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

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  Speaker 1: Third Nephi, Chapter twenty seven. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that as the disciples of Jesus were journeying and were
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  Speaker 1: preaching the things which they had both heard and seen,
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  Speaker 1: and were baptizing in the name of Jesus. It came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that the disciples were gathered together and were
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  Speaker 1: united in mighty prayer and fasting. And Jesus again showed
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  Speaker 1: himself unto them, for they were praying unto the Father
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  Speaker 1: in his name. And Jesus came and stood in the
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  Speaker 1: midst of them and said unto them, what will ye
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  Speaker 1: that I shall give unto you? And they said, unto him, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: we will that thou wouldst tell us the name whereby
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  Speaker 1: we shall call this church. For there are disputations among
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  Speaker 1: the people concerning this matter. And the Lord said, unto them, verily, verily,
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  Speaker 1: I say unto you. Why is it that the people
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  Speaker 1: should murmur and dispute because of this thing? Have ye
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  Speaker 1: not read the scriptures which say ye must take upon
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  Speaker 1: you the name of Christ, which is my name. For
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  Speaker 1: by this name shall ye be called at the last day.
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  Speaker 1: And whoso taketh upon him my name and endureth to
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  Speaker 1: the end. The same shall be saved at the last day. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: whatsoever ye shall do, ye shall do it in my name.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore ye shall call the church in my name, and
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  Speaker 1: ye shall call upon the Father in my name, that
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  Speaker 1: he will bless the church for my sake. And how
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  Speaker 1: be it my church, save it be called in my name.
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  Speaker 1: For if a church be called in Moses's name, then
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  Speaker 1: it be Moses's church, Or if it be called in
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  Speaker 1: the name of a man, then it be the church
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  Speaker 1: of a man. But if it be called in my name,
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  Speaker 1: then it is my church. If it so be that
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  Speaker 1: they are built upon my gospel, Verily I say unto
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  Speaker 1: you that ye are built upon my gospel. Therefore ye
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  Speaker 1: shall call whatsoever things ye do call in my name. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: if ye shall call upon the Father for the church,
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  Speaker 1: if it be in my name, the Father will hear you.
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  Speaker 1: And if it so be that the church is built
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  Speaker 1: upon my gospel, then will the Father show forth his
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  Speaker 1: own works in it. But if it be not built
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  Speaker 1: upon My gospel, and is built upon the works of man,
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  Speaker 1: or upon the works of the devil, verily I say
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  Speaker 1: unto you, they have joy in their works for a season,
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  Speaker 1: and by and by the end cometh, and they are
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  Speaker 1: hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there
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  Speaker 1: is no return for their works. Do follow them, for
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  Speaker 1: it is because of their works that they are hewn down. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: remember the things that I have told you. Behold, I
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  Speaker 1: have given unto you my gospel. And this is the
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  Speaker 1: gospel which I have given unto you. That I came
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  Speaker 1: into the world to do the will of my Father,
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  Speaker 1: because my father sent me. And my father sent me
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  Speaker 1: that I might be lifted up upon the cross. And
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  Speaker 1: after that I had been lifted up upon the cross,
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  Speaker 1: that I might draw all man unto me. That as
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  Speaker 1: I have been lifted up by man, even so shall
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  Speaker 1: men be lifted up by the Father to stand before me,
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  Speaker 1: to be judged of their works, whether they be good
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  Speaker 1: or whether they be evil. And for this cause have
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  Speaker 1: I been lifted up. Therefore, according to the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Father, I will draw all men unto me, that
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  Speaker 1: they may be judged according to their works. And it
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  Speaker 1: shall come to pass that whoso repenteth and is baptized
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  Speaker 1: in my name shall be filled. And if he endureth
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  Speaker 1: to the end, behold him. Will I hold guiltless before
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  Speaker 1: my Father At that day when I shall stand to
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  Speaker 1: judge the world. And he that endureth not unto the end,
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  Speaker 1: the same as he that is also hewn down and
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  Speaker 1: cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return,
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  Speaker 1: because of the justice of the Father. And this is
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  Speaker 1: the word which he hath given unto the children of men.
