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15 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Jacob chapter five. Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember
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  Speaker 1: to have read the words of the prophet Zenus, which
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  Speaker 1: he spake unto the house of Israel, saying, hearken, o
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  Speaker 1: ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me,
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  Speaker 1: a prophet of the Lord. For behold, thus saith the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I will liken thee o house of Israel, liken to
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  Speaker 1: attame olive tree which a man took and nourished in
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  Speaker 1: his vineyard, and it grew and waxed old, and began
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  Speaker 1: to decay. And it came to pass that the master
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  Speaker 1: of the vineyard went forth, and he saw that his
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  Speaker 1: olive tree began to decay, and he said, I will
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  Speaker 1: prune it and dig about it, and nourish it, that
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  Speaker 1: perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches. And
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  Speaker 1: it perished not. And it came to pass that he
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  Speaker 1: pruned it and digged about it, and nourished it according
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  Speaker 1: to his word. And it came to pass that after
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  Speaker 1: many days it began to put forth somewhat a little
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  Speaker 1: young and tender branches. But behold, the main top thereof
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  Speaker 1: began to perish. And it came to pass that the
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  Speaker 1: master of the vineyard saw it, and he said, unto
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  Speaker 1: his servant, it grieveth me that I should lose this tree. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree,
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  Speaker 1: and bring them hither unto me. And we will pluck
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  Speaker 1: off those main branches which are beginning to wither away,
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  Speaker 1: and we will cast them into the fire, that they
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  Speaker 1: may be burned. And behold saith the Lord of the vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: I take away many of these young and tender branches,
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  Speaker 1: and I will graft them whithersoever I will. And it
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  Speaker 1: mattereth not that if it so be that the root
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  Speaker 1: of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit
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  Speaker 1: thereof unto myself. Therefore, I will take these young and
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  Speaker 1: tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever. I will
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  Speaker 1: take thou the branches of the wild olive tree and
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  Speaker 1: graft them in in the stead thereof. And these which
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  Speaker 1: I have plucked off, I will cast into the fire
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  Speaker 1: and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground
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  Speaker 1: of my vineyard. And it came to pass that the
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  Speaker 1: servant of the Lord of the Vineyard did, according to
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  Speaker 1: the word of the Lord of the Vineyard, and graft
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  Speaker 1: it in the branch of the wild olive tree, and
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be
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  Speaker 1: digged about and pruned and nourished, saying, unto his servant,
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  Speaker 1: it grieveth me that I should lose this tree. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof, that they perish,
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  Speaker 1: not that I might preserve them unto myself. I have
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  Speaker 1: done this thing. Wherefore go thy way, watch the tree
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  Speaker 1: and nourish it according to my words. And these will
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  Speaker 1: I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard, whithersoever
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  Speaker 1: I will it mattereth not unto thee. And I do
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  Speaker 1: it that I may preserve unto myself, the natural branches
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  Speaker 1: of the tree, and also that I may lay up
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  Speaker 1: fruit thereof against the season unto myself, For it grieveth
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  Speaker 1: me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lord of the
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  Speaker 1: vineyard went his way and hid the natural branches of
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  Speaker 1: the tame olive tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard,
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  Speaker 1: some in one and some in another, according to his
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  Speaker 1: will and pleasure. And it came to pass that a
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  Speaker 1: lot long time passed away, and the Lord of the
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  Speaker 1: vineyard said unto his servant, come, let us go down
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  Speaker 1: into the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard,
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  Speaker 1: and also the servant, went down into the vineyard to labor.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the servant said, unto
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  Speaker 1: his master, behold, look here, behold the tree. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked
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  Speaker 1: and beheld the tree in which the wild olive branches
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  Speaker 1: had been grafted, and it had sprung forth and begun
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  Speaker 1: to bear fruit. And he beheld that it was good,
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  Speaker 1: and the fruit thereof was like and too the natural fruit.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, unto the servant, behold, the branches of
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  Speaker 1: the wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of
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  Speaker 1: the root thereof, that the root thereof hath brought forth
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  Speaker 1: much strength. And because of the much strength of the
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  Speaker 1: root thereof, the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree
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  Speaker 1: thereof would have perished. And now behold, I will lay
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  Speaker 1: up much fruit which the tree thereof hath brought forth.
