The Book of Mormon Part 43

Mosiah 13:21 21 Thou shalt not kill.

Mosiah 13:22 22 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.

Mosiah 13:23 23 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Mosiah 13:24 24 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his a.s.s, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Mosiah 13:25 25 And it came to pa.s.s that after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings that he said unto them: Have ye taught this people that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments?

Mosiah 13:26 26 I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.

Mosiah 13:27 27 And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.

Mosiah 13:28 28 And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which G.o.d himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.

Mosiah 13:29 29 And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their G.o.d;

Mosiah 13:30 30 Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of G.o.d and their duty towards him.

Mosiah 13:31 31 But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come.

Mosiah 13:32 32 And now, did they understand the law? I say unto you, Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not any man be saved except it were through the redemption of G.o.d.

Mosiah 13:33 33 For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that G.o.d should redeem his people?

Yea, and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began--have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?

Mosiah 13:34 34 Have they not said that G.o.d himself should come down among the children of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth?

Mosiah 13:35 35 Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pa.s.s the resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?

Mosiah 14 Chapter 14

Mosiah 14:1 1 Yea, even doth not Isaiah say: Who hath believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

Mosiah 14:2 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Mosiah 14:3 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Mosiah 14:4 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of G.o.d, and afflicted.

Mosiah 14:5 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastis.e.m.e.nt of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Mosiah 14:6 6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.

Mosiah 14:7 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 14:8 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my people was he stricken.

Mosiah 14:9 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no evil, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Mosiah 14:10 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Mosiah 14:11 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Mosiah 14:12 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Mosiah 15 Chapter 15

Mosiah 15:1 1 And now Abinadi said unto them: I would that ye should understand that G.o.d himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people.

Mosiah 15:2 2 And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the Son of G.o.d, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son--

Mosiah 15:3 3 The Father, because he was conceived by the power of G.o.d; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son--

Mosiah 15:4 4 And they are one G.o.d, yea, the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth.

Mosiah 15:5 5 And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one G.o.d, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.

Mosiah 15:6 6 And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 15:7 7 Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.

Mosiah 15:8 8 And thus G.o.d breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men--

Mosiah 15:9 9 Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compa.s.sion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.

Mosiah 15:10 10 And now I say unto you, who shall declare his generation?

Behold, I say unto you, that when his soul has been made an offering for sin he shall see his seed. And now what say ye?

And who shall be his seed?

Mosiah 15:11 11 Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord--I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are heirs of the kingdom of G.o.d.

Mosiah 15:12 12 For these are they whose sins he has borne; these are they for whom he has died, to redeem them from their transgressions.

And now, are they not his seed?

Mosiah 15:13 13 Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean all the holy prophets ever since the world began? I say unto you that they are his seed.

Mosiah 15:14 14 And these are they who have published peace, who have brought good tidings of good, who have published salvation; and said unto Zion: Thy G.o.d reigneth!

Mosiah 15:15 15 And O how beautiful upon the mountains were their feet!

Mosiah 15:16 16 And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that are still publishing peace!

Mosiah 15:17 17 And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who shall hereafter publish peace, yea, from this time henceforth and forever!

Mosiah 15:18 18 And behold, I say unto you, this is not all. For O how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that is the founder of peace, yea, even the Lord, who has redeemed his people; yea, him who has granted salvation unto his people;

Mosiah 15:19 19 For were it not for the redemption which he hath made for his people, which was prepared from the foundation of the world, I say unto you, were it not for this, all mankind must have perished.