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  Speaker 1: And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he
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  Speaker 1: hath given. And he lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words.
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  Speaker 1: And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: nothing entereth into his rest, save it be those who
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  Speaker 1: have washed their garments in my blood, because of their
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  Speaker 1: faith and the repentance of all their sins, and their
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  Speaker 1: faithfulness unto the end. Now this is the commandment. Repent
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  Speaker 1: all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me
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  Speaker 1: and be baptized in my name, that ye may be
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  Speaker 1: sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye
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  Speaker 1: may stand spotless before me at the last day. Verily, verily,
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  Speaker 1: I say unto you, this is my Gospel. And ye
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  Speaker 1: know the things that ye must do in my church.
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  Speaker 1: For the works which ye have seen me do, that
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  Speaker 1: shall ye also do. For that which ye have seen
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  Speaker 1: me do. Even that shall ye do. Therefore, if ye
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  Speaker 1: do these things, blessed are ye, for ye shall be
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  Speaker 1: lifted up at the last day. Write the things which
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  Speaker 1: ye have seen and heard, save it be those which
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  Speaker 1: are forbidden, the works of this people, which shall be
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  Speaker 1: even as hath been written, of that which hath been
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  Speaker 1: for Behold, out of the books which have been written
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  Speaker 1: and which shall be written, shall this people be judged?
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  Speaker 1: For by them shall their works be known unto men.
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  Speaker 1: And behold, all things are written by the Father. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: out of the books which shall be written, shall the
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  Speaker 1: world be judged. And know ye that ye shall be
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  Speaker 1: judges of this people according to the judgment which I
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  Speaker 1: shall give unto you, which shall be just. Therefore, what
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  Speaker 1: manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say
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  Speaker 1: unto you, even as I am, And now I go
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  Speaker 1: unto the Father. And verily I say unto you. Whatsoever
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  Speaker 1: things ye shall ask the Father in my name shall
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  Speaker 1: be given unto you. Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive, knock,
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  Speaker 1: and it shall be opened unto you. For he that
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  Speaker 1: asketh receiveth and unto him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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  Speaker 1: And now behold, my joy is great, even unto fullness
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  Speaker 1: because of you, and also this generation yea, and even
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  Speaker 1: the Father rejoiceth, and also all the Holy angels because
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  Speaker 1: of You and this generation, for none of them are lost. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I would that ye should understand, for I mean them
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  Speaker 1: who are now alive of this generation, and none of
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  Speaker 1: them are lost. And in them I have fullness of joy.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, it sorroweth me because of the fourth generation
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  Speaker 1: from this generation, for they are led away captive by him,
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  Speaker 1: even as was the son of Perdition. For they will
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  Speaker 1: sell me for silver and for gold, and for that
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  Speaker 1: which moth doth corrupt, and which thieves can break through,
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  Speaker 1: and steel. And in that day will I visit them,
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  Speaker 1: even in turning their works upon their own heads. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings,
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  Speaker 1: he said, unto his disciples, enter ye in at the
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  Speaker 1: strait gate. For straight is the gate, and ne'er is
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  Speaker 1: the way that leads to life, and few there be
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  Speaker 1: that find it. But wide is the gate, and broad
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  Speaker 1: the way which leads to death. And many there be
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  Speaker 1: that travel therein until the night cometh, wherein no man
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  Speaker 1: can work. Third Ne. Five, chapter twenty eight. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass. When Jesus had said these words, he
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  Speaker 1: spake unto his disciples one by one, saying unto them,
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  Speaker 1: what is it that ye desire of me? After that
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  Speaker 1: I am gone to the Father. And they all spake,
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  Speaker 1: save it were three, saying, we desire that, after we
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  Speaker 1: have lived unto the age of man, that our ministry,
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  Speaker 1: wherein thou hast called us, may have an end, that
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  Speaker 1: we may speedily come unto thee in thy kingdom. And
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  Speaker 1: he said unto them, blessed are ye, because ye desired
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  Speaker 1: this sting of me. Therefore after that year seventy and
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  Speaker 1: two years old, ye shall come unto me in my kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: and with me ye shall find rest. And when he
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  Speaker 1: had spoken unto them, he turned himself unto the three
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  Speaker 1: and said unto them, what will ye that I should
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  Speaker 1: do unto you when I am gone again unto the Father.
