The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiSmith, Joseph, Jr.
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The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Sacred books; Latter Day Saint churches -- Sacred books
4:15 And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I
perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the
stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might
build and have safe foundation.
4:16 But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become
the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the
Jews can build.
4:17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having
rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may
become the head of their corner?
4:18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you;
if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit,
and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.
Jacob Chapter 5
5:1 Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of
the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:
5:2 Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a prophet
of the Lord.
5:3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of
Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in
his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.
5:4 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and
he saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and he said: I will prune
it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth
young and tender branches, and it perish not.
5:5 And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and
nourished it according to his word.
5:6 And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth
somewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the main top
thereof began to perish.
5:7 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he
said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree;
wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive-tree, and bring
them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which
are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire that
they may be burned.
5:8 And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of
these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I
will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree
will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I
will take these young and tender branches, and I will graft them
whithersoever I will.
5:9 Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft them in,
in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I will cast
into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my
vineyard.
5:10 And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the vineyard
did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard, and grafted in
the branches of the wild olive-tree.
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