Unit 88

Father

40 occurrences in 32 verses

3 Nephi 19:6, 7, 8, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31,

3 Nephi 20:10, 12, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 46,

3 Nephi 21:2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 20

3 Nephi 19:6

And the twelve did teach the multitude;

and behold, they did cause

that the multitude should kneel down upon the face of the earth,

and should pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus.

3 Nephi 19:7

And the disciples did pray unto the Father also in the name of Jesus.

And it came to pass that they arose and ministered unto the people.

3 Nephi 19:8

And when they had ministered

those same words which Jesus had spoken —

nothing varying from the words which Jesus had spoken —

behold, they knelt again and prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus.

3 Nephi 19:23

And now Father, I pray unto thee for them,

and also for all those who shall believe on their words,

that they may believe in me,

that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me,

that we may be one.

3 Nephi 19:24

And it came to pass that

when Jesus had thus prayed unto the Father,

he came unto his disciples,

and behold, they did still continue, without ceasing, to pray unto him;

and they did not multiply many words,

for it was given unto them what they should pray,

and they were filled with desire.

3 Nephi 19:27

And he turned from them again, and went a little way off

and bowed himself to the earth;

and he prayed again unto the Father, saying:

3 Nephi 19:29

Father, I pray not for the world, but for those

whom thou hast given me out of the world, because of their faith,

that they may be purified in me,

that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me,

that we may be one, that I may be glorified in them.

3 Nephi 19:31

And it came to pass that he went again a little way off

and prayed unto the Father;

3 Nephi 20:10

And it came to pass that when they had all given glory unto Jesus,

he said unto them:

Behold now I finish the commandment

which the Father hath commanded me concerning this people,

who are a remnant of the house of Israel.

3 Nephi 20:12

And verily, verily, I say unto you,

that when they shall be fulfilled

then is the fulfilling of the covenant

which the Father hath made unto his people, O house of Israel.

3 Nephi 20:14

And the Father hath commanded me

that I should give unto you this land, for your inheritance.

3 Nephi 20:19

For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted,

yea, I will make thy horn iron,

and I will make thy hoofs brass.

And thou shalt beat in pieces many people;

and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord,

and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

And behold, I am he who doeth it.

3 Nephi 20:20

And it shall come to pass, saith the Father,

that the sword of my justice shall hang over them at that day;

and except they repent it shall fall upon them, saith the Father,

yea, even upon all the nations of the Gentiles.

3 Nephi 20:25

And behold, ye are the children of the prophets;

and ye are of the house of Israel;

and ye are of the covenant which the Father made with your fathers,

saying unto Abraham:

And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

3 Nephi 20:26

The Father having raised me up unto you first,

and sent me to bless you

in turning away every one of you from his iniquities;

and this because ye are the children of the covenant —

3 Nephi 20:27

And after that ye were blessed

then fulfilleth the Father the covenant

which he made with Abraham, saying:

In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed —

unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the Gentiles,

which blessing upon the Gentiles shall make them mighty above all,

unto the scattering of my people, O house of Israel.

3 Nephi 20:28

And they shall be a scourge unto the people of this land.

Nevertheless, when they shall have received the fulness of my gospel,

then if they shall harden their hearts against me

I will return their iniquities upon their own heads, saith the Father.

3 Nephi 20:29

And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people;

and I have covenanted with them

that I would gather them together in mine own due time,

that I would give unto them again the land of their fathers for their inheritance,

which is the land of Jerusalem,

which is the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father.

3 Nephi 20:31

And they shall believe in me,

that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

and shall pray unto the Father in my name.

3 Nephi 20:33

Then will the Father gather them together again,

and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.

3 Nephi 20:34

Then shall they break forth into joy —

Sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem;

for the Father hath comforted his people,

he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

3 Nephi 20:35

The Father hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;

and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Father;

and the Father and I are one.

3 Nephi 20:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you,

all these things shall surely come,

even as the Father hath commanded me.

Then shall this covenant

which the Father hath covenanted with his people

be fulfilled;

and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people,

and it shall be the land of their inheritance.

3 Nephi 21:2

And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign —

for verily I say unto you

that when these things which I declare unto you,

and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself,

and by the power of the Holy Ghost

which shall be given unto you of the Father,

shall be made known unto the Gentiles

that they may know concerning this people

who are a remnant of the house of Jacob,

and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;

3 Nephi 21:3

Verily, verily, I say unto you,

when these things shall be made known unto them of the Father,

and shall come forth of the Father, from them unto you;

3 Nephi 21:4

For it is wisdom in the Father

that they should be established in this land,

and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father,

that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed,

that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled

which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;

3 Nephi 21:6

For thus it behooveth the Father

that it should come forth from the Gentiles,

that he may show forth his power unto the Gentiles,

for this cause that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts,

that they may repent and come unto me and be baptized in my name

and know of the true points of my doctrine,

that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel;

3 Nephi 21:7

And when these things come to pass

that thy seed shall begin to know these things —

it shall be a sign unto them,

that they may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced

unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the people

who are of the house of Israel.

3 Nephi 21:9

For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work,

which shall be a great and a marvelous work among them;

and there shall be among them those who will not believe it,

although a man shall declare it unto them.

3 Nephi 21:11

Therefore it shall come to pass that

whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ,

which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles,

and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles,

(it shall be done even as Moses said)

they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant.

3 Nephi 21:14

Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent;

for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father,

that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee,

and I will destroy thy chariots;

3 Nephi 21:20

For it shall come to pass, saith the Father,

that at that day whosoever will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son,

them will I cut off from among my people, O house of Israel;