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  Speaker 1: And the fruit thereof I will lay up against the season,
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  Speaker 1: unto mine own self. And it came to pass to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of the vineyard said, unto the servant, come,
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  Speaker 1: let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard,
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  Speaker 1: and behold that the natural branches of the tree have
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  Speaker 1: not brought forth much fruit, also that I may lay
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  Speaker 1: up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine
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  Speaker 1: own self. And it came to pass that they went
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  Speaker 1: forth whither the master had hid the natural branches of
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  Speaker 1: the tree, and he said, unto the servant, behold these,
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  Speaker 1: and he beheld the first that it had brought forth
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  Speaker 1: much fruit. And he beheld also that it was good.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, unto the servant, take of the fruit thereof,
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  Speaker 1: and lay it up against the season, that I may
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  Speaker 1: preserve it unto mine own self. For behold, said he,
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  Speaker 1: this long time have I nourished it, and it hath
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  Speaker 1: brought forth much fruit. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: the servant said, unto his master, how comes thou hither
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  Speaker 1: to plant this tree or this branch of the tree.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the
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  Speaker 1: land of thy vineyard. And the Lord of the vineyard
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  Speaker 1: said unto him, counsel me, not I knew that it
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  Speaker 1: was a poor spot of ground. Wherefore I said, unto
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  Speaker 1: thee I have nourished it this long time, and thou
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  Speaker 1: beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said,
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  Speaker 1: unto his servant, look hither, behold, I have planted another
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  Speaker 1: branch of the tree also, And thou knowest that this
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  Speaker 1: spot of ground was poorer than the first. But behold
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  Speaker 1: the tree. I have nourished it this long time, and
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  Speaker 1: it hath brought forth much fruit. Therefore, gather it and
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  Speaker 1: lay it up against the season, that I may preserve
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  Speaker 1: it unto mine own self. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord of the vineyard said, again unto his servant,
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  Speaker 1: look hither, and behold another branch also, which I have planted.
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  Speaker 1: Behold that I have nourished it also, and it hath
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  Speaker 1: brought forth fruit. And he said, unto the servant, look
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  Speaker 1: hither and behold the last. Behold this have I planted
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  Speaker 1: in a good spot of ground, and I have nourished
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  Speaker 1: it this long time. And only a part of the
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  Speaker 1: tree hath brought forth tame fruit, and the other part
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  Speaker 1: of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit. Behold, I
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  Speaker 1: have nourished this tree like unto the others. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the lord of the vineyard said,
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  Speaker 1: unto the servant, pluck off the branches that have not
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  Speaker 1: brought forth good fruit, and cast them into the fire.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, the servant said unto him, let us prune
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  Speaker 1: it and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer,
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  Speaker 1: that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee,
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  Speaker 1: that thou canst lay it up against the season. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that the lord of the vineyard
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  Speaker 1: and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did
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  Speaker 1: nourish all the fruit of the vineyard. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that a long time had passed away. And
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of the vineyard said, unto his servant, come,
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  Speaker 1: let us go down into the vineyard, that we may
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  Speaker 1: labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near,
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  Speaker 1: and the end soon cometh. Wherefore I must lay up
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  Speaker 1: fruit against the season, unto mine own self. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and
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  Speaker 1: the servant went down into the vineyard, and they came
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  Speaker 1: to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off,
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  Speaker 1: and the wild branches had been grafted in. And behold,
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  Speaker 1: all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did
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  Speaker 1: taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number.
