The Book of Mormon
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3 Nephi 23

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And now, behold, I say unto you, Tthat ye had ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you, that ye search these things diligently:; for great isare the words of Isaiah.

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For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.

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And all things that he spake, hathve been, and shall be, even according to the words which he spake.

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Therefore give heed to my words:; write the things which I have told you; and according to the time and the will of the Father, they shall go forth unto the Gentiles.

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And whosoever will hearken unto my words, and repenteth, and is baptized, the same shall be saved. Search the prophets:, for many there be that testify of these things.

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And now it came to pass that when Jesus had said these words, he saithd unto them again, after he had expounded all the Sscriptures unto them which they had received, he saithd unto them,: Behold, other Sscriptures I would that ye should write, that ye have not.

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And it came to pass that he saithd unto Nephi,: Bring forth the record which ye have kept.

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And when Nephi had brought forth the records, and laid them before him, he cast his eyes upon them, and saith,d:

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Verily, I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel, the Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should glorify his name in me, that there were many saints whicho should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them. And he saithd unto them,: Wereas it not so?

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And his disciples answered him and said,: Yea, Lord, Samuel did prophesy according to thy words, and they were all fulfilled.

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And Jesus saithd unto them,: How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many, and did minister unto them?

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And it came to pass that Nephi remembered that this thing had not been written.

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And it came to pass that Jesus commanded that it should be written; therefore it was written according as he commanded.

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And now it came to pass that when Jesus had expounded all the Sscriptures in one, which they had written, he commanded them that they should teach the things which he had expounded unto them.

Influences

  • 23:1 — Matthew 5:39 (KJV)
    But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • 23:2 — Matthew 18:7 (KJV)
    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
  • 23:4 — John 5:30 (KJV)
    I can of mine own self do 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.
  • 23:5 — Mark 13:13 (KJV)
    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.
  • 23:6 — Luke 24:27 (KJV)
    And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
  • 23:9 — John 21:19 (KJV)
    This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
  • 23:9 — Ephesians 5:14 (KJV)
    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • 23:10 — Mark 8:4 (KJV)
    And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
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