The Book of Mormon

Alma 16:18

1830 Edition

Now those priests which did go forth among the people, did preach against all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and revilings, and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing adultery, and all manner of lasciviousness, crying that these things ought not so to be;

Changes

Now those priests whicho did go forth among the people, did preach against all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and revilings, and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing adultery, and all manner of lasciviousness, crying that these things ought not so to be;

Simple English

The priests who went out among the people preached against all lying, tricking, being jealous, fighting, being mean, insulting, stealing, robbing, taking by force, murdering, cheating on marriage, and all kinds of sexual sin. They cried out that these things should not be done.

Paraphrase

The priests who went out among the people preached against lying, deceiving, envying, fighting, malice, slander, stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, adultery—all kinds of wickedness. They shouted that these things should never be.