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  Speaker 1: And the Lord of the vineyard said, behold, this long
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  Speaker 1: time have we nourished this tree, And I have laid
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  Speaker 1: up unto myself against the seas, and much fruit. But
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  Speaker 1: behold this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and
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  Speaker 1: there is none of it which is good. And behold
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  Speaker 1: there are all kinds of bad fruit. And it profiteth
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  Speaker 1: me nothing, notwithstanding all our labor. And now it grieveth
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  Speaker 1: me that I should lose this tree. And the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of the vineyard set unto the servant, what shall we
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  Speaker 1: do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good
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  Speaker 1: fruit thereof unto mine own self. And the servant said,
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  Speaker 1: unto his master, behold, because thou didst graft in the
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  Speaker 1: branches of the wild olive tree, they have nourished the roots,
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  Speaker 1: that they are alive, and they have not perished. Wherefore
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  Speaker 1: thou beholdest that they are yet good. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said, unto
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  Speaker 1: his servant, the tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots
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  Speaker 1: thereof profit me nothing, so long as it shall bring
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  Speaker 1: forth evil fruit. Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good,
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  Speaker 1: and for mine own purpose I have preserved them. And
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  Speaker 1: because of their much strength, they have hitherto brought forth
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  Speaker 1: from the wild branches good fruit. But behold, the wild
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  Speaker 1: branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof. And
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  Speaker 1: because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof,
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  Speaker 1: it hath brought forth much evil fruit. And because that
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  Speaker 1: it hath brought forth so much evil fruit, thou beholdest
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  Speaker 1: that it beginneth to perish, and it will soon become ripened,
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  Speaker 1: that it may be passed into the fire, except we
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  Speaker 1: should do something for it to preserve it. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said,
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  Speaker 1: unto his servant, let us go down into the nethermost
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  Speaker 1: parts of the vineyard, and behold, if the natural branches
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  Speaker 1: have also brought forth evil fruit. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of
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  Speaker 1: the vineyard, and it came to pass that they beheld
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  Speaker 1: that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also, yea,
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  Speaker 1: the first, and the second, and also the last, and
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  Speaker 1: they had all become corrupt, And the wild fruit of
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  Speaker 1: the last had overcome that part of the tree which
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  Speaker 1: brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered
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  Speaker 1: away and died. And it came to pass that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of the vineyard wept and said, unto the servant,
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  Speaker 1: what could I have done more for my vineyard? Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save
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  Speaker 1: it were these had become corrupted. And now these which
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  Speaker 1: have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted.
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  Speaker 1: And now all the trees of my vineyard are good
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  Speaker 1: for nothing, save it be to be hewn down and
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  Speaker 1: cast into the fire. And behold, this last, whose branch
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  Speaker 1: had withered away, I did plant in a good spot
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  Speaker 1: of ground, yea, even that which was choice unto me
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  Speaker 1: above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which
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  Speaker 1: cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this
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  Speaker 1: tree in the stead thereof. And thou beheldest that a
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  Speaker 1: part thereof brought forth good fruit, and a part thereof
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  Speaker 1: brought forth wild fruit. And because I plucked not the
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  Speaker 1: branches thereof and cast them into the fire, Behold, they
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  Speaker 1: have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.
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  Speaker 1: And now behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have
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  Speaker 1: taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted,
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  Speaker 1: that they bring forth no good fruit. And these I
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  Speaker 1: had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof
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  Speaker 1: against the season, unto mine own self. But behold, they
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  Speaker 1: have become like unto the wild olive tree, and they
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  Speaker 1: are of no worth but to be hewn down and
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  Speaker 1: cast into the fire. And it grieveth me that I
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  Speaker 1: should lose them. But what could I have done more?
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  Speaker 1: In my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand? That I
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  Speaker 1: have not nourished it? Nay, I have nourished it, and
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  Speaker 1: I have digged about it, and I have pruned it,
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  Speaker 1: and I have dunged it. And I have stretched forth
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  Speaker 1: mine hand almost all the day long, And the end
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  Speaker 1: draweth nigh. And it grieveth me that I should hew
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  Speaker 1: down all the trees of my vineyard and cast them
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  Speaker 1: into the fire, that they should be burned. Who is
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  Speaker 1: it that has corrupted my vineyard? And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that the servant said, unto his master, is it
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  Speaker 1: not the loftiness of thy vineyard? Have not the branches
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  Speaker 1: thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the
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  Speaker 1: branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold, they grew faster
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  Speaker 1: than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: they say, is not this the cause that the trees
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  Speaker 1: of thy vineyard have become corrupted? And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that the Lord of the vineyard said, unto the servant,
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  Speaker 1: let us go to and hew down the trees of
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  Speaker 1: the vineyard, and cast them into the fire, that they
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  Speaker 1: shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard. For I
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  Speaker 1: have done all what could I have done more for
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  Speaker 1: my vineyard. But behold, the servant said, unto the lord
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  Speaker 1: the vineyard, spare it a little longer. And the Lord said, yea,
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  Speaker 1: I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth
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  Speaker 1: me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: let us take of the branches of these which I
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  Speaker 1: have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and
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  Speaker 1: let us graft them into the tree from whence they came.