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  Speaker 1: And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they durst not
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  Speaker 1: speak unto him the things which they desired. And he
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  Speaker 1: said unto them, behold, I know your thoughts, and ye
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  Speaker 1: have desired the thing which John, my beloved, who was
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  Speaker 1: with me in my ministry before that. I was lifted
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  Speaker 1: up by the jews desired of me. Therefore more blessed
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  Speaker 1: are ye, for ye shall never taste of death, but
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  Speaker 1: ye shall live to behold all the doings of the
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  Speaker 1: Father unto the children of men, even until all things
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  Speaker 1: shall be fulfilled according to the will of the Father,
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  Speaker 1: when I shall come in my glory with the powers
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  Speaker 1: of heaven, and ye shall never endure the pains of death.
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  Speaker 1: But when I shall come in my glory, ye shall
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  Speaker 1: be changed in the twinkling of an eye from more
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  Speaker 1: to immortality. And then shall ye be blessed in the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of my Father. And again ye shall not have pain,
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  Speaker 1: while ye shall dwell in the flesh, neither sorrow, save
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  Speaker 1: it be for the sins of the world. And all
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  Speaker 1: this will I do because of the thing which ye
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  Speaker 1: have desired of me. For ye have desired that ye
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  Speaker 1: might bring the souls of man unto me, while the
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  Speaker 1: world shall stand. And for this cause ye shall have
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  Speaker 1: fullness of joy, and ye shall sit down in the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of my Father. Yea, your joy shall be full,
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  Speaker 1: even as the Father hath given me fullness of joy.
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  Speaker 1: And ye shall be even as I am, and I
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  Speaker 1: am even as the Father and the Father, and I
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  Speaker 1: are one, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the
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  Speaker 1: Father and me. And the Father giveth the Holy Ghost
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  Speaker 1: unto the children of men because of Me. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words,
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  Speaker 1: he touched every one of them with his finger, save
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  Speaker 1: it were the three who were to tarry. And then
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  Speaker 1: he departed. And behold, the heavens were opened, and they
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  Speaker 1: were caught up into heaven, and saw and heard unspeakable things.
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  Speaker 1: And it was forbidden them that they should utter. Neither
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  Speaker 1: was it given unto them power that they could utter
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  Speaker 1: the things which they saw and heard. And whether they
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  Speaker 1: were in the body or out of the body, they
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  Speaker 1: could not tell. For it did seem unto them like
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  Speaker 1: a transfiguration of them, that they were changed from this
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  Speaker 1: body of flesh into an immortal state, that they could
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  Speaker 1: behold the things of God. But it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that they did again minister unto the face of the earth. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: they did not minister of the things which they had
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  Speaker 1: heard and seen, because of the commandment which was given
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  Speaker 1: them in heaven. And now, whether they were mortal or
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  Speaker 1: immortal from the day of their transfiguration, I know not,
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  Speaker 1: But this much I know, according to the record which
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  Speaker 1: hath been given, they did go forth upon the face
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  Speaker 1: of the land, and did minister unto all the people,
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  Speaker 1: uniting as many to the Church as would believe in
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  Speaker 1: their preaching, baptizing them, and as many as were baptized
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  Speaker 1: did receive the Holy Ghost. And they were cast into
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  Speaker 1: prison by them who did not belong to the Church,
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  Speaker 1: and the prisons could not hold them, for they were
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  Speaker 1: rent in twain. And they were cast down into the earth.
