1 Nephi 15:1

And it came to pass that

after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the spirit, and seen all these things,

I returned to the tent of my father.

1 Nephi 15:2

And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren,

and they were disputing one with another

concerning the things which my father had spoken unto them.

1 Nephi 15:3

For he truly spake many great things unto them,

which were hard to be understood,

save a man should inquire of the Lord;

and they being hard in their hearts,

therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.

1 Nephi 15:4

And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their hearts,

and also, because of the things which I had seen,

and knew they must unavoidably come to pass

because of the great wickedness of the children of men.

1 Nephi 15:5

And it came to pass that I was overcome because of my afflictions,

for I considered that mine afflictions were great above all,

because of the destruction of my people,

for I had beheld their fall.

1 Nephi 15:6

And it came to pass that after I had received strength

I spake unto my brethren,

desiring to know of them the cause of their disputations.

1 Nephi 15:7

And they said:

Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken

concerning the natural branches of the olive tree,

and also concerning the Gentiles.

1 Nephi 15:8

And I said unto them:

Have ye inquired of the Lord?

1 Nephi 15:9

And they said unto me:

We have not;

for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us.

1 Nephi 15:10

Behold, I said unto them:

How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord?

How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

1 Nephi 15:11

Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said? —

If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith,

believing that ye shall receive,

with diligence in keeping my commandments,

surely these things shall be made known unto you.