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  Speaker 1: And let us pluck from the tree those branches whose
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  Speaker 1: fruit is most bitter, and graft in the natural branches
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  Speaker 1: of the tree in the stead thereof. And this while
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  Speaker 1: I do, that the tree may not perish, that perhaps
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  Speaker 1: I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine
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  Speaker 1: own purpose. And behold the roots of the natural branches
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  Speaker 1: of the tree which I have planted, whithersoever I would
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  Speaker 1: are yet alive, wherefore that I may preserve them also
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  Speaker 1: for mine own purpose. I will take of the branches
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  Speaker 1: of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: I will graft in unto them the branches of their
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  Speaker 1: mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto
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  Speaker 1: mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong,
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  Speaker 1: perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and
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  Speaker 1: I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that they took from the
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  Speaker 1: natural tree which had become wild, and grafted in unto
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  Speaker 1: the natural trees which also had become wild. And they
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  Speaker 1: also took of the natural trees which had become wild,
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  Speaker 1: and grafted in to their mother tree. And the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of the vineyard set unto the servant pluck not the
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  Speaker 1: wild branches from the trees, save it be those which
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  Speaker 1: are most bitter, And in them ye shall graft according
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  Speaker 1: to that which I have said. And we will nourish
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  Speaker 1: again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim
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  Speaker 1: up the branches thereof, and we will pluck from the
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  Speaker 1: trees those branches which are ripened, that they must perish,
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  Speaker 1: and cast them into the fire. And this I do,
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  Speaker 1: that perhaps the roots thereof may take strength because of
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  Speaker 1: their goodness, and because of the change of the branches,
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  Speaker 1: that the good may overcome the evil. And because that
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  Speaker 1: I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof,
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  Speaker 1: and that I have grafted in the natural branches again
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  Speaker 1: into their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of
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  Speaker 1: their mother tree, that perhaps the trees of my vineyard
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  Speaker 1: may bring forth again good fruit, and that I may
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  Speaker 1: have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard. And
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  Speaker 1: perhaps that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved
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  Speaker 1: the roots of the branches of the first fruit. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: go to and call servants, that we may labor diligently
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  Speaker 1: with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare
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  Speaker 1: the way that I may bring forth again the natural fruit,
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  Speaker 1: which natural fruit is good and most precious above all
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  Speaker 1: other fruit. Wherefore let us go to and labor with
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  Speaker 1: our might this last time, for behold, the end draweth nigh.
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  Speaker 1: And this is for the last time that I shall
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  Speaker 1: prune my vineyard graft in the branches, begin at the last,
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  Speaker 1: that they may be first, and that the first may
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  Speaker 1: be last. And dig about the trees, both old and young,
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  Speaker 1: the first and the last, and the last and the first,
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  Speaker 1: that all may be nourished once again for the last time. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: dig about them, and prune them and dung them once
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  Speaker 1: more for the last time. For the end draweth nigh.
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  Speaker 1: And if it be so that these last grafts shall
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  Speaker 1: grow and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall ye
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  Speaker 1: prepare the way for them, that they may grow. And
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  Speaker 1: as they begin to grow, ye shall clear away the
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  Speaker 1: branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength
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  Speaker 1: of the good and the size thereof. And ye shall
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  Speaker 1: not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest
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  Speaker 1: the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft,
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  Speaker 1: and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the
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  Speaker 1: trees of my vineyard. For it grieveth me that I
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  Speaker 1: should lose the trees of my vineyard. Wherefore ye shall
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  Speaker 1: clear away the bad according as the good shall grow,
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  Speaker 1: that the root and the top may be equal in strength,
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  Speaker 1: until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad
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  Speaker 1: be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they
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  Speaker 1: cumber not the ground of my vineyard. And thus will
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  Speaker 1: I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard, and
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  Speaker 1: the branches of the natural tree, will I graft in
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  Speaker 1: again into the natural tree, and the branches of the
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  Speaker 1: natural tree. Will I graft into the natural branches of
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  Speaker 1: the tree. And thus will I bring them together again,
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  Speaker 1: that they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall be won, and the bad shall be cast away,
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  Speaker 1: yea even out of all the land of my vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: For behold only this once will I prune my vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the lord of the
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  Speaker 1: vineyard sent his servant, and the servant went and did
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  Speaker 1: as the lord had commanded him, and brought other servants.
