither what

they say, nor whereof they

affirm.

8 But we know that the law is good,

if a man use it lawfully;

9 Knowing this, that the

law is not

made for a

righteous man, but for

the

lawless and

disobedient, for

the ungodly and for sinners, for un-

holy and profane, for murderers of

fathers and murderers of mothers,

for manslayers,

10 For

whoremongers, for

them

that

defile themselves with man-

kind, for

menstealers, for liars, for

perjured persons, and if there be

any other thing that is contrary to

sound

doctrine;

11 According to the glorious gos-

pel of the blessed God, which was

committed to my

trust.

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our

Lord, who hath

enabled me, for

that he counted me faithful, put-

ting me into the ministry;

13 Who was before a

blasphemer,

and a

persecutor, and

injurious:

but I obtained

mercy, because I did

ignorantly in unbelief.

14 And the

grace of our Lord was

exceeding abundant with faith and

love which is in Christ Jesus.

15 This is a faithful

saying, and

worthy of all acceptation, that Christ

1507 1 TIMOTHY 1:16–2:12

Jesus came into the world to

save

sinners; of whom I am chief.

16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained

mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ

might shew forth all

longsuffer-

ing, for a

pattern to them which

should hereafter believe on him to

life everlasting.

17 Now unto the

King eternal,

immortal, invisible, the only wise

God, be honour and glory for ever

and ever. Amen.

18 This charge I commit unto

thee, son Timothy, according to the

prophecies which went before on

thee, that thou by them mightest

war a good warfare;

Holding faith, and a good con-

science; which some having put

away concerning faith have made

shipwreck:

20 Of whom is

Hymenæus and

Alexander; whom I have

delivered

unto Satan, that they may learn not

to blaspheme.

CHAPTER 2

We should pray for all people—Christ

is our Mediator—Women should dress

modestly—Women are blessed in child-

bearing and are admonished to continue

in faith, charity, and holiness.

I  therefore, that, first of all,

supplications, prayers, intercessions,

and giving of thanks, be made for

all men;

2 For

kings, and for all that are in

authority; that we may lead a quiet

and

peaceable

life in all godliness

and

honesty.

3 For this is good and acceptable

in the sight of God our Saviour;

Who

will have

all men to be

saved, and to come unto the knowl-

edge of the truth.

5 For there is

one God, and one

mediator between God and men,

the man Christ Jesus;

6 Who

gave himself a

ransom

for all, to be

testified in due time.

7 Whereunto I am

ordained a

preacher, and an

apostle, (I speak

the truth in Christ, and

lie not;)

a teacher of the

Gentiles in faith

and

verity.

8 I

will therefore that men

pray

every where, lifting up holy

hands,

without wrath and

doubting.

9 In like manner also, that

women

adorn themselves in

modest

ap-

parel, with

shamefacedness and

sobriety; not with

broided hair, or

gold, or pearls, or costly array;

10 But (which becometh women

professing

godliness) with good

works.

11 Let the woman learn in

silence

with all subjection.

12 But I suffer not a woman to

15 b Matt. 9:13 (12–13).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

c Luke 5:32;

John 9:39 (39–41).

16 a

tg God, Mercy of.

tg Forbear.

tg Example.

17 a 1 Tim. 6:15 (15–16).

tg God, Eternal

Nature of;

Immortality.

18 a 1 Tim. 4:14 (14–16);

2 Tim. 1:6.

19 a 1 Ne. 15:24; D&C 6:13.

tg Apostasy of Individ-

uals; Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

20 a 2 Tim. 2:17.

b Acts 19:33 (33–34).

c 1 Cor. 5:5;

D&C 78:12;

104:10 (9–10); 132:26.

2 a tg Governments;

Kings, Earthly.

tg Peace;

Peacemakers.

tg Citizenship.

gr dignity, gravity.

tg Honesty.

4 a

JSt 1 Tim. 2:4

(Appendix).

gr desires.

c D&C 6:11.

d Ezek. 18:23 (23–24).

5 a Rom. 3:30 (28–31);

D&C 121:28.

b Heb. 12:24.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

6 a

tg Self-Sacrifice.

b Job 33:24.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

c Heb. 9:16 (16–17);

D&C 135:5.

7 a

tg Called of God.

tg Preaching.

c 1 Cor. 9:1.

tg Apostles.

d Rom. 9:1.

e Acts 9:15.

gr truth.

8 a

gr desire.

b D&C 19:28; 20:47; 23:6.

c Ps. 24:4.

gr dispute, contention,

doubt.

tg Doubt.

9 a

tg Marriage, Wives;

Woman.

tg Chastity;

Modesty.

tg Apparel.

gr modesty, reverence.

gr plaited, braided.

10 a

tg Godliness.

11 a

tg Silence.

15081 TIMOTHY 2:13–3:15

teach, nor to

usurp authority over

the man, but to be in

silence.

13 For Adam was first

formed,

then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived,

but the woman being

deceived was

in the

transgression.

15 Notwithstanding

she shall be

saved in

childbearing, if they con-

tinue in faith and charity and

ho-

liness with

sobriety.

CHAPTER 3

Qualifications are given for bishops

and deacons—Great is the mystery of

godliness.

T is a true

saying, If a man desire

the office of a

bishop, he desireth

a good work.

2 A bishop then must be

blameless,

the husband of one wife, vigilant,

sober, of good behaviour, given to

hospitality, apt to

teach;

3 Not given to

wine, no

striker,

not greedy of

filthy lucre; but pa-

tient, not a brawler, not covetous;

4 One that

ruleth well his own

house, having his

children in sub-

jection with all gravity;

5 (For if a man know not how to

rule his own house, how shall he

take care of the church of God?)

6 Not a

novice, lest being lifted

up with

pride he fall into the

con-

demnation of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good

report of them which are

without;

lest he fall into reproach and the

snare of the devil.

8 Likewise must the

deacons be

grave, not

doubletongued, not

given to much wine, not greedy of

filthy lucre;

9 Holding the mystery of the faith

in a pure

conscience.

10 And let these also first be

proved; then let them use the office

of a deacon, being found blameless.

Even so must their

wives be

grave, not

slanderers,

sober,

faith-

ful in all things.

12 Let the deacons be the husbands

of one wife, ruling their children

and their own houses well.

13 For they that have used the

office of a deacon well

purchase

to themselves a good degree, and

great boldness in the faith which

is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things write I unto thee,

hoping to come unto thee shortly:

But if I tarry long, that thou

mayest know how thou oughtest to

behave thyself in the house of God,

which is the

church of the living

12 a tg Teaching.

gr exercise dominion,

be autocratic, domineer.

gr quietness,

tranquillity.

13 a

tg Man, Physical

Creation of.

14 a

tg Fall of Man.

tg Transgress.

15 a

JSt 1 Tim. 2:15 . . .

they . . .

tg Birth Control;

Marriage, Motherhood.

tg Holiness.

gr modesty.

1 a 1 Tim. 1:15.

tg Bishop.

2 a

tg Priesthood,

Qualifying for.

gr temperate,

circumspect.

tg Levity.

tg Hospitality.

d 2 Tim. 2:24.

3 a

tg Drunkenness;

Word of Wisdom.

gr bully, violent person.

tg Filthiness.

4 a

tg Marriage, Husbands.

tg Marriage,

Fatherhood.

tg Family, Children,

Responsibilities toward;

Family, Patriarchal.

5 a Esth. 1:22;

D&C 93:43 (41–43, 50).

tg Family, Love within.

6 a

gr recent convert.

tg Pride.

c 2 Pet. 2:4.

7 a Acts 6:3; 22:12.

gr outside the faith.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

8 a

tg Deacon.

gr honorable, dignified.

tg Levity.

gr deceitful.

9 a

tg Conscience.

10 a 1 Tim. 5:22.

tg Test.

11 a

gr Women in like

manner.

tg Marriage, Wives.

gr honorable, dignified.

tg Slander.

gr temperate, vigilant,

circumspect.

tg Trustworthiness.

13 a

gr earn, acquire

for themselves good

standing rank.

15 a

JSt 1 Tim. 3:15–16

(Appendix). Note the

change, emphasizing

that the “pillar and

ground of the truth” is

Jesus Christ.

tg Church.

1509 1 TIMOTHY 3:16–4:15

God, the pillar and

ground of the

truth.

16 And without controversy great is

the

mystery of godliness:

God was

manifest in the

flesh,

justified in

the Spirit, seen of angels, preached

unto the Gentiles, believed on in

the world,

received up into glory.

CHAPTER 4

Paul describes the latter-day apostasy—

Christ is the Savior of all men, especially

of those who believe.

N the Spirit speaketh expressly,

that in the

latter times some shall

depart from the faith, giving heed

seducing spirits, and

doctrines

of devils;

2 Speaking

lies in

hypocrisy; hav-

ing their

conscience seared with a

hot iron;

Forbidding to

marry, and com-

manding to

abstain from

meats,

which God hath

created to be re-

ceived with

thanksgiving of them

which believe and know the truth.

4 For every

creature of God is

good, and nothing to be refused,

if it be received with

thanksgiving:

5 For it is sanctified by the word

of God and prayer.

6 If thou put the brethren in re-

membrance of these things, thou

shalt be a good minister of Jesus

Christ, nourished up in the words of

faith and of good doctrine,

where-

unto thou hast attained.

7 But refuse profane and old wives’

fables, and exercise thyself rather

unto godliness.

8 For bodily exercise profiteth

lit-

tle: but

godliness is profitable unto

all things, having promise of the

life that now is, and of that which

is to come.

9 This is a faithful saying and wor-

thy of all acceptation.

10 For therefore we both

labour

and suffer

reproach, because we

trust in the living God, who is the

Saviour of all men, specially of

those that

believe.

11 These things command and

teach.

12 Let no man

despise thy youth;

but be thou an

example of the be-

lievers, in word, in

conversation, in

charity, in spirit, in faith, in

purity.

13 Till I come, give attendance to

reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Neglect not the

gift that is

in thee, which was given thee by

prophecy, with the

laying on of

the

hands of the

presbytery.

Meditate upon these things;

15 c gr foundation.

tg Truth.

16 a D&C 19:10.

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

b Ps. 1:3 (2–3);

John 10:33 (30–33);

Mosiah 3:5; 15:1 (1–5).

tg Jesus Christ,

Jehovah.

tg God, Manifesta-

tions of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

gr approved by the.

tg Jesus Christ,

Ascension of.

1 a tg Last Days.

tg Holy Ghost, Loss of.

gr deceitful.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

Spirits, Evil or Unclean.

tg False Doctrine.

2 a

tg Lying.

tg Hypocrisy.

tg Conscience;

Spiritual Blindness.

3 a Matt. 8:14;

D&C 49:15.

tg Marriage, Temporal.

tg Marriage, Marry.

tg Abstain.

tg Food;

Word of Wisdom.

e D&C 49:19.

f D&C 89:11 (11–13).

4 a

gr creation.

b Gen. 1:31.

tg Thanksgiving.

6 a

gr which thou hast

followed closely.

8 a

gr a little while.

b Luke 12:31.

tg Godliness.

10 a

tg Labor.

tg Reproach.

tg Trust in God.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Savior.

tg Faith.

12 a 1 Cor. 16:11 (10–11).

tg Example;

Priesthood,

Qualifying for.

gr conduct, behavior.

tg Chastity;

Purity;

Virtue.

13 a

tg Study.

14 a

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within.

tg God, Gifts of;

Stewardship;

Talents.

c 1 Tim. 1:18.

tg Prophecy.

tg Priesthood,

Authority;

Priesthood, Ordination.

tg Hands, Laying on of.

gr elders.

15 a

tg Meditation.

15101 TIMOTHY 4:16–5:20

give thyself wholly to them; that

thy

profiting may

appear to all.

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto

the doctrine; continue in them: for

in doing this thou shalt both

save

thyself, and them that hear thee.

CHAPTER 5

Saints are to care for their worthy

poor—Policies concerning elders are

given.

R not an elder, but

entreat

him as a father; and the younger

men as brethren;

2 The elder women as mothers; the

younger as

sisters, with all purity.

3 Honour

widows that are wid-

ows indeed.

4 But if any widow have

children

nephews, let them learn first to

shew

piety at home, and to requite

their parents: for that is good and

acceptable before God.

5 Now she that is a widow indeed,

and

desolate, trusteth in God, and

continueth in supplications and

prayers night and day.

6 But she that liveth

pleasure

is dead while she liveth.

7 And these things

give in charge,

that they may be blameless.

8 But if any

provide not for his

own, and specially for those of

his own house, he hath denied the

faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9 Let not a widow be taken into

the number under threescore years

old, having been the wife of one

man,

10 Well reported of for good

works; if she have brought up chil-

dren, if she have

lodged strangers,

if she have

washed the saints’

feet, if she have relieved the af-

flicted, if she have diligently fol-

lowed every good work.

11 But the younger widows refuse:

for when they have begun to wax

wanton against Christ, they will

marry;

12 Having

damnation, because

they have cast off their first faith.

13 And withal they learn to be

idle, wandering about from house

to house; and not only idle, but tat-

tlers also and

busybodies, speaking

things which they ought not.

14 I

will therefore that the younger

women marry, bear

children, guide

the

house, give none occasion to the

adversary to speak reproachfully.

15 For some are already turned

aside after Satan.

16 If any man or woman that be-

lieveth have widows, let them

re-

lieve them, and let not the church be

charged; that it may relieve them

that are widows indeed.

17 Let the

elders that rule well be

counted worthy of double honour,

especially they who labour in the

word and doctrine.

18 For the scripture saith, Thou

shalt not

muzzle the ox that tread-

eth out the corn. And, The

labourer

is worthy of his

reward.

19 Against an elder receive not an

accusation, but before two or three

witnesses.

20 Them that sin

rebuke before

all, that others also may fear.

15 b gr progress,

advancement.

gr be manifest in all.

16 a James 5:20 (19–20);

D&C 101:39 (39–40).

1 a tg Chastening.

tg Respect.

2 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

3 a

tg Widows.

4 a

tg Children.

gr grandchildren,

descendants.

tg Family, Love within;

Respect.

5 a

gr left alone.

6 a

gr wantonly.

tg Pleasure.

7 a

gr instruct, command.

8 a

tg Family, Children,

Responsibilities toward;

Family, Managing

Finances in;

Marriage, Husbands.

9 a

tg Old Age.

10 a Acts 16:15 (14–15).

tg Wash.

JSt 1 Tim. 5:10 . . .

clothes . . .

12 a

gr judgment, condem-

nation.

tg Damnation.

13 a

tg Idleness.

tg Gossip.

14 a

gr desire.

tg Marriage, Wives;

Woman.

tg Children.

d Titus 2:5 (4–5).

16 a

tg Welfare.

gr burdened down,

troubled.

17 a

tg Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood.

18 a Deut. 25:4.

tg Labor.

gr wage. tg Wages.

19 a Deut. 19:15.

20 a

tg Chastening.

1511 1 TIMOTHY 5:21–6:13

21 I charge thee before God, and

the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect

angels, that thou observe these

things

without preferring one

before another, doing nothing by

partiality.

Lay

hands suddenly on no

man, neither be

partaker of other

men’s sins: keep thyself

pure.

23 Drink no longer water, but use

a little wine for thy stomach’s sake

and thine often infirmities.

24 Some men’s sins are open be-

forehand, going before to judgment;

and some men they

follow after.

25 Likewise also the good works

of some are manifest beforehand;

and they that are otherwise can-

not be hid.

CHAPTER 6

The love of money is the root of all

evil—Fight the good fight of faith—Do

not trust in worldly riches.

L as many

servants as are under

the

yoke count their own masters

worthy of all honour, that the name

of God and his doctrine be not blas-

phemed.

2 And they that have believing

masters, let them not despise them,

because they are

brethren; but

rather do them

service, because

they are faithful and beloved, par-

takers of the benefit. These things

teach and exhort.

3 If any man

teach otherwise, and

consent not to

wholesome words,

even the words of our Lord Jesus

Christ, and to the doctrine which

is according to godliness;

4 He is

proud, knowing nothing,

but

doting about

questions and

strifes of words, whereof cometh

envy, strife, railings,

evil surmisings,

5 Perverse

disputings of men of

corrupt minds, and destitute of the

truth, supposing that

gain is god-

liness: from such withdraw thyself.

6 But

godliness with

contentment

is great gain.

7 For we brought

nothing into

this world, and it is certain we can

carry nothing out.

8 And having

food and raiment

let us be therewith

content.

9 But

they that will be

rich fall

into

temptation and a snare, and

into many foolish and hurtful

lusts,

which drown men in destruction

and

perdition.

10 For the

love of

money is the

root of all evil: which while some

coveted after, they have

erred from

the faith, and pierced themselves

through with many

sorrows.

11 But thou, O man of God, flee

these things; and follow after

righ-

teousness, godliness, faith, love, pa-

tience, meekness.

12 Fight the good fight of faith,

lay hold on

eternal life, where-

unto thou art also called, and hast

professed a good profession before

many witnesses.

13 I give thee charge in the sight

of God, who

quickeneth all things,

21 a tg Angels.

gr apart from prejudice.

22 a

tg Setting Apart.

tg Hands, Laying on of.

c 1 Tim. 3:10.

d 2 Jn. 1:11.

e James 1:27 (22–27).

24 a

gr appear later.

1 a gr slaves.

Col. 3:22;

Titus 2:9 (9–10);

1 Pet. 2:18.

tg Bondage, Physical.

2 a 1 Jn. 3:14 (10–18).

tg Service.

3 a 1 Tim. 1:3; D&C 10:68.

b Titus 2:8.

4 a

tg Pride.

gr obsessed with

questions.

c 1 Tim. 1:4.

tg Strife.

tg Envy.

gr wicked suspicions.

5 a

tg Disputations.

b Titus 1:11.

6 a

tg Godliness.

tg Contentment.

7 a Job 1:21.

8 a

tg Food.

tg Contentment.

9 a

gr those desiring to

be rich.

tg Treasure.

tg Temptation.

tg Lust.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second.

10 a Ps. 119:36;

James 5:3 (1–6).

tg Selfishness.

tg Covet.

gr wandered,

apostatized.

tg Sorrow.

11 a

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within; Righteousness.

12 a

tg Eternal Life.

b Heb. 10:23.

13 a

gr brings to life.

D&C 33:16; 88:17.

tg God, Power of;

Resurrection.

15121 TIMOTHY 6:14–2 TIMOTHY 1:5

and before Christ Jesus, who before

Pontius Pilate

witnessed a good

confession;

14 That thou keep this command-

ment without spot, unrebukeable,

until the appearing of our Lord

Jesus Christ:

Which in his times he shall

shew, who is the blessed and only

Potentate, the

King of kings, and

Lord of lords;

16 Who only hath

immortality,

dwelling in the

light which no man

can approach unto; whom no man

hath

seen, nor can see: to whom

be honour and power everlasting.

Amen.

17 Charge them that are

rich in

this world, that they be not high-

minded, nor trust in uncertain

riches, but in the living God, who

giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

18 That they do good, that they be

rich in good works, ready to

dis-

tribute, willing to

communicate;

Laying up in

store for them-

selves a good foundation

against

the time to come, that they may lay

hold on

eternal life.

20 O Timothy, keep that which is

committed to thy

trust, avoiding

profane and vain babblings, and

oppositions of science falsely so

called:

21 Which some professing have

erred concerning the faith. Grace

be with thee. Amen.

¶ The first to Timothy was written from La-

odicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia

Pacatiana.

13 b John 18:37 (29–40).

gr testified.

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

15 a

jst 1 Tim. 6:15–16

(Appendix).

b D&C 41:4.

c Zech. 14:16; 1 Tim. 1:17;

Rev. 17:14.

16 a

tg Immortality.

b D&C 88:12 (6–13);

130:7 (6–9).

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

17 a Hel. 4:12 (11–13);

3 Ne. 6:12 (10–16).

b James 1:11 (8–16).

18 a

tg Generosity.

tg Communication.

19 a D&C 14:3.

b D&C 4:4.

gr for the future.

d D&C 11:3.

20 a

tg Trustworthiness.

gr disputations of

what is falsely called

knowledge.

2 Ne. 26:20;

D&C 1:19.

[2 T]

1 a Titus 1:2.

3 a

tg Conscience.

The second episTle of

pAul The AposTle To

TiMoThy

CHAPTER 1

Christ brings immortality and eternal

life through the gospel—Be strong in

the faith.

AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ

by the will of God, according

to the

promise of life which

is in Christ Jesus,

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved

son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from

God the Father and Christ Jesus

our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve from

my forefathers with pure

con-

science, that without ceasing I have

remembrance of thee in my prayers

night and day;

4 Greatly desiring to see thee, be-

ing mindful of thy tears, that I may

be filled with joy;

5 When I call to remembrance the

1513 2 TIMOTHY 1:6–2:6

unfeigned faith that is in thee, which

dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,

and thy mother

Eunice; and I am

persuaded that in thee also.

6 Wherefore I put thee in remem-

brance that thou

stir up the

gift of

God, which is in thee by the putting

on of my

hands.

7 For God hath not given us the

spirit of

fear; but of

power, and of

love, and of a sound mind.

8 Be not thou therefore

ashamed

of the

testimony of our Lord, nor

of me his prisoner: but be thou par-

taker of the afflictions of the gos-

pel according to the power of God;

9 Who hath saved us, and called us

with an holy

calling, not according

to our works, but according to his

own purpose and

grace, which was

given us in Christ Jesus before the

world began,

10 But is now made

manifest by

the appearing of our Saviour Jesus

Christ, who hath abolished

death,

and hath brought

life and

immor-

tality to light through the gospel:

11 Whereunto I am

appointed

a preacher, and an

apostle, and a

teacher of the Gentiles.

12 For the which cause I also suf-

fer these things: nevertheless I am

not

ashamed: for I know whom I

have believed, and am persuaded

that he is able to keep that which I

have committed unto him against

that day.

13 Hold fast the

form of

sound

words, which thou hast heard of

me, in faith and love which is in

Christ Jesus.

14 That good thing which was

committed unto thee keep by the

Holy Ghost which

dwelleth in us.

15 This thou knowest, that all they

which are in Asia be

turned away

from me; of whom are Phygellus

and Hermogenes.

16 The Lord give mercy unto the

house of Onesiphorus; for he oft

re-

freshed me, and was not ashamed

of my chain:

17 But, when he was in Rome, he

sought me out very diligently, and

found me.

18 The Lord grant unto him that

he may find

mercy of the Lord in

that day: and in how many things

he ministered unto me at Ephesus,

thou knowest very well.

CHAPTER 2

Christ gives eternal glory to the elect—

Shun contention and seek godliness.

T therefore, my son, be strong

in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 And the things that thou hast

heard of me among many witnesses,

the same commit thou to faithful

men, who shall be able to

teach

others also.

3 Thou therefore endure

hardness,

as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4 No man that warreth entangleth

himself with the affairs of this life;

that he may please him who hath

chosen him to be a soldier.

5 And if a man also

strive for

masteries, yet is he not

crowned,

except he strive lawfully.

6 The husbandman that laboureth

5 a Acts 16:1.

6 a

gr rekindle, revive.

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within.

b 1 Tim. 1:18;

D&C 8:4.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

tg Hands, Laying on of.

7 a

tg Courage;

Fearful.

b Acts 1:8.

tg Love.

8 a

tg Shame.

tg Testimony.

9 a

tg Foreordination.

tg Grace.

10 a Col. 1:26.

b 1 Cor. 15:26;

Heb. 2:14;

Rev. 20:13 (11–15).

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Death of.

c 1 Jn. 5:11 (10–21).

tg Immortality.

11 a 1 Thes. 2:4.

tg Apostles.

12 a Rom. 1:16.

13 a

gr sketch, model,

example.

gr uncorrupted.

14 a D&C 130:22.

15 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

16 a

tg Hospitality.

18 a

tg God, Mercy of.

2 a D&C 38:23.

tg Teaching.

3 a

gr afflictions,

vexations.

5 a

gr compete in a contest.

b 1 Cor. 9:25.

tg Reward.

15142 TIMOTHY 2:7–26

must be first

partaker of the

fruits.

7 Consider what I say; and the

Lord give thee understanding in all

things.

8 Remember that Jesus Christ of

the seed of David was

raised from

the dead according to my

gospel:

9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an

evil doer, even unto bonds; but the

word of God is not bound.

10 Therefore I endure all things

for the elect’s sakes, that they may

also obtain the salvation which is

in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we

dead with him, we shall also

live with him:

12 If we

suffer, we shall also

reign

with him: if we

deny him, he also

will deny us:

13 If we

believe not, yet he

abideth faithful: he cannot

deny

himself.

14 Of these things put them in re-

membrance, charging them before

the Lord that they

strive not about

words to no profit, but to the sub-

verting of the hearers.

Study to shew thyself approved

unto God, a workman that needeth

not to be ashamed,

rightly dividing

the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and

vain bab-

blings: for they will increase unto

ungodliness.

17 And their

word will eat as doth

a canker: of whom is

Hymenæus

and Philetus;

18 Who concerning the truth have

erred, saying that the resurrection

is past already; and overthrow the

faith of some.

19 Nevertheless the foundation of

God standeth sure, having this seal,

The Lord knoweth them that are

his. And, Let every one that nameth

the name of Christ depart from

iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are

not only vessels of gold and of sil-

ver, but also of wood and of

earth;

and some to honour, and some to

dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge him-

self from these, he shall be a

vessel

unto honour,

sanctified, and

meet

for the master’s use, and prepared

unto every good work.

22 Flee also youthful

lusts: but

righteousness, faith, charity,

peace, with them that call on the

Lord out of a

pure heart.

23 But

foolish and unlearned

questions avoid, knowing that they

do gender

strifes.

24 And the servant of the Lord

must not

strive; but be gentle unto

all men, apt to

teach, patient,

25 In

meekness

instructing those

that oppose themselves; if God

per-

adventure will give them repen-

tance to the acknowledging of the

truth;

26 And that they may recover them-

selves out of the snare of the devil,

who are taken

captive by him at

his will.

6 a 1 Cor. 9:10.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

tg Gospel.

11 a Rom. 6:5 (5, 8).

12 a

gr endure, remain

constant.

tg Persecution;

Suffering.

tg Millennium,

Preparing a People for.

c Matt. 10:33 (32–33);

Rom. 1:16 (15–18);

2 Ne. 31:14 (12–21);

D&C 101:5 (1–5).

13 a

gr are unfaithful.

b D&C 39:16.

tg God, Perfection of.

14 a

gr dispute not about

words, or trivialities.

15 a

tg Scriptures, Study of.

gr setting forth without

perversion, distortion.

16 a

gr vain disputation.

tg Godliness.

17 a

gr teaching will spread

like gangrene.

b 1 Tim. 1:20.

18 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

20 a

gr clay, earthenware.

21 a

tg Body, Sanctity of.

b Isa. 52:11.

gr useful, profitable.

22 a

gr impure, violent

desires.

tg Chastity;

Lust.

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within.

tg Peace.

d 1 Tim. 1:5.

23 a Titus 3:9.

b D&C 19:31 (29–31).

tg Strife.

24 a 3 Ne. 11:29 (29–30);

D&C 18:20; 136:23.

b 1 Tim. 3:2.

25 a

tg Meek.

b D&C 20:53.

gr perchance.

26 a Moses 7:26.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

1515 2 TIMOTHY 3:1–17

CHAPTER 3

Paul describes the apostasy and perilous

times of the last days—The scriptures

guide man to salvation.

T know also, that in the

last days

perilous

times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their

own selves,

covetous, boasters,

proud, blasphemers,

disobedient

to parents,

unthankful, unholy,

3 Without

natural

affection,

trucebreakers,

false accusers,

in-

continent, fierce, despisers of those

that are good,

Traitors,

heady,

highminded,

lovers of

pleasures more than lov-

ers of God;

5 Having a

form of godliness, but

denying the power thereof: from

such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which

creep into houses, and lead captive

silly

women laden with sins, led

away with divers

lusts,

7 Ever

learning, and never able

to come to the

knowledge of the

truth.

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres

withstood Moses, so do these also

resist the truth: men of

corrupt

minds, reprobate concerning the

faith.

9 But they shall proceed no fur-

ther: for their

folly shall be mani-

fest unto all men, as theirs also

was.

10 But thou hast

fully known

my doctrine, manner of life, pur-

pose, faith, longsuffering, charity,

patience,

11 Persecutions, afflictions, which

came unto me at Antioch, at Ico-

nium, at Lystra; what

persecutions

I endured: but out of them all the

Lord delivered me.

12 Yea, and all that will live

godly

in Christ Jesus shall

suffer

perse-

cution.

13 But evil men and

seducers shall

wax worse and worse, deceiving,

and being deceived.

14 But

continue thou in the things

which thou hast learned and hast

been assured of, knowing of whom

thou hast learned them;

15 And that from a

child thou hast

known the holy

scriptures, which

are able to make thee

wise unto

salvation through faith which is

in Christ Jesus.

All

scripture is given by

inspi-

ration of God, and is

profitable for

doctrine, for

reproof, for correction,

for

instruction in

righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be

perfect, throughly furnished unto

all

good works.

1 a Morm. 1:17 (13–17);

8:28 (26–33).

tg Last Days.

b 2 Tim. 4:3.

2 a

tg Covet.

tg Pride.

tg Contention;

Disobedience;

Family, Children,

Duties of.

tg Ingratitude.

3 a Rom. 1:26 (26–28).

tg Sexual Immorality.

tg Honesty.

gr slanderers.

gr without self-control.

4 a

tg Rebellion.

gr rash, reckless.

gr puffed up, conceited.

tg Pleasure.

5 a Rom. 2:20;

2 Ne. 28:5;

JS—H 1:19.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

6 a

tg Woman.

tg Lust.

7 a

tg Learn.

tg Ignorance;

Knowledge.

tg Truth.

8 a

tg Opposition.

b Ps. 14:1;

D&C 10:21 (20–23);

112:23 (23–24).

9 a D&C 35:7; 45:49; 63:15.

10 a

gr followed closely,

conformed to.

11 a Acts 15:26.

12 a

tg Godliness.

b Ps. 34:19.

tg Suffering.

tg Cruelty;

Persecution.

13 a

gr diviners, imposters,

cheats.

14 a D&C 66:12.

15 a Deut. 4:9 (6–9).

tg Scriptures, Study of.

tg Understanding.

tg Salvation.

16 a

JSt 2 Tim. 3:16 And

all scripture given by

inspiration of God, is

profitable . . .

tg Book of Mormon;

Scriptures, Writing of;

Scriptures to Come

Forth.

tg Inspiration.

gr beneficial or useful

for instruction.

tg Scriptures, Value of.

tg Chastening;

Reproof.

tg Education.

tg Righteousness.

17 a

gr suited, ready,

complete.

tg Perfection.

tg Good Works.

15162 TIMOTHY 4:1–20

CHAPTER 4

Paul gives a solemn charge to preach

the gospel in a day of apostasy—Paul

and all Saints are assured of exaltation.

I  thee therefore before God,

and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall

judge the quick and the dead at his

appearing and his kingdom;

Preach the word;

instant

in season, out of season;

reprove,

rebuke, exhort with all longsuffer-

ing and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when

they will not

endure sound

doc-

trine; but after their own

lusts shall

they heap to themselves

teachers,

having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their

ears from the

truth, and shall be

turned unto

fables.

5 But

watch thou in all things,

endure afflictions, do the work of

evangelist,

make full proof of

thy ministry.

6 For I am now ready to be offered,

and the time of my departure is at

hand.

7 I have fought a good

fight, I

have

finished my course, I have

kept the faith:

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me

crown of

righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous

judge, shall

give me at that day: and not to me

only, but unto all them also that

love his appearing.

9 Do thy diligence to come shortly

unto me:

10 For

Demas hath

forsaken me,

having loved this present

world,

and is departed unto Thessalon-

ica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto

Dalmatia.

11 Only

Luke is with me. Take

Mark, and bring him with thee:

for he is profitable to me for the

ministry.

12 And Tychicus have I sent to

Ephesus.

13 The cloak that I left at Troas

with Carpus, when thou comest,

bring with thee, and the

books, but

especially the parchments.

14 Alexander the coppersmith did

me much evil: the Lord reward him

according to his

works:

15 Of whom be thou ware also;

for he hath greatly

withstood

our words.

16 At my first

answer no man

stood with me, but all men forsook

me: I pray God that it may not be

laid to their

charge.

17 Notwithstanding the

Lord

stood with me, and strengthened me;

that by me the preaching might be

fully known, and that all the Gentiles

might hear: and I was delivered out

of the mouth of the lion.

18 And the Lord shall deliver me

from every evil work, and will

pre-

serve me unto his heavenly king-

dom: to whom be glory for ever and

ever. Amen.

19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and

the household of Onesiphorus.

20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but

Trophimus have I left at Miletum

sick.

1 a tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

2 a

tg Missionary Work;

Preaching.

JSt 2 Tim. 4:2 . . . be

instant in season, those

who are out of season . . .

gr urgent, earnest.

tg Chastening;

Reproof.

3 a 2 Tim. 3:1;

Hel. 13:28 (26–30).

b 1 Tim. 1:10.

tg Lust.

tg False Prophets;

Teacher.

4 a

tg Truth.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

5 a

tg Watch.

b Acts 21:8;

Eph. 4:11 (11–14).

gr fulfill your ministry.

7 a

tg Contentment.

tg Dedication.

8 a

tg Exaltation;

Reward.

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

10 a Col. 4:14;

Philem. 1:24.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

tg Worldliness.

