The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:9

1830 Edition

Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off, I will cast into the fire, and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.

Changes

Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off, I will cast into the fire, and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.

Simple English

“Take the wild olive branches. Plant them in place of the old ones. Burn the branches I cut off. That way they won’t clutter my vineyard.”

Paraphrase

“Take branches from the wild olive tree and graft them in where the old ones were. The branches I’ve removed—throw them in the fire and burn them so they don’t clutter up my vineyard.”