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  Speaker 1: And they were few, And the Lord of the vineyard
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  Speaker 1: said unto them, go to and labor in the vineyard
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  Speaker 1: with your might. For behold, this is the last time
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  Speaker 1: that I shall nourish my vineyard. For the end is
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  Speaker 1: nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh. And if
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  Speaker 1: ye labor with your might with me, ye shall have
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  Speaker 1: joy in the fruit which I shall unto myself against
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  Speaker 1: the time which will soon come. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them,
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  Speaker 1: and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: the vineyard in all things. And there began to be
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  Speaker 1: the natural fruit again in the vineyard, and the natural
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  Speaker 1: branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly, and the wild
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  Speaker 1: branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away.
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  Speaker 1: And they did keep the root and the top thereof,
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  Speaker 1: equal according to the strength thereof. And thus they labored
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  Speaker 1: with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast
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  Speaker 1: away out of the vineyard. And the Lord had preserved
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  Speaker 1: unto himself, that the trees had become again the natural fruit,
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  Speaker 1: and they became like unto one body, and the fruits
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  Speaker 1: were equal. And the Lord of the vineyard had preserved
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  Speaker 1: unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto
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  Speaker 1: him from the beginning. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when the lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit
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  Speaker 1: was good and that his vineyard was no more corrupt,
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  Speaker 1: he called up his servants and said unto them, behold,
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  Speaker 1: for this last time have we nourished my vineyard. And
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  Speaker 1: thou beholdest that I have done according to my will,
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  Speaker 1: and I have preserved the natural fruit. That it is good,
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  Speaker 1: even like as it was in the beginning. And blessed
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  Speaker 1: art thou, for because ye have been diligent in laboring
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  Speaker 1: with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments,
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  Speaker 1: and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that
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  Speaker 1: my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is
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  Speaker 1: cast away. Behold, ye shall have joy with me because
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  Speaker 1: of the fruit of my vineyard. For behold, for a
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  Speaker 1: long time will I lay up of the fruit of
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  Speaker 1: my vineyard unto mine own self, against the season which
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  Speaker 1: speedily cometh. And for the last time have I nourished
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  Speaker 1: my vineyard and pruned it, and dug about it and
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  Speaker 1: dunged it. Wherefore I will lay up unto mine own
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  Speaker 1: self of the fruit for a long time, according to
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  Speaker 1: that which I have spoken, And when the time cometh,
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  Speaker 1: that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard. Then
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  Speaker 1: will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered,
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  Speaker 1: And the good will I preserve unto myself, and the
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  Speaker 1: bad will I cast away into its own place. And
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  Speaker 1: then cometh the season and the end, and my vineyard
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  Speaker 1: will I cause to be burned with fire Jacob chapter six.
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  Speaker 1: And now behold, my brethren, as I said unto you
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  Speaker 1: that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy, that
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  Speaker 1: the things which this prophet Zenus spake concerning the House
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  Speaker 1: of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a
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  Speaker 1: tame olive tree, must surely come to pass. And the
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  Speaker 1: day that he shall set his hand again the second
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  Speaker 1: time to recover his people is to day yea even
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  Speaker 1: the last time, that the servants of the Lord shall
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  Speaker 1: go forth in his power to nourish and prune his vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: And after that the end soon cometh. And how blest
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  Speaker 1: are they who have labored diligently in his vineyard, And
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  Speaker 1: how cursed are they who shall be cast out into
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  Speaker 1: their own place, and the world shall be burned with fire?
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  Speaker 1: And how merciful is our God unto us, for he
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  Speaker 1: remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches, and
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  Speaker 1: he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long,
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  Speaker 1: and they are as stiff necked, and again saying people.
