Mosiah 1:1
1 And now there was no more contention in all the land of Zarahemla, among all the
people who belonged to king Benjamin, so that king Benjamin had continual peace all the
remainder of his days.
Mosiah 1:2
2 And it came to pass that he had three sons; and he called their names Mosiah, and
Helorum, and Helaman. And he caused that they should be taught in all the language of
his fathers, that thereby they might become men of understanding; and that they might
know concerning the prophecies which had been spoken by the mouths of their fathers,
which were delivered them by the hand of the Lord.
Mosiah 1:3
3 And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the plates of
brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember that were it not for these plates,
which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered in
ignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God.
Mosiah 1:4
4 For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things,
to have taught them to his children, except it were for the help of these plates; for he
having been taught in the language of the Egyptians therefore he could read these
engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their
children, and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.
Mosiah 1:5
5 I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things, which have been kept and
preserved by the hand of God, that we might read and understand of his mysteries, and
have his commandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have
dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites,
who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are
taught them, because of the traditions of their fathers, which are not correct.
Mosiah 1:6
6 O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that
these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records
and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are
true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes. 7 And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them diligently, that ye
may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep the commandments of God, that ye
may prosper in the land according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers.
Mosiah 1:8
8 And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons, which are not written in this
book.
Mosiah 1:9
9 And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons,
that he waxed old, and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth;
therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.
Mosiah 1:10
10 Therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him; and these are the words which he
spake unto him, saying: My son, I would that ye should make a proclamation throughout
all this land among all this people, or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah
who dwell in the land, that thereby they may be gathered together; for on the morrow I
shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth that thou art a king and a ruler
over this people, whom the Lord our God hath given us.
Mosiah 1:11
11 And moreover, I shall give this people a name, that thereby they may be distinguished
above all the people which the Lord God hath brought out of the land of Jerusalem; and
this I do because they have been a diligent people in keeping the commandments of the
Lord.
Mosiah 1:12
12 And I give unto them a name that never shall be blotted out, except it be through
transgression.
Mosiah 1:13
13 Yea, and moreover I say unto you, that if this highly favored people of the Lord
should fall into transgression, and become a wicked and an adulterous people, that the
Lord will deliver them up, that thereby they become weak like unto their brethren; and he
will no more preserve them by his matchless and marvelous power, as he has hitherto
preserved our fathers.
Mosiah 1:14
14 For I say unto you, that if he had not extended his arm in the preservation of our
fathers they must have fallen into the hands of the Lamanites, and become victims to their
hatred.
15 And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of these sayings to his
son, that he gave him charge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom.
Mosiah 1:16
16 And moreover, he also gave him charge concerning the records which were engraven
on the plates of brass; and also the plates of Nephi; and also, the sword of Laban, and the
ball or director, which led our fathers through the wilderness, which was prepared by the
hand of the Lord that thereby they might be led, every one according to the heed and
diligence which they gave unto him.
Mosiah 1:17
17 Therefore, as they were unfaithful they did not prosper nor progress in their journey,
but were driven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they
were smitten with famine and sore afflictions, to stir them up in remembrance of their
duty.
Mosiah 1:18
18 And now, it came to pass that Mosiah went and did as his father had commanded him,
and proclaimed unto all the people who were in the land of Zarahemla that thereby they
might gather themselves together, to go up to the temple to hear the words which his
father should speak unto them.
Mosiah 2:1
1 And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his father had commanded him, and
had made a proclamation throughout all the land, that the people gathered themselves
together throughout all the land, that they might go up to the temple to hear the words
which king Benjamin should speak unto them.
Mosiah 2:2
2 And there were a great number, even so many that they did not number them; for they
had multiplied exceedingly and waxed great in the land.
Mosiah 2:3
3 And they also took of the firstlings of their flocks, that they might offer sacrifice and
burnt offerings according to the law of Moses;
Mosiah 2:4
4 And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out
of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies,
and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who
had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.
Mosiah 2:5
5 And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents
round about, every man according to his family, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and
his daughters, and their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest,
every family being separate one from another.
