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Jesus teaches the Nephites the Lord's Prayer—They are to lay up treasures in heaven—The twelve disciples in their ministry are commanded to take no thought for temporal things—Compare Matthew 6. About A.D. 34.
a
Verily,
verily,
I
say
that
I
would
that
ye
should
do
alms
unto
the
poor;
but
take
heed
that
ye
do
not
your
alms
before
men
to
be
seen
of
them;
otherwise
ye
have
no
reward
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
2 Therefore,
when
ye
shall
do
your
alms
do
not
sound
a
trumpet
before
you,
as
will
hypocrites
do
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
streets,
that
they
may
have
a
glory
of
men.
Verily
I
say
unto
you,
they
have
their
reward.
3 But
when
thou
doest
alms
let
not
thy
left
hand
know
what
thy
right
hand
doeth;
4 That
thine
alms
may
be
in
secret;
and
thy
Father
who
seeth
in
secret,
himself
shall
reward
thee
openly.
5 And
when
thou
a
prayest
thou
shalt
not
do
as
the
b
hypocrites,
for
they
love
to
pray,
standing
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
corners
of
the
streets,
that
they
may
be
seen
of
men.
Verily
I
say
unto
you,
they
have
their
reward.
6 But
thou,
when
thou
prayest,
enter
into
thy
closet,
and
when
thou
hast
a
shut
thy
door,
pray
to
thy
Father
who
is
in
secret;
and
thy
Father,
who
b
seeth
in
secret,
shall
reward
thee
openly.
7 But
when
ye
pray,
use
not
a
vain
repetitions,
as
the
b
heathen,
for
they
think
that
they
shall
be
heard
for
their
much
speaking.
8 Be
not
ye
therefore
like
unto
them,
for
your
Father
a
knoweth
what
things
ye
have
need
of
before
ye
b
ask
him.
9 After
this
a
manner
therefore
b
pray
ye:
Our
c
Father
who
art
in
heaven,
hallowed
be
thy
name.
10 Thy
will
be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven.
11 And
forgive
us
our
debts,
as
we
forgive
our
debtors.
12 And
a
lead
us
not
into
temptation,
but
deliver
us
from
evil.
13 For
thine
is
the
kingdom,
and
the
power,
and
the
glory,
forever.
Amen.
14 For,
if
ye
a
forgive
men
their
trespasses
your
heavenly
Father
will
also
forgive
you;
15 But
if
ye
forgive
not
men
their
trespasses
neither
will
your
Father
forgive
your
trespasses.
16 Moreover,
when
ye
a
fast
be
not
as
the
b
hypocrites,
of
a
sad
countenance,
for
they
disfigure
their
faces
that
they
may
appear
unto
men
to
fast.
Verily
I
say
unto
you,
they
have
their
reward.
17 But
thou,
when
thou
fastest,
anoint
thy
head,
and
a
wash
thy
face;
18 That
thou
appear
not
unto
men
to
fast,
but
unto
thy
Father,
who
is
in
a
secret;
and
thy
Father,
who
seeth
in
secret,
shall
reward
thee
openly.
19 Lay
not
up
for
yourselves
treasures
upon
earth,
where
a
moth
and
rust
doth
corrupt,
and
thieves
break
through
and
steal;
20 But
lay
up
for
yourselves
a
treasures
in
heaven,
where
neither
moth
nor
rust
doth
corrupt,
and
where
thieves
do
not
break
through
nor
steal.
21 For
where
your
treasure
is,
there
will
your
heart
be
also.
22 The
a
light
of
the
body
is
the
b
eye;
if,
therefore,
thine
eye
be
c
single,
thy
whole
body
shall
be
full
of
light.
23 But
if
thine
eye
be
evil,
thy
whole
body
shall
be
full
of
darkness.
If,
therefore,
the
light
that
is
in
thee
be
darkness,
how
great
is
that
darkness!
24 No
man
can
a
serve
b
two
masters;
for
either
he
will
hate
the
one
and
love
the
other,
or
else
he
will
hold
to
the
one
and
despise
the
other.
Ye
cannot
serve
God
and
Mammon.
25 And
now
it
came
to
pass
that
when
Jesus
had
spoken
these
words
he
looked
upon
the
a
twelve
whom
he
had
chosen,
and
said
unto
them:
Remember
the
words
which
I
have
spoken.
For
behold,
ye
are
they
whom
I
have
chosen
to
b
minister
unto
this
people.
Therefore
I
say
unto
you,
c
take
no
thought
for
your
life,
what
ye
shall
eat,
or
what
ye
shall
drink;
nor
yet
for
your
body,
what
ye
shall
put
on.
Is
not
the
life
more
than
meat,
and
the
body
than
d
raiment?
26 Behold
the
a
fowls
of
the
air,
for
they
sow
not,
neither
do
they
reap
nor
gather
into
barns;
yet
your
heavenly
Father
feedeth
them.
Are
ye
not
much
better
than
they?
27 Which
of
you
by
taking
thought
can
add
one
cubit
unto
his
stature?
28 And
why
take
ye
thought
for
raiment?
Consider
the
a
lilies
of
the
field
how
they
grow;
they
toil
not,
neither
do
they
spin;
29 And
yet
I
say
unto
you,
that
even
Solomon,
in
all
his
glory,
was
not
arrayed
like
one
of
these.
30 Wherefore,
if
God
so
clothe
the
grass
of
the
field,
which
today
is,
and
tomorrow
is
cast
into
the
oven,
even
so
will
he
clothe
you,
if
ye
are
not
of
little
faith.
31 Therefore
take
no
thought,
saying,
What
shall
we
eat?
or,
What
shall
we
drink?
or,
Wherewithal
shall
we
be
clothed?
32 For
your
heavenly
Father
knoweth
that
ye
have
need
of
all
these
things.
33 But
a
seek
ye
first
the
b
kingdom
of
God
and
his
righteousness,
and
all
these
things
shall
be
added
unto
you.
34 Take
therefore
no
thought
for
the
morrow,
for
the
morrow
shall
take
thought
for
the
things
of
itself.
a
Sufficient
is
the
day
unto
the
evil
thereof.
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