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  Speaker 1: But as many as will not harden their hearts shall
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  Speaker 1: be saved in the Kingdom of God. Wherefore, my beloved brethren,
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  Speaker 1: I beseech of you in words of soberness, that ye
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  Speaker 1: would repent and come with full purpose of heart, and
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  Speaker 1: cleave unto God as He cleaveth unto you. And while
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  Speaker 1: His arm of mercies extended toward you in the light
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  Speaker 1: of the day, harden not your hearts, yea to day,
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  Speaker 1: if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts,
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  Speaker 1: For why will ye die? For Behold, after ye have
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  Speaker 1: been nourished by the good word of God all the
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  Speaker 1: day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit that ye
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  Speaker 1: must be hewn down and cast into the fire? Behold,
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  Speaker 1: will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words
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  Speaker 1: of the prophet? And will ye reject all the words
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  Speaker 1: which have been spoken concerning Christ? After so many have
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  Speaker 1: spoken concerning Him, and deny the good word of Christ
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  Speaker 1: and the power of God and the gift of the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Ghost. And quench the Holy Spirit, and make a
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  Speaker 1: mock of the great plan of redemption which hath been
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  Speaker 1: laid for You know ye not, that if ye will
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  Speaker 1: do these things, that the power of the redemption and
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  Speaker 1: the resurrection which is in Christ will bring you to
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  Speaker 1: stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God,
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  Speaker 1: and according to the power of justice, For justice cannot
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  Speaker 1: be denied. Ye must go away into that lake of
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  Speaker 1: fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke
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  Speaker 1: sendeth up forever and ever. Which lake of fire and
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  Speaker 1: brimstone is endless torment. Oh, then, my beloved brethren, repent
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  Speaker 1: ye and enter in at the strait gate, and continue
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  Speaker 1: in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain
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  Speaker 1: eternal life. Oh be wise, what can I say more?
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  Speaker 1: Finally I bid you farewell until I shall meet you
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  Speaker 1: before the pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the
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  Speaker 1: wicked with awful dread and fear, Amen Jacob, Chapter seven.
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  Speaker 1: And now it came to pass, after some years had
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  Speaker 1: passed away, there came a man among the people of Nephi,
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  Speaker 1: whose name was Cheram. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: he began to preach among the people and to declare
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  Speaker 1: unto them that there should be no Christ. And he
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  Speaker 1: preached many things which were flattering unto the people. And
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  Speaker 1: this he did that he might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: And he labored diligently that he might lead away the
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  Speaker 1: hearts of the people, insomuch that he did lead away
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  Speaker 1: many hearts. And he, knowing that I, Jacob had faith
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  Speaker 1: in Christ who should come, he sought much opportunity that
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  Speaker 1: he might come unto me. And he was learned that
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  Speaker 1: he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people,
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  Speaker 1: wherefore he could year use much flattery and much power
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  Speaker 1: of speech, according to the power of the devil. And
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  Speaker 1: he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding
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  Speaker 1: the many revelations and the many things which I had
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  Speaker 1: seen concerning these things, For I truly had seen angels,
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  Speaker 1: and they administered unto me. And also I had heard
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very
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  Speaker 1: word from time to time, wherefore I could not be shaken.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that he came unto me.
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  Speaker 1: And on this wise did he speak unto me, saying,
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  Speaker 1: brother Jacob, I have sought much opportunity that I might
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  Speaker 1: speak unto you. For I have heard and also know
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  Speaker 1: that thou goest about much preaching that which ye call
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel or the doctrine of Christ. And ye have
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  Speaker 1: led away much of this people, that they pervert the
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  Speaker 1: right way of God, and keep not the law of Moses,
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  Speaker 1: which is the right way, and convert the law of
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  Speaker 1: Moses into the worship of a being which ye say
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  Speaker 1: shall come many hundred years hence. And now behold I
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  Speaker 1: share him, declare unto you that this is blasphemy. For
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  Speaker 1: no man knoweth of such things, for he cannot tell
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  Speaker 1: of things to come. And after this manner did Shareham
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  Speaker 1: contend against me. But behold, the Lord God poured in
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  Speaker 1: his spirit into my soul insomuch that I did confound
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  Speaker 1: him in all his words. And I said, unto him,
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  Speaker 1: deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said,
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  Speaker 1: if there should be a Christ, I would not deny him.
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  Speaker 1: But I know that there is no Christ, neither has been,
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  Speaker 1: nor ever will be. And I said, unto him, believest
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  Speaker 1: thou the scriptures? And he said yea. And I said,
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  Speaker 1: unto him, then ye do not understand them, for they
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  Speaker 1: truly testify of Christ. Behold, I say unto you that
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  Speaker 1: none of the prophets have written or prophesied, save they
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  Speaker 1: have spoken concerning this Christ. And this is not all.