Mosiah 2:6
6 And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the
door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the
words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;
Mosiah 2:7
7 For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the
walls of the temple, therefore he caused a tower to be erected, that thereby his people
might hear the words which he should speak unto them.
Mosiah 2:8
8 And it came to pass that he began to speak to his people from the tower; and they could
not all hear his words because of the greatness of the multitude; therefore he caused that
the words which he spake should be written and sent forth among those that were not
under the sound of his voice, that they might also receive his words.
Mosiah 2:9
9 And these are the words which he spake and caused to be written, saying: My brethren,
all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that can hear my words which I shall
speak unto you this day; for I have not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with
the words which I shall speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and open your ears
that ye may hear, and your hearts that ye may understand, and your minds that the
mysteries of God may be unfolded to your view.
Mosiah 2:10
10 I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should fear me, or that ye should
think that I of myself am more than a mortal man.
Mosiah 2:11
11 But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet
I have been chosen by this people, and consecrated by my father, and was suffered by the
hand of the Lord that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept
and preserved by his matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength
which the Lord hath granted unto me.
12 I say unto you that as I have been suffered to spend my days in your service, even up
to this time, and have not sought gold nor silver nor any manner of riches of you;
Mosiah 2:13
13 Neither have I suffered that ye should be confined in dungeons, nor that ye should
make slaves one of another, nor that ye should murder, or plunder, or steal, or commit
adultery; nor even have I suffered that ye should commit any manner of wickedness, and
have taught you that ye should keep the commandments of the Lord, in all things which
he hath commanded you--
Mosiah 2:14
14 And even I, myself, have labored with mine own hands that I might serve you, and
that ye should not be laden with taxes, and that there should nothing come upon you
which was grievous to be borne--and of all these things which I have spoken, ye
yourselves are witnesses this day.
Mosiah 2:15
15 Yet, my brethren, I have not done these things that I might boast, neither do I tell
these things that thereby I might accuse you; but I tell you these things that ye may know
that I can answer a clear conscience before God this day.
Mosiah 2:16
16 Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my days in your
service, I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in the service of God.
Mosiah 2:17
17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that
when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
Mosiah 2:18
18 Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye call your king, do labor to
serve you, then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
Mosiah 2:19
19 And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service,
and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought
to thank your heavenly King!
Mosiah 2:20
20 I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which
your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and
preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live
in peace one with another--
21 I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning,
and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move
and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to
another--I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be
unprofitable servants.
Mosiah 2:22
22 And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has
promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and
he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his
commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.
Mosiah 2:23
23 And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you your lives, for
which ye are indebted unto him.
Mosiah 2:24
24 And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for
which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye
are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have
ye to boast?
Mosiah 2:25
25 And now I ask, can ye say aught of yourselves? I answer you, Nay. Ye cannot say
that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the
earth; but behold, it belongeth to him who created you.
Mosiah 2:26
26 And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am no better than ye yourselves are; for I am
also of the dust. And ye behold that I am old, and am about to yield up this mortal frame
to its mother earth.
Mosiah 2:27
27 Therefore, as I said unto you that I had served you, walking with a clear conscience
before God, even so I at this time have caused that ye should assemble yourselves
together, that I might be found blameless, and that your blood should not come upon me,
when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded me
concerning you.
Mosiah 2:28
28 I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together that I
might rid my garments of your blood, at this period of time when I am about to go down
to my grave, that I might go down in peace, and my immortal spirit may join the choirs
above in singing the praises of a just God.
29 And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves
together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your
king;
Mosiah 2:30
30 For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly while attempting to
speak unto you; but the Lord God doth support me, and hath suffered me that I should
speak unto you, and hath commanded me that I should declare unto you this day, that my
son Mosiah is a king and a ruler over you.
Mosiah 2:31
31 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done. As ye
have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father, and have
prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye
shall keep the commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be
delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no
power over you.
Mosiah 2:32
32 But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise contentions among you, and ye list to
obey the evil spirit, which was spoken of by my father Mosiah.
