The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:17

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the tree, in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted; and it had sprang forth, and began to bear fruit. And he beheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.

Changes

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the tree, in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted; and it had spraung forth, and begaun to bear fruit. And he beheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.

Simple English

The Lord looked at the tree where the wild branches had been planted. It had grown and started to make fruit. He saw that it was good. The fruit was like the natural fruit.

Paraphrase

The Lord of the vineyard looked at the tree where he’d grafted the wild olive branches. It had grown strong and was bearing fruit. He saw that it was good—the fruit looked just like natural fruit.