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  Speaker 1: It has been made manifest unto me, for I have
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  Speaker 1: heard and seen, and it also has been made manifest
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  Speaker 1: unto me by the power of the Holy Wherefore I
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  Speaker 1: know if there should be no atonement made, all mankind
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  Speaker 1: must be lost. And it came to pass that he said,
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  Speaker 1: unto me, show me a sign by this power of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Ghost, in which ye knows so much. And
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  Speaker 1: I said, unto him, what am I that I should
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  Speaker 1: tempt God to show unto thee a sign in the
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  Speaker 1: thing which thou knowest to be true. Yet thou wilt
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  Speaker 1: deny it, because thou art of the devil. Nevertheless, not
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  Speaker 1: mine will be done. But if God shall smite thee,
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  Speaker 1: let that be a sign unto thee that He has
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  Speaker 1: power both in heaven and in earth. And also that
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  Speaker 1: Christ shall come, and thy willow Lord be done, and
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  Speaker 1: not mine. And it came to pass that when I
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  Speaker 1: Jacob had spoken these words, the power of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: came upon him insomuch that he fell to the earth.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that he was nourished for
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  Speaker 1: the space of many days. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that he said, unto the people gathered together on the morrow,
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  Speaker 1: for I shall die. Wherefore I desire to speak unto
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  Speaker 1: the people before I shall die. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered together,
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  Speaker 1: and he spake plainly unto them, and denied the things
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  Speaker 1: which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ and
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.
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  Speaker 1: And he spake plainly unto them that he had been
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  Speaker 1: deceived by the power of the devil. And he spake
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  Speaker 1: of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal punishment. And
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  Speaker 1: he said, I fear lest I have committed the unpardonable sin,
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  Speaker 1: for I have lied unto God. For I denied the Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and said that I believed the scriptures, and they truly
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  Speaker 1: testify of Him. And because I have thus lied unto God,
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  Speaker 1: I greatly fear lest my case shall be awful. But
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  Speaker 1: I confess unto God. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when he had said these words, he could say no more,
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  Speaker 1: and he gave up the ghost. And when the multitude
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  Speaker 1: had witnessed that he spake these things as he was
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  Speaker 1: about to give up the ghost. They were astonished exceedingly
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that the power of God came down upon them,
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  Speaker 1: and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Now this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I
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  Speaker 1: had requested it of my father, who was in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: For he had heard my cry and answered my prayer.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that peace and the love
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  Speaker 1: of God was restored again among the people. And they
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  Speaker 1: searched the scriptures, and hearkened no more to the words
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  Speaker 1: of this wicked man. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: many means were devised to reclaim and restore the Lamanites
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  Speaker 1: to the knowledge of the truth. But it was all vain,
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  Speaker 1: for they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and they had
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  Speaker 1: an eternal hatred against us, their brethren, and they sought,
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  Speaker 1: by the power of their arms to destroy us continually.
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  Speaker 1: Wherefore the people of Nephi did fortify against them with
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  Speaker 1: their arms and with all their might, trusting in the
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  Speaker 1: God and Rock of their salvation. Wherefore they became as
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  Speaker 1: yet conquerors of their enemies. And it came to pass,
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  Speaker 1: that I, Jacob began to be old, and the record
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  Speaker 1: of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi.
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  Speaker 1: Wherefore I conclude this record, declaring that I have written
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  Speaker 1: according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that
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  Speaker 1: the time passed away with us, and also our lives
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  Speaker 1: passed away, like as it were unto us a dream,
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  Speaker 1: we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers cast
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  Speaker 1: out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation in a wilderness, and
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  Speaker 1: hated of our brethren, which caused wars and contentions. Wherefore
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  Speaker 1: we did mourn out our days. And I, Jacob, saw
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  Speaker 1: that I must soon go down to my grave. Wherefore
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: I said, unto my son Enos, take these plates, and
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  Speaker 1: I told him the things which my brother Nephi had
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  Speaker 1: commanded me. And he promised obedience unto the commands. And
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  Speaker 1: I make an end of my writing upon these plates,
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  Speaker 1: which writing has been small. And to the reader, I
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  Speaker 1: bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read
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  Speaker 1: my words. Brethren, adieu and of Jacob Chapters five through
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  Speaker 1: seven