Mosiah 2:33
33 For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him who listeth to obey that spirit; for if
he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his sins, the same drinketh damnation
to his own soul; for he receiveth for his wages an everlasting punishment, having
transgressed the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.
Mosiah 2:34
34 I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your little children that
have not been taught concerning these things, but what knoweth that ye are eternally
indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are; and also
have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies which have been
spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;
Mosiah 2:35
35 And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until now. And behold, also, they
spake that which was commanded them of the Lord; therefore, they are just and true.
Mosiah 2:36
36 And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have known and have been taught
all these things, if ye should transgress and go contrary to that which has been spoken,
that ye do withdraw yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in
you to guide you in wisdom's paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved-- 37 I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open rebellion
against God; therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit, and becometh an enemy to all
righteousness; therefore, the Lord has no place in him, for he dwelleth not in unholy
temples.
Mosiah 2:38
38 Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God, the
demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt,
which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast
with guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame
ascendeth up forever and ever.
Mosiah 2:39
39 And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that man; therefore his final
doom is to endure a never-ending torment.
Mosiah 2:40
40 O, all ye old men, and also ye young men, and you little children who can understand
my words, for I have spoken plainly unto you that ye might understand, I pray that ye
should awake to a remembrance of the awful situation of those that have fallen into
transgression.
Mosiah 2:41
41 And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state
of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things,
both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into
heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O
remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.
Mosiah 3:1
1 And again my brethren, I would call your attention, for I have somewhat more to speak
unto you; for behold, I have things to tell you concerning that which is to come.
Mosiah 3:2
2 And the things which I shall tell you are made known unto me by an angel from God.
And he said unto me: Awake; and I awoke, and behold he stood before me.
Mosiah 3:3
3 And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I
am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.
4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath
sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto
thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.
Mosiah 3:5
5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord
Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come
down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay,
and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick,
raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to
hear, and curing all manner of diseases.
Mosiah 3:6
6 And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children
of men.
Mosiah 3:7
7 And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even
more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every
pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
Mosiah 3:8
8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the
Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.
Mosiah 3:9
9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the children of men
even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and
say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.
Mosiah 3:10
10 And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the
world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon
the children of men.
Mosiah 3:11
11 For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the
transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or
who have ignorantly sinned.
Mosiah 3:12
12 But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For salvation
cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ. 13 And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to
declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should
believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and
rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.
Mosiah 3:14
14 Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked people, and he appointed
unto them a law, even the law of Moses.
Mosiah 3:15
15 And many signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows showed he unto them,
concerning his coming; and also holy prophets spake unto them concerning his coming;
and yet they hardened their hearts, and understood not that the law of Moses availeth
nothing except it were through the atonement of his blood.
Mosiah 3:16
16 And even if it were possible that little children could sin they could not be saved; but
I say unto you they are blessed; for behold, as in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so
the blood of Christ atoneth for their sins.
Mosiah 3:17
17 And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name given nor any other
way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and
through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
Mosiah 3:18
18 For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth not that dieth
in his infancy; but men drink damnation to their own souls except they humble
themselves and become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to
come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
Mosiah 3:19
19 For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will
be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off
the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and
becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to
all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his
father.
Mosiah 3:20
20 And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of the
Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. 21 And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found blameless before God,
except it be little children, only through repentance and faith on the name of the Lord
God Omnipotent.
Mosiah 3:22
22 And even at this time, when thou shalt have taught thy people the things which the
Lord thy God hath commanded thee, even then are they found no more blameless in the
sight of God, only according to the words which I have spoken unto thee.
23 And now I have spoken the words which the Lord God hath commanded me.
Mosiah 3:24
24 And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony against this people, at
the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every man according to his works,
whether they be good, or whether they be evil.
Mosiah 3:25
25 And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt and
abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord into a state
of misery and endless torment, from whence they can no more return; therefore they have
drunk damnation to their own souls.
Mosiah 3:26
26 Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God, which justice could no
more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam should fall because of his partaking of
the forbidden fruit; therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more forever.
Mosiah 3:27
27 And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable,
and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me.
Amen.
Mosiah 4:1
1 And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of speaking the
words which had b