The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:25

1830 Edition

And he sayeth unto the servant, Look hither, and behold the last: behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit; and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit: behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

Changes

And he sayethid unto the servant,: Look hither, and behold the last:. bBehold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit;, and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit:; behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

Simple English

He said to the servant: “Look here at the last one. I planted this in a good spot. I took care of it for a long time. Only part of the tree made good fruit. The other part made bad fruit. I took care of this tree like the others.”

Paraphrase

He said to the servant, ‘Look here at the last one. I planted this in good ground—the best spot in my whole vineyard. I’ve nourished it just as long as the others. But only part of the tree has produced cultivated fruit. The other part has produced wild fruit, even though I’ve cared for it like the rest.’