11 a Acts 1:1.

b Acts 15:37 (37–39);

Col. 4:10.

13 a Luke 1:1 (1–4);

1 Ne. 13:26 (24–26).

14 a D&C 64:11.

15 a

gr opposed, resisted.

16 a

gr defense.

b Acts 7:60 (59–60);

3 Ne. 12:44.

17 a John 14:18.

18 a

gr save, rescue.

1517 2 TIMOTHY 4:21–TITUS 1:11

21 Do thy diligence to come before

winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and

Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and

all the brethren.

22 The

Lord Jesus Christ be with

thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

¶ The second epistle unto Timotheus, or-

dained the first bishop of the church of the

Ephesians, was written from Rome, when

Paul was brought before Nero the second

time.

22 a tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

[T]

1 a tg Servant.

tg Apostles.

tg Election.

2 a

tg Hope.

tg Salvation, Plan of.

tg God, Perfection of;

Lying.

d 2 Tim. 1:1;

Abr. 3:26.

4 a

gr a true son

according to.

5 a

tg Order.

tg Priesthood,

Authority;

Priesthood, Ordination.

tg Church Organization;

Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood.

gr directed, ordered.

6 a

gr debauchery or

insubordination.

7 a

tg Bishop;

Leadership.

tg Delegation of

Responsibility;

Stewardship.

gr obstinate, arrogant.

tg Anger.

8 a

tg Hospitality.

gr what is good.

gr self-controlled.

tg Temperance.

9 a D&C 11:21.

gr those who deny,

contradict.

10 a

gr idle speakers,

disputers.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Circumcision.

The episTle of pAul To

TiTus

CHAPTER 1

Eternal life was promised before the

world began—The qualifications of

bishops are given—Unto the pure, all

things are pure.

AUL, a

servant of God, and an

apostle of Jesus Christ, accord-

ing to the faith of God’s

elect,

and the acknowledging of the truth

which is after godliness;

2 In

hope of

eternal life, which

God, that cannot

lie,

promised be-

fore the world began;

3 But hath in due times manifested

his word through preaching, which is

committed unto me according to the

commandment of God our Saviour;

4 To Titus,

mine own son after the

common faith: Grace, mercy, and

peace, from God the Father and

the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5 For this cause left I thee in Crete,

that thou shouldest set in

order the

things that are wanting, and

or-

dain

elders in every city, as I had

appointed thee:

6 If any be blameless, the husband

of one wife, having faithful children

not accused of

riot or unruly.

7 For a

bishop must be blame-

less, as the

steward of God; not

selfwilled, not soon

angry, not

given to wine, no striker, not given

to filthy lucre;

8 But a lover of

hospitality, a

lover of

good men, sober, just, holy,

temperate;

9 Holding fast the faithful word as

he hath been taught, that he may

be able by sound doctrine both to

exhort and to

convince the

gain-

sayers.

10 For there are many unruly

and

vain talkers and

deceivers,

specially they of the

circumcision:

11 Whose mouths must be stopped,

who subvert whole houses, teaching

1518TITUS 1:12–2:12

things which they ought not, for

filthy

lucre’s sake.

12 One of themselves, even a prophet

of their own, said, The Cretians are

alway liars, evil beasts,

slow bellies.

13 This witness is true. Wherefore

rebuke them sharply, that they may

be sound in the faith;

14 Not giving heed to Jewish

fa-

bles, and

commandments of men,

that turn from the truth.

Unto the pure all things are

pure: but unto them that are

de-

filed and unbelieving is nothing

pure; but even their

mind and

conscience is

defiled.

16 They

profess that they

know

God; but in

works they

deny him,

being abominable, and

disobe-

dient, and unto every good work

reprobate.

CHAPTER 2

Saints should live righteously, deny un-

godliness, and seek the Lord.

B

speak thou the things which

become sound

doctrine:

2 That the

aged men be

sober,

grave,

temperate, sound in faith,

in charity, in patience.

3 The aged women likewise, that

they be in behaviour as becometh

holiness, not

false

accusers, not

given to much wine, teachers of

good things;

4 That they may teach the young

women to be sober, to

love their

husbands, to love their children,

5 To be discreet,

chaste,

keepers at

home, good, obedient to their own

husbands, that the word of God be

not blasphemed.

6 Young men likewise exhort to

be sober minded.

7 In all things shewing thyself a

pattern of good works: in doctrine

shewing uncorruptness,

gravity,

sincerity,

Sound speech, that cannot be

condemned; that he that is

of the

contrary part may be ashamed,

having no evil thing to say of you.

9 Exhort

servants to be obedient

unto their own masters, and to please

them well in all things; not

answer-

ing again;

10 Not

purloining, but shewing all

good fidelity; that they may

adorn

the doctrine of God our Saviour in

all things.

11 For the

grace of God

that

bringeth salvation hath appeared

to all men,

12 Teaching us that, denying

un-

godliness and

worldly

lusts, we

should live

soberly,

righteously,

and godly, in this present world;

11 a 1 Tim. 6:5;

Mosiah 29:40;

Alma 11:24.

12 a

gr lazy gluttons.

13 a D&C 84:117 (87, 117).

14 a 1 Tim. 1:4.

b Matt. 15:9; Col. 2:22;

D&C 3:6 (6–7);

45:29; 46:7;

JS—H 1:19.

gr who reject,

repudiate the truth.

15 a

JSt Titus 1:15 Unto the

pure, let all things be

pure . . .

tg Purity.

tg Pollution.

d Luke 11:39 (39–41).

tg Mind.

tg Conscience.

f Mark 7:15; 2 Ne. 19:17;

D&C 93:35.

16 a Matt. 7:21 (21–23).

tg False Prophets;

Hypocrisy.

b Hosea 8:2.

tg Ignorance.

c Matt. 15:8 (7–9).

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Disobedience.

gr unfit, worthless.

1 a 1 Thes. 2:4; 1 Pet. 4:11.

tg Teaching.

b D&C 88:77 (77–78).

2 a

tg Old Age.

gr circumspect.

tg Temperance.

3 a

gr slanderers, traitors,

devils.

tg Gossip.

4 a

tg Marriage, Wives.

tg Family, Love within.

5 a

tg Chastity; Modesty.

gr housekeepers,

guards.

c 1 Tim. 5:14.

7 a

gr dignity,

respectfulness.

tg Sincere.

8 a 1 Tim. 6:3.

b 1 Pet. 2:12 (11–12).

gr an opponent, enemy.

9 a Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22;

1 Tim. 6:1 (1–2);

1 Pet. 2:18.

gr arguing against,

opposing, contradicting.

10 a

gr misappropriating,

robbing.

tg Stealing.

gr honor, put in order.

11 a

tg Grace.

JSt Titus 2:11 . . . which

bringeth salvation to all

men, hath appeared;

12 a

tg Godliness.

tg Worldliness.

tg Lust.

tg Levity.

tg Abundant Life;

Righteousness.

1519 TITUS 2:13–3:15

13 Looking for that blessed hope,

and the

glorious appearing of the

great God and our Saviour Jesus

Christ;

14 Who gave

himself for us, that

he might

redeem us from all in-

iquity, and

purify unto himself a

peculiar people,

zealous of good

works.

15 These things speak, and exhort,

and

rebuke with all

authority. Let

no man

despise thee.

CHAPTER 3

Saints must live righteously after

baptism.

P them in mind to be

subject to

principalities and powers, to obey

magistrates, to be ready to every

good work,

2 To

speak evil of no man, to be

no brawlers, but gentle, shewing

all

meekness unto all men.

3 For we ourselves also were

some-

times foolish,

disobedient, deceived,

serving divers

lusts and pleasures,

living in

malice and envy, hateful,

and hating one another.

4 But after that the kindness and

love of God our Saviour toward man

appeared,

5 Not by works of

righteousness

which we have done, but according

to his

mercy he saved us, by the

washing of regeneration, and

re-

newing of the Holy Ghost;

6 Which he shed on us abundantly

through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

7 That being

justified by his grace,

we should be made

heirs according

to the hope of eternal life.

8 This is a faithful saying, and

these things I will that thou affirm

constantly, that they which have

believed in God might be careful to

maintain good

works. These things

are good and profitable unto men.

9 But avoid

foolish questions, and

genealogies, and

contentions, and

strivings about the law; for they are

unprofitable and vain.

10 A man that is an

heretick af-

ter the first and second

admoni-

tion reject;

11 Knowing that he that is such

subverted, and sinneth, being

condemned of himself.

12 When I shall send Artemas

unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent

to come unto me to Nicopolis: for

I have determined there to winter.

13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and

Apollos on their journey diligently,

that nothing be wanting unto them.

14 And let

ours also learn to main-

tain

good works for necessary uses,

that they be not unfruitful.

15 All that are with me salute thee.

Greet them that love us in the faith.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

¶ It was written to Titus, ordained the first

bishop of the church of the Cretians, from

Nicopolis of Macedonia.

13 a tg Glory.

14 a

tg Self-Sacrifice.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Redemption.

tg Purification;

Purity.

tg Peculiar People.

tg Zeal.

15 a

tg Chastening.

tg Authority.

gr disregard.

1 a tg Citizenship.

tg Governments.

2 a

tg Slander.

gr not quarrelsome.

c D&C 38:41.

3 a

gr once, formerly.

tg Disobedience.

tg Lust.

tg Malice.

5 a

tg Righteousness.

tg God, Mercy of.

tg Baptism, Essential.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

7 a

tg Justification.

b D&C 70:8.

8 a

tg Good Works.

9 a 2 Tim. 2:23 (23–26).

tg Contention.

10 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

b Matt. 18:17.

11 a

gr perverted, changed.

14 a

gr our people.

b Rom. 15:28 (25–28);

Philip. 4:17.

2 a Col. 4:17.

6 a

gr participation,

fellowship.

gr active.

7 a

gr affections,

compassion.

10 a Col. 4:9.

14 a

gr assent, suggestion.

tg Mind.

16 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

18 a

gr something, anything.

22 a 2 Cor. 1:11;

Philip. 1:19.

23 a Col. 1:7 (7–8);

4:12 (12–13).

24 a Col. 4:14;

2 Tim. 4:10.

The episTle of pAul To

phileMon

The gospel changes a servant into a

brother.

AUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ,

and Timothy our brother, unto

Philemon our dearly beloved,

and fellowlabourer,

2 And to our beloved Apphia, and

Archippus our fellowsoldier, and

to the church in thy house:

3 Grace to you, and peace, from

God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

4 I thank my God, making men-

tion of thee always in my prayers,

5 Hearing of thy love and faith,

which thou hast toward the Lord

Jesus, and toward all saints;

6 That the

communication of thy

faith may become

effectual by the

acknowledging of every good thing

which is in you in Christ Jesus.

7 For we have great joy and con-

solation in thy love, because the

bowels of the saints are refreshed

by thee, brother.

8 Wherefore, though I might be

much bold in Christ to enjoin thee

that which is convenient,

9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech

thee, being such an one as Paul the

aged, and now also a prisoner of

Jesus Christ.

10 I beseech thee for my son

Ones-

imus, whom I have begotten in my

bonds:

11 Which in time past was to thee

unprofitable, but now profitable to

thee and to me:

12 Whom I have sent again: thou

therefore receive him, that is, mine

own bowels:

13 Whom I would have retained

with me, that in thy stead he might

have ministered unto me in the

bonds of the gospel:

14 But without thy

mind would I

do nothing; that thy benefit should

not be as it were of necessity, but

willingly.

15 For perhaps he therefore de-

parted for a season, that thou should-

est receive him for ever;

16 Not now as a servant, but above

a servant, a

brother beloved, spe-

cially to me, but how much more

unto thee, both in the flesh, and in

the Lord?

17 If thou count me therefore a

partner, receive him as myself.

18 If he hath wronged thee, or

oweth thee

ought, put that on mine

account;

19 I Paul have written it with mine

own hand, I will repay it: albeit I

do not say to thee how thou owest

unto me even thine own self besides.

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of

thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels

in the Lord.

21 Having confidence in thy obedi-

ence I wrote unto thee, knowing that

thou wilt also do more than I say.

22 But withal prepare me also a

lodging: for I trust that through your

prayers I shall be given unto you.

23 There salute thee

Epaphras,

my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;

24 Marcus, Aristarchus,

Demas,

Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

25 The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

¶ Written from Rome to Philemon, by

Onesimus a servant.

CHAPTER 1

The Son is in the express image of the

person of the Father—Christ is the

Only Begotten Son and thus above

the angels.

OD, who

at sundry times and

in divers manners spake in

time past unto the

fathers

by the

prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken

unto us by his

Son, whom he hath

appointed

heir of all things, by

whom also he

made the

worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his

glory, and the express image of his

person, and upholding all things

by the word of his

power, when

he had by himself

purged our sins,

sat down on the

right hand of the

Majesty on high;

4 Being made so much better than

the angels, as he hath by inheritance

obtained a more excellent

name

than they.

5 For unto which of the angels said

he at any time, Thou art my

Son,

this day have I begotten thee? And

again, I will be to him a

Father,

and he shall be to me a Son?

6 And again, when he bringeth in

the

firstbegotten into the world, he

saith,

And let all the angels of God

worship him.

7 And of the angels he saith, Who

maketh his angels spirits, and his

ministers a flame of fire.

8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy

throne, O God, is for

ever and

ever: a sceptre of righteousness is

the sceptre of thy kingdom.

9 Thou hast loved

righteousness,

and hated iniquity; therefore God,

even thy God, hath anointed thee

with the oil of gladness above thy

fellows.

10 And, Thou, Lord, in the begin-

ning hast laid the

foundation of

the earth; and the heavens are the

works of thine

hands:

11 They shall perish; but thou re-

mainest; and they all shall

wax old

as doth a garment;

12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold

The episTle of pAul The AposTle

To The

hebrews

1 a gr in many locations

and various ways.

tg Family, Patriarchal.

tg Prophets,

Mission of.

2 a

tg Godhead;

Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship;

Jesus Christ, Jehovah.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

c Matt. 21:38 (33–46).

tg Jesus Christ,

Relationships with

the Father.

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

tg Astronomy;

Creation;

God, Creator.

3 a John 1:14.

tg Celestial Glory.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

tg God, Power of.

gr made purification,

expiation for.

e Acts 7:55 (55–56);

D&C 76:23.

f Heb. 12:2.

4 a Eph. 1:21 (20–21);

Philip. 2:9 (9–10).

tg Name.

5 a Heb. 5:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

b 2 Sam. 7:14;

1 Chr. 17:13.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Firstborn.

jst Heb. 1:6–7 . . . And

let all the angels of

God worship him, who

maketh his ministers as a

flame of fire. And of the

angels he saith, Angels

are ministering spirits.

tg Worship.

8 a

tg Kingdom of God, in

Heaven.

b D&C 88:104.

9 a

tg Righteousness.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Creator.

b D&C 67:2.

11 a

gr grow old, become

worn.

1522HEBREWS 1:13–2:15

them up, and they shall be changed:

but thou art the same, and thy years

shall not fail.

13 But to which of the angels said

he at any time, Sit on my

right

hand, until I make thine enemies

thy footstool?

14 Are they not all

ministering

spirits, sent forth

to minister for

them who shall be heirs of salvation?

CHAPTER 2

Jesus came to suffer death and save

men—He came to make reconciliation

for the sins of the people.

T we ought to give the

earnest

heed to the things

which we have heard, lest at any

time we should let them slip.

2 For if the word spoken by angels

was steadfast, and every transgres-

sion and

disobedience received a

just recompence of reward;

3 How shall we

escape, if we ne-

glect so great salvation; which at

the first began to be spoken by the

Lord, and was confirmed unto us

by them that heard him;

4 God also bearing them witness,

both with

signs and

wonders,

and with divers miracles, and gifts

of the Holy Ghost, according to his

own

will?

5 For unto the angels hath he not

put in subjection the world to come,

whereof we speak.

6 But one in a certain place testi-

fied, saying, What is

man, that thou

art mindful of him? or the son of

man, that thou visitest him?

7 Thou madest him a little lower

than the

angels; thou crownedst him

with glory and honour, and didst

set him over the works of thy hands:

8 Thou hast put all things in sub-

jection under his

feet. For in that

he put all in subjection under him,

he left nothing that is not put un-

der him. But now we see not yet all

things put under him.

9 But we see Jesus, who was made

a little

lower than the

angels

for

the suffering of

death,

crowned

with glory and honour; that he by

the

grace of God should taste

death

for every man.

10 For

it became him, for whom

are all things, and by whom are

all

things, in bringing many sons

unto glory, to make the

captain

of their salvation

perfect through

sufferings.

11 For both he that sanctifieth

and they who are

sanctified are

all of

one: for which cause he is

not ashamed to call them

brethren,

12 Saying, I will declare thy

name

unto my brethren, in the midst of

the church will I sing praise unto

thee.

13 And again, I will put my

trust

in him. And again, Behold I and

the children which God hath given

me.

Forasmuch then as the children

are partakers of

flesh and blood,

he also himself likewise took part

of the same; that through death he

might

destroy him that had the

power of

death, that is, the

devil;

15 And deliver them who through

13 a Ps. 110:1.

14 a D&C 7:6.

tg Angels.

b Zech. 6:5 (4–8).

gr for service.

1 a tg Zeal.

b D&C 21:4.

2 a

tg Disobedience.

tg God, Justice of.

3 a Heb. 10:29; 12:25.

4 a Acts 5:12 (12–23).

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of;

Symbolism.

tg Miracle.

tg God, Will of.

6 a Ps. 8:4 (4–6).

7 a

heb gods;

gr angels.

8 a Matt. 28:18;

1 Cor. 15:25;

Eph. 1:22.

9 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

b Philip. 2:7 (7–9).

gr through.

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

e Acts 2:33.

tg Grace.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

10 a

gr it was fitting, suit-

able, proper for Him.

b Col. 1:16 (13–19).

tg Jesus Christ, Messiah.

tg Perfection.

11 a

tg Sanctification.

tg Unity.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

12 a Ps. 22:22.

13 a Ps. 18:2.

14 a

gr Since.

tg Flesh and Blood.

c Gen. 3:15.

d 2 Tim. 1:10.

tg Redemption.

tg Devil.

1523 HEBREWS 2:16–3:17

fear of death were all their lifetime

subject to

bondage.

16 For verily he took not on him

the nature of

angels; but he took on

him the

seed of Abraham.

17 Wherefore in all things it be-

hoved him to be made like unto his

brethren, that he might be a merci-

ful and faithful high priest in things

pertaining to God, to make

recon-

ciliation for the sins of the people.

18 For in that he himself hath suf-

fered being

tempted, he is able to

succour them that are tempted.

CHAPTER 3

Christ is the Apostle and High Priest of

our profession—Jesus, being the Son, is

more than a servant—Now is the time

and the day of our salvation.

W, holy brethren, partak-

ers of the heavenly calling,

consider

the

Apostle and

High Priest of our

profession, Christ Jesus;

2 Who was faithful to him that

appointed him, as also Moses was

faithful in all his house.

3 For this man was counted worthy

of more glory than Moses, inasmuch

as he who hath builded the house

hath more honour than the house.

4 For every house is builded by

some man; but he that built all

things is God.

5 And Moses verily was faithful

in all his house, as a

servant, for

a testimony of those things which

were to be spoken after;

6 But Christ as a son over his own

house; whose

house are we, if we

hold fast the confidence and the re-

joicing of the hope firm unto the end.

7 Wherefore (as the

Holy Ghost

saith,

To day if ye will hear his

voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the

provocation, in the day of tempta-

tion in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me,

proved me, and saw my works

forty years.

10 Wherefore I was grieved with

that

generation, and said, They do

alway err in their heart; and they

have not known my ways.

11 So I sware in my wrath, They

shall not

enter into my

rest.)

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there

be in any of you an evil

heart of

unbelief, in

departing from the

living God.

13 But

exhort one another daily,

while it is called

To day; lest any

of you be hardened through the

deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of

Christ, if we hold the beginning

of our confidence

steadfast unto

the end;

15 While it is said, To day if ye

will hear his voice,

harden not

your hearts, as in the

provocation.

16 For some, when they had heard,

did provoke: howbeit not all that

came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 But with whom was he grieved

forty years? was it not with them

that had sinned, whose

carcases

fell in the wilderness?

15 a tg Bondage, Spiritual;

Law of Moses.

16 a

tg Angels.

tg Seed of Abraham.

17 a

tg Jesus Christ, Re-

deemer; Reconciliation.

18 a

gr tried, subjected

to trial.

tg Jesus Christ,

Temptation of; Test.

b Alma 7:12;

D&C 62:1.

1 a tg Meditation.

tg Jesus Christ, Messen-

ger of the Covenant.

tg High Priest, Melchi-

zedek Priesthood.

5 a

tg Servant.

6 a

tg Church.

b 1 Pet. 2:5 (4–8).

7 a Heb. 10:15.

b Ps. 95:7 (7–11).

8 a

tg Hardheartedness.

b Num. 14:23 (2–23);

Jacob 1:7 (7–8);

Alma 12:36.

9 a

tg Test.

10 a Prov. 30:12 (11–14).

11 a Ps. 95:11.

b D&C 84:24.

tg God, Presence of;

God, Privilege of

Seeing; Rest.

12 a Gen. 6:5;

Matt. 15:19;

Hel. 12:4.

tg Stiffnecked.

gr apostatizing,

withdrawing from.

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

13 a Alma 34:39;

D&C 38:23.

tg Chastening.

b D&C 45:6.

14 a

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

15 a

tg Contrite Heart.

tg Provoking.

17 a Num. 14:29 (29, 37);

1 Cor. 10:5 (2–7).

1524HEBREWS 3:18–4:16

18 And to whom sware he that they

should not enter into his rest, but

to them that believed not?

19 So we see that they could not

enter in because of

unbelief.

CHAPTER 4

The gospel was offered to ancient Is-

rael—Saints enter into the rest of the

Lord—Though tempted in all points,

Jesus was without sin.

L us therefore fear, lest, a prom-

ise being left us of entering into

his

rest, any of you should seem

to come short of it.

2 For unto us was the

gospel

preached, as well as unto them: but

the word preached did not profit

them, not being mixed with

faith

in them that heard it.

For we which have believed do

enter into rest, as he said, As I have

sworn in my wrath, if they shall en-

ter into my

rest: although the works

were finished from the foundation

of the world.

4 For he spake in a certain place of

the

seventh day on this wise, And

God did rest the seventh day from

all his works.

And in this place again, If they

shall enter into my rest.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth

that some must enter therein, and

they to whom it was first preached

entered not in because of

unbelief:

7 Again, he

limiteth a certain day,

saying in David, To day, after so

long a time; as it is said, To day if

ye will

hear his voice,

harden not

your hearts.

8 For if

Jesus had given them rest,

then would he not afterward have

spoken of another day.

9 There remaineth therefore a rest

to the people of God.

10 For he that is entered into his

rest, he also hath ceased from his

own works, as God did from his.

11 Let us

labour therefore to en-

ter into that rest, lest any man fall

after the same example of

unbelief.

12 For the

word of God is

quick,

and powerful, and sharper than any

twoedged

sword,

piercing even to

the dividing asunder of

soul and

spirit, and of the joints and marrow,

and is a

discerner of the

thoughts

and

intents of the heart.

13 Neither is there any creature

that is not manifest in his sight:

but all things are naked and opened

unto the

eyes of him with whom

we have to do.

14 Seeing then that we have a great

high priest, that is passed into the

heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let

us hold fast our profession.

15 For we have not an high priest

which cannot be touched with the

feeling of our infirmities; but was

in all points

tempted like as we are,

yet without

sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly

unto the throne of

grace, that we

may obtain mercy, and find grace

to help in time of need.

19 a tg Unbelief.

1 a tg God, Glory of; Rest.

2 a

tg Gospel.

tg Faith.

3 a

JSt Heb. 4:3 (Appendix).

b D&C 19:9.

4 a

tg Sabbath.

5 a

JSt Heb. 4:5 And in this

place again, If they

harden not their hearts

they shall enter into my

rest.

6 a

gr those who formerly

were taught the gospel.

gr disobedience,

unbelief, obstinacy.

7 a

gr appoints, decrees,

constitutes.

b Ps. 95:7.

tg Hardheartedness.

8 a Ex. 17:9;

Acts 7:45.

11 a

gr hasten, be eager.

gr obstinacy,

disobedience.

tg Unbelief.

12 a Alma 31:5;

D&C 6:2; 11:2; 12:2;

14:2; 33:1.

gr living.

c Isa. 49:2;

Rev. 2:12 (12–17).

d Hosea 6:5;

D&C 85:6.

JSt Heb. 4:12 . . . body . . .

f 1 Cor. 14:25 (24–25).

tg God, Omniscience of.

g D&C 6:16.

tg Motivations.

13 a Prov. 5:21.

14 a Heb. 9:24.

15 a

gr unable to

sympathize with our

frailties, imperfections.

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar;

Jesus Christ,

Temptation of;

Temptation; Test.

c John 8:46;

Heb. 7:26;

D&C 45:4.

tg Sin.

16 a

tg Grace.

1525 HEBREWS 5:1–6:1

CHAPTER 5

For a man to hold the priesthood, he

must be called of God as was Aaron—

Christ was a priest forever after the

order of Melchizedek—Jesus Christ is

the Author of eternal salvation.

F every high priest taken from

among men is

ordained for men

in things pertaining to God, that he

may offer both gifts and

sacrifices

for sins:

2 Who can have

compassion on

the ignorant, and on them that are

out of the way; for that he himself

also is compassed with infirmity.

3 And by reason hereof he ought,

as for the people, so also for him-

self, to offer for

sins.

4 And no man taketh this

honour

unto himself, but he that is

called

of God, as was

Aaron.

5 So also Christ glorified not him-

self to be made an high priest; but

he that said unto him, Thou art my

Son, to day have I begotten thee.

6 As he saith also in another place,

Thou art a

priest

for ever after the

order of

Melchisedec.

7 Who in the days of his flesh, when

he had offered up

prayers and sup-

plications with

strong crying and

tears unto him that was able to save

him from death, and was heard

that he feared;

8 Though he were a Son, yet

learned he

obedience by the things

which he

suffered;

9 And being made

perfect, he be-

came the

author of eternal

salva-

tion unto all them that obey him;

Called of God an

high priest

after the order of Melchisedec.

11 Of whom we have many things

to say, and

hard to be

uttered, see-

ing ye are dull of

hearing.

12 For when for the time ye ought

to be teachers, ye have need that

one teach you again which be the

first principles of the oracles of God;

and are become such as have need

milk, and not of strong meat.

13 For every one that useth

milk is

unskilful in the word of righteous-

ness: for he is a babe.

14 But strong meat belongeth to

them that are of full age, even those

who by reason of use have their

senses exercised to discern both

good and evil.

CHAPTER 6

Let us go on to perfection—The sons

of perdition crucify Christ anew—God

swears with an oath that the faithful

will be saved.

T

leaving the principles

of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on

unto

perfection; not laying again

1 a tg Priesthood;

Priesthood, Ordination.

tg Sacrifice.

2 a

tg Compassion.

gr straying, wandering.

3 a Lev. 4:3.

4 a

tg Leadership.

tg Called of God;

Priesthood, Authority;

Priesthood, Quali-

fying for.

c Ex. 28:1.

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

5 a Heb. 1:5.

6 a

tg Priesthood,

Melchizedek.

b D&C 124:130.

Priesthood,

History of.

7 a Matt. 26:39 (39, 42, 44).

gr mighty, powerful

supplication.

gr because of his piety,

reverence.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

tg Agency;

Obedience.

tg Jesus Christ,

Temptation of;

Pain;

Suffering.

9 a

tg God, Perfection of;

Perfection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Gospel;

Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Mission of;

Salvation;

Salvation, Plan of.

10 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg High Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood;

Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Anticipation.

11 a

gr difficult to be

explained.

b John 16:12 (12–13).

c Ezek. 33:31 (30–33);

Matt. 11:15;

2 Ne. 9:31;

D&C 1:14.

12 a 1 Cor. 3:2 (2–3);

D&C 19:22 (21–22);

50:40.

13 a 1 Pet. 2:2 (1–3).

1 a gr having left behind

the beginning of the

doctrine.

JSt Heb. 6:1 . . . not

leaving . . .

tg Perfection.

1526HEBREWS 6:2–20

the foundation of

repentance from

dead works, and of faith toward God,

2 Of the

doctrine of

baptisms,

and of

laying on of

hands, and

of resurrection of the dead, and of

eternal judgment.

And this will we do, if God

permit.

4 For it is impossible for those who

were once

enlightened, and have

tasted of the heavenly gift, and were

made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have

tasted the good word

of God, and the powers of the

world

to come,

6 If they shall

fall away, to renew

them again unto repentance; seeing

they

crucify to themselves the Son

of God afresh, and put him to an

open

shame.

7 For the earth which drinketh

in the rain that cometh oft upon

it, and bringeth forth herbs

meet

for them by whom it is

dressed,

receiveth blessing from God:

8 But that which beareth thorns

and briers is rejected, and is nigh

unto

cursing; whose end is to be

burned.

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded

better things of you, and things

that accompany salvation, though

we thus speak.

10 For God is not

unrighteous to

forget your work and

labour of

love, which ye have shewed toward

his

name, in that ye have minis-

tered to the saints, and do minister.

11 And we desire that every one

of you do shew the same

diligence

to the full assurance of hope unto

the end:

12 That ye be not

slothful, but fol-

lowers of them who through

faith

and

patience inherit the

promises.

13 For when God made promise to

Abraham, because he could

swear

by no greater, he

sware by himself,

14 Saying, Surely blessing I will

bless thee, and multiplying I

will multiply thee.

15 And so, after he had patiently

endured, he obtained the promise.

16 For men verily swear by the

greater: and an

oath for confirma-

tion is to them an end of all

strife.

17 Wherein God, willing more

abundantly to shew unto the heirs

of promise the immutability of his

counsel,

confirmed it by an

oath:

18 That by two immutable things,

in which it was impossible for

God to

lie, we might have a strong

consolation, who have fled for

ref-

uge to lay hold upon the

hope set

before us:

19 Which hope we have as an

an-

chor of the soul, both sure and

steadfast, and which entereth into

that within the

veil;

20 Whither the forerunner is for us

entered, even Jesus, made an

high

priest for ever after the order of

Melchisedec.

CHAPTER 7

The Melchizedek Priesthood brings ex-

altation and administers the gospel—It

is received with an oath and covenant

1 c tg Repent.

2 a D&C 68:25.

tg Baptism, Essential.

c D&C 107:67.

tg Hands, Laying on of.

3 a

JSt Heb. 6:3–10

(Appendix).

4 a 2 Pet. 2:20.

5 a 1 Pet. 2:3 (1–3).

tg World.

6 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Holy Ghost, Loss of; Sin.

tg Holy Ghost,

Unpardonable Sin

against; Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

tg Shame.

7 a

gr suitable, fit, proper.

gr cultivated, tilled.

8 a D&C 104:3.

10 a

tg God, Perfection of.

b 1 Thes. 1:3.

c Col. 1:4.

tg Name.

11 a

tg Dependability;

Diligence.

12 a

tg Idleness; Laziness.

b Heb. 10:22 (22–24).

tg Patience.

tg Promise.

13 a

gr promise, confirm by

an oath.

b Jer. 44:26;

Amos 6:8.

14 a

tg Abrahamic

Covenant.

15 a

tg Perseverance.

16 a

tg Oath.

tg Strife.

17 a

gr design, purpose.

tg Counselor.

tg Vow.

tg Covenants.

18 a

tg God, Perfection of.

tg Refuge.

tg Hope.

19 a Ether 12:4.

tg Veil.

20 a

tg High Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood.

1527 HEBREWS 7:1–21

1 a tg Priesthood,

Melchizedek.

2 a

tg Tithing.

tg Righteousness.

tg Jerusalem.

3 a

JSt Heb. 7:3 (Appendix).

b D&C 84:17.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

4 a

tg Family, Patriarchal;

Patriarch.

5 a

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

11 a Heb. 8:7.

tg Perfection.

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

12 a

tg Priesthood,

History of.

14 a Isa. 11:1; Micah 5:2.

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

16 a Heb. 9:10.

17 a Ps. 110:4.

18 a Rom. 8:3.

19 a

JSt Heb. 7:19–21

(Appendix).

b Heb. 9:9.

c Heb. 12:24.

20 a

tg Oath;

Priesthood, Oath and

Covenant.

21 a

tg Priesthood, Aaronic.

tg Priesthood, Oath and

Covenant.

—The superiority of the Melchizedek

Priesthood over the Aaronic Priesthood

is explained—Salvation comes through

the intercession of Christ.

F this Melchisedec, king of Salem,

priest of the most high God, who

met Abraham returning from the

slaughter of the kings, and blessed

him;

2 To whom also Abraham gave a

tenth part of all; first being by in-

terpretation King of

righteousness,

and after that also King of

Salem,

which is, King of peace;

Without father, without mother,

without descent, having neither

beginning of days, nor end of life;

but made like unto the Son of God;

abideth a

priest continually.

4 Now consider how great this man

was, unto whom even the

patri-

arch Abraham gave the tenth of the

spoils.

5 And verily they that are of the

sons of

Levi, who receive the

office

of the priesthood, have a command-

ment to take tithes of the people ac-

cording to the law, that is, of their

brethren, though they come out of

the loins of Abraham:

6 But he whose descent is not

counted from them received tithes

of Abraham, and blessed him that

had the promises.

7 And without all contradiction

the less is blessed of the better.

