Unit 92

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28 occurrences in 23 verses

3 Nephi 27:28, 31, 32, 33,

3 Nephi 28:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 29, 30, 39, 40,

3 Nephi 29:1, 3, 4

3 Nephi 27:28

And now I go unto the Father.

And verily I say unto you,

whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name

shall be given unto you.

3 Nephi 27:31

Behold, I would that ye should understand;

for I mean them who are now alive of this generation;

and none of them are lost;

and in them I have fulness of joy.

3 Nephi 27:32

But behold, it sorroweth me

because of the fourth generation from this generation,

for they are led away captive by him

even as was the son of perdition;

for they will sell me for silver and for gold,

and for that which moth doth corrupt

and which thieves can break through and steal.

And in that day will I visit them,

even in turning their works upon their own heads.

3 Nephi 27:33

And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings

he said unto his disciples:

Enter ye in at the strait gate;

for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life,

and few there be that find it;

but wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death,

and many there be that travel therein,

until the night cometh, wherein no man can work.

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 28:5

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 28:15

And whether they were in the body or out of the body, they could not tell;

for it did seem unto them like a transfiguration of them,

that they were changed from this body of flesh into an immortal state,

that they could behold the things of God.

3 Nephi 28:16

But it came to pass that they did again minister upon the face of the earth;

nevertheless they did not minister of the things which they had heard and seen,

because of the commandment which was given them in heaven.

3 Nephi 28:18

But this much I know,

according to the record which hath been given —

they did go forth upon the face of the land,

and did minister unto all the people,

uniting as many to the church as would believe in their preaching;

baptizing them,

and as many as were baptized did receive the Holy Ghost.

3 Nephi 28:19

And they were cast into prison by them who did not belong to the church.

And the prisons could not hold them,

for they were rent in twain.

3 Nephi 28:29

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord seeth fit in his wisdom

that they shall minister unto all the scattered tribes of Israel,

and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people,

and shall bring out of them unto Jesus many souls,

that their desire may be fulfilled,

and also because of the convincing power of God which is in them.

3 Nephi 28:30

And they are as the angels of God,

and if they shall pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus

they can show themselves unto whatsoever man it seemeth them good.

3 Nephi 28:39

Now this change was not equal

to that which shall take place at the last day;

but there was a change wrought upon them,

insomuch that Satan could have no power over them,

that he could not tempt them;

and they were sanctified in the flesh, that they were holy,

and that the powers of the earth could not hold them.

3 Nephi 28:40

And in this state they were to remain until the judgment day of Christ;

and at that day they were to receive a greater change,

and to be received into the kingdom of the Father

to go no more out, but to dwell with God eternally in the heavens.

3 Nephi 29:1

And now behold, I say unto you

that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom,

that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles according to his word,

then ye may know that the covenant

which the Father hath made with the children of Israel,

concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance,

is already beginning to be fulfilled.

3 Nephi 29:3

And ye need not imagine in your hearts

that the words which have been spoken are vain,

for behold, the Lord will remember his covenant

which he hath made unto his people of the house of Israel.

3 Nephi 29:4

And when ye shall see these sayings coming forth among you,

then ye need not any longer spurn at the doings of the Lord,

for the sword of his justice is in his right hand;

and behold, at that day, if ye shall spurn at his doings

he will cause that it shall soon overtake you.