The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:74

1830 Edition

And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself, that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruit were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.

Changes

And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself, that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.

Simple English

They worked very hard. They followed the Lord’s commands. They threw out all the bad from the vineyard. The Lord saved for himself trees that made natural fruit again. They became like one tree. The fruit was all the same. The Lord had saved the natural fruit that was most precious to him from the beginning.

Paraphrase

They worked hard, following all the Lord of the vineyard’s commands, until all the bad had been thrown out of the vineyard. The Lord had preserved the trees so they became natural fruit again. They became like one body—the fruit was all the same quality. The Lord of the vineyard had preserved for himself the natural fruit, which had been most precious to him from the beginning.