The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:40

1830 Edition

And the wild fruit of the last, had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.

Changes

And the wild fruit of the last, had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.

Simple English

The bad fruit of the last tree had taken over the part that made good fruit. That branch had dried up and died.

Paraphrase

The wild fruit of the last tree had overtaken the part that bore good fruit. That branch had withered and died.