1 Nephi 11:1

For it came to pass after I had desired

to know the things that my father had seen,

and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me,

as I sat pondering in mine heart

I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord,

yea, into an exceedingly high mountain,

which I never had before seen,

and upon which I never had before set my foot.

1 Nephi 11:2

And the Spirit said unto me:

Behold, what desirest thou?

1 Nephi 11:3

And I said:

I desire to behold the things which my father saw.

1 Nephi 11:4

And the Spirit said unto me:

Believest thou that thy father saw the tree of which he hath spoken?

1 Nephi 11:5

And I said:

Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of my father.

1 Nephi 11:6

And when I had spoken these words,

the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying:

Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God;

for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all.

And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God;

wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.

1 Nephi 11:7

And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign,

that after thou hast beheld the tree

which bore the fruit which thy father tasted,

thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven,

and him shall ye witness;

and after ye have witnessed him

ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.

1 Nephi 11:8

And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look!

And I looked and beheld a tree;

and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen;

and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty;

and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.

1 Nephi 11:9

And it came to pass after I had seen the tree,

I said unto the Spirit:

I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree

which is precious above all.

1 Nephi 11:10

And he said unto me: What desirest thou?

1 Nephi 11:11

And I said unto him:

To know the interpretation thereof —

for I spake unto him as a man speaketh;

for I beheld that he was in the form of a man;

yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord;

and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.

1 Nephi 11:12

And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look!

And I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not;

for he had gone from before my presence.