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3 Nephi VI (13:25–14:27)

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3 Nephi VI (13:25–14:27)

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what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
13:26 Behold the fowls of the air:
13:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
13:28 And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin;
13:29 and yet I say unto you,
13:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, 
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink?
or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?
13:31 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 
13:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, 
and all these things shall be added unto you.
13:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.
14:1 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he turned again to the multitude, and1 did open his mouth unto them again, saying,
14:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
14:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
14:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother,
Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
14:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
14:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
14:7 Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
seek, and ye shall find; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
14:8 for every one that asketh, receiveth;
and he that seeketh, findeth;
and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
14:9 Or what man is there of you,
14:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
14:11 If ye then being evil
know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven
give good things to them that ask him?
14:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,
14:13 Enter ye in at the strait2 gate;
and many there be which go in thereat:
14:14 because, strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
14:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
14:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits:
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
14:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
14:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
14:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit,
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
14:20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.
14:21 Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
14:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
14:23 And then will I profess unto them,
14:24 Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them,
14:27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, 

1. Here at 3 Nephi 14:1, P has the word he whereas the 1830 edition does not. There is no basis for strongly favoring one reading over the other.

2. In 3 Nephi 14:13, 14, the 1830 edition incorrectly uses the word straight instead of strait (which means “narrow”), as in P and in the corresponding words in Matt. 7:13, 14 KJV.