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  Speaker 1: But they did smite the earth with the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that by His power they were delivered out of
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  Speaker 1: the depths of the earth. And therefore they could not
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  Speaker 1: dig pits sufficient to hold them. And thrice they were
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  Speaker 1: cast into a furnace, and received no harm. And twice
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  Speaker 1: were they cast into a den of wild beasts, and behold,
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  Speaker 1: they did play with the beasts as a child with
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  Speaker 1: a suckling lamb, and received no harm. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that thus did they go forth among all
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  Speaker 1: the people of Nephi, and had preached the Gospel of
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  Speaker 1: Christ and to all the people upon the face of
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  Speaker 1: the land. And they were converted unto the Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: were united unto the Church of Christ. And thus the
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  Speaker 1: people of that generation were blessed according to the word
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. And now I Mormon, make an end of
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  Speaker 1: speaking concerning these things for a time. Behold, I was
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  Speaker 1: about to write the names of those who were never
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  Speaker 1: to taste of death. But the Lord forbade therefore I
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  Speaker 1: write them not, for they are hid from the world.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, I have seen them, and they have ministered
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  Speaker 1: unto me. And behold, they will be among the Gentiles,
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  Speaker 1: and the Gentiles shall know them not. They will also
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  Speaker 1: be among the Jews, and the Jews shall know them not.
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  Speaker 1: And it shall come to pass when the Lord seeth
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  Speaker 1: fit in his wisdom, that they shall minister into all
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  Speaker 1: the scattered tribes of Israel and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues,
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  Speaker 1: and people, and shall bring out of them unto Jesus
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  Speaker 1: many souls, that their desire may be fulfilled. And also
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  Speaker 1: because of the convincing power of God which is in them.
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  Speaker 1: And they are as the angels of God. And if
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  Speaker 1: they shall pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: they can show themselves unto whatsoever man it seemeth them good. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: great and marvelous works shall be wrought by them before
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  Speaker 1: the great and coming day, when all people must surely
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  Speaker 1: stand before the judgment seat of Christ. YEA, even among
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles, shall there be a great and marvelous work
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  Speaker 1: wrought by them before the judgment day. And if ye
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  Speaker 1: had all the scriptures which give an account of all
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  Speaker 1: the marvelous works of Christ, ye would, according to the
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  Speaker 1: words of Christ, know that these things must surely come.
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  Speaker 1: And woe unto him that will not hearken unto the
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  Speaker 1: words of Jesus, and also to them whom he hath
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  Speaker 1: chosen and sent among them. For whoso receiveth not the
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  Speaker 1: words of Jesus, and the words of those whom he
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  Speaker 1: hath sent receiveth not him. And therefore he will not
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  Speaker 1: receive them at the last day. And it would be
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  Speaker 1: better for them if they had not been born. For
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  Speaker 1: ye suppose that ye can get rid of the justice
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  Speaker 1: of an offended God, who hath been trampled under feet
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  Speaker 1: of men, that thereby salvation might come. And now behold,
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  Speaker 1: as I spake concerning those whom the Lord hath chosen,
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  Speaker 1: YEA even three who were caught up into the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: that I knew not whether they were cleansed from mortality
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  Speaker 1: to immortality. But behold, since I wrote, I have inquired
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, and he hath made it manifest unto
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  Speaker 1: me that there must needs be a change rod upon
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  Speaker 1: their bodies, or else it needs be that they must
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  Speaker 1: taste of death. Therefore, that they might not taste of death,
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  Speaker 1: there was a change rod upon their bodies, that they
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  Speaker 1: might not suffer pain nor sorrow, save it were for
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  Speaker 1: the sins of the world. Now this change was not
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  Speaker 1: equal to that which shall take place at the last day.