8 And here men that die receive

tithes; but there he receiveth them,

of whom it is witnessed that he

liveth.

9 And as I may so say, Levi also,

who receiveth tithes, payed tithes

in Abraham.

10 For he was yet in the loins of his

father, when Melchisedec met him.

11 If therefore

perfection were by

the

Levitical priesthood, (for under

it the people received the law,) what

further need was there that another

priest should rise after the order of

Melchisedec, and not be called after

the order of Aaron?

12 For the

priesthood being

changed, there is made of neces-

sity a change also of the law.

13 For he of whom these things are

spoken pertaineth to another tribe,

of which no man gave attendance

at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord

sprang out of

Juda; of which tribe

Moses spake nothing concerning

priesthood.

15 And it is yet far more evident:

for that after the similitude of

Melchisedec there ariseth another

priest,

16 Who is made, not after the law

of a

carnal commandment, but after

the power of an endless life.

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a

priest for ever after the order of

Melchisedec.

18 For there is verily a disannulling

of the commandment going before

for the

weakness and unprofitable-

ness thereof.

For the law made nothing

perfect, but the bringing in of a

better hope did; by the which we

draw nigh unto God.

20 And inasmuch as not without

oath he was made priest:

21 (For those

priests were made

without an oath; but this with an

oath by him that said unto him,

The Lord sware and will not repent,

1528HEBREWS 7:22–8:9

22 a Heb. 8:6.

24 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of; Priesthood.

25 a

gr perfectly.

b Isa. 55:3; Heb. 11:6.

c Isa. 59:16; Rom. 8:34.

26 a

JSt Heb. 7:25–26

(Appendix).

tg High Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood.

c Lev. 3:6.

tg Separation.

d Heb. 4:15; D&C 45:4.

tg Priesthood, Magnify-

ing Callings within.

f Eph. 1:20.

27 a Heb. 10:11.

tg Sacrifice.

c Rom. 6:10;

Heb. 10:10.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

28 a

tg Oath.

tg Jesus Christ, Divine

Sonship.

gr perfected.

1 a tg High Priest, Melchi-

zedek Priesthood; Jesus

Christ, Authority of.

2 a Heb. 9:24.

b Ex. 40:2;

Heb. 9:11 (11–24).

3 a Eph. 5:2.

4 a

JSt Heb. 8:4 Therefore

while he was on the earth,

he offered for a sacrifice his

own life for the sins of

the people. Now every priest

under the law, must needs

offer gifts, or sacrifices,

according to the law.

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

b Ex. 35:11.

c Acts 7:44.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ, Atone-

ment through; Jesus

Christ, Authority of.

b Heb. 7:22.

tg Covenants;

Priesthood, Melchizedek.

tg Promise.

7 a Heb. 7:11 (11–16).

8 a

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

9 a

tg Law of Moses.

Thou art a priest for ever after the

order of Melchisedec:)

22 By so much was Jesus made a

surety of a better

testament.

23 And they truly were many

priests, because they were not suf-

fered to continue by reason of death:

24 But this man, because he con-

tinueth ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood.

25 Wherefore he is able also to save

them

to the uttermost that

come

unto God by him, seeing he ever liv-

eth to make

intercession for them.

For such an

high priest became

us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled,

separate from

sinners, and made

higher than the

heavens;

27 Who needeth not

daily, as those

high priests, to offer up

sacrifice,

first for his own sins, and then for

the people’s: for this he did

once,

when he

offered up himself.

28 For the law maketh men high

priests which have infirmity; but

the word of the

oath, which was

since the law, maketh the

Son, who

consecrated for evermore.

CHAPTER 8

Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice

for sin—God promised to make a new

covenant with Israel.

N of the things which we have

spoken this is the sum: We have

such an

high priest, who is set on

the right hand of the throne of the

Majesty in the heavens;

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and

of the

true

tabernacle, which the

Lord pitched, and not man.

3 For every high priest is ordained

to offer gifts and sacrifices: where-

fore it is of necessity that this man

have somewhat also to

offer.

For if he were on earth, he

should not be a priest, seeing that

there are

priests that offer gifts

according to the law:

5 Who serve unto the example and

shadow of heavenly things, as Mo-

ses was admonished of God when he

was about to make the

tabernacle:

for, See, saith he, that thou make

all things according to the

pattern

shewed to thee in the mount.

6 But now hath he obtained a more

excellent ministry, by how much

also he is the

mediator of a better

covenant, which was established

upon better

promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been

faultless, then should no place have

been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he

saith, Behold, the days come, saith

the Lord, when I will make a new

covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of

Judah:

9 Not according to the

covenant

that I made with their fathers in

the day when I took them by the

hand to lead them out of the land

1529 HEBREWS 8:10–9:12

10 a tg God, Law of.

tg Mind.

c Jer. 31:33; 2 Cor. 3:3.

12 a D&C 38:14.

tg Forgive.

13 a Heb. 9:15;

3 Ne. 12:47 (46–47);

15:3 (2–10);

Ether 13:9.

tg New and Everlasting

Covenant.

b 2 Cor. 5:17.

c 3 Ne. 12:46 (19, 46).

1 a tg Law of Moses.

tg Ordinance.

tg Service.

2 a Ex. 26:1 (1–37); 39:33.

b Ex. 25:31 (31–39); 26:35.

c Ex. 25:23 (23–29);

Lev. 24:6.

d Ex. 25:30.

3 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation; Veil.

gr Holy of holies.

4 a

tg Ark of the Covenant.

b Ex. 16:33 (33–34).

c Num. 17:10.

d Ex. 25:16 (16, 20, 40).

5 a

tg Cherubim.

b Ex. 25:17.

6 a

gr prepared, built.

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

7 a Heb. 9:25; 10:3.

b Ex. 30:10.

9 a

gr similitude, type,

parable.

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

b Heb. 7:19.

10 a

tg Wash.

b Heb. 7:16.

tg Ordinance.

d Mosiah 13:29 (27–32).

11 a

tg High Priest, Melchi-

zedek Priesthood.

b Mark 14:58;

Heb. 8:2.

12 a Acts 20:28;

Heb. 10:10.

of Egypt; because they continued

not in my covenant, and I regarded

them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I

will make with the house of Israel

after those days, saith the Lord; I

will put my

laws into their

mind,

and write them in their

hearts: and

I will be to them a God, and they

shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every

man his neighbour, and every man

his brother, saying, Know the Lord:

for all shall know me, from the least

to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their

unrighteousness, and their sins

and their iniquities will I

remem-

ber no more.

13 In that he saith, A

new covenant,

he hath made the first old. Now that

which decayeth and waxeth

old is

ready to

vanish away.

CHAPTER 9

The Mosaic ordinances prefigured

Christ’s ministry—Christ is the Medi-

ator of the new covenant.

T verily the first

covenant had

also

ordinances of divine

service,

and a worldly sanctuary.

2 For there was a

tabernacle

made; the first, wherein was the

candlestick, and the

table, and

the

shewbread; which is called the

sanctuary.

3 And after the second

veil, the

tabernacle which is called the

Ho-

liest of all;

4 Which had the golden censer,

and the

ark of the covenant over-

laid round about with gold, wherein

was the golden

pot that had manna,

and

Aaron’s rod that budded, and

the

tables of the covenant;

5 And over it the

cherubims of

glory shadowing the

mercyseat;

of which we cannot now speak par-

ticularly.

6 Now when these things were thus

ordained, the

priests went always

into the first tabernacle, accomplish-

ing the service of God.

7 But into the second went the

high

priest alone

once every year, not

without blood, which he offered

for himself, and for the errors of

the people:

8 The Holy Ghost this signifying,

that the way into the holiest of all

was not yet made manifest, while as

the first tabernacle was yet standing:

9 Which was a

figure for the time

then present, in which were offered

both gifts and sacrifices, that could

not make him that did the service

perfect, as pertaining to the con-

science;

10 Which stood only in meats and

drinks, and divers

washings, and

carnal

ordinances,

imposed on

them until the time of reformation.

11 But Christ being come an

high

priest of good things to come, by a

greater and more perfect

taberna-

cle, not made with hands, that is to

say, not of this building;

12 Neither by the blood of goats

and calves, but by his own

blood he

1530HEBREWS 9:13–28

12 b Lev. 16:2 (2–4);

Heb. 10:19.

c D&C 138:23 (18–23).

tg Jesus Christ, Re-

deemer; Redemption.

13 a Lev. 4:5.

tg Purification.

14 a

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

gr blameless.

c Lev. 1:3; 22:20.

tg Purification.

tg Conscience.

15 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Mission of.

b Heb. 8:13.

JSt Heb. 9:15 . . . covenant

. . . (Note:

JSt uses

“covenant” in place of

“testament” in every

instance in vv. 15–18, 20.)

tg Jesus Christ, Death of.

tg Transgress.

JSt Heb. 9:15 . . .

covenant . . .

g Heb. 10:36.

h D&C 137:7 (7–10).

tg Inheritance.

16 a

JSt Heb. 9:16 . . .

covenant . . .

b Ex. 24:8 (3–8);

Matt. 26:28 (26–28).

tg Martyrdom.

JSt Heb. 9:16 . . . victim.

(Note:

JSt uses “victim”

in place of “testator”

also in v. 17.)

1 Tim. 2:5–6;

D&C 135:5.

17 a

tg Witness.

gr since.

19 a Ex. 24:7.

b Ex. 24:6.

c Ex. 24:8.

22 a

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

tg Remission of Sins.

23 a

tg Symbolism.

24 a Heb. 8:2.

b Heb. 4:14.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

25 a Heb. 9:7.

26 a

JSt Heb. 9:26 . . . in the

meridian of time hath

he . . .

gr consummation of

the ages.

tg Self-Sacrifice.

28 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Remission of Sins.

b D&C 76:41.

c Rom. 6:10.

d 2 Pet. 3:12;

Rev. 1:7.

entered in once into the

holy place,

having obtained eternal

redemp-

tion for us.

13 For if the

blood of bulls and

of goats, and the ashes of an heifer

sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth

to the

purifying of the flesh:

14 How much more shall the

blood

of Christ, who through the eternal

Spirit offered himself

without

spot

to God,

purge your

conscience

from dead works to serve the living

God?

15 And for this cause he is the

mediator of the

new

testament,

that by means of

death, for the re-

demption of the

transgressions that

were under the first

testament, they

which are called might receive the

promise of eternal

inheritance.

16 For where a

testament is, there

must also of necessity be the

death

of the

testator.

17 For a

testament is of force af-

ter men are dead:

otherwise it is

of no strength at all while the tes-

tator liveth.

18 Whereupon neither the first tes-

tament was dedicated without blood.

19 For when Moses had

spoken

every precept to all the people

according to the law, he took the

blood of calves and of goats, with

water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop,

and

sprinkled both the book, and

all the people,

20 Saying, This is the blood of the

testament which God hath enjoined

unto you.

21 Moreover he sprinkled with

blood both the tabernacle, and all

the vessels of the ministry.

22 And almost all things are by the

law purged with blood; and without

shedding of blood is no

remission.

23 It was therefore necessary that

the

patterns of things in the heav-

ens should be purified with these;

but the heavenly things themselves

with better sacrifices than these.

24 For Christ is not entered into

the holy places made with hands,

which are the figures of the

true;

but into

heaven itself, now to ap-

pear in the

presence of God for us:

25 Nor yet that he should offer

himself often, as the

high priest

entereth into the holy place every

year with blood of others;

26 For then must he often have

suffered since the foundation of the

world: but now once

in the

end of

the world hath he appeared to put

away sin by the

sacrifice of himself.

27 And as it is appointed unto

men once to die, but after this the

judgment:

28 So Christ was once

offered to

bear the

sins of many; and unto

them that look for him shall he

ap-

pear the second time without sin

unto salvation.

1531 HEBREWS 10:1–22

1 a Mosiah 3:15 (14–15);

13:28 (28–32).

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Symbolism.

JSt Heb. 10:1 . . .

continually year by year

make . . .

2 a

tg Remission of Sins.

tg Peace of God.

3 a

tg Sacrifice.

b Lev. 16:21; Heb. 9:7.

6 a 1 Sam. 15:22;

Micah 6:7.

10 a

tg Sanctification.

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

JSt Heb. 10:10 . . . once of

the body of Jesus Christ.

d John 6:51; Heb. 9:12.

e Rom. 6:10.

11 a Heb. 7:27.

b Lev. 4:20 (20, 26).

12 a

tg Sacrifice;

Self-Sacrifice.

13 a

JSt Heb. 10:13 From

henceforth to reign until

his enemies . . .

15 a Heb. 3:7.

tg Holy Ghost, Mission

of; Witness.

16 a Isa. 59:21 (20–21);

Rom. 11:27;

D&C 49:9 (5–9).

b Jer. 31:31–33.

18 a

tg Remission of Sins.

19 a

gr license, authority.

b Lev. 16:2 (2–4);

Heb. 9:12.

20 a

tg Veil.

21 a

tg High Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood.

22 a

tg God, Presence of.

tg God, Access to.

c Heb. 6:12 (10–12);

1 Pet. 1:5 (3–8).

gr purified.

tg Conscience.

CHAPTER 10

We are sanctified by the shedding of

the blood of Christ—The superiority of

His sacrifice is explained—Those who

fall from grace through willful sin are

damned—The just will live by faith.

F the

law having a

shadow of

good things to come, and not the very

image of the things, can never with

those sacrifices which they offered

year by year continually make the

comers thereunto perfect.

2 For then would they not have

ceased to be offered? because that

the worshippers once

purged should

have had no more

conscience of

sins.

3 But in those

sacrifices there is a

remembrance again made of sins

every year.

4 For it is not possible that the

blood of bulls and of goats should

take away sins.

5 Wherefore when he cometh into

the world, he saith, Sacrifice and

offering thou wouldest not, but a

body hast thou prepared me:

6 In burnt offerings and

sacrifices

for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the

volume of the book it is written of

me,) to do thy will, O God.

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice

and offering and burnt offerings

and offering for sin thou wouldest

not, neither hadst pleasure therein;

which are offered by the law;

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy

will, O God. He taketh away the first,

that he may establish the second.

10 By the which will we are

sanc-

tified through the

offering

of the

body of Jesus Christ

once for all.

11 And every priest standeth

daily

ministering and offering oftentimes

the same sacrifices, which can never

take away

sins:

12 But this man, after he had

off ered one

sacrifice for sins for

ever, sat down on the right hand of

God;

From henceforth expecting till

his enemies be made his footstool.

14 For by one offering he hath

perfected for ever them that are

sanctified.

15 Whereof the

Holy Ghost also

is a

witness to us: for after that he

had said before,

16 This is the

covenant that I will

make with them after those days,

saith the Lord, I will put my laws

into their hearts, and in their

minds

will I write them;

17 And their sins and iniquities

will I remember no more.

18 Now where

remission of these

is, there is no more offering for sin.

19 Having therefore, brethren,

boldness to enter into the

holiest

by the blood of Jesus,

20 By a new and living way, which

he hath consecrated for us, through

the

veil, that is to say, his flesh;

21 And having an

high priest over

the house of God;

22 Let us

draw

near with a true

heart in full assurance of

faith,

having our hearts

sprinkled from

an evil

conscience, and our bodies

washed with pure water.

1532HEBREWS 10:23–11:3

23 a 1 Tim. 6:12 (12–13).

gr hope.

24 a

gr understand.

tg Provoking.

25 a

tg Assembly for

Worship;

Meetings.

26 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Sin.

tg Holy Ghost, Unpar-

donable Sin against.

27 a

tg God, Indignation of.

28 a

gr rejected, violated.

29 a Heb. 2:3.

gr insult.

30 a

tg Retribution.

tg God, Justice of.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

32 a Heb. 12:4.

34 a

tg Joy.

b Matt. 6:20.

36 a

tg Patience.

tg God, Will of.

c Heb. 9:15;

1 Pet. 1:9 (1–16).

38 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

39 a 2 Pet. 2:21 (20–21).

gr ruin, destruction.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second;

Sons of Perdition.

1 a tg Faith.

gr assurance, basis,

foundation.

JSt Heb. 11:1 . . .

assurance of things

hoped for . . .

tg Hope.

gr proof.

2 a

gr received witness,

testimony.

b Heb. 11:39.

3 a

tg Creation.

tg Jesus Christ,

Creator.

23 Let us hold fast the

profession

of our

faith without wavering; (for

he is faithful that promised;)

24 And let us

consider one an-

other to

provoke unto love and to

good works:

25 Not forsaking the

assembling

of ourselves together, as the man-

ner of some is; but exhorting one

another: and so much the more, as

ye see the day approaching.

26 For if we

sin

wilfully after that

we have received the knowledge of

the truth, there remaineth no more

sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for

of judgment and fiery

indignation,

which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that

despised Moses’ law

died without mercy under two or

three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer

punishment,

suppose ye, shall he be thought wor-

thy, who hath trodden under foot

the Son of God, and hath counted

the blood of the covenant, where-

with he was sanctified, an unholy

thing, and hath done

despite unto

the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him that hath

said,

Vengeance belongeth unto me,

I will

recompense, saith the Lord.

And again, The Lord shall

judge

his people.

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into

the hands of the living God.

32 But call to remembrance the

former days, in which, after ye were

illuminated, ye endured a great

fight of afflictions;

33 Partly, whilst ye were made a

gazingstock both by reproaches and

afflictions; and partly, whilst ye

became companions of them that

were so used.

34 For ye had compassion of me

in my bonds, and took

joyfully the

spoiling of your goods, knowing in

yourselves that ye have in heaven a

better and an enduring

substance.

35 Cast not away therefore your

confidence, which hath great rec-

ompence of reward.

36 For ye have need of

patience,

that, after ye have done the

will of

God, ye might receive the

promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he

that shall come will come, and will

not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith:

but if any man

draw back, my soul

shall have no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not of them who

draw back unto

perdition; but of

them that believe to the saving of

the soul.

CHAPTER 11

By faith we understand the word and

work of God—The faith of the ancients

was centered in Christ—By faith, men

subdued kingdoms, wrought righteous-

ness, and worked miracles.

N

faith is the

substance of

things

hoped for, the

evidence

of things not seen.

2 For by it the elders

obtained a

good

report.

3 Through faith we understand

that the worlds were

framed by the

word of God, so that things which

1533 HEBREWS 11:4–21

4 a Gen. 4:4.

tg Sacrifice.

5 a Jude 1:14 (14–16).

tg Translated Beings;

Zion.

tg Testimony.

6 a

tg Faith.

b Heb. 7:25.

tg Reward.

tg Diligence.

e Ps. 34:4 (4, 6, 10);

Lam. 3:25;

Alma 37:37 (36–37).

7 a Gen. 6:22; 8:1;

1 Pet. 3:20 (20–21);

2 Pet. 2:5.

tg Warn.

gr being cautious,

reverent.

tg Righteousness.

8 a Gen. 12:1.

tg Lands of Inheritance.

tg Obedience.

d 2 Chr. 20:12;

1 Ne. 4:6.

9 a Gen. 26:3.

tg Israel, Land of;

Promised Lands.

c D&C 38:18.

d Gen. 25:27.

10 a D&C 76:66.

12 a

tg Seed of Abraham.

13 a Matt. 13:17;

1 Pet. 1:10 (10–11).

tg Stranger.

14 a

gr homeland, native

place.

16 a D&C 45:12 (12–14).

17 a James 2:21 (21–23).

tg Test.

tg Sacrifice.

tg Promise.

18 a

tg Seed of Abraham.

tg Abrahamic Covenant.

19 a

gr Considering.

20 a Gen. 27:27.

21 a Gen. 48:2 (1–2, 5, 16).

are seen were not made of things

which do appear.

4 By faith

Abel offered unto God a

more excellent

sacrifice than Cain,

by which he obtained witness that

he was righteous, God testifying of

his gifts: and by it he being dead

yet speaketh.

5 By faith

Enoch was

translated

that he should not see death; and

was not found, because God had

translated him: for before his trans-

lation he had this

testimony, that

he pleased God.

6 But without

faith it is impossible

to please him: for he that

cometh

to God must believe that he is, and

that he is a

rewarder of them that

diligently

seek him.

7 By faith

Noah, being

warned

of God of things not seen as yet,

moved with fear, prepared an ark

to the saving of his house; by the

which he condemned the world, and

became heir of the

righteousness

which is by faith.

8 By faith

Abraham, when he was

called to go out into a place which

he should after receive for an

in-

heritance,

obeyed; and he went

out, not

knowing whither he went.

9 By faith he

sojourned in the

land of

promise, as in a strange

country, dwelling in

tabernacles

with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with

him of the same promise:

10 For he looked for a

city which

hath foundations, whose builder

and maker is God.

11 Through faith also Sara herself

received strength to conceive seed,

and was delivered of a child when

she was past age, because she judged

him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore sprang there even

of one, and him as good as dead, so

many as the stars of the sky in

mul-

titude, and as the sand which is by

the sea shore innumerable.

13 These all died in faith, not

having received the

promises, but

having seen them afar off, and were

persuaded of them, and embraced

them, and confessed that they were

strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For they that say such things

declare plainly that they seek a

country.

15 And truly, if they had been

mindful of that country from whence

they came out, they might have had

opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better

country, that is, an heavenly: where-

fore God is not ashamed to be called

their God: for he hath prepared for

them a city.

17 By

faith Abraham, when he

was

tried,

offered up Isaac: and

he that had received the

promises

offered up his only begotten son,

18 Of whom it was said, That in

Isaac shall thy

seed be called:

Accounting that God was able

to raise him up, even from the dead;

from whence also he received him

in a figure.

20 By faith Isaac

blessed Jacob

and Esau concerning things to come.

21 By faith

Jacob, when he was

1534HEBREWS 11:22–40

22 a tg Israel, Joseph,

People of.

23 a Ex. 2:2.

gr handsome.

24 a Ex. 2:10.

25 a

tg Suffering.

b Ex. 2:11 (11–15);

Acts 7:23 (22–36).

26 a

tg Reproach.

tg Treasure.

28 a Ex. 12:28 (21–28).

b Ex. 12:22 (21–22).

29 a

tg Israel, Deliverance of.

30 a Josh. 6:20.

31 a James 2:25.

b Josh. 2:1.

gr those who

were unbelieving,

disobedient.

32 a Judg. 4:6 (1–24).

b Judg. 11:6.

33 a

tg Promise.

b Dan. 6:22.

34 a Dan. 3:27.

b Joel 3:10;

Ether 12:27.

35 a

tg Deliver.

JSt Heb. 11:35 . . . the

first resurrection;

36 a

tg Cruelty.

Mocking;

Persecution.

37 a tg Martyrdom;

Prophets, Rejection of.

39 a

gr testimony, witness.

b Heb. 11:2.

40 a

JSt Heb. 11:40 God

having provided some

better things for them

through their sufferings,

for without sufferings

they could not be made

perfect.

gr provided beforehand.

tg Perfection.

a dying, blessed both the sons of

Joseph; and worshipped, leaning

upon the top of his staff.

22 By faith

Joseph, when he died,

made mention of the departing of

the children of Israel; and gave

commandment concerning his

bones.

23 By faith

Moses, when he was

born, was hid three months of his

parents, because they saw he was a

proper child; and they were not

afraid of the king’s commandment.

24 By faith Moses, when he was

come to years, refused to be called

the

son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

25 Choosing rather to

suffer af-

fliction with the

people of God,

than to enjoy the pleasures of sin

for a season;

26 Esteeming the

reproach of

Christ greater

riches than the trea-

sures in Egypt: for he had respect

unto the recompence of the reward.

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not

fearing the wrath of the king: for

he endured, as seeing him who is

invisible.

28 Through faith he kept the

pass-

over, and the sprinkling of

blood,

lest he that destroyed the firstborn

should touch them.

29 By faith they passed through

the

Red sea as by dry land: which

the Egyptians assaying to do were

drowned.

30 By faith the

walls of Jericho fell

down, after they were compassed

about seven days.

31 By

faith the harlot

Rahab per-

ished not with

them that believed

not, when she had received the spies

with peace.

32 And what shall I more say?

for the time would fail me to tell

of Gedeon, and of

Barak, and of

Samson, and of

Jephthae; of Da-

vid also, and Samuel, and of the

prophets:

33 Who through faith subdued

kingdoms, wrought righteousness,

obtained

promises, stopped the

mouths of

lions,

34 Quenched the violence of

fire,

escaped the edge of the sword, out of

weakness were made

strong, waxed

valiant in fight, turned to flight the

armies of the aliens.

35 Women received their dead

raised to life again: and others were

tortured, not accepting

deliverance;

that they might obtain

a better

resurrection:

36 And others had trial of

cruel

mockings and scourgings, yea, more-

over of bonds and imprisonment:

37 They were

stoned, they were

sawn asunder, were tempted, were

slain with the sword: they wan-

dered about in sheepskins and

goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,

tormented;

38 (Of whom the world was not

worthy:) they wandered in deserts,

and in mountains, and in dens and

caves of the earth.

39 And these all, having obtained

good

report through faith, re-

ceived not the promise:

God having

provided some

better thing for us, that they with-

out us should not be made

perfect.

1535 HEBREWS 12:1–17

1 a tg Sin.

b Rom. 7:21 (15–25);

2 Ne. 4:18 (17–19).

tg Patience;

Perseverance.

2 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Messiah.

gr one who completes,

perfects.

c 1 Pet. 1:11.

tg Shame.

e Heb. 1:3.

3 a

gr rebellion, opposition.

4 a Heb. 10:32 (32–34).

6 a

tg Chastening;

Persecution.

7 a

tg Steadfastness.

gr correction,

instruction.

tg Teachable.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

9 a

Marriage, Fatherhood.

b tg Family, Love within.

tg Reverence.

tg Agency;

Submissiveness.

tg God the Father,

Elohim; Man, Potential

to Become like Heavenly

Father.

tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of; Man, a

Spirit Child of Heavenly

Father; Spirit Body;

Spirit Creation.

10 a

tg Holiness.

11 a

tg Peace.

gr trained, disciplined.

12 a Isa. 35:3.

13 a Gal. 6:1.

14 a

tg Peace of God.

b 1 Thes. 4:3.

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

15 a

gr want, fall short of,

lack.

tg Grace.

16 a

tg Birthright.

17 a Gen. 27:38 (34–38).

CHAPTER 12

Whom the Lord loves He chastens—God

is the Father of spirits—To see God, fol-

low peace and holiness—Exalted Saints

belong to the Church of the Firstborn.

W seeing we also are com-

passed about with so great a cloud

of witnesses, let us lay aside every

weight, and the

sin which doth

so easily

beset us, and let us run

with

patience the race that is set

before us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the

author

and

finisher of our faith; who for

the joy that was set before him

endured the cross, despising the

shame, and is set down at the right

hand of the

throne of God.

3 For consider him that endured

such

contradiction of sinners

against himself, lest ye be wearied

and faint in your minds.

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto

blood,

striving against sin.

5 And ye have forgotten the exhor-

tation which speaketh unto you as

unto children, My son, despise not

thou the chastening of the Lord, nor

faint when thou art rebuked of him:

6 For whom the Lord loveth he

chasteneth, and scourgeth every

son whom he receiveth.

7 If ye

endure

chastening, God

dealeth with you as with

sons; for

what son is he whom the father

chasteneth not?

8 But if ye be without chastisement,

whereof all are partakers, then are

ye bastards, and not sons.

9 Furthermore we have had

fathers

of our flesh which

corrected us,

and we gave them

reverence: shall

we not much rather be in

subjec-

tion unto the

Father of

spirits,

and live?

10 For they verily for a few days

chastened us after their own plea-

sure; but he for our profit, that we

might be partakers of his

holiness.

11 Now no chastening for the

present seemeth to be joyous, but

grievous: nevertheless afterward

it yieldeth the

peaceable fruit of

righteousness unto them which are

exercised thereby.

12 Wherefore lift up the hands

which hang down, and the

feeble

knees;

13 And make straight paths for

your feet, lest that which is lame

be turned out of the way; but let it

rather be

healed.

14 Follow

peace with all men, and

holiness, without which no man

shall

see the Lord:

15 Looking diligently lest any

man

fail of the

grace of God; lest

any root of bitterness springing up

trouble you, and thereby many be

defiled;

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or

profane person, as Esau, who for one

morsel of meat sold his

birthright.

17 For ye know how that after-

ward, when he would have inher-

ited the blessing, he was rejected:

for he found no place of repentance,

though he sought it carefully with

tears.

1536HEBREWS 12:18–13:7

18 a Ex. 19:12 (12, 16, 18).

19 a Ex. 20:19.

22 a

tg Zion.

tg Angels.

23 a

tg Firstborn;

Jesus Christ, Firstborn.

b Luke 10:20;

D&C 128:6 (6–7).

tg Jesus Christ, Judge;

Judgment.

tg Spirits,

Disembodied.

e Ezek. 18:5 (5–9);

D&C 76:69 (66–69).

24 a 1 Tim. 2:5.

tg New and

Everlasting Covenant.

tg Covenants.

d Lev. 1:5;

1 Pet. 1:2.

e Heb. 7:19.

25 a Heb. 2:3.

26 a

tg Last Days.

28 a

tg Reverence.

b Eccl. 3:14;

Mosiah 4:1.

1 a tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Benevolence; Love.

2 a

tg Hospitality.

tg Stranger.

tg Angels; Translated

Beings.

d Luke 24:16 (13–16, 28).

3 a Matt. 25:36;

Col. 4:18.

tg Compassion.

4 a

tg Marriage, Marry;

Marriage, Temporal.

tg Whore.

tg Adulterer.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

5 a

tg Covet.

tg Contentment.

c Josh. 1:5; 1 Kgs. 6:13.

18 For ye are not come unto the

mount that might be touched,

and that burned with fire, nor

unto blackness, and darkness, and

tempest,

19 And the sound of a trumpet,

and the voice of words; which

voice

they that heard entreated that the

word should not be spoken to them

any more:

20 (For they could not endure that

which was commanded, And if so

much as a beast touch the mountain,

it shall be stoned, or thrust through

with a dart:

21 And so terrible was the sight,

that Moses said, I exceedingly fear

and quake:)

22 But ye are come unto mount

Sion, and unto the city of the living

God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to

an innumerable company of

angels,

23 To the general assembly and

church of the

firstborn, which are

written in heaven, and to God the

Judge of all, and to the

spirits of

just men made perfect,

24 And to Jesus the

mediator of the

new

covenant, and to the

blood

of sprinkling, that speaketh

better

things than that of Abel.

25 See that ye refuse not him that

speaketh. For if they

escaped not

who refused him that spake on earth,

much more shall not we escape, if we

turn away from him that speaketh

from heaven:

26 Whose voice then shook the

earth: but now he hath promised,

saying, Yet once more I

shake not

the earth only, but also heaven.

27 And this word, Yet once more, sig-

nifieth the removing of those things

that are shaken, as of things that are

made, that those things which can-

not be shaken may remain.

28 Wherefore we receiving a king-

dom which cannot be moved, let us

have grace, whereby we may serve

God acceptably with

reverence and

godly

fear:

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

CHAPTER 13

Marriage is honorable—Christ is the

same everlastingly—Paul explains

how the Saints are to offer acceptable

sacrifices.

L

brotherly

love continue.

2 Be not forgetful to

entertain

strangers: for thereby some have

entertained

angels

unawares.

3 Remember them that are in

bonds, as bound with them; and

them which

suffer adversity, as

being yourselves also in the body.

Marriage is honourable in all,

and the bed undefiled: but

whore-

mongers and

adulterers God will

judge.

5 Let your conversation be without

covetousness; and be

content with

such things as ye have: for he hath

said, I will never leave thee, nor

forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The

Lord is my helper, and I will not

fear what man shall do unto me.

7 Remember them which have the

rule over you, who have spoken unto

you the word of God: whose faith

follow, considering the end of their

conversation.

1537 HEBREWS 13:8–25

8 a tg God, Eternal

Nature of.

9 a 2 Cor. 11:3;

Col. 2:8.

b Eph. 4:14.

12 a

tg Sanctification.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

c John 19:17 (17–18).

gr outside of.

Lev. 4:12.

13 a

tg Reproach.

15 a Ps. 119:108.

b Isa. 57:19.

16 a

tg Communication.

b 2 Cor. 9:12 (7–12).

17 a

tg Sustaining Church

Leaders.

tg Submissiveness.

18 a

tg Conscience.

tg Honesty.

20 a

tg Jesus Christ, Good

Shepherd;

Shepherd.

tg New and Everlasting

Covenant.

tg Covenants.

21 a

tg Good Works.

tg God, Will of.

8 Jesus Christ the

same yesterday,

and to day, and for ever.

9 Be not

carried about with divers

and strange

doctrines. For it is a

good thing that the heart be estab-

lished with grace; not with meats,

which have not profited them that

have been occupied therein.

10 We have an altar, whereof they

have no right to eat which serve the

tabernacle.

11 For the bodies of those beasts,

whose blood is brought into the

sanctuary by the high priest for

sin, are burned without the camp.

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he

might

sanctify the people with

his own

blood,

suffered

without

the gate.

13 Let us go forth therefore unto

him without the camp, bearing his

reproach.

14 For here have we no continu-

ing city, but we seek one to come.

15 By him therefore let us offer

the

sacrifice of praise to God con-

tinually, that is, the

fruit of our lips

giving thanks to his name.

16 But to do good and to

com-

municate forget not: for with such

sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey them that have the rule

over you, and

submit yourselves: for

they watch for your souls, as they

that must give account, that they

may do it with joy, and not with

grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

18 Pray for us: for we trust we have

a good

conscience, in all things

willing to live

honestly.

