The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:39

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first, and the second, and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.

Changes

And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first, and the second, and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.

Simple English

They went to the far parts of the vineyard. They saw that the fruit of the natural branches had gone bad too. The first, the second, and the last had all gone bad.

Paraphrase

They went to the far corners of the vineyard and saw that the fruit from the natural branches had also become corrupt—the first, the second, and the last. They’d all gone bad.