The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 5:8

1830 Edition

and there had many things transpired which, in the eyes of some, would be great and marvellous; nevertheless, they cannot all be written in this book; yea, this book cannot contain even a hundredth part of what was done among so many people, in the space of twenty and five years;

Changes

aAnd there had many things transpired which, in the eyes of some, would be great and marvellous; nevertheless, they cannot all be written in this book; yea, this book cannot contain even a hundredth part of what was done among so many people, in the space of twenty and five years;

Simple English

Many great and amazing things happened during those years. But they cannot all be written in this book. This book cannot contain even one percent of what happened among so many people in twenty-five years.

Paraphrase

Many remarkable things happened during those years. But this book can’t hold them all—not even a hundredth of what took place among so many people over twenty-five years.