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LDS Scriptures
These scriptural records complement one another and form a unified testimony that Jesus is
the Christ, the God of Israel and the God of the whole earth).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reveres and respects the Bible and affirms
also that the Lord continues to give additional revelation through his prophets in the last days that supports and verifies the biblical account of God’s dealings
with mankind.
** (2 Nephi 29: 12, 13)
12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites
and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also
speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the
Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
The stick of Judah (the Bible) and the stick of Joseph (the Book of Mormon) will become one
in the Lord’s hand.
(2 Corinthians 13: 1) THIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every
word be established.
We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the
word of God. (Article of Faith #8)
(Note: see Book of Mormon section for background on it and the record of the Jews
that was in the possession of the people of the Book of Mormon.)
Many gentiles shall reject the Book of Mormon—They shall say: We need no more Bible—The Lord speaks to many nations—He will judge the world out of the
books thus written.
** (2 Nephi 29)
1 BUT behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which
I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed;
and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto
my people, which are of the house of Israel;
3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more
Bible.
4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And
what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains
of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not
sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those
who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even
upon all the nations of the earth?
8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you
that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall
run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to
mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be
until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I
have not caused more to be written.
11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the
sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their
works, according to that which is written.
12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall
write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all
nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the
Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the
Jews.
14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their
possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of
Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.
The Prophet Nephi (in the Book of Mormon) foresaw those who would later come to the American
continent.
** (1 Nephi 13: 23-28)
23 And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the
mouth of a Jew. And I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that thou beholdest is a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants of the Lord,
which he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it also containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets; and it is a record like unto the engravings which
are upon the plates of brass, save there are not so many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel;
wherefore, they are of great worth unto the Gentiles.
24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou
hast beheld that the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of the gospel of
the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles bear record; and they bear record according to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.
25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the
Jews in purity unto the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.
26 And after they go forth by the hand of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the formation of that great and abominable church, which is most abominable above all
other churches; for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord
have they taken away.
27 And all this have they done that they might
pervert the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men.
28 Wherefore, thou seest that after the book
hath gone forth through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of
the Lamb of God.
(John 10: 16) And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Joseph in Egypt saw the Nephites in vision—He prophesied of Joseph Smith, the latter-day
seer; … and of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.
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(2 Nephi 3: 5-7,11,12)
5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God
would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the
covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness
unto light—yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.
6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my
loins.
7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I braise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he
shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren,
which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
8 And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I
will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.
11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the
seed of thy loins—and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among
them.
12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that
which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the
confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their
fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION (JST)
A revision or translation of the King James Version of the Bible in English, which the Prophet Joseph Smith began in June 1830. He was commanded by God to make
the translation and regarded it as part of his calling as a prophet.
Although Joseph completed most of the translation by July 1833, he continued until his death in 1844 to make modifications while preparing a manuscript for
publication. Though he published some parts of the translation during his lifetime, it is possible that he would have made additional changes had he lived to
publish the entire work. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published the first edition of Joseph Smith’s inspired translation in 1867.
They have published several editions since that time.
The Prophet learned many things during the translation process. Several sections of the Doctrine and Covenants were received because of his translation work (such
as D&C 76, 77, 91, and 132). Also, the Lord gave Joseph specific instructions for the translation, which were recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C 37: 1;
45: 60-61; 76: 15-18; 90: 13; 91; 94: 10; 104: 58; 124: 89). The book of Moses and Joseph Smith—Matthew, now included in the Pearl of Great Price, were taken
directly from the Joseph Smith Translation.
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