3 Nephi 28:1

And it came to pass when Jesus had said these words,

he spake unto his disciples, one by one, saying unto them:

What is it that ye desire of me, after that I am gone to the Father?

3 Nephi 28:2

And they all spake, save it were three, saying:

We desire that after we have lived unto the age of man,

that our ministry, wherein thou hast called us, may have an end,

that we may speedily come unto thee in thy kingdom.

3 Nephi 28:3

And he said unto them:

Blessed are ye because ye desired this thing of me;

therefore, after that ye are seventy and two years old

ye shall come unto me in my kingdom;

and with me ye shall find rest.

3 Nephi 28:4

And when he had spoken unto them,

he turned himself unto the three, and said unto them:

What will ye that I should do unto you, when I am gone unto the Father?

3 Nephi 28:5

And they sorrowed in their hearts,

for they durst not speak unto him the thing which they desired.

3 Nephi 28:6

And he said unto them:

Behold, I know your thoughts,

and ye have desired the thing

which John, my beloved,

who was with me in my ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews,

desired of me.

3 Nephi 28:7

Therefore, more blessed are ye,

for ye shall never taste of death;

but ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father unto the children of men,

even until all things shall be fulfilled according to the will of the Father,

when I shall come in my glory with the powers of heaven.

3 Nephi 28:8

And ye shall never endure the pains of death;

but when I shall come in my glory

ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality to immortality;

and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father.

3 Nephi 28:9

And again, ye shall not have pain while ye shall dwell in the flesh,

neither sorrow save it be for the sins of the world;

and all this will I do because of the thing which ye have desired of me,

for ye have desired that ye might bring the souls of men unto me,

while the world shall stand.

3 Nephi 28:10

And for this cause ye shall have fulness of joy;

and ye shall sit down in the kingdom of my Father;

yea, your joy shall be full, even as the Father hath given me fulness of joy;

and ye shall be even as I am,

and I am even as the Father;

and the Father and I are one;

3 Nephi 28:11

And the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me;

and the Father giveth the Holy Ghost unto the children of men, because of me.

3 Nephi 28:12

And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words,

he touched every one of them with his finger

save it were the three who were to tarry,

and then he departed.