The Book of Mormon Part 112

3 Nephi 13:14 14 For, if ye forgive men their trespa.s.ses your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

3 Nephi 13:15 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespa.s.ses neither will your Father forgive your trespa.s.ses.

3 Nephi 13:16 16 Moreover, when ye fast be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

3 Nephi 13:17 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

3 Nephi 13:18 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

3 Nephi 13:19 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal;

3 Nephi 13:20 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

3 Nephi 13:21 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

3 Nephi 13:22 22 The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

3 Nephi 13:23 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

3 Nephi 13:24 24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve G.o.d and Mammon.

3 Nephi 13:25 25 And now it came to pa.s.s that when Jesus had spoken these words he looked upon the twelve whom he had chosen, and said unto them: Remember the words which I have spoken. For behold, ye are they whom I have chosen to minister unto this people. Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

3 Nephi 13:26 26 Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

3 Nephi 13:27 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

3 Nephi 13:28 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

3 Nephi 13:29 29 And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

3 Nephi 13:30 30 Wherefore, if G.o.d so clothe the gra.s.s of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if ye are not of little faith.

3 Nephi 13:31 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

3 Nephi 13:32 32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

3 Nephi 13:33 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of G.o.d and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

3 Nephi 13:34 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.

3 Nephi 14 Chapter 14

3 Nephi 14:1 1 And now it came to pa.s.s that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned again to the mult.i.tude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged.

3 Nephi 14:2 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 Nephi 14:3 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

3 Nephi 14:4 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine eye--and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

3 Nephi 14:5 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.

3 Nephi 14:6 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

3 Nephi 14:7 7 Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

3 Nephi 14:8 8 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

3 Nephi 14:9 9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?

3 Nephi 14:10 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

3 Nephi 14:11 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

3 Nephi 14:12 12 Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

3 Nephi 14:13 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;

3 Nephi 14:14 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

3 Nephi 14:15 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

3 Nephi 14:16 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

3 Nephi 14:17 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

3 Nephi 14:18 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

3 Nephi 14:19 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

3 Nephi 14:20 20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

3 Nephi 14:21 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

3 Nephi 14:22 22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?

3 Nephi 14:23 23 And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

3 Nephi 14:24 24 Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock--

3 Nephi 14:25 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

3 Nephi 14:26 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand--

3 Nephi 14:27 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

3 Nephi 15 Chapter 15