19 But I beseech you the rather to

do this, that I may be restored to

you the sooner.

20 Now the God of peace, that

brought again from the dead our

Lord Jesus, that great

shepherd of

the sheep, through the blood of the

everlasting

covenant,

21 Make you perfect in every good

work to do his

will, working in you

that which is wellpleasing in his

sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom

be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

22 And I beseech you, brethren,

suffer the word of exhortation: for

I have written a letter unto you in

few words.

23 Know ye that our brother Timo-

thy is set at liberty; with whom, if

he come shortly, I will see you.

24 Salute all them that have the

rule over you, and all the saints.

They of Italy salute you.

25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

¶ Written to the Hebrews from Italy by

Timothy.

1 a tg Servant.

tg Israel, Twelve

Tribes of.

2 a

jst James 1:2 . . . many

afflictions;

tg Temptation.

3 a

gr approval by trial.

tg Opposition;

Test.

tg Patience.

4 a

tg Perfection.

5 a D&C 42:68;

JS—H 1:11.

tg Guidance, Divine;

Learn;

Wisdom.

tg Benevolence;

Revelation.

gr reproaches, censures.

6 a

tg Prayer.

tg Faith.

gr doubting, hesitating.

tg Doubt.

8 a 1 Kgs. 18:21;

Ps. 12:2;

Hosea 10:2.

tg Integrity.

9 a Matt. 23:12.

10 a Isa. 40:6–8.

11 a

gr beauty of its

appearance.

b 1 Tim. 6:17 (17–19).

12 a 1 Pet. 3:14.

tg Blessing.

jst James 1:12 . . .

resisteth temptation . . .

tg Steadfastness.

tg Test.

tg Exaltation;

Reward.

13 a

tg God, Perfection of.

tg Evil.

14 a

tg Temptation.

tg Chastity;

Lust;

Motivations;

Sensuality.

15 a

tg Sin.

17 a Ps. 85:12.

b Moro. 7:12 (12–13).

c John 3:27;

2 Cor. 9:15.

tg God, Gifts of.

d D&C 67:9.

e D&C 67:4, 9.

tg God, Perfection of.

The GenerAl episTle of

JAMes

CHAPTER 1

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask

of God—Resist temptation—Be doers

of the word—James explains how to

recognize pure religion.

AMES, a

servant of God and

of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the

twelve tribes which are

scattered

abroad, greeting.

2 My brethren, count it all joy when

ye fall into

divers

temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the

trying of

your faith worketh

patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect

work, that ye may be

perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.

If any of you lack

wisdom, let

him ask of God, that

giveth to all

men liberally, and

upbraideth not;

and it shall be given him.

6 But let him

ask in

faith, nothing

wavering. For he that wavereth is

like a wave of the sea driven with

the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he

shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A

double minded man is unsta-

ble in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of

low degree

rejoice in that he is exalted:

10 But the rich, in that he is made

low: because as the flower of the

grass he shall pass away.

11 For the sun is no sooner risen

with a burning heat, but it withereth

the grass, and the flower thereof

falleth, and the

grace of the fash-

ion of it perisheth: so also shall the

rich man fade away in his ways.

Blessed is the man that

en-

dureth temptation: for when he is

tried, he shall receive the

crown

of life, which the Lord hath prom-

ised to them that love him.

13 Let no man say when he is

tempted, I am tempted of God: for

God cannot be

tempted with

evil,

neither tempteth he any man:

14 But every man is

tempted,

when he is drawn away of his own

lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived,

it bringeth forth

sin: and sin,

when it is finished, bringeth forth

death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

17 Every

good

gift and every per-

fect

gift is from above, and

cometh

down from the

Father of lights, with

whom is no

variableness, neither

shadow of turning.

1539 JAMES 1:18–2:8

18 Of his own will begat he us with

the word of truth, that we should be

a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19 Wherefore, my beloved breth-

ren, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to

speak,

slow to

wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh

not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all

filth-

iness and

superfluity of naughti-

ness, and receive with

meekness

the

engrafted word, which is able

to save your souls.

22 But be ye

doers of the word,

and not hearers only, deceiving your

own selves.

23 For if any be a

hearer of the

word, and not a doer, he is like unto

a man beholding his natural face

in a

glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and

goeth his way, and straightway for-

getteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the per-

fect

law of

liberty, and continu-

eth therein, he being not a forgetful

hearer, but a doer of the work, this

man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem

to be religious, and bridleth not

his

tongue, but deceiveth his own

heart, this man’s religion is

vain.

27 Pure

religion and undefiled

before God and the Father is this,

visit the

fatherless and

wid-

ows in their

affliction, and to keep

himself

unspotted from

the

world.

CHAPTER 2

God has chosen the poor of this world

who are rich in faith—Salvation is

gained by keeping the whole law—Faith

without works is dead.

M brethren,

have not the faith of

our

Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of

glory, with respect of persons.

2 For if there come unto your as-

sembly a man with a gold ring, in

goodly apparel, and there come in

also a

poor man in

vile raiment;

3 And ye have respect to him that

weareth the

gay clothing, and say

unto him, Sit thou here in a good

place; and say to the poor, Stand

thou there, or sit here under my

footstool:

Are ye not then partial in your-

selves, and are become judges of

evil thoughts?

5 Hearken, my beloved brethren,

Hath not God chosen the

poor of

this world rich in faith, and heirs of

the kingdom which he hath prom-

ised to them that love him?

6 But ye have despised the poor.

Do not rich men

oppress you, and

draw you before the judgment

seats?

7 Do not they blaspheme that

worthy

name by the which ye are

called?

8 If ye fulfil the royal law accord-

ing to the scripture, Thou shalt

love

thy

neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

19 a Prov. 17:27.

tg Patience.

tg Anger.

21 a

tg Filthiness.

gr overabundance of

malice, trouble, evil.

tg Meek.

gr implanted, ingrafted.

22 a

tg Commitment; Duty;

Good Works;

Hypocrisy.

23 a Luke 6:49 (47–49).

b 1 Cor. 13:12.

25 a

tg God, Law of.

tg Liberty.

26 a

tg Gossip; Profanity.

gr useless, deceptive,

erroneous.

27 a

tg Charity.

b D&C 44:6.

tg Benevolence;

Good Works;

Welfare.

c Deut. 26:13;

Job 22:9; 31:21 (21–22);

Ps. 10:14; 146:9 (1–10);

3 Ne. 24:5;

D&C 136:8 (7–9).

tg Widows.

tg Affliction.

f 1 Tim. 5:22;

1 Jn. 5:18;

D&C 59:9.

tg Chastity.

JSt James 1:27 . . . the

vices of the world.

tg Worldliness.

1 a gr not with partiality,

have the faith of our

Lord.

JSt James 2:1 . . . ye

cannot have the faith of

our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Lord of glory, and yet

have respect to persons.

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

2 a

tg Poor.

gr dirty.

3 a

gr splendid.

4 a

JSt James 2:4 Are ye

not then in yourselves

partial judges, and

become evil in your

thoughts?

5 a Prov. 15:16;

Matt. 5:3;

Luke 6:20;

1 Cor. 1:27 (27–28).

tg Poor.

6 a

tg Oppression.

7 a

tg Name.

8 a

tg Love.

tg Neighbor.

1540JAMES 2:9–3:2

9 But if ye have

respect to persons,

ye commit sin, and are convinced

of the law as transgressors.

10 For whosoever shall keep the

whole law, and yet

offend in one

point, he is

guilty of all.

11 For he that said, Do not commit

adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now

if thou commit no adultery, yet if

thou kill, thou art become a trans-

gressor of the law.

12 So speak ye, and so do, as they

that shall be judged by the law of

liberty.

13 For he shall have

judgment

without

mercy, that hath shewed no

mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against

judgment.

What doth it profit, my breth-

ren, though a man say he hath

faith,

and have not works? can faith save

him?

15 If a

brother or sister be naked,

and destitute of daily

food,

16 And one of you say unto them,

Depart in peace, be ye warmed and

filled; notwithstanding ye

give

them not those things which are

needful to the body; what doth it

profit?

17 Even so

faith, if it hath not

works, is dead, being alone.

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast

faith, and I have works: shew me

thy faith without thy works, and

I will shew thee my

faith by my

works.

19 Thou believest that there is one

God; thou doest well: the

devils also

believe, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man,

that

faith without

works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father

justified by works, when he had

offered Isaac his son upon the

altar?

22 Seest thou how faith wrought

with his works, and by

works was

faith made

perfect?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled

which saith, Abraham

believed God,

and it was imputed unto him for

righteousness: and he was called

the

Friend of God.

24 Ye see then how that by

works

a man is

justified, and not by faith

only.

25 Likewise also was not

Rahab

the harlot

justified by works, when

she had received the messengers,

and had sent them out another

way?

26 For as the body without the

spirit is

dead, so faith without

works is dead also.

CHAPTER 3

By governing the tongue, we gain per-

fection—Heavenly wisdom is pure,

peaceable, and full of mercy.

M brethren,

be not many

masters,

knowing that we shall

receive the

greater condemnation.

2 For in many things we

offend all.

If any man

offend not in

word, the

9 a Deut. 1:17; Prov. 28:21.

10 a D&C 50:28 (28–29).

gr stumble, err.

tg Offense; Sin.

tg Guilt.

11 a

tg Adulterer.

12 a

tg Liberty.

13 a Ps. 109:7.

tg Mercy.

14 a

JSt James 2:14–21

(Appendix).

b D&C 20:69.

15 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Food.

16 a Luke 3:11 (8–14);

D&C 104:18.

17 a 1 Thes. 1:3.

tg Obedience.

18 a

tg Faith.

b Matt. 7:20 (15–20);

D&C 20:37.

19 a

JSt James 2:19 . . .

devils also believe, and

tremble; thou hast made

thyself like unto them, not

being justified.

Acts 16:17.

b Luke 8:28 (27–28).

20 a

tg Faith.

b Prov. 24:12.

21 a Heb. 11:17.

b Gen. 22:9 (9–12).

22 a

tg Good Works.

tg Perfection.

23 a Gen. 22:12.

tg Faith.

tg Righteousness.

c Isa. 41:8.

tg Friendship.

24 a 2 Ne. 25:23.

tg Commitment.

tg Justification.

25 a Josh. 2:1.

b Heb. 11:31.

26 a

tg Spirit Body;

Spirits, Disembodied.

tg Death.

tg Good Works.

1 a JSt James 3:1 . . . strive

not for the mastery,

knowing that in so doing

we shall receive the

greater condemnation.

gr (also) teachers.

c D&C 82:3.

2 a

gr stumble, err.

tg Offense.

c Ps. 39:1;

Prov. 21:23.

1541 JAMES 3:3–4:4

same is a

perfect man, and able also

to bridle the whole body.

3 Behold, we put bits in the horses’

mouths, that they may obey us; and

we turn about their whole body.

4 Behold also the ships, which

though they be so great, and are

driven of fierce winds, yet are they

turned about with a very small

helm, whithersoever the

governor

listeth.

5 Even so the tongue is a little

member, and

boasteth great things.

Behold, how great a

matter a little

fire kindleth!

6 And the

tongue is a fire, a world

of iniquity: so is the tongue among

our members, that it defileth the

whole body, and setteth on fire the

course of nature; and it is set on

fire of hell.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of

birds, and of serpents, and of things

in the sea, is tamed, and hath been

tamed of mankind:

8 But the

tongue can no man

tame; it is an

unruly evil, full of

deadly poison.

9 Therewith bless we God, even

the Father; and therewith

curse

we men, which are made after the

similitude of God.

10 Out of the same

mouth pro-

ceedeth blessing and cursing. My

brethren, these things ought not

so to be.

11 Doth a

fountain send forth

at the same place sweet water and

bitter?

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren,

bear olive berries? either a vine,

figs? so can no fountain both yield

salt water and fresh.

13 Who is a wise man and endued

with knowledge among you? let him

shew out of a good

conversation his

works with

meekness of wisdom.

14 But if ye have bitter envying

and

strife in your hearts,

glory

not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not

from above, but is earthly, sensual,

devilish.

16 For where

envying and

strife

is, there is confusion and every evil

work.

17 But the

wisdom that is from

above is first pure, then peaceable,

gentle, and

easy to be entreated, full

mercy and good fruits, without

partiality, and without

hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of

righteousness

is sown in

peace of them that make

peace.

CHAPTER 4

Wars are born of lusts—The friends of

the world are the enemies of God—Sin

is failure to walk in the light we have

received.

F whence come

wars and

fight-

ings among you? come they not hence,

even of your

lusts that war in your

members?

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and

desire to have, and cannot obtain:

ye fight and war, yet ye have not,

because ye ask not.

3 Ye

ask, and receive not, because

ask

amiss, that ye may

consume

it upon your

lusts.

4 Ye

adulterers and adulteresses,

2 d tg Perfection.

4 a

gr helmsman, pilot.

5 a

tg Boast; Rashness.

gr forest.

6 a Prov. 16:27;

Mark 7:20 (19–23);

Alma 12:14; D&C 88:121.

8 a

tg Gossip; Profanity.

gr untameable,

uncontrollable.

9 a

tg Curse.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

10 a Matt. 12:34; Luke 6:45.

tg Hypocrisy.

11 a

gr spring, well.

Moro. 7:11 (6–11).

13 a Prov. 12:13 (13–19).

tg Meek.

14 a

tg Strife.

gr do not assume

superiority over.

16 a

tg Envy.

tg Contention.

17 a

tg God, Intelligence of;

Wisdom.

gr pliant, easily

persuaded.

tg God, Mercy of.

d D&C 121:42.

18 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Peace; Peace of God.

tg Peacemakers.

1 a tg War.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

gr pleasures,

gratifications, passions.

3 a

tg Prayer.

b Hel. 10:5 (4–6).

gr wickedly, wrongly.

Rom. 8:26 (26–27);

D&C 46:30 (28–30);

88:65 (64–65).

gr waste, expend.

D&C 46:9.

tg Lust.

4 a

tg Whore.

1542JAMES 4:5–5:5

know ye not that the friendship of

the

world is

enmity with God?

whosoever therefore will be a

friend of the world is the

enemy

of God.

5 Do ye think that the scripture

saith in vain, The spirit that dwell-

eth in us lusteth to

envy?

6 But he giveth more

grace.

Wherefore he saith, God resisteth

the

proud, but giveth grace unto

the

humble.

Submit yourselves therefore to

God.

Resist the

devil, and he will

flee from you.

Draw

nigh to God, and he will

draw nigh to you.

Cleanse your

hands, ye sinners; and

purify your

hearts, ye double minded.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and

weep: let your laughter be turned to

mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Humble yourselves in the

sight of the Lord, and he shall lift

you up.

Speak not evil one of another,

brethren. He that speaketh evil of

his brother, and judgeth his brother,

speaketh evil of the

law, and jud-

geth the law: but if thou judge the

law, thou art not a doer of the law,

but a judge.

12 There is one lawgiver, who is

able to save and to destroy: who art

thou that

judgest another?

13 Go to now, ye that say, To day

or to

morrow we will go into such a

city, and continue there a year, and

buy and sell, and get gain:

14 Whereas ye know not what shall

be on the morrow. For what is your

life? It is even a

vapour, that ap-

peareth for a little time, and then

vanisheth away.

15 For that ye ought to say, If the

Lord will, we shall live, and do this,

or that.

16 But now ye rejoice in your

boastings: all such rejoicing is

evil.

17 Therefore to him that

knoweth

to do good, and

doeth it not, to him

it is

sin.

CHAPTER 5

Misery awaits the wanton rich—Await

the Lord’s coming with patience—The

elders are to anoint and heal the sick.

G to now, ye rich men,

weep and

howl for your miseries that shall

come upon you.

2 Your

riches are corrupted, and

your garments are motheaten.

3 Your

gold and silver is

can-

kered; and the

rust of them shall

be a witness against you, and shall

eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have

heaped treasure together for the last

days.

4 Behold, the

hire of the

labourers

who have reaped down your fields,

which is of you kept back by fraud,

crieth: and the cries of them which

have reaped are entered into the

ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5 Ye have lived

in pleasure on the

earth, and been wanton; ye have

nourished your hearts, as in a day

of slaughter.

4 b tg World;

Worldliness.

tg Opposition.

tg Enemies.

5 a

tg Envy.

6 a

tg Grace.

tg Pride.

tg Poor in Spirit.

7 a

tg Reconciliation;

Submissiveness.

tg Abstain;

Self-Mastery.

tg Devil.

8 a

tg God, Presence of.

b Ps. 69:18;

D&C 88:63.

tg Repent.

tg Purification;

Purity.

9 a

gr Endure hardship,

Suffer harassment.

b Isa. 22:12;

Joel 2:17;

2 Cor. 7:10.

tg Mourning.

10 a

tg Contrite Heart;

Humility.

11 a

tg Gossip.

tg Citizenship.

12 a Morm. 8:20 (19–20).

13 a Prov. 27:1.

14 a 1 Cor. 7:31 (29–31);

Jacob 7:26.

16 a

tg Boast.

17 a Luke 12:47;

2 Ne. 9:25 (25–27).

tg Disobedience;

Good Works;

Obedience.

tg Sin.

1 a tg Mourning.

2 a

tg Treasure.

3 a 1 Tim. 6:10 (10, 17);

Jacob 2:17 (17–19).

gr rusted, tarnished.

D&C 56:16.

gr venom, poison.

4 a

tg Wages.

b Jer. 22:13.

5 a

gr luxuriously,

delicately.

1543 JAMES 5:6–20

6 Ye have condemned and killed

the just; and he doth not resist you.

7 Be patient therefore, brethren,

unto the coming of the Lord. Be-

hold, the husbandman waiteth for

the precious fruit of the earth, and

hath long patience for it, until he

receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also

patient;

stablish your

hearts: for the

coming of the Lord

draweth nigh.

Grudge not one against another,

brethren, lest ye be condemned:

behold, the judge standeth before

the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets,

who have spoken in the name of the

Lord, for an

example of

suffering

affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them

happy

which

endure. Ye have heard of

the patience of

Job, and have seen

the end of the Lord; that the Lord is

very

pitiful, and of tender

mercy.

12 But above all things, my breth-

ren,

swear not, neither by heaven,

neither by the earth, neither by any

other

oath: but let your yea be yea;

and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into

condemnation.

13 Is any among you

afflicted?

let him pray. Is any merry? let him

sing psalms.

14 Is any

sick among you? let him

call for the

elders of the church; and

let them

pray over him,

anoint-

ing him with oil in the name of

the Lord:

15 And the

prayer of

faith shall

save the sick, and the Lord shall raise

him up; and if he have committed

sins, they shall be

forgiven him.

Confess your faults one to an-

other, and

pray one for another,

that ye may be healed.

The effec-

tual

fervent

prayer of a righteous

man availeth much.

17 Elias was a man subject to like

passions as we are, and he prayed

earnestly that it might not rain: and

rained not on the earth by the

space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the

heaven gave rain, and the earth

brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err

from the truth, and one convert him;

20 Let him know, that he which

converteth the sinner from the

error of his way shall

save a soul

from death, and shall

hide a mul-

titude of sins.

8 a tg Patience.

b 2 Ne. 31:20 (17–21).

c D&C 106:4.

9 a

tg Backbiting;

Malice.

10 a

tg Example.

b 2 Cor. 11:23 (23–33);

Mosiah 17:13 (10–20);

Alma 14:26 (20–27);

JS—H 1:22.

tg Suffering.

11 a

tg Happiness.

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

c Job 1:1.

tg Compassion.

tg God, Mercy of;

Kindness.

12 a

tg Swearing.

tg Oath.

13 a

tg Affliction.

14 a

tg Sickness.

tg Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood;

Heal.

tg Prayer.

d Ex. 31:11.

tg Administrations to

the Sick;

Anointing.

15 a D&C 104:80.

b Matt. 15:28 (25–28).

tg Faith.

c Mark 2:5 (3–9).

tg Forgive.

16 a

tg Confession.

tg Benevolence.

c Ex. 33:17.

d Jer. 29:13;

1 Ne. 1:5 (5–8);

2 Ne. 4:24 (23–25);

Moro. 7:9.

tg Prayer.

17 a Acts 14:15 (11–15).

tg Drought.

20 a D&C 6:11.

tg Conversion.

b 1 Tim. 4:16.

c See

JSt 1 Pet. 4:8 (1 Pet.

4:8 note a).

1 a tg Stranger.

2 a John 6:44 (44, 63–65).

tg Election.

tg Foreordination;

God, Foreknowledge of.

tg Sanctification.

tg Obedience.

e Isa. 52:15.

f Ex. 24:8 (5–8);

Heb. 12:24.

3 a

tg God, Mercy of.

tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of;

Man, New, Spiritually

Reborn.

gr living.

tg Hope.

e 1 Cor. 15:20.

4 a Matt. 6:20;

1 Cor. 9:25 (24–25);

Col. 1:5.

5 a Rom. 1:16.

b Heb. 10:22 (22–24);

1 Pet. 1:21 (21–22).

gr prepared.

6 a

tg Probation.

gr trials, afflictions.

tg Temptation.

7 a

tg Opposition;

Test.

gr revelation.

8 a John 20:29.

9 a

gr goal, purpose,

consummation.

jst 1 Pet. 1:9 . . . object of

your faith . . .

b D&C 76:51 (51–70).

c Heb. 10:36.

10 a

tg Salvation.

b Matt. 13:17;

Luke 24:27 (26–27);

Heb. 11:13;

2 Pet. 3:2.

11 a Jacob 4:4; 7:11 (11–12);

Mosiah 13:33 (33–35);

D&C 20:26.

b Heb. 12:2.

c D&C 58:3 (3–4).

12 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

tg Angels.

13 a

tg Levity.

gr perfectly, completely.

The firsT episTle GenerAl of

peTer

CHAPTER 1

The trial of our faith precedes salva-

tion—Christ was foreordained to be

the Redeemer.

ETER, an apostle of Jesus

Christ, to the

strangers scat-

tered throughout Pontus, Gala-

tia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Elect according to the

fore-

knowledge of God the Father,

through

sanctification of the Spirit,

unto

obedience and

sprinkling

of the

blood of Jesus Christ: Grace

unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

3 Blessed be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ac-

cording to his abundant

mercy hath

begotten us again unto a

lively

hope by the resurrection of

Jesus

Christ from the dead,

4 To an

inheritance incorruptible,

and undefiled, and that fadeth not

away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who are kept by the

power of

God through

faith unto salvation

ready to be revealed in the last

time.

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice,

though now for a

season, if need be,

ye are in heaviness through mani-

fold

temptations:

7 That the

trial of your faith, be-

ing much more precious than of

gold that perisheth, though it be

tried with fire, might be found unto

praise and honour and glory at the

appearing of Jesus Christ:

8 Whom having not seen, ye love;

in whom, though now ye see him

not, yet

believing, ye rejoice with

joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 Receiving the

end of your

faith,

even the

salvation of your souls.

10 Of which

salvation the

proph-

ets have inquired and searched dili-

gently, who prophesied of the grace

that should come unto you:

11 Searching what, or what manner

of time the Spirit of Christ which

was in them did signify, when it

testified beforehand the

suffer-

ings of Christ, and the

glory that

should follow.

12 Unto whom it was revealed, that

not unto themselves, but unto us

they did minister the things, which

are now reported unto you by them

that have

preached the gospel unto

you with the Holy Ghost sent down

from heaven; which things the

an-

gels desire to look into.

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of

your mind, be

sober, and hope

1545 1 PETER 1:14–2:6

the end for the

grace that is to be

brought unto you at the revelation

of Jesus Christ;

14 As obedient children, not fash-

ioning yourselves according to the

former

lusts in your

ignorance:

15 But as he which hath called you

is holy, so be ye

holy in all manner

conversation;

16 Because it is written, Be ye holy;

for I am

holy.

17 And if ye call on the Father, who

without respect of persons judgeth

according to every man’s

work,

pass the time of your sojourning

here in

fear:

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye

were not

redeemed with corrupt-

ible things, as silver and gold, from

your

vain conversation received by

tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious

blood of

Christ, as of a

lamb without

blem-

ish and without spot:

Who verily was

foreordained

before the foundation of the world,

but was manifest in these last times

for you,

21 Who by him do believe in God,

that raised him up from the dead,

and gave him

glory; that your

faith

and

hope might be in God.

22 Seeing ye have

purified your

souls in obeying the truth through

the Spirit unto unfeigned

love of

the brethren, see that ye

love one

another with a pure heart fervently:

23 Being

born again, not of cor-

ruptible seed, but of incorruptible,

by the word of God, which liveth

and

abideth for ever.

24 For all

flesh is as grass, and all

the glory of man as the flower of

grass. The grass withereth, and the

flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the

word of the Lord en-

dureth for ever. And this is the word

which by the gospel is preached

unto you.

CHAPTER 2

Converts are newborn babes in Christ—

He is the chief cornerstone—Saints hold

a royal priesthood and are a peculiar

people—Saints are in subjection to the

laws of man.

W laying aside all

mal-

ice, and all

guile, and hypocrisies,

and envies, and all evil

speakings,

2 As

newborn babes, desire the

sincere

milk of the word, that ye

may grow thereby:

3 If so be ye have

tasted that the

Lord is gracious.

4 To whom coming, as unto a living

stone, disallowed indeed of men,

but

chosen of God, and precious,

5 Ye also, as

lively stones, are

built up a

spiritual

house, an holy

priesthood, to offer up

spiritual

sacrifices, acceptable to God by

Jesus Christ.

6 Wherefore also it is contained in

13 c tg Grace.

14 a

tg Lust.

b Acts 17:30 (29–31).

15 a 1 Thes. 2:12.

b 2 Pet. 3:11;

D&C 136:24 (23–24).

16 a 1 Jn. 3:3.

17 a

tg Good Works.

tg Reverence.

18 a 1 Cor. 6:20.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

gr erroneous, fruitless

conduct.

tg Traditions of Men.

19 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb of

God; Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation;

Passover.

c Lev. 1:3; 3:6; 22:20;

Deut. 15:21.

20 a

gr Having been

foreknown before the

foundation.

tg Foreordination; Jesus

Christ, Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Foreor-

dained; Salvation, Plan of.

21 a Acts 3:13 (13–15).

b Gal. 5:5 (5–6);

1 Pet. 1:5 (3–8).

tg Hope.

22 a

tg Purification; Purity.

tg Soul.

c Moro. 8:26 (25–26).

tg Love.

23 a

tg Holy Ghost,

Baptism of.

tg Steadfastness.

24 a

tg Mortality.

25 a Ps. 119:89.

1 a tg Malice.

tg Guile.

tg Backbiting; Slander.

2 a

tg Man, New, Spiritually

Reborn.

gr pure, genuine.

c 1 Cor. 3:2 (2–3);

Heb. 5:13 (13–14);

Mosiah 3:19.

3 a

gr experienced.

Heb. 6:5 (4–6);

Alma 36:26 (24–26).

4 a D&C 50:44.

5 a

gr living.

tg Spirituality.

c Heb. 3:6.

tg Priesthood, Magnify-

ing Callings within.

tg Jesus Christ, Types of,

in Memory; Sacrifice.

15461 PETER 2:7–20

the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a

chief

corner

stone, elect, precious:

and he that

believeth on him shall

not be

confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe

he is precious: but unto them which

disobedient, the stone which

the builders

disallowed, the same

is made the head of the corner,

8 And a

stone of

stumbling, and

rock of

offence, even to them

which

stumble at the word, being

disobedient: whereunto also they

were

appointed.

9 But ye are a

chosen generation, a

royal

priesthood, an

holy

nation,

peculiar people; that ye should

shew forth the praises of him who

hath called you out of

darkness

into his marvellous

light:

10 Which in time past were not a

people, but are now the people of

God: which had not obtained mercy,

but now have obtained mercy.

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you

strangers and

pilgrims,

ab-

stain from fleshly

lusts, which

war

against the soul;

12 Having your conversation

hon-

est among the Gentiles: that, whereas

they speak against you as evildoers,

they may by your good

works, which

they shall behold, glorify God in the

day of visitation.

Submit yourselves to every

ordinance of man for the Lord’s

sake: whether it be to the king, as

supreme;

14 Or unto governors, as unto them

that are sent by him for the pun-

ishment of evildoers, and for the

praise of them that do well.

15 For so is the will of God, that

with well doing ye may put to

si-

lence the

ignorance of foolish men:

16 As free, and not using your

lib-

erty for a cloak of

maliciousness,

but as the

servants of God.

Honour all men. Love the

brotherhood.

Fear God. Honour the

king.

Servants, be subject to your

masters with all fear; not only to

the good and gentle, but also to the

froward.

19 For this is

thankworthy, if a

man for conscience toward God en-

dure

grief, suffering wrongfully.

20 For what glory is it, if, when ye

be buffeted for your faults, ye shall

take it

patiently? but if, when ye

do well, and

suffer for it, ye take it

patiently, this is

acceptable with

God.

6 a tg Cornerstone.

b Isa. 28:16.

c 3 Ne. 11:39 (37–40).

gr ashamed,

disappointed.

7 a

tg Disobedience.

b Matt. 21:42 (42–46);

Luke 9:22.

8 a 1 Cor. 1:18 (18–24).

b Isa. 28:16;

2 Ne. 18:14 (13–15).

tg Rock.

tg Offense.

e Matt. 21:44 (33–46).

f Rom. 9:22 (9–23);

1 Thes. 5:9.

9 a

tg Election.

tg Mission of Early

Saints;

Mission of Latter-day

Saints.

tg Priesthood;

Priesthood, Melchizedek.

d Ex. 19:6.

tg Israel, Blessings of.

tg Nations.

gr purchased, pre-

served; note that in

Ex. 19:5 the Hebrew

word is segullah, mean-

ing “special possession

or property.”

tg Israel, Mission of;

Modesty;

Peculiar People.

tg Walking in

Darkness.

tg Light [noun].

11 a

tg Stranger.

gr resident aliens,

sojourners.

tg Abstain.

tg Lust.

tg War.

12 a

tg Children of Light;

Honesty.

b Matt. 5:16 (14–16);

Titus 2:8.

13 a

tg Citizenship;

Submissiveness.

tg Governments.

gr superior.

15 a

tg Silence.

tg Ignorance.

16 a

tg Liberty.

tg Malice.

tg Servant.

17 a

tg Respect.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

c Prov. 24:21.

tg Citizenship;

Kings, Earthly.

18 a Col. 3:22;

1 Tim. 6:1 (1–2);

Titus 2:9 (9–10).

b Eph. 6:5 (5–8).

gr crooked, wicked.

19 a

gr pleasing, gracious.

tg Tribulation.

20 a D&C 122:7 (7–8).

tg Forbear;

Suffering.

c Alma 12:24.

tg Patience.

gr pleasing, gracious.

1547 1 PETER 2:21–3:10

21 For even hereunto were ye

called: because Christ also

suffered

for us, leaving us an

example, that

ye should follow his steps:

22 Who did no

sin, neither was

guile found in his mouth:

23 Who, when he was

reviled, re-

viled not again; when he suffered, he

threatened not; but

committed him-

self to him that judgeth righteously:

24 Who his own self

bare our

sins in his own body on the tree,

that we, being dead to sins, should

live unto righteousness: by whose

stripes ye were healed.

25 For ye were as

sheep going

astray; but are now returned unto

the

Shepherd and

Bishop of your

souls.

CHAPTER 3

Husbands and wives should honor

each other—Saints should live by gos-

pel standards—Christ preached to the

spirits in prison.

L, ye

wives, be in subjection

to your own husbands; that, if any

obey not the word, they also may

without the word be won by the

conversation of the wives;

2 While they behold your

chaste

conversation coupled with fear.

3 Whose adorning let it not be

that outward

adorning of plaiting

the hair, and of wearing of gold, or

of putting on of apparel;

4 But let it be the hidden man of the

heart, in that which is not corrupt-

ible, even the

ornament of a

meek

and quiet spirit, which is in the

sight of God of great price.

5 For after this manner in the old

time the holy

women also, who

trusted in God, adorned themselves,

being

in subjection unto their own

husbands:

6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham,

calling him lord: whose

daughters

ye are, as long as ye do well, and are

not afraid with any

amazement.

7 Likewise, ye

husbands, dwell

with them according to

knowledge,

giving

honour unto the

wife, as

unto the weaker vessel, and as being

heirs together of the grace of life;

that your

prayers be not hindered.

8 Finally, be ye all of

one mind,

having

compassion one of an-

other, love as

brethren, be

pitiful,

courteous:

9 Not

rendering

evil for evil, or

railing for railing: but contrariwise

blessing; knowing that ye are there-

unto called, that ye should inherit

blessing.

10 For he that will love life, and

see good days, let him

refrain his

tongue from evil, and his lips that

they speak no

guile:

21 a tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Redemption;

Self-Sacrifice.

tg Example;

Jesus Christ, Exemplar.

22 a Isa. 53:9.

tg Sin.

tg Guile; Sincere.

23 a Isa. 53:3 (3–6).

tg Jesus Christ, Trials of;

Retribution;

Reviling.

tg Commitment.

24 a

tg Accountability;

Self-Sacrifice.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

c Isa. 53:5.

25 a

tg Sheep.

tg Jesus Christ, Good

Shepherd; Shepherd.

tg Bishop.

1 a tg Family, Love within;

Marriage, Wives.

tg Disobedience.

JSt 1 Pet. 3:1 . . .

conduct . . .

