Alma 4:12
1830 Edition
yea, seeing great inequality among the people, some lifting themselves up with their pride, despising others, turning their backs upon the needy, and the naked, and those which were hungry, and those which were athirst, and those which were sick and afflicted.
Influences
Matthew 25:35-36 (KJV)
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: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
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Simple English
He saw that people were not being treated fairly. Some people were proud and looked down on others. They turned their backs on people who needed help. They ignored people who had no clothes, people who were hungry, people who were thirsty, and people who were sick.
Paraphrase
He saw terrible inequality—some people lifting themselves up with pride, looking down on others, turning their backs on the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the thirsty, the sick, and the suffering.