The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 4:19

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For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same being, even God, for all the substance which we have; for both food, and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?

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For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same bBeing, even God, for all the substance which we have;, for both food, and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?

Simple English

“Think about this: Are we not all like beggars? Don’t we all depend on God for everything we have? He gives us food, clothes, gold, silver, and all our riches.”

Paraphrase

Aren’t we all beggars? Don’t we all depend on God for everything we have—our food, our clothes, our gold, our silver, all our wealth?