2 a

tg Chastity.

JSt 1 Pet. 3:2 . . .

conduct . . .

3 a

tg Apparel;

Modesty.

4 a

tg Beauty.

gr gentle, mild,

forgiving.

5 a

tg Woman.

tg Trust in God.

gr obedient,

submissive to.

6 a

tg Seed of Abraham.

gr dismay,

consternation.

7 a

tg Family;

Marriage, Husbands.

b D&C 121:42.

tg Marriage, Continuing

Courtship in.

tg Marriage, Wives;

Woman.

tg Marriage, Celestial.

tg Prayer.

8 a

tg Unity.

tg Compassion;

Kindness;

Welfare.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

gr tenderhearted,

compassionate.

tg Courtesy.

9 a

tg Retribution.

tg Forbear.

tg Blessing.

10 a

tg Self-Mastery.

tg Gossip;

Slander.

tg Guile.

15481 PETER 3:11–4:2

11 Let him

eschew evil, and do

good; let him seek

peace, and

en-

sue it.

12 For the

eyes of the Lord are over

the

righteous, and his ears are open

unto their

prayers: but the face of

the Lord is against them that do

evil.

13 And who is he that will harm

you, if ye be

followers of that which

is good?

14 But and if ye

suffer for

righ-

teousness’ sake,

happy are ye: and

be not afraid of their terror, neither

be troubled;

15 But

sanctify the Lord God in

your hearts: and be ready always to

give

an answer to every man that

asketh you a reason of the

hope

that is in you with

meekness and

fear:

16 Having a good

conscience; that,

whereas they speak evil of you, as

of evildoers, they may be ashamed

that falsely accuse your good

con-

versation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God

be so, that ye

suffer for well doing,

than for evil doing.

18 For Christ also hath once

suf-

fered for sins, the just for the

un-

just, that he might bring us to God,

being put to

death in the flesh, but

quickened by the

Spirit:

19 By which also he went and

preached unto the

spirits in

prison;

Which sometime were

dis-

obedient, when once the

longsuf-

fering of God waited in the days of

Noah, while the ark was a prepar-

ing, wherein few, that is, eight souls

were

saved by

water.

21 The like figure whereunto even

baptism doth also now save us (not

the putting away of the filth of the

flesh, but the answer of a good con-

science toward God,) by the resur-

rection of Jesus Christ:

22 Who is gone into

heaven, and

is on the right hand of God;

angels

and

authorities and powers being

made subject unto him.

CHAPTER 4

Peter explains why the gospel is preached

to the dead—Saints should speak as

the oracles of God—The righteous will

be tried and tested in all things.

F then as Christ hath

suffered for us in the flesh, arm

yourselves likewise with the same

mind:

for he that hath suffered

in the flesh hath ceased from

sin;

2 That he no longer should live

the rest of his time in the flesh to

11 a gr turn away from,

avoid.

tg Peacemakers;

Peace of God.

gr pursue, follow

eagerly.

12 a Ps. 33:18.

tg Abundant Life;

Reward.

tg Righteousness.

tg Prayer.

tg Evil.

13 a

tg Commitment.

14 a Luke 6:22;

James 1:12 (8–16).

tg Suffering.

tg Righteousness.

tg Happiness.

15 a

gr reverence as holy.

gr a defense.

tg Hope.

tg Meek.

gr reverence, awe.

16 a

tg Conscience.

JSt 1 Pet. 3:16 . . .

conduct . . .

17 a

tg Self-Sacrifice.

18 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Pain; Redemption.

tg Injustice.

tg Death;

Jesus Christ, Death of.

tg God, Spirit of.

19 a

tg Genealogy and

Temple Work;

Preaching.

tg Salvation for the

Dead; Spirit Body;

Spirits, Disembodied;

Spirits in Prison.

c Luke 1:79 (77–79);

D&C 138:8 (5–10, 18).

tg Hell.

20 a

JSt 1 Pet. 3:20 Some of

whom were disobedient

in the days of Noah, while

the long-suffering of

God waited, while the

ark was preparing . . .

tg Disobedience.

tg Forbear.

d Gen. 7:1.

tg Earth, Cleansing of.

e Gen. 8:1;

Heb. 11:7;

2 Pet. 2:5.

tg Flood.

21 a

tg Baptism;

Baptism, Essential.

22 a John 7:34.

tg Angels.

c Col. 1:16; 2:10.

tg Authority.

1 a gr intent, idea, thought.

JSt 1 Pet. 4:2 For you

who have suffered in the

flesh should cease from

sin, that you no longer

the rest of your time in the

flesh, should live to the

lusts of men, but to the

will of God.

tg Sin.

1549 1 PETER 4:3–19

the

lusts of men, but to the will

of God.

3 For the time past of our life may

suffice us to have wrought the will

of the Gentiles, when we walked

in lasciviousness, lusts,

excess of

wine,

revellings, banquetings, and

abominable

idolatries:

4 Wherein they think it strange

that ye run not with them to the same

excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

5 Who shall give account to him

that is ready to

judge the

quick

and the dead.

For for this cause was the

gos-

pel

preached also to them that are

dead, that they might be

judged

according to men in the flesh, but

live according to God in the spirit.

But the end of all things is at

hand: be ye therefore sober, and

watch unto prayer.

8 And above all things have fer-

vent charity among yourselves:

for

charity shall cover the multitude

of sins.

9 Use

hospitality one to another

without

grudging.

10 As every man hath received the

gift, even so

minister the same one

to another, as good

stewards of the

manifold grace of God.

11 If any man

speak, let him speak

as the

oracles of God; if any man

minister, let him do it as of the abil-

ity which God giveth: that God in

all things may be glorified through

Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and

dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

12 Beloved, think it not strange

concerning the fiery

trial which is

to try you, as though some strange

thing happened unto you:

13 But

rejoice, inasmuch as ye

are

partakers of Christ’s

suffer-

ings; that, when his glory shall be

revealed, ye may be glad also with

exceeding joy.

14 If ye be

reproached for the

name of Christ,

happy are ye; for

the spirit of glory and of God rest-

eth upon you: on their part he is

evil spoken of, but on your part he

is glorified.

15 But let none of you suffer as

a murderer, or as a thief, or as an

evildoer, or as a busybody in other

men’s matters.

16 Yet if any man suffer as a

Chris-

tian, let him not be ashamed; but

let him glorify God on this behalf.

17 For the time is come that

judg-

ment must begin at the house of

God: and if it first begin at us, what

shall the end be of them that

obey

not the gospel of God?

18 And if the

righteous scarcely

be saved, where shall the

ungodly

and the sinner appear?

19 Wherefore let them that suffer

according to the

will of God com-

mit the

keeping of their souls to

him in well doing, as unto a faithful

Creator.

2 a tg Lust.

3 a

tg Temperance.

tg Rioting and

Reveling.

tg Devil, Church of.

tg Idolatry.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

or living.

6 a

JSt 1 Pet. 4:6 Because

of this, is the gospel

preached to them

who are dead, that

they might be judged

according to men in

the flesh, but live in the

spirit according to the

will of God.

tg Gospel.

tg Genealogy and

Temple Work.

tg Hell;

Salvation, Plan of;

Salvation for the Dead;

Spirits, Disembodied;

Spirits in Prison.

e D&C 88:99; 138:10, 34.

7 a

JSt 1 Pet. 4:7 But to you,

the end of all things is

at hand . . .

tg Watch.

8 a

JSt 1 Pet. 4:8 . . . for

charity preventeth a

multitude of sins.

tg Charity.

9 a

tg Hospitality.

tg Motivations.

10 a

tg Priesthood,

Magnifying Callings

within.

tg Stewardship.

11 a 1 Thes. 2:4;

Titus 2:1.

tg Authority;

Teaching with the

Spirit.

12 a

tg Test.

13 a Acts 5:41.

tg Persecution.

tg Suffering.

d D&C 66:2.

14 a

tg Reproach.

tg Happiness.

16 a Acts 11:26 (19–26).

17 a

tg Judgment.

b D&C 18:46.

tg Disobedience.

18 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Godliness.

19 a

tg God, Will of.

tg Refuge.

15501 PETER 5:1–14

CHAPTER 5

The elders are to feed the flock of

God—Humility and godly graces lead

to perfection.

T

elders which are among you I

exhort, who am also an elder, and a

witness of the sufferings of Christ,

and also a

partaker of the glory

that shall be revealed:

Feed the

flock of God which

is among you, taking the

oversight

thereof, not by constraint, but

will-

ingly; not for

filthy

lucre, but of a

ready mind;

3 Neither as being

lords over God’s

heritage, but being

ensamples to

the flock.

4 And when the chief

Shepherd

shall appear, ye shall receive a

crown of

glory that fadeth not

away.

5 Likewise, ye younger,

submit

yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of

you be subject one to another, and

be clothed with

humility: for God

resisteth the

proud, and giveth

grace to the

humble.

Humble yourselves therefore

under the mighty hand of God, that

he may exalt you in due time:

7 Casting all your care upon him;

for he careth for you.

8 Be

sober, be

vigilant; because

your adversary the

devil, as a roar-

ing lion, walketh about, seeking

whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist

steadfast in the

faith, knowing that the same af-

flictions are

accomplished in your

brethren that are in the world.

10 But the God of all

grace, who

hath called us unto his eternal

glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye

have suffered a while, make you

perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle

you.

11 To him be glory and dominion

for ever and ever. Amen.

12 By

Silvanus, a faithful brother

unto you, as I suppose, I have writ-

ten briefly, exhorting, and testify-

ing that this is the true grace of God

wherein ye stand.

13 The church that is at

Bab-

ylon, elected together with you,

saluteth you; and so doth Marcus

my son.

14 Greet ye one another with a

kiss of charity. Peace be with you

all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1 a tg Elder, Melchizedek

Priesthood;

Leadership.

b D&C 66:2; 93:22.

2 a

gr Tend, Superintend.

John 21:16 (15–16).

tg Church.

gr overseeing, guarding,

watching.

tg Initiative.

tg Filthiness.

tg Priestcraft.

3 a D&C 121:41 (41–42).

tg Example.

4 a

tg Jesus Christ, Good

Shepherd;

Shepherd.

b Luke 12:44.

tg Exaltation.

c D&C 66:12.

5 a

tg Respect;

Submissiveness.

tg Humility.

gr opposes, is adverse to.

tg Pride.

tg Poor in Spirit.

6 a

tg Contrite Heart.

8 a

tg Levity.

tg Watch.

tg Devil.

9 a

tg Perseverance;

Steadfastness.

gr laid upon,

endured by.

10 a

tg Grace.

tg Worthiness.

12 a Acts 15:34 (32–34);

2 Cor. 1:19;

1 Thes. 1:1.

13 a

tg Babylon.

CHAPTER 1

Peter urges the Saints to make their

calling and election sure—Prophecy

comes by the power of the Holy Ghost.

IMON Peter, a

servant and

apostle of Jesus Christ, to

them that have obtained

precious faith with us through the

righteousness

of God and our Sav-

iour Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace be multiplied

unto you through the

knowledge

of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as his divine power

hath given unto us

all things that

pertain unto

life and

godliness,

through the knowledge of him that

hath called us

to glory and

virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us ex-

ceeding great and precious

prom-

ises: that by these ye might be

par-

takers of the

divine

nature, having

escaped the

corruption that is in

the world through

lust.

5 And beside this, giving all

dili-

gence, add to your faith

virtue; and

to virtue

knowledge;

6 And to knowledge

temperance;

and to temperance

patience; and

to patience

godliness;

7 And to godliness

brotherly

kindness; and to brotherly kind-

ness

charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and

abound, they make you that ye shall

neither be

barren nor

unfruitful

in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

9 But he that lacketh these things

is blind, and cannot see afar off, and

hath forgotten that he was purged

from his old sins.

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren,

give diligence to make your calling

and

election sure: for if ye do these

things, ye shall never

fall:

11 For so an entrance shall be

ministered unto you abundantly

into the

everlasting

kingdom of

our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

12 Wherefore I will not be negli-

gent to put you always in remem-

brance of these things, though ye

know them, and be established in

the present truth.

13 Yea, I think it

meet, as long as

I am in this

tabernacle, to stir you

up by putting you in remembrance;

14 Knowing that shortly I must put

off this my tabernacle, even as our

Lord Jesus Christ hath

shewed me.

15 Moreover I will endeavour that

ye may be able after my decease to

The second episTle GenerAl of

peTer

1 a tg Servant.

b D&C 107:23.

gr equally precious.

tg God, the Standard

of Righteousness.

gr of our God and

Savior.

2 a D&C 76:7 (5–10).

3 a D&C 76:55 (53–60).

b D&C 45:8.

tg Godliness.

gr through, by.

tg Virtue.

4 a

tg Promise.

b D&C 93:28 (27–28).

tg Earth, Purpose of.

d 1 Sam. 10:6.

e 2 Pet. 2:18.

tg Man, Natural, Not

Spiritually Reborn.

tg Lust.

5 a

tg Diligence.

tg Chastity;

Good Works;

Virtue.

tg Knowledge;

Learn;

Study.

6 a

gr self-control.

tg Temperance.

tg Patience.

gr reverence, piety,

godliness.

7 a

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Benevolence;

Kindness.

tg Charity.

8 a

tg Abundant Life.

gr idle, unprofitable,

injurious.

tg Barren.

c D&C 107:31 (30–31).

10 a

tg Election.

b D&C 50:44.

11 a

tg Immortality.

tg Kingdom of God,

on Earth.

13 a

gr right, just,

righteous.

b D&C 93:4, 35.

14 a John 21:19 (18–19).

15522 PETER 1:16–2:8

have these things always in remem-

brance.

16 For we have not followed cun-

ningly devised

fables, when we

made known unto you the power

and coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ, but were

eyewitnesses of his

majesty.

17 For he received from God the

Father honour and glory, when there

came such a voice to him from the

excellent glory, This is my

beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased.

18 And this

voice which came

from heaven we heard, when we

were with him in the holy

mount.

We have also a more

sure word

prophecy; whereunto ye do well

that ye take heed, as unto a light

that shineth in a dark place, until

the day dawn, and the day

star

arise in your hearts:

20 Knowing this first, that

prophecy of the

scripture is of any

private

interpretation.

21 For the

prophecy came not in

old time by the will of man: but

holy men of God

spake as they were

moved by the

Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 2

False teachers among the Saints are

damned—Lustful Saints will perish in

their own corruption.

B there were

false prophets also

among the people, even as there

shall be

false

teachers among you,

who privily shall bring in damna-

ble heresies, even denying the Lord

that

bought them, and bring upon

themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their per-

nicious ways; by reason of whom the

way of

truth shall be evil spoken of.

3 And through covetousness shall

they with

feigned words make mer-

chandise of you: whose

judgment

now of a long time lingereth not, and

their

damnation slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the

angels

that sinned, but cast them down to

hell, and delivered them into chains

of darkness, to be reserved unto

judgment;

5 And spared not the old world,

but saved

Noah the eighth person,

a preacher of

righteousness, bring-

ing in the

flood upon the world of

the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of

Sodom

and Gomorrha into ashes con-

demned them with an overthrow,

making them an

ensample unto

those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just

Lot,

vexed

with the

filthy conversation of the

wicked:

8 (For that righteous man dwelling

among them, in seeing and hearing,

16 a 1 Tim. 1:4.

b Matt. 17:2 (1–9);

John 1:14.

tg Witness.

17 a

tg Witness of the

Father.

18 a

tg Revelation;

Witness of the Father.

b Luke 9:28 (28–36).

19 a

JSt 2 Pet. 1:19 We have

therefore a more sure

knowledge of the word

of prophecy, to which

word of prophecy ye

do well that ye take

heed . . .

b D&C 68:12; 88:3 (3–4);

132:19, 49.

c D&C 131:5.

d Rev. 2:28; 22:16 (6–16).

20 a

JSt 2 Pet. 1:20 . . .

no prophecy of the

scriptures is given of any

private will of man.

tg Prophecy.

tg Scriptures, Study of.

d Gen. 40:8.

21 a

tg Prophecy;

Scriptures, Value of;

Scriptures, Writing of.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

tg Inspiration.

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

1 a tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

False Prophets.

tg False Doctrine;

False Priesthoods.

tg Teacher.

d 1 Cor. 6:20.

2 a

tg Truth.

3 a Rom. 16:18.

b Deut. 32:35.

tg Damnation.

4 a

tg Angels;

Death, Spiritual, First;

Spirits, Evil or Unclean.

b 1 Tim. 3:6.

tg Hell.

tg Judgment, the Last.

5 a Gen. 8:1;

Heb. 11:7;

1 Pet. 3:20 (20–21).

tg Righteousness.

tg Earth, Cleansing of;

Flood.

6 a Gen. 19:24;

Jude 1:7 (4–7).

gr token, example.

7 a Gen. 19:15 (12–22).

gr oppressed by the

outrageous behavior

of the lawless.

tg Filthiness.

1553 2 PETER 2:9–22

vexed his righteous soul from day

to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9 The Lord knoweth how to

de-

liver the

godly out of

temptations,

and to

reserve the unjust unto the

day of

judgment to be punished:

10 But chiefly them that

walk

after the flesh in the

lust of

un-

cleanness, and despise

government.

Presumptuous are they, selfwilled,

they are not afraid to speak evil of

dignities.

11 Whereas angels, which are

greater in power and might, bring

not railing accusation against them

before the Lord.

12 But these, as

natural brute

beasts, made to be taken and de-

stroyed, speak evil of the things that

they understand not; and shall ut-

terly

perish in their own corruption;

13 And shall receive the

reward of

unrighteousness, as they that count

pleasure to

riot in the day time.

Spots they are and blemishes, sport-

ing themselves with their own de-

ceivings while they feast with you;

14 Having eyes full of adultery,

and that cannot cease from sin;

beguiling unstable souls: an heart

they have exercised with covetous

practices; cursed children:

15 Which have

forsaken the right

way, and are gone

astray, follow-

ing the way of

Balaam the son of

Bosor, who loved the

wages of un-

righteousness;

16 But was rebuked for his iniq-

uity: the dumb

ass speaking with

man’s voice forbad the madness of

the prophet.

17 These are

wells without water,

clouds that are carried with a tem-

pest; to whom the

mist of

darkness

is reserved for ever.

18 For when they

speak great

swelling words of

vanity, they

al-

lure through the

lusts of the flesh,

through much wantonness, those that

were clean

escaped from them who

live in error.

19 While they promise them

lib-

erty, they themselves are the

ser-

vants of

corruption: for of whom

a man is overcome, of the same is

he brought in

bondage.

20 For if after they have

escaped

the

pollutions of the world through

the knowledge of the Lord and Sav-

iour Jesus Christ, they are

again

entangled therein, and

overcome,

the latter end is

worse with them

than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for

them not to have

known the way

righteousness, than, after they

have known it, to

turn from the

holy commandment delivered unto

them.

22 But it is happened unto them

according to the true proverb, The

dog is turned to his own

vomit

again; and the sow that was

washed

to her wallowing in the mire.

8 a gr oppressed, afflicted.

9 a

tg Deliver.

tg Godliness.

tg Temptation.

d D&C 38:5 (5–6).

e Alma 11:44 (41–44);

12:15 (14–18).

10 a

tg Walking in Darkness.

tg Lust;

Sexual Immorality.

tg Uncleanness.

gr constituted authority.

tg Governments.

tg Boast.

12 a Mosiah 3:19.

b Morm. 4:5.

13 a

tg Reward.

tg Pleasure.

tg Rioting and Reveling.

15 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals.

b Hag. 1:7.

c Prov. 21:16;

Isa. 53:6.

d Num. 22:5;

Deut. 23:4;

Rev. 2:14 (12–17).

tg Selfishness;

Wages.

16 a Num. 22:30.

17 a Jude 1:12 (7–21).

b 1 Ne. 8:23 (23–24); 12:17.

c D&C 95:12;

133:72 (71–74).

18 a Ps. 73:8;

Jude 1:16.

tg Vanity.

gr entice, entrap.

d Jude 1:11 (7–21).

e 2 Pet. 1:4.

19 a

tg Liberty.

gr slaves.

Jude 1:4.

tg Sin.

tg Bondage, Spiritual.

20 a Heb. 6:4 (4–6);

1 Ne. 8:28 (24–28).

tg Pollution.

c Ps. 85:8;

D&C 42:26.

d 2 Cor. 2:11;

D&C 20:5.

e D&C 76:35 (34–35).

f Alma 24:30.

21 a

tg God, Knowledge

about.

tg Righteousness.

c Heb. 10:39.

22 a Prov. 26:11.

tg Apostasy of Individ-

uals; Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Wash.

15542 PETER 3:1–16

1 a tg Scriptures,

Writing of.

b Alma 5:6 (3–13).

2 a 1 Pet. 1:10.

tg Prophets,

Mission of.

3 a

JSt 2 Pet. 3:3–13

(Appendix).

tg Last Days.

tg Lust; Selfishness.

4 a D&C 45:26.

b Matt. 16:3 (1–5).

c Isa. 5:19 (18–19).

5 a

tg Ignorance.

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

tg Creation.

6 a

tg Flood.

b Gen. 7:19.

7 a

tg Earth, Cleansing of.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second;

Sons of Perdition.

8 a Alma 40:8;

Abr. 3:4 (4–9).

tg Time.

9 a

tg Forbear.

b Ezek. 18:23 (23–24).

tg Repent.

10 a

tg Day of the Lord.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

c Ps. 102:26 (25–26);

Isa. 51:6.

tg World, End of.

tg Earth, Destiny of.

11 a 3 Ne. 27:27.

b 1 Pet. 1:15.

12 a D&C 35:15; 49:23.

tg Haste.

c Heb. 9:28;

Rev. 1:7;

D&C 39:23.

d D&C 45:30.

13 a

tg Heaven.

tg Earth, Renewal of;

Millennium.

c Ether 13:9.

tg Righteousness.

14 a D&C 88:63; 101:38.

tg Dedication;

Diligence.

b D&C 38:31.

15 a

gr count, regard.

tg Forbear.

CHAPTER 3

Some in the latter days will doubt the

Second Coming—The elements will melt

at the coming of the Lord.

T second epistle, beloved, I now

write unto you; in both which I stir

up your pure minds by way of

re-

membrance:

2 That ye may be mindful of the

words which were spoken before

by the holy

prophets, and of the

commandment of us the apostles

of the Lord and Saviour:

Knowing this first, that there

shall come in the

last days scoff-

ers, walking after their own

lusts,

4 And saying,

Where is the

prom-

ise of his

coming? for since the

fathers fell asleep, all things con-

tinue as they were from the begin-

ning of the creation.

5 For this they willingly are

igno-

rant of, that by the

word of God the

heavens were of old, and the

earth

standing out of the water and in

the water:

6 Whereby the world that then

was, being

overflowed with

wa-

ter, perished:

7 But the heavens and the earth,

which are now, by the same word

are kept in store, reserved unto

fire

against the day of judgment and

perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of

this one thing, that one day is with

the Lord as a thousand

years, and

a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack concern-

ing his promise, as some men count

slackness; but is

longsuffering to

us-ward, not willing that any should

perish, but that all should come to

repentance.

10 But the

day of the Lord will

come as a thief in the night; in

the which the heavens shall

pass

away with a great noise, and the

elements shall melt with fervent

heat, the

earth also and the works

that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things

shall be dissolved, what

manner

of persons ought ye to be in all holy

conversation and godliness,

Looking for and

hasting unto

the

coming of the

day of God,

wherein the heavens being on fire

shall be dissolved, and the elements

shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to

his promise, look for new

heavens

and a

new

earth, wherein dwelleth

righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that

ye look for such things, be

diligent

that ye may be found of him in

peace, without

spot, and blameless.

15 And

account that the

longsuf-

fering of our Lord is salvation; even

as our beloved brother Paul also ac-

cording to the wisdom given unto

him hath written unto you;

16 As also in all his epistles, speak-

ing in them of these things; in which

are some things hard to be under-

stood, which they that are unlearned

1555 2 PETER 3:17–1 JOHN 1:9

16 a gr twist, distort.

1 Ne. 13:29 (24–29);

Alma 13:20;

D&C 10:63.

tg Scriptures,

Preservation of.

17 a

jst 2 Pet. 3:17 . . . seeing

ye know before the

things which are coming,

beware lest . . .

b 2 Ne. 28:14 (3–14).

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

tg Steadfastness.

18 a

tg Grace.

[1 J]

1 a jst 1 Jn. 1:1 Brethren, this

is the testimony which we

give of that which was

from the beginning . . .

b John 1:2 (1–4, 14).

tg Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant.

2 a

gr declare, announce,

bring tidings.

b John 17:3;

1 Jn. 5:20.

3 a

tg Witness.

tg Fellowshipping.

c Moses 6:68.

4 a

Scriptures, Writing of.

5 a John 8:12.

tg God, Perfection of;

Light [noun].

tg Darkness, Spiritual;

Walking in Darkness.

6 a

tg Walking in Darkness.

b 2 Ne. 15:20.

7 a

tg Walking with God.

b Acts 20:28;

Rev. 7:14;

D&C 29:17.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

c Rev. 12:11 (10–12);

D&C 50:28.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through.

8 a Prov. 30:20.

tg Sin.

tg Lying.

9 a

tg Confession;

Repent.

and unstable

wrest, as they do also

the other

scriptures, unto their own

destruction.

17 Ye therefore, beloved,

seeing

ye know these things before, beware

lest ye also, being

led

away with

the error of the wicked, fall from

your own

steadfastness.

18 But grow in

grace, and in the

knowledge of our Lord and Saviour

Jesus Christ. To him be glory both

now and for ever. Amen.

The firsT episTle GenerAl of

John

CHAPTER 1

The Saints gain fellowship with God by

obedience—We must confess our sins

to gain forgiveness.

HAT which was from the

beginning, which we have

heard, which we have seen

with our eyes, which we have looked

upon, and our hands have handled,

of the

Word of life;

2 (For the life was manifested, and

we have seen it, and bear witness,

and

shew unto you that

eternal

life, which was with the Father, and

was manifested unto us;)

3 That which we have

seen and

heard declare we unto you, that ye

also may have fellowship with us:

and truly our

fellowship is with

the

Father, and with his Son Jesus

Christ.

4 And these things

write we unto

you, that your joy may be full.

5 This then is the message which

we have heard of him, and declare

unto you, that God is

light, and in

him is no

darkness at all.

6 If we say that we have fellowship

with him, and

walk in

darkness,

we lie, and do not the truth:

7 But if we

walk in the light, as he

is in the light, we have fellowship

one with another, and the

blood

of Jesus Christ his Son

cleanseth

us from all sin.

8 If we say that we have

sin,

deceive ourselves, and the truth

is not in us.

9 If we

confess our sins, he is

15561 JOHN 1:10–2:14

faithful and

just to

forgive us our

sins, and to

cleanse us from all un-

righteousness.

10 If we say that we have

not

sinned, we make him a liar, and his

word is not in us.

CHAPTER 2

Christ is our Advocate with the Father—

We know God by obedience—Love not

the world—Anti-Christs will come in

the last days.

M little children, these things write

I unto you, that ye sin not.

And if

any man sin, we have an

advocate

with the Father, Jesus Christ the

righteous:

2 And he is the

propitiation for

our sins: and not for ours only, but

also for the sins of the whole

world.

3 And hereby we do know that

we know him, if we

keep his com-

mandments.

4 He that saith, I know him, and

keepeth not his

commandments, is

liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But whoso

keepeth his word, in

him verily is the love of God per-

fected: hereby know we that we are

in him.

6 He that saith he

abideth in him

ought himself also so to

walk, even

as he walked.

Brethren, I write no new com-

mandment unto you, but an old

commandment which ye had from

the beginning. The old command-

ment is the word which ye have

heard from the beginning.

8 Again, a new commandment

I write unto you,

which thing is

true in him and in you: because

the

darkness is

past, and the true

light now shineth.

9 He that saith he is in the light,

and hateth his brother, is in dark-

ness even until now.

10 He that

loveth his

brother

abideth in the light, and there is

none occasion of stumbling in him.

11 But he that hateth his brother is

in darkness, and

walketh in dark-

ness, and knoweth not whither he

goeth, because that darkness hath

blinded his eyes.

12 I

write unto you, little

chil-

dren, because your sins are forgiven

you

for his

name’s sake.

13 I write unto you, fathers, be-

cause ye have known him that is

from the beginning. I write unto

you, young men, because ye have

overcome the wicked one. I write

unto you, little children, because

ye have known the Father.

14 I have written unto you, fathers,

because ye have known him that is

from the beginning. I have written

unto you, young men, because ye

9 b tg God, Justice of;

Justice.

tg Forgive.

tg Purification;

Purity.

10 a Prov. 28:13.

1 a JSt 1 Jn. 2:1 . . . But if

any man sin and repent,

we have an advocate . . .

gr intercessor, helper,

comforter.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of;

Jesus Christ, Relation-

ships with the Father;

Salvation, Plan of.

2 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer;

Jesus Christ, Savior;

Redemption;

Remission of Sins.

b Alma 11:41 (40–41);

D&C 21:9; 76:41 (41–43).

3 a 1 Jn. 3:22 (22–24);

5:3 (2–3).

4 a 1 Jn. 3:6.

tg Lying.

5 a

tg Obedience.

b 2 Cor. 5:17.

6 a John 15:4.

b Matt. 11:29;

2 Ne. 31:12 (12–13);

Moro. 7:4 (3–4);

D&C 19:23.

7 a

JSt 1 Jn. 2:7 Brethren, I

write a new command-

ment unto you, but it is

the same commandment

which ye had from the

beginning . . .

8 a

JSt 1 Jn. 2:8 . . . which

thing was of old ordained

of God; and is true in

him, and in you . . .

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

gr passing away.

d 2 Ne. 3:5;

D&C 50:24.

10 a D&C 95:12.

tg Family, Love within;

Love.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

11 a

tg Walking in Darkness.

12 a

tg Scriptures,

Writing of.

b Mosiah 5:7;

Moses 6:52.

gr because of, through

His name.

d 1 Sam. 12:22;

Ps. 23:3;

Acts 4:12;

1 Ne. 20:9.

1557 1 JOHN 2:15–3:2

are strong, and the word of God

abideth in you, and ye have over-

come the wicked one.

15 Love not the

world, neither the

things that are in the

world. If any

man love the world, the

love of the

Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the

lust of the flesh, and the lust of the

eyes, and the

pride of life, is not

of the Father, but is of the

world.

17 And the

world

passeth away,

and the lust thereof: but he that

doeth the

will of God

abideth

for ever.

18 Little children, it is the last time:

and as ye have heard that

antichrist

shall come, even now are there many

antichrists; whereby we know that

it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but

they were not of us; for if they had

been of us, they would no doubt have

continued with us: but they went

out, that they might be made mani-

fest that they were not all of us.

20 But ye have an

unction from the

Holy One, and ye know all things.

21 I have not written unto you

because ye know not the truth,

but because ye know it, and that no

lie is of the truth.

22 Who is a

liar but he that de-

nieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is

antichrist, that denieth the Father

and the Son.

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the

same hath not the Father: [but] he

that

acknowledgeth the Son hath the

Father also.

24 Let that therefore abide in you,

which ye have heard from the be-

ginning. If that which ye have heard

from the

beginning shall remain

in you, ye also shall continue in the

Son, and in the Father.

25 And this is the

promise that he

hath promised us, even

eternal life.

26 These things have I written unto

you concerning them that

seduce

you.

27 But the anointing which ye have

received of him abideth in you, and

ye need not that any man

teach you:

but as the same

anointing

teacheth

you of all things, and is truth, and

is no lie, and even as it hath taught

you, ye shall abide in him.

28 And now, little children, abide

in him; that, when he shall ap-

pear, we may have confidence, and

not be ashamed before him at his

coming.

29 If ye know that he is righteous,

ye know that every one that doeth

righteousness is

born of him.

CHAPTER 3

The sons of God will become like

Christ—Love for others is required to

gain eternal life—Obedience ensures

us an answer to our prayers.

B, what manner of

love the

Father hath bestowed upon us, that

we should be called the

sons of

God: therefore the

world knoweth

us not, because it knew him not.

2 Beloved, now are we the

sons

of God, and it doth not yet appear

what we shall be: but we know that,

when he shall

appear, we shall be

15 a tg World.

tg Worldliness.

c D&C 95:12.

16 a

tg Chastity;

Lust;

Sensuality.

gr haughtiness,

ostentation.

tg Pride.

c Mark 7:21 (21–22).

17 a 1 Cor. 7:31 (29–31).

tg World, End of.

tg God, Will of.

d Ps. 125:1;

3 Ne. 14:21.

18 a

tg Antichrist;

False Prophets.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

20 a

gr anointing.

tg Holiness.

22 a Alma 5:39 (38–40).

tg Antichrist.

23 a John 14:7.

24 a 2 Jn. 1:6.

25 a D&C 88:4.

tg Promise.

b John 17:3 (2–3);

2 Ne. 31:20.

26 a

gr deceive, lead astray,

cause to wander.

27 a D&C 43:15.

tg Anointing.

c John 6:45;

1 Thes. 4:9.

29 a

tg Righteousness.

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

1 a tg God, Love of.

gr children, people.

Isa. 56:5.

tg World.

2 a

gr children, people.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

b Col. 3:4.

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

15581 JOHN 3:3–19

like him; for we shall

see him as

he is.

3 And every man that hath this

hope in him

purifieth himself,

even as he is

pure.

4 Whosoever committeth sin

trans-

gresseth also the law: for

sin is the

transgression of the law.