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  Speaker 1: But there was a change wrought upon them in so
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  Speaker 1: much that Satan could have no power over them, that
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  Speaker 1: he could not tempt them. And they were sanctified in
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  Speaker 1: the flesh, that they were holy, and that the powers
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  Speaker 1: of the earth could not hold them. And in this
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  Speaker 1: state they were to remain until the judgment day of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: And at that day they were to receive a greater change,
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  Speaker 1: and to be received into the Kingdom of the Father,
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  Speaker 1: to go no more out, but to dwell eternally in
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  Speaker 1: the heavens or Nephi chapter twenty nine. And now behold,
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  Speaker 1: I say unto you that when the Lord shall see
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  Speaker 1: fit in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles according to his word. Then ye may know
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  Speaker 1: that the covenant which the Father hath made with the
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  Speaker 1: children of Israel concerning their restoration to the lands of
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  Speaker 1: their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled. And ye
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  Speaker 1: may know that the words of the Lord, which have
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  Speaker 1: been spoken by the Holy prophets, shall all be fulfilled.
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  Speaker 1: And ye need not say that the Lord delays his
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  Speaker 1: coming unto the children of Israel. And ye need not
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  Speaker 1: imagine in your hearts that the words which have been
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  Speaker 1: spoken are vain. For behold, the Lord will remember his
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  Speaker 1: covenant which he hath made unto his people of the
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  Speaker 1: House of Israel. And when ye shall see these sayings
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  Speaker 1: coming forth among you, then ye need not any longer
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  Speaker 1: spurn at the doings of the Lord. For the sword
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  Speaker 1: of his justice is in his right hand. And behold,
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  Speaker 1: at that day, if ye shall spurn at his doings,
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  Speaker 1: he will cause that it shall soon overtake you. Woe
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  Speaker 1: unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Yea woe unto him that shall deny the Christ and
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  Speaker 1: his works. Yea woe unto him that shall deny the
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  Speaker 1: revelations of the Lord, and that shall say, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: no longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy, or by gifts,
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  Speaker 1: or by tongues, or by healings, or by the power
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  Speaker 1: of the Holy Ghost. Yea, and woe unto him that
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  Speaker 1: shall say at that day to get gained, that there
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  Speaker 1: can be no miracle wrought by Jesus Christ. For he
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  Speaker 1: that doeth this shall become likened to the son of Perdition,
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  Speaker 1: for whom there was no mercy according to the word
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. Yea, And ye need not any longer his
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  Speaker 1: nor spurn, nor make game of the Jews, nor any
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  Speaker 1: of the remnant of the House of Israel. For behold,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord remembereth his covenant unto them, and he will
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  Speaker 1: do unto them according to that which he hath sworn. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: ye need not suppose that ye can turn the right
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  Speaker 1: hand of the Lord unto the left, that he may
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  Speaker 1: not execute judgment unto the fulfilling of the covenant which
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  Speaker 1: he hath made unto the House of Israel. Thirty five,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty. Hearken, o, ye gentiles, and hear the words
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ, the son of the Living God, which
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  Speaker 1: he hath commanded me that I should speak concerning you.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, he commandeth me that I should write, saying,
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  Speaker 1: turn all ye gentiles, from your wicked ways, and repent
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  Speaker 1: of your evil doings, of your lyings and deceivings, and
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  Speaker 1: of your hortems, and of your secret abominations and your idolatries,
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  Speaker 1: and of your murders and your priestcrafts, and your envyings
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  Speaker 1: and your strife, and from all your wickedness and abominations,
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  Speaker 1: and come unto me and be baptized in my name,
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  Speaker 1: that ye may receive a remission of your sins and
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  Speaker 1: be filled with the Holy Ghost, that ye may be
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  Speaker 1: numbered with my people, who are of the House of
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  Speaker 1: Israel and of thirty five chapters twenty seven through thirty