The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:35

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sayeth unto his servant, The tree profiteth me nothing; and the roots thereof profiteth me nothing, so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

Changes

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sayethid unto his servant,: The tree profiteth me nothing;, and the roots thereof profiteth me nothing, so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

Simple English

The Lord said to his servant: “The tree doesn’t help me. The roots don’t help me as long as it makes bad fruit.”

Paraphrase

The Lord of the vineyard said, ‘The tree does me no good. The roots do me no good as long as it keeps producing bad fruit.’