5 And ye know that he was mani-

fested to take away our

sins; and

in him is no sin.

6 Whosoever abideth in him

sin-

neth not:

whosoever sinneth hath

not seen him, neither

known him.

7 Little children, let no man de-

ceive you: he that doeth righteous-

ness is righteous, even as he is righ-

teous.

8 He that

committeth

sin is of

the devil; for the devil

sinneth

from the beginning. For this pur-

pose the Son of God was manifested,

that he might destroy the works of

the

devil.

9 Whosoever is

born of God

doth

not commit sin; for his seed re-

maineth in him: and he cannot sin,

because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are

manifest, and the

children of the

devil: whosoever doeth not

righ-

teousness is not of God, neither he

that loveth not his brother.

11 For this is the

message that ye

heard from the beginning, that we

should love one another.

12 Not as

Cain, who was of that

wicked one, and slew his brother.

And wherefore slew he him? Be-

cause his own works were evil, and

his brother’s righteous.

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the

world hate you.

14 We know that we have passed

from death unto

life, because we

love the

brethren. He that

loveth

not his brother abideth in

death.

15 Whosoever

hateth his brother

is a murderer: and ye know that no

murderer hath eternal life abiding

in him.

16 Hereby perceive we the

love of

God, because he laid down his life

for us: and we ought to lay down

our lives for the brethren.

17 But whoso hath this world’s

good, and seeth his

brother have

need, and

shutteth up his bowels

compassion from him, how dwell-

eth the love of God in him?

18 My little children, let us not love

in word,

neither in tongue; but in

deed and in truth.

19 And hereby we know that we

are of the truth, and shall assure

our hearts before him.

2 c Alma 5:19 (14, 19);

Moro. 7:48 (47–48).

tg Eternal Life; Man,

Potential to Become

like Heavenly Father;

Resurrection.

d Job 19:26 (25–27).

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

3 a

tg Hope; Motivations.

tg Chastity; Purification;

Purity.

c 2 Cor. 5:21;

1 Pet. 1:16 (15–19);

2 Ne. 31:5 (5–7).

4 a

tg Transgress.

tg Sin.

5 a

tg Forgive;

Jesus Christ, Atonement

through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

6 a

tg Sin.

JSt 1 Jn. 3:6 . . .

whosoever continueth in

sin hath not seen . . .

c 1 Jn. 2:4.

8 a

JSt 1 Jn. 3:8 . . .

continueth in sin . . .

tg Sin.

c Gen. 3:1.

tg Devil.

9 a

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

JSt 1 Jn. 3:9 . . . doth not

continue in sin; for the

Spirit of God remaineth

in him; and he cannot

continue in sin, because

he is born of God,

having received that holy

Spirit of promise.

10 a

gr conspicuous,

apparent.

b John 8:44;

Acts 13:10.

c Matt. 7:20.

11 a

gr precept, doctrine.

12 a Jude 1:11 (7–13).

14 a John 5:24.

b 1 Cor. 8:12;

1 Tim. 6:2;

D&C 45:5; 108:7.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Love.

tg Death, Spiritual,

First.

15 a Ps. 109:5 (3–5).

tg Hate.

tg Life, Sanctity of;

Murder.

16 a John 10:15 (14–15);

15:13;

1 Ne. 11:22 (22, 25).

JSt 1 Jn. 3:16 . . . Christ . . .

17 a 1 Jn. 4:20 (20–21).

b Luke 3:11.

gr is hardhearted,

void of compassion.

tg Hardheartedness.

d Mosiah 4:22 (22–25).

tg Compassion.

18 a

JSt 1 Jn. 3:18 . . . neither

in tongue only . . .

tg Good Works.

1559 1 JOHN 3:20–4:12

20 For if our heart condemn us,

God is greater than our heart, and

knoweth all things.

21 Beloved, if our heart condemn

us not, then have we

confidence

toward God.

22 And whatsoever we

ask, we

receive of him, because we

keep

his

commandments, and do those

things that are pleasing in his sight.

23 And this is his

command-

ment, That we should

believe on

the

name of his Son Jesus Christ,

and

love one another, as he gave

us commandment.

24 And he that keepeth his com-

mandments

dwelleth in him, and

he in him. And hereby we know

that he

abideth in us, by the

Spirit

which he hath given us.

CHAPTER 4

Try the spirits—God is love and dwells

in those who love Him.

B, believe not every

spirit,

but

try the

spirits whether they

are of God: because many

false

prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Hereby

know ye the

Spirit of

God: Every spirit that confesseth

that Jesus Christ is come in the

flesh is of God:

3 And every spirit that confesseth

not that Jesus Christ is come in the

flesh is

not of God: and this is that

spirit of

antichrist, whereof ye have

heard that it should come; and even

now already is it in the world.

4 Ye are of God, little children,

and have overcome them: because

greater is he that is in you, than he

that is in the world.

5 They are of the

world: therefore

speak they of the world, and the

world heareth them.

6 We are of God: he that knoweth

God

heareth us; he that is not of

God heareth not us. Hereby

know

we the

spirit of truth, and the spirit

error.

7 Beloved, let us

love one another:

for

love is of God; and every one

that loveth is

born of God, and

knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not

knoweth not

God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love

of God toward us, because that God

sent his only begotten Son into the

world, that we might

live through

him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved

God, but that he

loved us, and

sent

his Son to be the

propitiation for

our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we

ought also to love one another.

No man hath

seen God at any

time. If we love one another,

God

20 a tg God, Intelligence of.

21 a Alma 5:27.

22 a

tg Prayer.

b 1 Jn. 2:3.

tg Good Works.

23 a

tg Commandments

of God.

tg Faith.

c 2 Ne. 25:20;

Mosiah 3:17;

D&C 11:30; 20:29.

tg Jesus Christ, Taking

the Name of.

tg Family, Love within.

24 a John 6:56;

Rom. 8:9;

1 Cor. 2:16;

2 Cor. 13:5;

1 Jn. 4:13 (7–21).

b John 14:23.

c 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Thes. 4:8.

1 a Moro. 7:12 (12–17).

gr test, prove by trial,

discern.

1 Thes. 5:21;

D&C 11:12 (12–14);

50:31 (1–3, 31–35);

129:9 (1–9).

tg Spirits, Evil or

Unclean.

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church;

False Prophets.

2 a

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

tg God, Spirit of.

tg Flesh and Blood.

3 a D&C 50:32.

tg Antichrist.

5 a

tg Worldliness.

6 a John 8:47; 13:20;

D&C 1:38 (14, 37–38);

29:7; 84:36 (35–39).

tg Discernment,

Spiritual.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

gr deception,

wandering, sin.

7 a

tg Love.

tg God, Love of.

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

8 a John 17:3.

9 a John 3:16.

10 a 2 Thes. 2:16.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Jesus Christ,

Atonement through;

Jesus Christ, Redeemer.

12 a

JSt 1 Jn. 4:12 No man

hath seen God at any

time, except them who

believe . . .

b D&C 93:1; 110:2 (1–3);

Abr. 3:11 (11–12);

JS—H 1:17 (16–17).

c 2 Cor. 13:5.

15601 JOHN 4:13–5:9

dwelleth in us, and his love is per-

fected in us.

13 Hereby know we that we

dwell

in him, and he in us, because he

hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and do

tes-

tify that the Father

sent the Son to

be the

Saviour of the

world.

15 Whosoever shall

confess that

Jesus is the Son of God, God dwell-

eth in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known and be-

lieved the love that God hath to us.

God is love; and he that

dwelleth

in love dwelleth in God, and God

in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect,

that we may have boldness in the

day of judgment: because as he

is,

so are we in this world.

18 There is no

fear in

love; but

perfect

love casteth out fear: be-

cause fear hath

torment. He that

feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We

love him, because he first

loved us.

20 If a man say, I love God, and

hateth his

brother, he is a

liar: for

he that loveth not his

brother whom

he hath seen, how can he love God

whom he hath not

seen?

21 And this commandment have

we from him, That he who

loveth

God love his brother also.

CHAPTER 5

Saints are born of God through belief

in Christ—Water, blood, and the Spirit

testify of Christ—Belief in Christ is

required in order to gain eternal life.

W believeth that Jesus is

the Christ is born of God: and every

one that loveth him that begat loveth

him also that is begotten of him.

2 By this we know that we

love

the

children of God, when we love

God, and keep his commandments.

3 For this is the

love of God, that

keep his commandments: and

his commandments are not

grievous.

4 For whatsoever is

born of God

overcometh the world: and this is

the

victory that overcometh the

world, even our faith.

5 Who is he that

overcometh the

world, but he that believeth that

Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he that

came by water

and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by

water only, but by water and blood.

And it is the

Spirit that beareth

witness, because the Spirit is truth.

7 For there are three that bear

record in heaven, the

Father, the

Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these

three are

one.

8 And there are three that bear

witness in earth, the

Spirit, and

the water, and the

blood: and these

three agree in one.

9 If we receive the

witness of men,

the

witness of God is greater: for

this is the

witness of God which he

hath testified of his Son.

12 d 1 Cor. 2:16.

13 a 1 Jn. 3:24.

14 a

tg Witness.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Jesus Christ, Savior.

d D&C 66:1.

15 a

tg Testimony.

16 a D&C 42:45.

17 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Exemplar.

18 a Philip. 1:14 (12–17);

D&C 50:41 (41, 42).

tg Courage;

Fearful.

tg Family, Love within.

tg Love.

gr correction,

punishment.

19 a

tg Love.

20 a

tg Family, Love within;

Hate.

tg Brotherhood and

Sisterhood.

tg Lying.

d 1 Jn. 3:17 (10–18).

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

21 a

tg Fellowshipping;

Love.

2 a tg Family, Love within.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

3 a

tg God, the Standard of

Righteousness.

b 1 Jn. 2:3.

gr burdensome,

oppressive.

Matt. 11:30.

4 a Rom. 12:2 (1–2).

b Rev. 3:21;

D&C 64:2.

c 1 Cor. 15:57.

5 a Rev. 2:7 (1–7).

6 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Condescension of.

b D&C 1:39.

tg Holy Ghost,

Mission of.

7 a

tg Godhead.

tg Unity.

8 a Moses 6:59 (59–60).

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

9 a D&C 6:23 (22–24).

tg Witness.

Witness of the Father.

1561 1 JOHN 5:10–2 JOHN 1:4

10 He that

believeth on the Son of

God hath the

witness in himself: he

that believeth not God hath made

him a liar; because he believeth not

the

record that God gave of his Son.

11 And this is the record, that God

hath given to us

eternal life, and

this

life is in his Son.

12 He that hath the Son hath life;

and he that hath not the Son of God

hath not life.

13 These things have I

written

unto you that believe on the name

of the Son of God; that ye may know

that ye have eternal

life, and that

ye may believe on the name of the

Son of God.

14 And this is the confidence that

we have in him, that, if we ask any

thing according to his

will, he

heareth us:

15 And if we know that he hear

us, whatsoever we

ask, we know

that we have the petitions that we

desired of him.

16 If any man see his brother sin a

sin which is not unto death, he shall

ask, and he shall give him life for

them that sin not unto death. There

is a sin unto death: I do not say that

he shall pray for it.

17 All unrighteousness is

sin: and

there is a

sin not unto death.

18 We know that whosoever is

born of God

sinneth not; but he

that is begotten of God

keepeth him-

self, and that

wicked one toucheth

him not.

19 And we know that we are of

God, and the whole

world lieth

wickedness.

20 And we know that the Son of

God is come, and hath given us an

understanding, that we may know

him that is true, and we are in him

that is true, even in his Son Jesus

Christ. This is the true God, and

eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves

from idols. Amen.

10 a tg Faith.

tg Testimony.

gr testimony, witness.

11 a

tg Eternal Life.

b John 1:4;

2 Tim. 1:10.

13 a John 20:31.

tg Record Keeping.

b 2 Ne. 31:20.

14 a

tg God, Will of.

b Ps. 4:1 (1, 3).

15 a

tg Prayer.

b Ps. 145:19.

17 a

tg Sin.

b D&C 64:7.

18 a

tg Man, New,

Spiritually Reborn.

jst 1 Jn. 5:18 . . .

continueth not in sin;

but he that is begotten

of God and keepeth

himself, that wicked

one overcometh him not.

gr guards, shields.

d James 1:27 (22–27).

19 a

tg Called of God.

b D&C 84:49 (49–53).

tg Wickedness.

20 a 1 Jn. 1:2.

The second episTle of

John

John rejoices because the children of the

elect lady are true and faithful.

HE elder unto the elect lady

and her children, whom I love

in the truth; and not I only,

but also all they that have known

the truth;

2 For the truth’s sake, which dwell-

eth in us, and shall be with us for

ever.

3 Grace be with you, mercy, and

peace, from God the Father, and

from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son

of the Father, in truth and love.

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of

15622 JOHN 1:5–3 JOHN 1:9

thy children walking in truth, as

we have received a commandment

from the Father.

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not

as though I wrote a new command-

ment unto thee, but that which we

had from the beginning, that we

love one another.

6 And this is

love, that we

walk

after his commandments. This is

the commandment, That, as ye

have heard from the

beginning, ye

should walk in it.

7 For many

deceivers are en-

tered into the world, who confess

not that Jesus Christ is come in

the flesh. This is a deceiver and an

antichrist.

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose

not those things which we have

wrought, but that we receive a

full reward.

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and

abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,

hath not God. He that abideth in the

doctrine of Christ, he hath both the

Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and

bring not this doctrine, receive him

not into your

house, neither bid

him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God

speed is

partaker of his evil deeds.

12 Having many things to write

unto you, I would not

write with

paper and ink: but I trust to come

unto you, and speak face to face,

that our joy may be full.

13 The children of thy elect sister

greet thee. Amen.

6 a tg Family, Love within.

tg Walking with God.

c 1 Jn. 2:24.

7 a

tg Deceit.

tg Antichrist.

8 a

gr performed,

acquired.

10 a 1 Cor. 5:11.

11 a 1 Tim. 5:22.

12 a

Scriptures,

Writing of.

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4 a tg Joy.

b 1 Jn. 5:21.

tg Walking with God.

5 a D&C 84:88 (88–92).

tg Stranger.

The Third episTle of

John

John commends Gaius for his help to

those who love the truth.

HE elder unto the wellbe-

loved Gaius, whom I love in

the truth.

2 Beloved, I wish above all things

that thou mayest prosper and be in

health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the

brethren came and testified of the

truth that is in thee, even as thou

walkest in the truth.

4 I have no greater

joy than to

hear that my

children

walk in

truth.

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully

whatsoever thou doest to the

breth-

ren, and to

strangers;

6 Which have borne witness of thy

charity before the church: whom if

thou bring forward on their jour-

ney after a godly sort, thou shalt

do well:

7 Because that for his name’s sake

they went forth, taking nothing of

the Gentiles.

8 We therefore ought to receive

such, that we might be fellowhelp-

ers to the truth.

9 I wrote unto the church: but

Diotrephes, who loveth to have the

1563 3 JOHN 1:10–JUDE 1:6

preeminence among them,

receiv-

eth us not.

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will re-

member his deeds which he doeth,

prating against us with malicious

words: and not content therewith,

neither doth he himself receive the

brethren, and forbiddeth them that

would, and casteth them out of the

church.

11 Beloved, follow not that which

is evil, but that which is good. He

that doeth

good is of God: but

he that doeth evil hath not seen

God.

12 Demetrius hath good report of

all men, and of the truth itself: yea,

and we also bear record; and ye know

that our

record is true.

13 I had many things to write, but

I will not with ink and pen

write

unto thee:

14 But I trust I shall shortly see

thee, and we shall speak face to face.

Peace be to thee. Our friends salute

thee. Greet the friends by name.

9 a TG Unrighteous

Dominion.

TG Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

10 a Num. 16:3.

11 a Moro. 7:12.

12 a

GR witness, testimony.

13 a

Scriptures, Writing of.

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1 a JST Jude 1:1 Jude, the

servant of God, called

of Jesus Christ, and

brother of James; to

them who are sanctified

of the Father; and pre-

served in Jesus Christ;

TG Servant.

3 a

TG Scriptures, Lost.

b 2 Ne. 2:4; 26:33;

A of F 1:3.

TG Zeal.

d Philip. 1:27;

D&C 112:5.

4 a 2 Pet. 2:19;

D&C 29:45;

JS—H 1:19.

TG Godliness.

GR licentiousness.

TG Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

5 a 1 Cor. 10:5 (5, 9).

b Deut. 1:35.

TG Unbelief.

6 a

TG Angels;

Death, Spiritual, First;

Devil;

Sons of Perdition;

Spirits, Evil or Unclean.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF

JUDE

Contend for the faith—Some angels kept

not their first estate—Michael disputed

about the body of Moses—Enoch prophe-

sied of the Second Coming—Mockers

will come in the last days.

UDE, the

servant of Jesus Christ,

and brother of James, to them

that are sanctified by God the

Father, and preserved in Jesus

Christ, and called:

2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and

love, be multiplied.

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence

write unto you of the common

salvation, it was needful for me to

write unto you, and exhort you that

ye should

earnestly

contend for

the faith which was once delivered

unto the saints.

4 For there are certain

men crept

in unawares, who were before of

old ordained to this condemnation,

ungodly men, turning the grace of

our God into

lasciviousness, and

denying the only Lord God, and

our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I will therefore put you in re-

membrance, though ye once knew

this, how that the Lord, having

saved the people out of the land of

Egypt, afterward

destroyed them

that

believed not.

6 And the

angels which kept not

1564JUDE 1:7–23

their

first

estate, but left their

own habitation, he hath reserved in

everlasting chains under darkness

unto the

judgment of the great day.

7 Even as

Sodom and Gomorrha,

and the cities about them in like

manner, giving themselves over

fornication, and going after

strange flesh, are set forth for an

example, suffering the

vengeance

of eternal fire.

8 Likewise also these

filthy dream-

ers

defile the flesh, despise domin-

ion, and speak evil of dignities.

9 Yet

Michael the

archangel,

when contending with the devil he

disputed about the body of

Moses,

durst not bring against him a rail-

ing accusation, but said, The Lord

rebuke thee.

10 But these speak evil of those

things which they know not: but

what they know naturally, as brute

beasts, in those things they corrupt

themselves.

11 Woe unto them! for they have

gone in the way of

Cain, and ran

greedily after the error of

Balaam

for reward, and

perished in the

gainsaying of Core.

12 These are spots in your feasts

of charity, when they feast with

you, feeding themselves without

fear:

clouds they are without water,

carried about of winds; trees whose

fruit withereth, without fruit, twice

dead, plucked up by the roots;

13 Raging waves of the sea, foam-

ing out their own shame; wander-

ing

stars, to whom is reserved the

blackness of darkness for ever.

14 And

Enoch also, the seventh

from Adam, prophesied of these,

saying, Behold, the Lord

cometh

with ten thousands of his

saints,

15 To

execute

judgment upon

all, and to convince all that are

ungodly among them of all their

ungodly deeds which they have un-

godly committed, and of all their

hard

speeches which ungodly sin-

ners have spoken against him.

16 These are

murmurers, com-

plainers, walking after their own

lusts; and their mouth

speaketh

great swelling words, having men’s

persons in admiration because of

advantage.

17 But, beloved, remember ye the

words which were spoken before

of the apostles of our Lord Jesus

Christ;

18 How that they told you there

should be

mockers in the

last time,

who should

walk after their own

ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who

separate

themselves, sensual, having not the

Spirit.

20 But ye, beloved,

building up

yourselves on your most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Ghost,

21 Keep yourselves in the love of

God, looking for the mercy of our

Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 And of some have

compassion,

making a difference:

23 And others save with fear,

6 b tg Man, Antemortal

Existence of.

c Abr. 3:26 (24–28).

tg Judgment, the Last.

7 a Gen. 19:24;

2 Pet. 2:6 (1–9).

tg Fornication.

tg Homosexual

Behavior.

tg Example.

e D&C 76:105.

tg Punish.

8 a The Greek text omits

“filthy.”

tg Pollution.

9 a

tg Adam.

tg Angels.

tg Translated Beings.

11 a Gen. 4:5 (1–15);

1 Jn. 3:12.

b 2 Pet. 2:18.

JSt Jude 1:11 . . . shall

perish . . .

Num. 16.

12 a 2 Pet. 2:17.

13 a

tg Astronomy.

14 a Gen. 5:23;

Heb. 11:5 (5–6);

Moses 6:27 (27–65).

tg Scriptures, Lost.

b 1 Thes. 4:17 (13–18);

Moses 7:65 (62–66).

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

tg Saints.

15 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Accountability;

Jesus Christ, Judge.

c Ps. 139:20 (17–24).

16 a

tg Murmuring.

tg Lust.

c 2 Pet. 2:18 (10–19).

gr profit, gain.

18 a

tg Apostasy of

Individuals;

Mocking.

tg Last Days.

tg Walking in Darkness.

19 a Deut. 13:13;

Judg. 20:13.

tg Holy Ghost, Loss of.

20 a D&C 21:2.

22 a

tg Compassion.

1565 JUDE 1:24–REVELATION 1:9

pulling them out of the

fire; hat-

ing even the

garment spotted by

the flesh.

24 Now unto him that is able to

keep you from falling, and to present

you

faultless before the presence of

his glory with exceeding joy,

25 To the only wise God our Saviour,

be glory and majesty, dominion and

power, both now and ever. Amen.

23 a Amos 4:11; Mal. 4:1.

b D&C 36:6.

24 a Rev. 14:4 (2–5).

[R]

1 a jst Rev. 1:1–8

(Appendix).

b 1 Ne. 14:21 (18–27).

tg Revelation.

tg Servant.

d Rev. 22:6 (6–16);

D&C 88:79.

e Rev. 19:10 (6–10).

3 a Rev. 22:7 (7, 18–19).

tg Scriptures, Study of.

c D&C 34:7.

4 a D&C 77:5.

tg Jesus Christ,

Jehovah.

c Rev. 3:1; 4:5.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer.

tg Blood, Symbolism of.

6 a

tg Priesthood,

Authority;

Salvation, Plan of.

b D&C 76:56 (50–60).

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

tg Celestial Glory.

gr might, power.

7 a 1 Thes. 2:19; 3:13;

Heb. 9:28; 2 Pet. 3:12;

Rev. 22:12.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

c D&C 45:53 (49, 53).

d Matt. 24:30.

8 a D&C 35:1.

b D&C 38:1.

c Mosiah 3:5.

tg God, Power of.

The revelATion

of sT John The divine

CHAPTER 1

Christ chooses some as kings and priests

unto God—Christ will come again—

John sees the risen Lord.

Revelation of Jesus Christ,

which God gave unto him,

to shew unto his

servants

things which must

shortly come

to pass; and he sent and signified

it by his

angel unto his servant

John:

2 Who bare record of the word of

God, and of the testimony of Jesus

Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Blessed is he that

readeth, and

they that hear the words of this

prophecy, and keep those things

which are written therein: for the

time is at hand.

OHN to the

seven churches

which are in Asia: Grace be

unto you, and peace, from him

which

is, and which was, and

which is to come; and from the

seven

Spirits which are before his

throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the

faithful witness, and the

first be-

gotten of the dead, and the prince

of the kings of the earth. Unto him

that loved us, and

washed us from

our sins in his own

blood,

6 And hath made us

kings and

priests unto God and his Father;

to him be

glory and

dominion for

ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he

cometh with clouds;

and every eye shall

see him, and

they also which pierced him: and all

kindreds of the earth shall

wail

because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am

Alpha and Omega, the

be-

ginning and the ending, saith the

Lord, which is, and which was, and

which is to come, the

Almighty.

9 I John, who also am your brother,

and companion in tribulation, and

1566REVELATION 1:10–2:2

in the kingdom and

patience of

Jesus Christ, was in the isle that

is called Patmos, for the word of

God, and for the testimony of Jesus

Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the

Lord’s

day, and heard behind me a great

voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega,

the

first and the last: and, What

thou seest,

write in a book, and send

it unto the seven churches which

are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto

Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and

unto

Thyatira, and unto Sardis,

and unto Philadelphia, and unto

Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice

that spake with me. And being

turned, I saw seven golden

candle-

sticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven

candlesticks one like unto the

Son

of man,

clothed with a garment

down to the foot, and girt about the

paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white

like wool, as white as snow; and his

eyes were as a flame of

fire;

15 And his feet like unto fine

brass, as if they burned in a fur-

nace; and his

voice as the sound

of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand

seven stars: and out of his mouth

went a sharp twoedged

sword: and

his

countenance was as the

sun

shineth in his strength.

17 And when I

saw him, I fell at

his feet as dead. And he laid his

right hand upon me, saying unto me,

Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that

liveth, and was

dead; and, behold, I am alive for

evermore, Amen; and have the

keys

hell and of death.

Write the things which thou

hast seen, and the things which

are, and the things which shall be

hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars

which thou sawest in my right hand,

and the seven golden candlesticks.

The seven

stars are the

angels of

the seven churches: and the seven

candlesticks which thou sawest are

the seven churches.

CHAPTER 2

He who overcomes will gain eternal

life, avoid the second death, inherit

the celestial kingdom, and rule many

kingdoms.

U the

angel of the church of

Ephesus

write; These things saith

he that holdeth the seven stars in

his right hand, who walketh in the

midst of the seven golden candle-

sticks;

2 I

know thy works, and thy la-

bour, and thy patience, and how

thou canst not bear them which

are evil: and thou hast tried them

which say they are

apostles, and

are not, and hast found them liars:

9 a tg Patience.

10 a

tg Sabbath.

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Memory.

c D&C 29:4.

11 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Firstborn.

Scriptures,

Writing of.

c Rev. 2:18.

d Col. 2:1; 4:15 (12–16).

12 a Ex. 25:31.

13 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Son of Man.

b Dan. 10:5.

14 a Rev. 2:18;

D&C 110:3.

tg Jesus Christ,

Glory of.

15 a Ezek. 1:24; 43:2;

D&C 110:3; 133:22.

16 a Rev. 2:12 (12–17).

b D&C 110:3.

c JS—H 1:16 (16–17).

17 a

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing;

Jesus Christ, Appear-

ances, Postmortal.

18 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Resurrection;

Resurrection.

tg Jesus Christ,

Death of.

tg Immortality.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg Hell.

19 a

tg Record Keeping.

20 a Rev. 3:1.

JSt Rev. 1:20 . . .

servants . . .

Rev. 2:18.

c Ex. 37:17;

Zech. 4:2 (1–14);

Rev. 2:5.

1 a JSt Rev. 2:1 . . . servant

. . . (Note:

JSt uses

“servant” in place of

“angel” in vv. 1, 8, 12,

and 18.)

Scriptures,

Writing of.

2 a tg God, Omniscience of.

b D&C 64:39 (38–39).

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian Church.

1567 REVELATION 2:3–19

3 And hast borne, and hast pa-

tience, and for my name’s sake hast

laboured, and hast not fainted.

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat

against thee, because thou hast left

thy first

love.

5 Remember therefore from

whence thou art fallen, and repent,

and do the first works; or else I will

come unto thee quickly, and will

remove thy

candlestick out of his

place, except thou

repent.

6 But this thou hast, that thou hat-

est the deeds of the

Nicolaitans,

which I also hate.

7 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the

Spirit saith unto the

churches; To him that

overcometh

will I give to eat of the

tree of life,

which is in the midst of the

para-

dise of God.

8 And unto the angel of the church

in Smyrna write; These things saith

the first and the last, which was

dead, and is alive;

9 I know thy works, and tribu-

lation, and poverty, (but thou art

rich) and I know the

blasphemy

of them which say they are Jews,

and are not, but are the synagogue

of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which

thou shalt

suffer: behold, the devil

shall cast some of you into prison,

that ye may be

tried; and ye shall

have tribulation ten days: be thou

faithful unto

death, and I will

give

thee a

crown of life.

11 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches; He that overcometh shall

not be hurt of the second

death.

12 And to the angel of the church

in Pergamos write; These things

saith he which hath the sharp

sword

with two edges;

13 I know thy works, and where

thou dwellest, even where Satan’s

seat is: and thou holdest fast my

name, and hast not denied my faith,

even in those days wherein Anti-

pas was my faithful

martyr, who

was slain among you, where Satan

dwelleth.

14 But I have a few things against

thee, because thou hast there them

that hold the doctrine of

Balaam,

who taught Balac to cast a stum-

blingblock before the children of

Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto

idols, and to commit

fornication.

15 So hast thou also them that

hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans,

which thing I hate.

16 Repent; or else I will come unto

thee quickly, and will fight against

them with the sword of my mouth.

17 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches; To him that

overcometh

will I give to eat of the hidden

manna, and will give him a

white

stone, and in the stone a new

name

written, which no man knoweth

saving he that receiveth it.

18 And unto the

angel of the

church in

Thyatira write; These

things saith the Son of God, who

hath his

eyes like unto a flame of

fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

19 I know thy works, and charity,

and

service, and faith, and thy pa-

tience, and thy works; and the last

to be more than the first.

4 a D&C 4:2 (1–7).

5 a Rev. 1:20.

tg Apostasy of the Early

Christian Church.

tg Repent.

6 a

tg Secret Combinations.

7 a

tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of.

b 1 Jn. 5:5 (1–5);

Rev. 2:26; 21:7.

c Gen. 2:9;

Rev. 22:2 (1–16);

1 Ne. 8:10 (10–12).

tg Paradise.

9 a

tg Blaspheme.

10 a

tg Suffering.

tg Test.

c D&C 6:13; 31:13.

tg Martyrdom.

tg God, Gifts of.

e D&C 20:14.

tg Reward.

11 a

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second.

12 a Heb. 4:12;

Rev. 1:16.

13 a

tg Martyrdom.

14 a 2 Pet. 2:15 (10–22).

tg Sexual Immorality.

17 a Rom. 6:22 (11–22);

12:21 (4–21).

tg Bread of Life;

Jesus Christ, Types of, in

Anticipation.

c D&C 130:11 (10–11).

tg Urim and Thummim.

e Isa. 62:2; 65:15;

Rev. 19:12 (12–16).

tg Name.

18 a Rev. 1:20.

b Rev. 1:11.

c Rev. 1:14;

D&C 110:3 (2–3).

19 a

tg Service.

1568REVELATION 2:20–3:7

20 Notwithstanding I have a few

things against thee, because thou

sufferest that woman Jezebel, which

calleth herself a prophetess, to teach

and to seduce my servants to com-

mit fornication, and to eat things

sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent

of her fornication; and she repented

not.

22 Behold, I will cast her

into a

bed, and them that commit

adul-

tery with her into great tribulation,

except they repent of their deeds.

23 And I will kill her children with

death; and all the churches shall

know that I am he which

searcheth

the

reins and hearts: and I will give

unto every one of you according to

your works.

24 But unto you I say, and unto

the rest in Thyatira, as many as

have not this doctrine, and which

have not known the depths of Sa-

tan, as they speak; I will put upon

you none other burden.

25 But that which ye have already

hold fast till I come.

And he that

overcometh, and

keepeth my works unto the end,

to him will I give

power over the

nations:

27 And he shall rule them with a

rod of iron; as the

vessels of a pot-

ter shall they be broken to shivers:

even as I received of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morn-

ing

star.

29 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

CHAPTER 3

He who overcomes will retain his

name in the book of life, reach god-

hood, and be with Jesus as He is with

the Father.

A unto the

angel of the church

in Sardis write; These things saith

he that hath the seven

Spirits of

God, and the seven

stars; I

know

thy works, that thou hast a name

that thou livest, and art

dead.

Be watchful, and strengthen

the things which remain, that are

ready to die: for I have not found

thy works perfect before God.

3 Remember therefore how thou

hast received and heard, and hold

fast, and repent. If therefore thou

shalt not

watch, I will come on thee

as a

thief, and thou shalt not know

what hour I will come upon thee.

4 Thou hast a few names even in

Sardis which have not

defiled their

garments; and they shall

walk with

me in

white: for they are

worthy.

5 He that

overcometh, the same

shall be clothed in

white

raiment;

and I will not

blot out his name

out of the

book of life, but I will

confess his name before my Father,

and before his angels.

6 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

7 And to the angel of the church

22 a JSt Rev. 2:22 . . . into

hell, and them . . .

tg Adulterer.

23 a

tg God, Omniscience of.

gr (from Hebrew)

desires and thoughts.

25 a 2 Ne. 31:20.

26 a

JSt Rev. 2:26–27

(Appendix).

1 Ne. 11:25.

b Rev. 2:7; 3:5.

c Ps. 49:14;

Mal. 4:3 (2–3).

27 a Ps. 2:9;

1 Ne. 11:25.

b Ps. 31:12;

D&C 76:33 (31–33).

28 a 2 Pet. 1:19;

Rev. 22:16 (6–16).

1 a JSt Rev. 3:1 And unto

the servant of the

church in Sardis, write;

These things saith he

who hath the seven

stars, which are the

seven servants of God; I

know thy . . .

b Rev. 1:20.

c Rev. 1:4.

d Rev. 1:20 (16, 20).

tg God, Omniscience of.

f Eph. 2:1.

2 a

JSt Rev. 3:2 Be watchful

therefore, and strengthen

those who remain, who

are ready to die . . .

3 a D&C 39:23.

tg Watch.

b Luke 21:35;

Rev. 16:15.

4 a

tg Sacrilege.

tg Walking with God.

c Rev. 6:11.

tg Worthiness.

5 a Rev. 2:26;

D&C 76:60.

tg Salvation.

tg Remission of Sins.

gr clothing.

tg Book of Life.

tg Record Keeping.

gr acknowledge,

praise.

1569 REVELATION 3:8–4:1

in Philadelphia write; These things

saith he that is holy, he that is true,

he that hath the

key of David, he

that openeth, and no man shut-

teth; and shutteth, and no man

openeth;

8 I know thy works: behold, I have

set before thee an open door, and

no man can shut it: for thou hast

a little strength, and hast kept my

word, and hast not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will make them of the

synagogue of Satan, which say they

are Jews, and are not, but do lie;

behold, I will make them to come

and

worship before thy feet, and

to know that I have loved thee.

10 Because thou hast kept the word

of my patience, I also will

keep

thee from the hour of

temptation,

which shall come upon all the world,

to try them that dwell upon the

earth.

11 Behold, I come

quickly: hold

that fast which thou hast, that no

man take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh will I make

a pillar in the temple of my God,

and he shall go no more out: and I

will write upon him the

name of

my God, and the name of the city

of my God, which is

new Jerusalem,

which cometh down out of heaven

from my God: and I will write upon

him my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

14 And unto the angel of the church

of the Laodiceans write; These things

saith the Amen, the

faithful and

true witness, the

beginning of the

creation of God;

15 I know thy

works, that thou art

neither cold nor hot: I would thou

wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art

luke-

warm, and neither cold nor hot, I

will

spue thee out of my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest, I am

rich,

and increased with goods, and

have need of nothing; and know-

est not that thou art wretched, and

miserable, and poor, and blind,

and naked:

18 I

counsel thee to buy of me

gold tried in the fire, that thou

mayest be rich; and white raiment,

that thou mayest be clothed, and

that the shame of thy nakedness do

not appear; and anoint thine eyes

with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and

chasten: be zealous therefore, and

repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and

knock: if any man hear my voice,

and

open the door, I will

come in

to him, and will sup with him, and

he with me.

21 To him that

overcometh will I

grant to

sit with me in my

throne,

even as I also overcame, and am set

down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that hath an ear, let him

hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

CHAPTER 4

John sees the celestial earth, the throne

of God, and all created things worship-

ping the Lord.

A this I looked, and, behold, a

door was opened in heaven: and the

first voice which I heard was as it

were of a trumpet talking with me;

which said, Come up hither, and I

7 a tg Priesthood, Keys of;

Sealing.

9 a Isa. 49:23; 60:14.

tg Worship.

10 a

tg Refuge.

tg Temptation;

Test.

11 a D&C 87:8.

12 a Rev. 14:1; 22:4 (1–5).

tg Jerusalem, New;

Zion.

14 a Jer. 42:5.

tg Jesus Christ,

Firstborn.

tg Creation.

15 a Isa. 66:18.

16 a

tg Apathy;

Apostasy of the Early

Christian Church.

gr vomit.

17 a

tg Treasure.

18 a

tg Counsel.

b Matt. 13:46 (44–46);

D&C 6:7.

19 a

gr instruct, admonish.

tg Chastening.

20 a D&C 88:63.

b John 14:23 (23–25).

21 a 1 Jn. 5:4 (4–5).

b D&C 6:30.

c Matt. 25:21.

tg Exaltation;

Man, Potential to

Become like Heavenly

Father;

Salvation, Plan of.

1570REVELATION 4:2–5:6

will

shew thee things which must

be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the

spirit: and, behold, a throne was set

in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

3 And he that sat was to look upon

like a jasper and a sardine stone:

and there was a

rainbow round

about the throne, in sight like unto

an emerald.

And round about the throne were

four and twenty

seats: and upon

the seats I saw four and twenty

el-

ders sitting, clothed in white rai-

ment; and they had on their heads

crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded

lightnings and thunderings and

voices: and there were seven lamps

of fire burning before the throne,

which are the

seven

Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne there was a

sea of glass like unto crystal:

and in

the midst of the throne, and round

about the throne, were four

beasts

full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first beast was like a

lion, and the second beast like a calf,

and the third beast had a face as a

man, and the fourth beast was like

a flying eagle.

8 And the four beasts had each of

them six wings about him; and they

were full of eyes within: and they

rest not day and night, saying, Holy,

holy, holy,

Lord God

Almighty,

which was, and is, and is to come.

9 And when those beasts give glory

and honour and thanks to him that

sat on the throne, who liveth for

ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty elders fall

down before him that sat on the

throne, and worship him that liv-

eth for ever and ever, and cast their

crowns before the throne, saying,

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re-

ceive glory and honour and power:

for thou hast

created all things,

and

for thy pleasure they are and

were created.

CHAPTER 5

John sees the book sealed with seven

seals, and he sees those people redeemed

out of every nation—He hears every

creature praising God and the Lamb.

A I saw in the right hand of him

that sat on the throne a book

writ-

ten within and on the backside,

sealed with seven

seals.

2 And I saw a strong angel pro-

claiming with a loud voice, Who is

worthy to open the book, and to

loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in

earth, neither under the earth, was

able to open the book, neither to

look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no

man was found worthy to open

and to read the book, neither to

look thereon.

5 And one of the elders saith unto

me, Weep not: behold, the

Lion

of the tribe of

Juda, the

Root of

David, hath prevailed to open the

book, and to loose the seven seals

thereof.

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst

of the throne and of the four beasts,

and in the midst of the elders, stood

Lamb as it had been slain,

having

1 a tg Revelation.

3 a Ezek. 1:28.

4 a

JSt Rev. 4:4 And in the

midst of the throne . . .

gr thrones.

c D&C 77:5.

5 a

JSt Rev. 4:5 . . . seven

servants . . .

b Ezek. 1:13; Rev. 1:4.

6 a Ezek. 1:22;

D&C 77:1.

tg Earth, Destiny of.

JSt Rev. 4:6 . . . and in the

midst of the throne were

the four and twenty elders;

and round about . . .

c D&C 77:2.

tg Cherubim;

Symbolism.

8 a Isa. 6:3 (2–3);

Ezek. 1:28 (9–11, 28).

tg God, Power of.

11 a

tg Jesus Christ, Creator.

gr through, on account

of Thy will.

1 a Ezek. 2:9 (9–10).

b D&C 77:6.

tg Seal.

2 a

tg Worthiness.

5 a Gen. 49:9.

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

c Isa. 11:10;

Rev. 22:16 (6–16).

6 a

tg Jesus Christ, Types

of, in Anticipation.

JSt Rev. 5:6 . . . having

twelve horns and twelve

eyes, which are the

twelve servants of God,

sent forth into all the

earth.

1571 REVELATION 5:7–6:8

seven horns and seven eyes, which

are the seven Spirits of God sent

forth into all the earth.

7 And he came and took the book

out of the right hand of him that

sat upon the throne.

8 And when he had taken the book,

the four beasts and four and twenty

elders fell down before the Lamb,

having every one of them harps, and

golden vials full of

odours, which

are the

prayers of saints.

9 And they

sung a new song, say-

ing, Thou art worthy to take the

book, and to open the seals thereof:

for thou wast slain, and hast

re-

deemed us to God by thy blood out

of every

kindred, and tongue, and

people, and nation;

10 And hast made us unto our God

kings and

priests: and we shall

reign on the earth.

11 And I beheld, and I heard the

voice of many angels round about

the throne and the beasts and the

elders: and the number of them was

ten thousand times ten thousand,

and

thousands of thousands;

12 Saying with a loud voice, Wor-

thy is the

Lamb that was slain to

receive

power, and riches, and

wis-

dom, and strength, and honour, and

glory, and blessing.

13 And every

creature which is in

heaven, and on the earth, and un-

der the earth, and such as are in the

sea, and all that are in them, heard

I saying, Blessing, and honour, and

glory, and

power, be unto him that

sitteth upon the throne, and unto

the Lamb for ever and ever.

14 And the four beasts said, Amen.

And the four and twenty elders fell

down and worshipped him that liv-

eth for ever and ever.

CHAPTER 6

Christ opens the six seals, and John sees

the events therein—In the fifth seal,

he sees the Christian martyrs; and in

the sixth, he sees the signs of the times.

A I saw when the Lamb opened

one of the

seals, and I heard, as it

were the noise of thunder, one of the

four

beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white

horse: and he that sat on him had

a bow; and a crown was given unto

him: and he went forth conquering,

and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the

second seal, I heard the second

beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse

that was red: and power was given to

him that sat thereon to take

peace

from the earth, and that they should

kill one another: and there was given

unto him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the

third seal, I heard the third beast

say, Come and see. And I beheld,

and lo a black horse; and he that

sat on him had a pair of balances

in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst

of the four beasts say, A measure of

wheat for a penny, and three mea-

sures of barley for a penny; and see

thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the

fourth seal, I heard the voice of the

fourth beast say, Come and see.

8 And I looked, and behold a pale

horse: and his name that sat on him

was Death, and Hell followed with

him. And power was given unto

them over the fourth part of the

earth, to kill with

sword, and with

hunger, and with death, and with

the beasts of the earth.

8 a gr incense.

b 1 Chr. 23:13;

Ps. 141:2;

Rev. 8:4 (3–4).

9 a

tg Singing.

tg Jesus Christ,

Redeemer; Redemption.

c Rev. 7:9.

10 a

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood.

bd Priests.

11 a Dan. 7:10.

12 a

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb of

God.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

tg God, Wisdom of.

13 a D&C 88:104.

Jesus Christ, Power of.

1 a JSt Rev. 6:1 And I saw

when the Lamb opened

one of the seals, one

of the four beasts, and I

heard . . .

tg Seal.

tg Cherubim.

3 a D&C 77:7;

Moses 8:28 (22, 28–29).

4 a D&C 1:35.

8 a Ezek. 5:17; 14:21; 33:27.

1572REVELATION 6:9–7:6

9 And when he had opened the

fifth seal, I saw under the

altar

the souls of them that were

slain

for the word of God, and for the

testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud

voice, saying, How long, O Lord,

holy and true, dost thou not judge

and

avenge our blood on them that

dwell on the earth?

11 And

white

robes were given

unto every one of them; and it was

said unto them, that they should

rest yet for a little season, until

their fellowservants also and their

brethren, that should be killed as

they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had

opened the

sixth seal, and, lo,

there was a great

earthquake; and

the

sun became

black as sack-

cloth of hair, and the moon became

blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell

unto the earth, even as a fig tree

casteth her

untimely figs, when she

is shaken of a mighty wind.

And the heaven departed as a

scroll when it is rolled together; and

every

mountain and island were

moved out of their places.

15 And the

kings of the earth, and

the great men, and the rich men, and

the chief captains, and the mighty

men, and every bondman, and every

free man, hid themselves in the

dens

and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the

mountains and

rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from

the face of him that sitteth on the

throne, and from the wrath of the

Lamb:

17 For the great

day of his wrath

is come; and who shall be able to

stand?

CHAPTER 7

John also sees in the sixth seal the Res-

toration of the gospel, the sealing of the

144,000, and the hosts of the exalted

from all nations.

A after these things I saw four

angels standing on the four cor-

ners of the earth, holding the four

winds of the earth, that the wind

should not blow on the earth, nor

on the sea, nor on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel

ascend-

ing from the east, having the

seal

of the living God: and he cried with

a loud voice to the four angels, to

whom it was given to hurt the earth

and the sea,

3 Saying,

Hurt not the earth, nei-

ther the sea, nor the trees, till we

have

sealed the

servants of our

God in their foreheads.

4 And I heard the number of them

which were sealed: and there were

sealed an

hundred and forty and

four thousand of all the

tribes of

the children of

Israel.

5 Of the tribe of

Juda were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

Reuben were sealed twelve thou-

sand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed

twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

9 a D&C 135:7.

tg Martyrdom;

Persecution.

10 a Deut. 32:43.

11 a Rev. 3:4.

tg Apparel.

tg Paradise.

12 a D&C 77:10.

tg Last Days.

b Rev. 16:18.

tg World, End of.

d Matt. 24:29; D&C 45:42.

e Joel 2:31; D&C 88:87.

13 a

ie figs that ripen late,

hanging on the tree

even into the winter.

14 a

JSt Rev. 6:14 And the

heavens opened as a

scroll is opened when it

is rolled together;

and every mountain,

and island, was moved

out of its place.

b Isa. 34:4;

D&C 88:95.

c Rev. 16:20 (17–21).

15 a

tg Kings, Earthly.

b Isa. 2:19.

16 a Hosea 10:8;

Luke 23:30 (27–31).

17 a

tg Day of the Lord;

Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

b Ps. 76:7.

1 a D&C 77:8.

b Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 11:4.

2 a D&C 77:9.

tg Seal.

3 a Rev. 9:4.

b Rev. 22:4 (1–5).

tg High Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood;

Servant.

4 a D&C 77:11.

tg Israel, Twelve

Tribes of.

c D&C 77:9.

tg Israel, Blessings of.

5 a

tg Israel, Judah,

People of.

b Ezek. 48:31 (6–7, 31).

1573 REVELATION 7:7–8:7

Nepthalim were sealed twelve thou-

sand. Of the tribe of Manasses were

sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

Levi were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed

twelve thousand.

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were

sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe

Joseph were sealed twelve thou-

sand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were

sealed twelve thousand.

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a

great multitude, which no man

could number, of all nations, and

kindreds, and people, and tongues,

stood before the throne, and before

the Lamb, clothed with white robes,

and

palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice,

saying, Salvation to our God which

sitteth upon the throne, and unto

the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round

about the throne, and about the el-

ders and the four

beasts, and fell

before the throne on their faces,

and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and

glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiv-

ing, and honour, and power, and

might, be unto our God for ever and

ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered,

saying unto me, What are these

which are arrayed in white robes?

and whence came they?

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou

knowest. And he said to me, These

are they which came

out of great

tribulation, and have

washed their

robes, and made them

white in the

blood of the

Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the

throne of God, and serve him day

and night in his

temple: and he that

sitteth on the throne shall

dwell

among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, nei-

ther

thirst any more; neither shall

the

sun light on them, nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the

midst of the throne shall feed them,

and shall lead them unto living

fountains of

waters: and God shall

wipe away all

tears from their eyes.

CHAPTER 8

John sees fire and desolation poured out

during the seventh seal and preceding

the Second Coming.

A when he had

opened the

sev-

enth seal, there was

silence in heav-

en about the space of half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels which

stood before God; and to them were

given seven

trumpets.

3 And another angel came and

stood at the altar, having a golden

censer; and there was given unto

him much

incense, that he should

offer it with the prayers of all saints

upon the golden altar which was

before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense,

which came with the

prayers of the

saints, ascended up before God out

of the angel’s hand.

5 And the angel took the censer,

and filled it with fire of the altar,

and

cast it into the earth: and there

were

voices, and thunderings, and

lightnings, and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels which had

the seven

trumpets prepared them-

selves to sound.

7 The first angel sounded, and there

followed hail and

fire mingled with

8 a tg Israel, Joseph,

People of.

9 a Rev. 5:9.

b Ezek. 41:18 (18–19).

11 a

tg Cherubim.

14 a

tg Peace of God.

tg Tribulation.

c 3 Ne. 27:19.

tg Purity; Wash.

tg Remission of Sins.

e 1 Jn. 1:7.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

15 a

tg Temple.

b Ps. 47:8;

D&C 88:13.

tg God, Presence of.

16 a Isa. 49:10.

b Ps. 121:6.

17 a

tg Living Water.

b Rev. 21:4.

1 a D&C 77:13.

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming; Sabbath.

tg Silence.

2 a D&C 77:12.

3 a Lev. 16:13 (12–13);

Num. 16:40 (36–40).

4 a Rev. 5:8.

5 a Ezek. 10:2.

b D&C 88:90.

6 a D&C 77:12.

7 a Ex. 9:24 (22–25).

1574REVELATION 8:8–9:13

blood, and they were cast upon

the earth: and the third part of

trees was burnt up, and all green

grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded,

and as it were a great mountain

burning with fire was cast into the

sea: and the third part of the sea

became

blood;

9 And the third part of the crea-

tures which were in the sea, and

had life, died; and the third part of

the ships were destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded,

and there

fell a great star from

heaven, burning as it were a lamp,

and it fell upon the third part of

the rivers, and upon the fountains

of waters;

11 And the name of the star is

called Wormwood: and the third part

of the waters became wormwood;

and many men died of the waters,

because they were made bitter.

12 And the fourth angel sounded,

and the third part of the sun was

smitten, and the third part of

the moon, and the third part of the

stars; so as the third part of them

was darkened, and the day shone

not for a third part of it, and the

night likewise.

13 And I beheld, and heard an

angel flying through the midst of

heaven, saying with a loud voice,

Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters

of the earth by reason of the other

voices of the trumpet of the three

angels, which are yet to sound!

CHAPTER 9

John also sees the wars and plagues

poured out during the seventh seal and

before the Lord comes.

A the fifth angel sounded, and

I saw a star fall from heaven unto

the earth:

and to him was given the

key of the

bottomless

pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless

pit; and there arose a smoke out of

the pit, as the smoke of a great fur-

nace; and the sun and the air were

darkened by reason of the smoke

of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke

locusts upon the earth: and unto

them was given power, as the scor-

pions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that

they should not hurt the grass of the

earth, neither any green thing, nei-

ther any tree; but only those

men

which have not the

seal of God in

their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that

they should not kill them, but

that they should be tormented five

months: and their torment was

as the torment of a scorpion, when

he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek

death, and shall not find it; and

shall desire to die, and death shall

flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts

were like unto horses prepared unto

battle; and on their heads were as

it were crowns like gold, and their

faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of

women, and their teeth were as the

teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as

it were breastplates of iron; and

the sound of their wings was as the

sound of chariots of many horses

running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto

scorpions, and there were stings in

their tails: and their power was to

hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them,

which is the angel of the bottomless

pit, whose name in the Hebrew

tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek

tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold,

there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded,

8 a tg Blood, Symbolism of.

10 a Isa. 14:12.

13 a D&C 88:92.

b Hel. 7:22; D&C 5:5.

1 a JSt Rev. 9:1 . . . and to the

angel was given the key

of the bottomless pit.

gr pit of the abyss.

c Rev. 20:1.

4 a Rev. 7:3.

tg Seal.

6 a Job 3:21;

Jer. 8:3.

8 a Joel 1:6.

9 a Joel 2:5.

1575 REVELATION 9:14–10:10

and I heard a voice from the four

horns of the golden altar which is

before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which

had the trumpet, Loose the four an-

gels which are bound

in the great

river Euphrates.

15 And the four angels were loosed,

which were prepared for an hour,

and a day, and a month, and a year,

for to slay the third part of men.

16 And the

number of the army

of the horsemen were two hundred

thousand thousand: and I heard the

number of them.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the

vision, and them that sat on them,

having breastplates of fire, and of

jacinth, and brimstone: and the

heads of the horses were as the heads

of lions; and out of their mouths is-

sued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 By these three was the third

part of men killed, by the fire, and

by the smoke, and by the brimstone,

which issued out of their mouths.

19 For their power is in their

mouth, and in their tails: for their

tails were like unto serpents, and had

heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 And the rest of the men which

were not killed by these plagues yet

repented not of the works of their

hands, that they should not wor-

ship devils, and idols of gold, and

silver, and brass, and stone, and of

wood: which neither can see, nor

hear, nor walk:

21 Neither repented they of their

murders, nor of their

sorceries,

nor of their fornication, nor of their

thefts.

CHAPTER 10

John seals up many things relative to the

last days—He is commissioned to par-

ticipate in the restoration of all things.

A I saw another mighty angel

come down from heaven, clothed

with a cloud: and a rainbow was

upon his head, and his face was as

it were the sun, and his feet as pil-

lars of fire:

2 And he had in his hand a little

book open: and he set his right

foot upon the sea, and his left foot

on the earth,

3 And cried with a loud voice, as

when a lion roareth: and when he

had cried, seven thunders uttered

their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders

had uttered their voices, I was about

to write: and I heard a voice from

heaven saying unto me, Seal up

those things which the seven thun-

ders uttered, and write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw

stand

upon the sea and upon the earth

lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 And

sware by him that liveth for

ever and ever, who created heaven,

and the things that therein are,

and the earth, and the things that

therein are, and the sea, and the

things which are therein, that there

should be

time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of

the seventh angel, when he shall

begin to sound, the

mystery of God

should be finished, as he hath de-

clared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard

from heaven spake unto me again,

and said, Go and take the little book

which is open in the hand of the

angel which standeth upon the sea

and upon the earth.

9 And I went unto the angel, and

said unto him, Give me the little

book. And he said unto me, Take

it, and eat it up; and it shall make

thy belly bitter, but it shall be in

thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out

of the angel’s hand, and

ate it up;

and it was in my mouth sweet as

honey: and as soon as I had eaten

it, my belly was bitter.

14 a JSt Rev. 9:14 . . . in the

bottomless pit.

16 a Joel 1:6.

21 a

tg Murder.

tg Sorcery.

2 a Ezek. 2:9 (9–10).

5 a D&C 88:110.

6 a Dan. 12:7.

tg Time.

7 a

tg Mysteries of

Godliness.

10 a Jer. 15:16;

Ezek. 2:8; 3:3 (1–3);

D&C 77:14.

1576REVELATION 10:11–11:16

11 And he said unto me, Thou

must prophesy

again before many

peoples, and nations, and tongues,

and kings.

CHAPTER 11

In the last days, two prophets will be

slain in Jerusalem—After 3½ days,

they will be resurrected—Christ will

reign over all the earth.

A there was given me a

reed like

unto a rod:

and the angel stood, say-

ing, Rise, and

measure the temple

of God, and the

altar, and them

that worship therein.

2 But the court which is without

the temple leave out, and measure it

not; for it is given unto the Gentiles:

and the

holy city shall they tread

under foot forty and two months.

3 And I will give

power unto my two

witnesses, and they shall prophesy

a thousand two hundred and three-

score days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees,

and the two candlesticks standing

before the God of the earth.

5 And if any man will hurt them,

fire proceedeth out of their mouth,

and devoureth their enemies: and

if any man will hurt them, he must

in this manner be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven,

that it rain not in the days of their

prophecy: and have power over wa-

ters to

turn them to blood, and to

smite the earth with all

plagues,

as often as they will.

7 And when they shall have fin-

ished their testimony, the beast that

ascendeth out of the bottomless pit

shall make war against them, and

shall

overcome them, and

kill

them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in

the street of the great city, which

spiritually is called Sodom and

Egypt, where also our Lord was

crucified.

9 And they of the people and kin-

dreds and tongues and nations shall

see their dead bodies three days and

an half, and shall not suffer their

dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the

earth shall rejoice over them, and

make merry, and shall send gifts

one to another; because these two

prophets tormented them that dwelt

on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half

the Spirit of life from God entered

into them, and they stood upon their

feet; and great fear fell upon them

which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice

from heaven saying unto them,

Come up hither. And they ascended

up to heaven in a cloud; and their

enemies beheld them.

13 And the same hour was there

a great

earthquake, and the tenth

part of the city fell, and in the

earthquake were slain of men seven

thousand: and the remnant were af-

frighted, and gave glory to the God of

heaven.

14 The second woe is past; and, be-

hold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded;

and there were great voices in

heaven, saying, The

kingdoms of

this world are become the

kingdoms

of our Lord, and of his

Christ; and

he shall

reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders,

which sat before God on their seats,

fell upon their faces, and wor-

shipped God,

11 a John 21:22 (20–25).

1 a Ezek. 45:1.

b The Greek text omits

“and the angel stood.”

c Ezek. 40:3.

d Ex. 30:1;

Ezek. 41:22.

2 a Neh. 11:1.

3 a The Greek text omits

“power.”

b Isa. 51:19 (19–20);

Zech. 4:14 (11–14);

2 Ne. 8:19 (18–20);

D&C 77:15.

tg Last Days;

Witness.

6 a Ex. 7:17 (17–21).

tg Plague.

7 a

tg Apostasy of the

Early Christian

Church.

tg Martyrdom.

8 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Crucifixion of.

13 a Rev. 16:18 (18–19);

D&C 88:89 (87–90).

15 a

tg Kings, Earthly.

tg Kingdom of God,

on Earth.

c Dan. 7:13 (9–14).

tg Jesus Christ,

Millennial Reign.

1577 REVELATION 11:17–12:12

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O

Lord God

Almighty, which art, and

wast, and art to come; because thou

hast taken to thee thy great power,

and hast reigned.

18 And the nations were angry,

and thy wrath is come, and the

time of the dead, that they should

judged, and that thou should-

est give reward unto thy servants

the prophets, and to the saints, and

them that fear thy name, small and

great; and shouldest destroy them

which

destroy the earth.

19 And the temple of God was

opened in heaven, and there was

seen in his temple the

ark of his

testament: and there were light-

nings, and voices, and thunderings,

and an earthquake, and great

hail.

CHAPTER 12

John sees the imminent apostasy of

the Church—He also sees the War in

Heaven in the beginning when Satan

was cast out—He sees the continuation

of that war on earth.

A there appeared a great wonder

in heaven; a

woman clothed with

the sun, and the moon under her

feet, and upon her head a crown

of twelve stars:

2 And she being with

child cried,

travailing in birth, and pained to

be delivered.

3 And there appeared another won-

der in heaven; and behold a great

red dragon, having seven heads and

ten horns, and seven crowns upon

his heads.

4 And his tail drew the

third part

of the stars of heaven, and did cast

them to the earth: and the dragon

stood before the woman which was

ready to be delivered, for to devour

her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man

child, who was to rule all nations

with a

rod of iron: and her child

was caught up unto God, and to his

throne.

6 And the

woman fled into the

wilderness, where she hath a place

prepared of God, that they should

feed her there a thousand two hun-

dred and threescore days.

7 And there was

war in heaven:

Michael and his

angels fought

against the dragon; and the

dragon

fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was

their place found any more in

heaven.

9 And the great dragon was

cast

out, that old serpent, called the

Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth

the whole world: he was cast out

into the earth, and his angels were

cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud

voice saying

in heaven, Now is come salvation,

and

strength, and the kingdom of

our God, and the

power of his Christ:

for the

accuser of our brethren is

cast down, which accused them be-

fore our God day and night.

11 And they

overcame him by the

blood of the Lamb, and by the word

of their

testimony; and they loved

not their lives unto the

death.

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens,

and ye that dwell in them. Woe to

the inhabiters of the earth and of the

sea! for the devil is come down unto

you, having great wrath, because he

17 a tg God, Power of.

18 a Dan. 7:10;

D&C 29:13.

gr corrupt, waste,

pervert.

19 a

tg Ark of the Covenant.

b Ezek. 13:13;

Rev. 16:21;

D&C 29:16.

1 a JSt Rev. 12:1–17

(Appendix). Note the

changed sequence of

verses in the

JSt.

b D&C 5:14.

2 a Isa. 66:7 (7–9).

4 a D&C 29:36 (36–38).

tg Sons of Perdition.

5 a 1 Ne. 11:25.

6 a Amos 8:11 (11–12);

D&C 33:5; 86:3.

7 a

tg Council in Heaven;

Rebellion;

War.

tg Adam; Man, Ante-

mortal Existence of.

tg Angels.

tg Devil.

8 a

tg Death, Spiritual,

First.

9 a 2 Ne. 9:9 (8–9).

tg Devil.

10 a

tg God, Manifesta-

tions of.

tg Strength.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

d Isa. 29:20;

D&C 88:124.

11 a John 16:33;

1 Jn. 1:7.

tg Testimony.

tg Martyrdom.

1578REVELATION 12:13–13:13

knoweth that he hath but a short

time.

13 And when the dragon saw that

he was cast unto the earth, he

per-

secuted the woman which brought

forth the man child.

14 And to the woman were given

two wings of a great eagle, that she

might fly into the wilderness, into

her place, where she is nourished

for a time, and times, and half a

time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his

mouth water as a flood after the

woman, that he might cause her to

be carried away of the flood.

16 And the earth helped the woman,

and the earth opened her mouth,

and swallowed up the flood which

the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the

dragon was wroth

with the woman, and went to make

war with the remnant of her seed,

which keep the commandments of

God, and have the testimony of Jesus

Christ.

CHAPTER 13

John sees fierce-looking beasts that

represent degenerate earthly kingdoms

controlled by Satan—The devil works

miracles and deceives men.

A I stood upon the sand of the

sea, and saw a beast rise up out of

the

sea, having seven heads and

ten horns, and upon his horns ten

crowns, and upon his heads the

name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was

like unto a leopard, and his feet

were as the feet of a bear, and his

mouth as the mouth of a lion: and

the dragon gave him his

power,

and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as

it were wounded to death; and his

deadly wound was healed: and all

the world wondered after the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon

which gave power unto the

beast:

and they

worshipped the beast,

saying, Who is like unto the beast?

who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given unto him a

mouth speaking great things and

blasphemies; and power was given

unto him to continue forty and two

months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blas-

phemy against God, to blaspheme

his

name, and his tabernacle, and

them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to

make war with the saints, and to

overcome them: and

power was

given him over all kindreds, and

tongues, and nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth

shall worship him, whose names are

not written in the

book of life of

the

Lamb slain from the

founda-

tion of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him

hear.

10 He that leadeth into captivity

shall go into captivity: he that

kil-

leth with the sword must be killed

with the sword. Here is the

patience

and the faith of the

saints.

11 And I beheld another beast

coming up out of the earth; and he

had two horns like a lamb, and

he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power

of the first beast before him, and

causeth the earth and them which

dwell therein to worship the first

beast, whose deadly wound was

healed.

13 And he doeth great wonders, so

that he maketh fire come down from

13 a Dan. 7:25; 12:7;

D&C 10:32; 132:57.

17 a

tg Devil, Church of.

b Dan. 7:21.

1 a JSt Rev. 13:1 And I

saw another sign, in the

likeness of the kingdoms

of the earth; a beast rise

up out of the sea, and

he stood upon the sand

of the sea, having seven

heads . . .

b Dan. 7:3 (3–7).

2 a Luke 4:6.

4 a

tg Babylon.

tg Worship.

5 a Dan. 7:8.

tg Blaspheme;

False Doctrine.

6 a

tg Name.

7 a

tg False Priesthoods.

8 a

tg Book of Life.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

tg Foreordination.

10 a

tg Blood, Shedding of;

Retribution.

tg Patience.

tg Saints.

1579 REVELATION 13:14–14:10

heaven on the earth in the sight

of men,

14 And

deceiveth them that dwell

on the earth by the means of those

miracles which he had power to do

in the sight of the beast; saying to

them that dwell on the earth, that

they should make an image to the

beast, which had the wound by a

sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life

unto the image of the beast, that

the image of the beast should both

speak, and cause that as many as

would not worship the image of the

beast should be killed.

16 And he causeth all, both small

and great, rich and poor, free and

bond, to receive a mark in their

right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or

sell, save he that had the mark, or

the name of the beast, or the num-

ber of his name.

18 Here is

wisdom. Let him that

hath understanding count the num-

ber of the beast: for it is the num-

ber of a man; and his number is Six

hundred threescore and six.

CHAPTER 14

The Lamb will stand upon Mount

Zion—The gospel will be restored in the

last days by angelic ministry—The Son

of Man will harvest the earth.

A I looked, and, lo, a

Lamb stood

on the mount

Sion, and with him

an hundred forty and four thousand,

having his Father’s

name written

in their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven,

as the voice of many waters, and as

the voice of a great thunder: and I

heard the voice of harpers harping

with their harps:

3 And they sung as it were a new

song before the throne, and be-

fore the four beasts, and the elders:

and no man could learn that song

but the hundred and forty and four

thousand, which were redeemed

from the earth.

4 These are they which were not

defiled with

women; for they are

virgins. These are they which follow

the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

These were

redeemed from among

men, being the firstfruits unto God

and to the Lamb.

5 And in their mouth was found

guile: for they are without fault

before the throne of God.

6 And I saw another

angel fly

in the midst of heaven, having the

everlasting

gospel to

preach unto

them that dwell on the earth, and

to every

nation, and kindred, and

tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice,

Fear

God, and give glory to him; for the

hour of his

judgment is come: and

worship

him that made

heaven,

and earth, and the sea, and the foun-

tains of waters.

8 And there followed another an-

gel, saying,

Babylon is

fallen, is

fallen, that great

city, because she

made all nations drink of the wine

of the wrath of her

fornication.

9 And the third angel followed

them, saying with a loud voice, If

any man worship the beast and his

image, and receive his mark in his

forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine

14 a Matt. 24:24;

Rev. 19:20;

2 Ne. 28:21 (6–21);

D&C 52:14.

tg Miracle.

18 a D&C 10:34 (34–35);

57:9.

1 a D&C 133:18.

tg Zion.

c Rev. 3:12; 22:4 (1–5).

tg Name.

3 a

tg Singing.

4 a

tg Woman.

gr purchased,

ransomed, redeemed.

Jude 1:24;

D&C 43:29; 77:5.

5 a

tg Guile.

6 a D&C 133:36.

tg Angels.

b D&C 79:1.

c D&C 27:16.

tg Book of Mormon;

Gospel;

Restoration of the

Gospel.

tg Missionary Work.

tg Nations.

7 a D&C 88:104.

tg Reverence.

tg Judgment, the Last.

tg Worship.

tg God, Creator.

e Neh. 9:6.

8 a Isa. 21:9.

tg Babylon.

b D&C 88:105.

c Rev. 17:18.

d D&C 88:94.

1580REVELATION 14:11–15:6

of the wrath of God, which is

poured

out without mixture into the cup of

his

indignation; and he shall be

tormented with fire and brimstone

in the presence of the holy angels,

and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment

ascendeth up for ever and ever: and

they have no rest day nor night, who

worship the beast and his image,

and whosoever receiveth the mark

of his name.

12 Here is the

patience of the

saints: here are they that keep

the commandments of God, and

the faith of Jesus.

13 And I heard a voice from heaven

saying unto me, Write,

Blessed are

the

dead which

die in the Lord

from henceforth: Yea, saith the

Spirit, that they may

rest from

their labours; and their works do

follow them.

14 And I looked, and behold a white

cloud, and upon the cloud one sat

like unto the

Son of man, having

on his head a golden crown, and in

his hand a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out

of the temple, crying with a loud

voice to him that sat on the cloud,

Thrust in thy sickle, and

reap: for

the time is come for thee to reap;

for the

harvest of the earth is

ripe.

16 And he that sat on the cloud

thrust in his sickle on the earth;

and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of

the temple which is in heaven, he

also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out

from the altar, which had power

over fire; and cried with a loud cry

to him that had the sharp sickle, say-

ing, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and

gather the clusters of the

vine of the

earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19 And the angel thrust in his

sickle into the earth, and gathered

the vine of the earth, and cast it into

the great

winepress of the wrath

of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden

without the city, and blood came

out of the winepress, even unto

the horse bridles, by the space of a

thousand and six hundred furlongs.

CHAPTER 15

Exalted Saints praise God in celestial

glory forever.

A I saw another sign in heaven,

great and marvellous, seven angels

having the seven last

plagues; for in

them is filled up the wrath of God.

2 And I saw as it were a

sea of

glass mingled with fire: and them

that had gotten the victory over the

beast, and over his image, and over

his mark, and over the number of

his name, stand on the sea of glass,

having the harps of God.

3 And they

sing the song of Moses

the servant of God, and the song

of the Lamb, saying,

Great and

marvellous are thy works, Lord God

Almighty;

just and true are thy

ways, thou King of

saints.

4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord,

and glorify thy

name? for thou only

art holy: for all nations shall come

and worship before thee; for thy

judgments are made manifest.

5 And after that I looked, and, be-

hold, the temple of the tabernacle of

the

testimony in heaven was opened:

6 And the seven angels came out

of the temple, having the seven

plagues, clothed in pure and white

10 a D&C 115:6.

tg God, Indignation of.

12 a

tg Patience.

13 a 1 Ne. 22:22 (22–23);

D&C 88:26 (25–29);

Moses 7:63 (1–66).

tg Death;

Spirits, Disembodied.

c D&C 42:44; 59:2.

tg Paradise; Rest.

14 a

tg Jesus Christ, Son of

Man.

15 a D&C 31:5.

b D&C 12:4.

tg Harvest.

d D&C 18:6.

18 a

tg Vineyard of the

Lord.

19 a Isa. 63:3 (3–4);

Joel 3:13;

Rev. 19:15;

D&C 88:106.

1 a tg Plague.

2 a D&C 130:7 (1–11).

tg Earth, Destiny of.

3 a

tg Singing.

b D&C 76:114.

tg God, Justice of;

Justice.

tg Saints.

4 a Ps. 99:3.

5 a

tg Testimony.

6 a

tg Last Days.

1581 REVELATION 15:7–16:17

linen, and having their breasts

girded with golden girdles.

7 And one of the four beasts gave

unto the seven angels seven golden

vials full of the wrath of God, who

liveth for ever and ever.

8 And the temple was filled with

smoke from the glory of God, and

from his power; and no man was

able to enter into the temple, till

the seven plagues of the seven an-

gels were fulfilled.

CHAPTER 16

God pours out plagues upon the wicked—

The nations assemble for Armaged-

don—Christ comes, islands flee, and

mountains cease.

A I heard a great voice out of

the temple saying to the seven an-

gels, Go your ways, and pour out

the vials of the wrath of God upon

the earth.

2 And the first went, and poured

out his vial upon the earth; and

there fell a

noisome and grievous

sore upon the men which had the

mark of the beast, and upon them

which worshipped his image.

3 And the second angel poured out

his vial upon the sea; and it became

as the blood of a dead man: and ev-

ery living soul died in the sea.

4 And the third angel poured out

his vial upon the rivers and foun-

tains of waters; and they became

blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the wa-

ters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,

which art, and wast, and shalt be,

because thou hast

judged thus.

6 For they have

shed the

blood

of saints and prophets, and thou

hast given them blood to drink; for

they are

worthy.

7 And I heard another out of

the altar say, Even so, Lord God

Almighty, true and righteous are

thy judgments.

8 And the fourth angel poured out

his vial upon the sun; and power

was given unto him to scorch men

with fire.

9 And men were scorched with

great heat, and

blasphemed the

name of God, which hath power over

these plagues: and they repented

not to give him glory.

10 And the fifth angel poured out

his vial upon the seat of the beast;

and his kingdom was full of

dark-

ness; and they gnawed their tongues

for pain,

11 And blasphemed the God of

heaven because of their

pains and

their sores, and repented not of

their deeds.

12 And the sixth angel poured out

his vial upon the great river Euphra-

tes; and the water thereof was dried

up, that the way of the kings of the

east might be prepared.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits

like frogs come out of the mouth of

the dragon, and out of the mouth

of the beast, and out of the mouth of

the

false prophet.

14 For they are the

spirits of

dev-

ils, working

miracles, which go forth

unto the kings of the earth and of

the whole world, to gather them to

the

battle of that great day of God

Almighty.

15 Behold, I come as a

thief.

Blessed is he that

watcheth, and

keepeth his garments, lest he walk

naked, and they see his shame.

16 And he gathered them together

into a place called in the Hebrew

tongue

Armageddon.

17 And the seventh angel poured

out his vial into the air; and there

came a great voice out of the temple

of heaven, from the throne, saying,

It is done.

2 a gr bad, evil.

5 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

6 a

tg Prophets,

Rejection of.

tg Martyrdom.

gr deserving.

9 a

tg Blaspheme.

10 a

tg Darkness, Spiritual.

11 a

tg Pain.

13 a

tg Antichrist;

False Prophets.

14 a D&C 50:1.

b Matt. 24:24;

2 Ne. 9:9 (8–12).

tg Miracle.

d Rev. 17:14.

15 a Luke 21:35; Rev. 3:3.

b D&C 49:7 (5–9);

106:5 (4–5).

tg Watch.

16 a Ezek. 38:16 (15–16);

Joel 3:14 (9–14);

Zech. 14:2 (2–5);

Luke 21:20 (20–24).

1582REVELATION 16:18–17:12

18 And there were voices, and

thunders, and lightnings; and there

was a great

earthquake, such as

was not since men were upon the

earth, so mighty an earthquake, and

so great.

19 And the great city was divided

into three parts, and the cities of

the nations fell: and great

Babylon

came in remembrance before God,

to give unto her the cup of the wine

of the fierceness of his

wrath.

20 And every island fled away,

and the

mountains were not found.

21 And there fell upon men a great

hail out of heaven, every stone about

the weight of a talent: and men blas-

phemed God because of the plague

of the hail; for the plague thereof

was exceeding great.

CHAPTER 17

John is shown that Babylon the great,

the mother of harlots and abomina-

tions, has become established through-

out the earth.

A there came one of the seven

angels which had the seven vials,

and talked with me, saying unto me,

Come hither; I will shew unto thee

the

judgment of the great

whore

that sitteth upon many

waters:

2 With whom the kings of the earth

have committed fornication, and

the

inhabitants of the earth have

been made drunk with the wine of

her

fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the

spirit into the wilderness: and I

saw a woman sit upon a scarlet

coloured beast, full of

names of

blasphemy, having seven heads and

ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed

in purple and scarlet colour, and

decked with gold and precious stones

and pearls, having a golden cup in

her hand

full of abominations and

filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a

name written,

MYSTERY,

BAB-

YLON THE GREAT, THE

MOTHER

OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA-

TIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken

with the

blood of the saints, and with

the blood of the

martyrs of Jesus:

and when I saw her, I wondered

with great

admiration.

7 And the angel said unto me,

Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will

tell thee the mystery of the woman,

and of the beast that carrieth her,

which hath the seven heads and

ten horns.

8 The beast that thou sawest was,

and is not; and shall ascend out of

the bottomless pit, and go into

per-

dition: and they that dwell on the

earth shall wonder, whose names

were not written in the

book of life

from the foundation of the world,

when they behold the beast that

was, and is not, and yet is.

9 And here is the

mind which

hath wisdom. The seven heads are

seven mountains, on which the

woman sitteth.

10 And there are seven

kings: five

are fallen, and one is, and the other is

not yet come; and when he cometh,

he must continue a short space.

11 And the beast that was, and

is not, even he is the eighth, and is

of the seven, and goeth into per-

dition.

12 And the ten

horns which thou

18 a Dan. 12:1;

Rev. 6:12; 11:13 (13–14).

19 a

tg Babylon.

tg God, Indignation of.

20 a Isa. 64:1;

Rev. 6:14 (12–17);

D&C 133:22 (1–42).

21 a Ex. 9:18 (13–35);

Josh. 10:11;

Ezek. 13:13; 38:22;

Rev. 11:19;

Mosiah 12:6;

D&C 29:16.

1 a Rev. 18:3 (3–9); 19:2.

tg Devil, Church of.

c Jer. 51:13.

2 a Isa. 24:6.

b 1 Ne. 14:13 (9–13).

3 a

tg Name.

4 a D&C 10:21.

tg Filthiness.

5 a

tg Secret

Combinations.

tg Babylon.

c D&C 88:94.

6 a Rev. 18:24 (22–24).

tg Martyrdom.

gr astonishment,

wonder.

8 a

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second;

Hell.

b Ps. 139:16.

9 a

tg Mind.

10 a

tg Kings, Earthly.

12 a Dan. 7:24.

1583 REVELATION 17:13–18:10

sawest are ten kings, which have

received no kingdom as yet; but

receive power as kings one hour

with the beast.

13 These have one mind, and shall

give their power and strength unto

the beast.

14 These shall make

war with the

Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome

them: for he is

Lord of lords, and

King of kings: and they that are

with him are called, and chosen,

and faithful.

15 And he saith unto me, The wa-

ters which thou sawest, where the

whore sitteth, are peoples, and mul-

titudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns which thou

sawest upon the beast, these shall

hate the

whore, and shall make

her desolate and naked, and shall

eat her flesh, and

burn her with

fire.

17 For God hath put in their hearts

to fulfil his will, and to agree, and

give their kingdom unto the beast,

until the

words of God shall be

fulfilled.

18 And the woman which thou

sawest is that great

city, which

reigneth over the kings of the earth.

CHAPTER 18

The Saints are called out of Babylon

lest they partake of her sins—She falls

and is lamented by her supporters.

A after these things I saw another

angel come down from heaven, hav-

ing great power; and the earth was

lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried mightily with a

strong voice, saying,

Babylon the

great is fallen, is fallen, and is be-

come the habitation of devils, and

the

hold of every foul spirit, and

cage of every unclean and hate-

ful bird.

3 For all nations have drunk of

the wine of the wrath of her

for-

nication, and the kings of the earth

have committed

fornication with

her, and the merchants of the earth

are waxed rich through the

abun-

dance of her delicacies.

4 And I heard another voice from

heaven, saying,

Come

out of her,

my people, that ye be not partak-

ers of her

sins, and that ye receive

not of her plagues.

5 For her

sins have reached unto

heaven, and God hath remembered

her iniquities.

Reward her even as she re-

warded you, and double unto her

double according to her works: in

the cup which she hath filled fill

to her double.

7 How much she hath glorified

herself, and lived

deliciously, so

much torment and sorrow give her:

for she saith in her heart, I sit a

queen, and am no widow, and shall

see no sorrow.

8 Therefore shall her

plagues come

in one day, death, and mourning,

and famine; and she shall be utterly

burned with fire: for strong is the

Lord God who

judgeth her.

9 And the kings of the earth, who

have committed fornication and

lived deliciously with her, shall

bewail her, and lament for her,

when they shall see the

smoke of

her burning,

10 Standing afar off for the fear

of her torment, saying, Alas, alas,

that great city Babylon, that mighty

city! for in one hour is thy judgment

come.

14 a Rev. 16:14.

b Deut. 10:17;

Rev. 19:16 (11–16).

tg Jesus Christ, Lord;

Jesus Christ, Power of.

c Dan. 2:47; 1 Tim. 6:15.

16 a 1 Ne. 22:13 (13–14).

b Rev. 18:8 (6–18).

17 a Dan. 8:24.

b D&C 1:37.

18 a Rev. 14:8.

1 a Ezek. 43:2.

2 a

tg Babylon.

gr ward, prison.

3 a Rev. 17:1 (1–2);

D&C 35:11.

b Isa. 23:17.

gr power of her

wantonness.

4 a Zech. 2:7.

b Gen. 19:14.

c Isa. 52:11.

5 a Jer. 51:9 (8–9).

6 a D&C 1:9.

tg Retribution.

7 a

gr wantonly, riotously.

8 a

tg Plague.

b Rev. 17:16;

D&C 64:24; 86:7.

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

9 a Jer. 51:8.

b Gen. 19:28.

1584REVELATION 18:11–19:4

11 And the merchants of the earth

shall weep and mourn over her; for

no man buyeth their merchandise

any more:

12 The merchandise of gold, and

silver, and precious stones, and of

pearls, and fine linen, and purple,

and silk, and scarlet, and all thy-

ine wood, and all manner vessels

of ivory, and all manner vessels of

most precious wood, and of brass,

and iron, and marble,

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and

ointments, and frankincense, and

wine, and oil, and fine flour, and

wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and

horses, and chariots, and

slaves,

and souls of men.

14 And the fruits that thy soul

lusted after are departed from thee,

and all things which were dainty and

goodly are departed from thee, and

thou shalt find them no more at all.

15 The merchants of these things,

which were made rich by her, shall

stand afar off for the fear of her tor-

ment, weeping and wailing,

16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great

city, that was clothed in fine linen,

and purple, and scarlet, and decked

with gold, and precious stones, and

pearls!

17 For in one hour so great riches

is come to nought. And every ship-

master, and all the company in ships,

and sailors, and as many as trade

by sea, stood afar off,

18 And cried when they saw the

smoke of her burning, saying, What

city is like unto this great city!

19 And they cast

dust on their

heads, and cried, weeping and wail-

ing, saying, Alas, alas, that great

city, wherein were made rich all

that had ships in the sea by reason

of her costliness! for in one hour is

she made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven,

and ye holy apostles and prophets;

for God hath avenged you on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a

stone like a great millstone, and cast

it into the sea, saying, Thus with

violence shall that great city

Bab-

ylon be thrown down, and shall be

found no more at all.

22 And the voice of harpers, and

musicians, and of pipers, and trum-

peters, shall be heard no more at all

in thee; and no craftsman, of what-

soever craft he be, shall be found

any more in thee; and the sound of

a millstone shall be heard no more

at all in thee;

23 And the light of a candle shall

shine no more at all in thee; and

the

voice of the bridegroom and

of the bride shall be heard no more

at all in thee: for thy merchants

were the great men of the earth; for

by thy

sorceries were all nations

deceived.

24 And in her was found the

blood

of prophets, and of saints, and of

all that were slain upon the earth.

CHAPTER 19

The marriage supper of the Lamb is

made ready—The testimony of Jesus is

the spirit of prophecy—Christ is King

of Kings and Lord of Lords.

A after these things I heard a great

voice of much people in heaven, say-

ing, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory,

and honour, and power, unto the

Lord our God:

2 For true and righteous are his

judgments: for he hath

judged the

great

whore, which did corrupt the

earth with her fornication, and hath

avenged the blood of his servants

at her hand.

3 And again they said, Alleluia.

And her

smoke rose up for ever

and ever.

4 And the four and twenty elders

and the four

beasts fell down and

worshipped God that sat on the

throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

13 a tg Slavery.

14 a

tg Lust.

19 a Ezek. 27:30.

21 a

tg Babylon;

Devil, Church of.

23 a Jer. 7:34.

tg Sorcery.

24 a Rev. 17:6 (1–18);

2 Ne. 27:4 (3–4); 28:10;

Morm. 8:27 (27, 40–41).

2 a tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

b Rev. 17:1 (1–2).

c D&C 29:21.

3 a Gen. 19:28.

4 a

tg Cherubim.

1585 REVELATION 19:5–19

5 And a voice came out of the

throne, saying, Praise our God, all

ye his servants, and ye that fear him,

both small and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of

a great multitude, and as the voice

of many waters, and as the voice of

mighty thunderings, saying, Alle-

luia: for the Lord

God

omni potent

reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and

give honour to him: for the

marriage

of the

Lamb is come, and his wife

hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she

should be arrayed in fine linen, clean

and white: for the fine

linen is the

righteousness of saints.

9 And he saith unto me, Write,

Blessed are they which are called

unto the

marriage

supper of the

Lamb. And he saith unto me, These

are the true sayings of God.

10 And I

fell at his feet to

worship

him. And he said unto me, See thou

do it not: I am thy

fellowservant,

and of thy brethren that have the

testimony of Jesus: worship God: for

the

testimony of Jesus is the spirit

prophecy.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and

behold a white horse; and he that

sat upon him was called Faithful

and True, and in righteousness he

doth

judge and make

war.

12 His

eyes were as a flame of fire,

and on his head were many crowns;

and he had a

name written, that no

man knew, but he himself.

13 And he was

clothed with a ves-

ture dipped in blood: and his

name

is called The

Word of God.

14 And the armies which were in

heaven followed him upon white

horses,

clothed in fine linen, white

and clean.

And out of his mouth goeth a

sharp sword, that with it he should

smite the nations: and he shall

rule

them with a rod of iron: and he tread-

eth the

winepress of the fierceness

and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And he hath on his vesture

and on his thigh a name written,

KING OF KINGS, AND

LORD OF

LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in

the sun; and he cried with a loud

voice, saying to all the fowls that fly

in the midst of heaven, Come and

gather yourselves together unto the

supper of the great God;

18 That ye may eat the flesh of

kings, and the flesh of captains,

and the flesh of mighty men, and

the flesh of horses, and of them

that sit on them, and the flesh of

all

men, both free and bond, both

small and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the

kings of the earth, and their armies,

gathered together to make war

against him that sat on the horse,

and against his army.

6 a Dan. 2:47.

Jesus Christ,

Power of.

7 a Isa. 54:5;

Matt. 22:2 (2–14);

Luke 5:34;

Rev. 21:2.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

8 a Matt. 22:11 (11–14);

1 Ne. 12:10 (10–11).

b Alma 5:27.

9 a D&C 58:11.

b Luke 14:15; 22:30.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

10 a Rev. 22:8.

tg Worship.

c Acts 10:26;

Rev. 1:1 (1–6).

tg Testimony.

tg Prophecy.

11 a

tg Jesus Christ, Judge.

tg War.

12 a

tg God, Manifesta-

tions of.

b Rev. 2:17 (12–17).

13 a Isa. 63:2 (2–3);

D&C 133:48 (48–51).

tg Name.

c Moses 1:32 (32–33).

tg Jesus Christ,

Messenger of the

Covenant.

14 a

tg Clothing.

15 a

JSt Rev. 19:15 And out

of his mouth proceedeth

the word of God, and

with it he will smite

the nations; and he will

rule them with the word

of his mouth; and he

treadeth the winepress

in the fierceness and

wrath of Almighty God.

Isa. 11:4.

tg Jesus Christ,

Authority of.

c Isa. 63:3 (3–4);

Rev. 14:19 (17–20);

D&C 88:106.

16 a

tg Jesus Christ, Second

Coming.

b Deut. 10:17;

Rev. 17:14.

18 a

JSt Rev. 19:18 . . . who

fight against the Lamb,

both bond and free,

both small and great.

1586REVELATION 19:20–20:11

20 And the beast was taken, and

with him the

false prophet that

wrought

miracles before him, with

which he

deceived them that had

received the mark of the beast, and

them that worshipped his image.

These both were cast alive into a

lake of

fire burning with brimstone.

21 And the remnant were slain

with the sword of him that sat upon

the horse, which sword proceeded

out of his mouth: and all the fowls

were filled with their flesh.

CHAPTER 20

Satan is bound during the Millennium—

The Saints will then live and reign with

Christ—The dead stand before God and

are judged out of the books according

to their works.

A I saw an

angel come down

from heaven, having the key of the

bottomless

pit and a great chain

in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon,

that old

serpent, which is the

Devil,

and Satan, and

bound him a thou-

sand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless

pit, and shut him up, and set a seal

upon him, that he should deceive the

nations no more, till the thousand

years should be fulfilled: and after

that he must be

loosed a little season.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat

upon them, and

judgment was given

unto them: and I saw the souls of

them that were beheaded for the

witness of Jesus, and for the word of

God, and which had not worshipped

the beast, neither his image, neither

had received his mark upon their

foreheads, or in their hands; and

they lived and

reigned with Christ

thousand years.

5 But the rest of the

dead lived

not again until the thousand years

were finished. This is the first res-

urrection.

Blessed and holy is he that hath

part in the

first

resurrection: on

such the

second death hath no

power, but they shall be

priests of

God and of Christ, and shall reign

with him a thousand years.

7 And when the

thousand years

are expired,

Satan shall be loosed

out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to deceive the

nations which are in the four quar-

ters of the earth,

Gog and Magog,

to gather them together to battle:

the number of whom is as the sand

of the sea.

9 And they went up on the breadth

of the earth, and compassed the

camp of the saints about, and the

beloved city: and fire came down

from God out of heaven, and de-

voured them.

10 And the

devil that deceived

them was

cast into the lake of

fire

and brimstone, where the beast and

the false prophet are, and shall be

tormented day and night for ever

and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne,

and him that sat on it, from whose

face the

earth and the heaven fled

20 a tg Antichrist;

False Prophets.

tg Miracle.

c Rev. 13:14 (11–18).

d Matt. 8:12; 13:42;

D&C 112:24.

tg Hell.

e Dan. 7:11.

21 a

JSt Rev. 19:21 . . . with

the word of him that sat

upon the horse, which

word proceeded out of

his mouth . . .

1 a tg Angels.

b Rev. 9:1;

D&C 76:48.

2 a Isa. 27:1.

tg Devil.

c D&C 84:100.

3 a

tg Nations.

b D&C 43:31.

4 a Dan. 7:22; 1 Cor. 6:2;

3 Ne. 27:27;

D&C 20:13 (5–15);

75:21 (21–22).

tg Jesus Christ,

Millennial Reign.

tg Millennium.

5 a D&C 43:18; 88:101.

tg Spirits, Disembodied.

6 a

JSt Rev. 20:6 Blessed

and holy are they who

have part in the first

resurrection . . .

b D&C 63:18.

tg Resurrection.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second.

tg Priest, Aaronic

Priesthood; Priest,

Melchizedek Priesthood.

bd Priests.

7 a

tg Jesus Christ,

Millennial Reign.

tg Devil.

8 a Gen. 10:2 (2–3);

Ezek. 38:2.

10 a D&C 28:11.

b D&C 19:3.

c Dan. 7:11; D&C 76:36.

11 a D&C 29:24 (24–25).

1587 REVELATION 20:12–21:10

away; and there was found no

place

for them.

12 And I saw the

dead, small and

great,

stand before God; and the

books were opened: and another

book was opened, which is the

book

of life: and the dead were

judged

out of those things which were

written in the books, according to

their

works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead

which were in it; and

death and

hell delivered up the dead which

were in them: and they were judged

every man according to their

works.

14 And

death and

hell were cast

into the lake of fire. This is the

sec-

ond death.

15 And whosoever was not found

written in the book of life was cast

into the lake of fire.

CHAPTER 21

Those who overcome will be sons of

God—The earth attains its celestial

glory.

A I saw a

new

heaven and a new

earth: for the first heaven and the

first

earth were passed away; and

there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city,

new

Jerusalem, coming down from God

out of heaven, prepared as a

bride

adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of

heaven saying, Behold, the taberna-

cle of God is with men, and he will

dwell with them, and they shall be

his people, and

God himself shall

be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears

from their eyes; and there shall be

no more

death, neither

sorrow, nor

crying, neither shall there be any

pain: for the former things

are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne

said, Behold, I make all things

new.

And he said unto me,

Write: for

these

words are true and faithful.

6 And he said unto me, It is done.

I am

Alpha and Omega, the begin-

ning and the end. I will give unto

him that is athirst of the fountain

of the

water of life freely.

7 He that

overcometh shall

in-

herit

all things; and I will be his

God, and he shall be my

son.

8 But the fearful, and

unbelieving,

and the abominable, and

murder-

ers, and

whoremongers, and

sor-

cerers, and idolaters, and all

liars,

shall have their part in the lake

which burneth with fire and brim-

stone: which is the

second

death.

9 And there came unto me one of

the seven angels which had the seven

vials full of the seven last

plagues,

and talked with me, saying, Come

hither, I will shew thee the bride,

the Lamb’s wife.

10 And he carried me away in the

spirit to a great and high

mountain,

and shewed me that great city, the

11 b Dan. 2:35 (31–36).

12 a Alma 11:44 (43–44).

tg Death.

tg Resurrection.

c Dan. 7:10.

tg Book of Life.

e D&C 137:9.

tg Accountability;

Judgment, the Last.

tg Good Works.

13 a 2 Tim. 1:10.

tg Hell;

Spirits in Prison.

14 a 1 Cor. 15:26 (26, 54).

tg Damnation.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second.

1 a tg Celestial Glory.

tg Heaven.

tg Earth, Destiny of;

Earth, Renewal of.

tg World, End of.

2 a

tg Zion.

tg Jerusalem, New.

c Matt. 22:2 (2–14);

Luke 5:34;

Rev. 19:7 (7–9).

3 a

tg God, Presence of.

b Ezek. 48:35.

4 a Rev. 7:17.

tg Mourning; Sorrow.

tg Pain.

5 a 2 Cor. 5:17;

D&C 130:5–9.

tg Scriptures, Writing of.

c D&C 1:37.

6 a

tg Jesus Christ, Jehovah.

b D&C 45:7.

tg Living Water.

7 a Rev. 2:7;

D&C 76:60 (58–60).

tg Exaltation.

c Ps. 84:11.

tg Eternal Life.

tg Sons and Daughters

of God.

8 a

tg Stiffnecked.

tg Murder.

tg Adulterer; Chastity.

tg Sorcery.

tg Lying.

tg Hell.

tg Death, Spiritual,

Second.

9 a

tg Plague.

10 a Ezek. 40:2;

Moses 1:1.

1588REVELATION 21:11–22:2

holy

Jerusalem, descending out of

heaven from God,

11 Having the

glory of God: and

her light was like unto a stone most

precious, even like a jasper stone,

clear as crystal;

12 And had a wall great and high,

and had twelve

gates, and at the gates

twelve angels, and names written

thereon, which are the names of the

twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

13 On the east three gates; on the

north three gates; on the south three

gates; and on the west three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had

twelve foundations, and in them

the names of the twelve apostles

of the Lamb.

15 And he that talked with me

had a golden reed to measure the

city, and the gates thereof, and the

wall thereof.

16 And the city lieth foursquare,

and the

length is as large as the

breadth: and he measured the city

with the reed, twelve thousand

fur-

longs. The length and the breadth

and the height of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall

thereof, an hundred and forty and

four cubits, according to the measure

of a man, that is, of the angel.

18 And the building of the wall

of it was of jasper: and the city was

pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall

of the city were garnished with all

manner of precious stones. The first

foundation was jasper; the second,

sapphire; the third, a chalcedony;

the fourth, an emerald;

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth,

sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the

eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the

tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh,

a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve

pearls; every several gate was of one

pearl: and the street of the city was

pure

gold, as it were transparent

glass.

22 And I saw no temple therein:

for the Lord God

Almighty and the

Lamb are the

temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of

the

sun, neither of the moon, to

shine in it: for the glory of God did

lighten it, and the

Lamb is the

light

thereof.

24 And the nations of them which

are saved shall

walk in the light of

it: and the

kings of the

earth do

bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the

gates of it shall not be

shut at all by day: for there shall be

no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory

and honour of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise en-

ter into it any thing that

defileth,

neither whatsoever worketh abomi-

nation, or maketh a lie: but they

which are written in the Lamb’s

book of life.

CHAPTER 22

The Saints will reign in celestial splen-

dor—Christ will come, and men will

be judged—Blessed are they who keep

His commandments.

A he shewed me a pure river of

water of life, clear as crystal, pro-

ceeding out of the throne of God

and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street of it, and

on either side of the river, was there

the

tree of

life, which bare twelve

manner of fruits, and yielded her

fruit every month: and the

leaves

of the tree were for the healing of

the nations.

10 b Moses 7:63 (21, 62–64).

11 a Ezek. 43:2 (1–6).

12 a Ezek. 48:31.

16 a Ezek. 40:5.

gr stadia. A stadium

was about 607 English

feet, or 185.2 meters.

21 a D&C 137:4 (2–4).

tg Earth, Destiny of.

22 a

tg God, Power of.

tg Temple.

23 a Isa. 60:19;

Rev. 22:5.

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

tg Jesus Christ, Light

of the World.

24 a

tg Walking with God.

tg Kings, Earthly.

c Isa. 49:22; 60:5.

25 a Isa. 60:11.

27 a D&C 76:112 (81–112).

tg Book of Life.

1 a Ezek. 47:1; Joel 3:18;

Zech. 14:8.

2 a Gen. 2:9;

Rev. 2:7 (1–7);

1 Ne. 8:10 (1–11).

tg Immortality.

c Ezek. 47:12.

1589 REVELATION 22:3–19

3 And there shall be no more

curse: but the

throne of God and

of the

Lamb shall be in it; and his

servants shall serve him:

4 And they shall

see his

face; and

his

name shall be in their foreheads.

5 And there shall be no night there;

and they need no candle, neither

light of the

sun; for the Lord God

giveth them

light: and they shall

reign

for ever and ever.

6 And he said unto me, These say-

ings are faithful and

true: and the

Lord God of the holy prophets sent

his angel to shew unto his servants

the things which must

shortly be

done.

7 Behold, I

come quickly:

blessed

is he that keepeth the

sayings of

the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and

heard them. And when I had heard

and seen, I

fell down to worship

before the feet of the angel which

shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou

do it not: for I am thy fellowservant,

and of thy brethren the prophets,

and of them which keep the sayings

of this book: worship God.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not

the sayings of the prophecy of this

book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is

unjust, let him be

unjust still: and he which is

filthy,

let him be filthy still: and he that is

righteous, let him be righteous still:

and he that is holy, let him be holy

still.

12 And, behold, I

come quickly;

and my

reward is with me, to give

every man according as his

work

shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the

beginning and the end, the

first

and the last.

14 Blessed are they that

do his

commandments, that they may

have right to the tree of life, and

may enter in through the gates into

the city.

15 For without are dogs, and

sor-

cerers, and

whoremongers, and

murderers, and idolaters, and who-

soever loveth and maketh a

lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine

angel

to testify unto you these things in

the churches. I am the

root and the

offspring of David, and the bright

and morning

star.

17 And the Spirit and the bride

say,

Come. And let him that heareth

say, Come. And let him that is athirst

come. And whosoever will, let him

take the

water of life freely.

18 For I testify unto every man that

heareth the words of the prophecy

of this book, If any man shall

add

unto these things, God shall add unto

him the

plagues that are written

in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away

from the words of the book of this

prophecy, God shall take away his

3 a tg Curse;

Earth, Curse of.

b Jer. 3:17;

Joel 3:21 (18–21);

Zech. 2:10 (10–12).

tg Jesus Christ, Lamb

of God.

4 a

tg God, Privilege of

Seeing.

b John 14:3;

1 Thes. 4:17;

D&C 38:8 (7–8).

tg God, Body of,

Corporeal Nature.

c Rev. 3:12 (7–13);

7:3 (2–8); 14:1 (1–5).

5 a Isa. 60:19;

Rev. 21:23.

tg Earth, Destiny of.

c Matt. 25:34.

tg Eternal Life;

Kingdom of God,

on Earth.

d D&C 132:20.

6 a D&C 68:34.

b Rev. 1:1 (1–6);

D&C 88:79.

7 a D&C 51:20.

b Rev. 1:3 (1–6).

c D&C 58:2.

8 a Rev. 19:10.

11 a Alma 41:13 (10–15).

b Dan. 12:10.

tg Filthiness.

12 a 1 Thes. 2:19; 3:13;

Rev. 1:7.

tg Reward.

c Alma 41:13.

13 a

tg God, Eternal

Nature of.

14 a

tg Obedience.

tg Good Works.

15 a

tg Sorcery;

Telestial Glory.

tg Adulterer;

Whore.

tg Murder.

tg Lying.

16 a

tg Angels.

b Isa. 53:2;

Rev. 5:5 (1–14).

c 2 Pet. 1:19;

Rev. 2:28.

17 a Moro. 10:32 (30–33).

tg Living Water.

18 a Deut. 4:2 (2–3);

3 Ne. 11:40 (39–40);

D&C 20:35 (35–36).

tg Scriptures,

Preservation of.

tg Plague.

1590REVELATION 22:20–21

part out of the

book of life, and out

of the holy city, and from the things

which are written in this book.

20 He which testifieth these things

saith, Surely I

come quickly. Amen.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The

grace of our

Lord Jesus

Christ be with you all. Amen.

19 a tg Book of Life.

20 a D&C 33:18; 35:27.

21 a Rom. 16:24 (20–24).

tg Jesus Christ, Lord.

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