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Jesus Approves the Words of Isaiah

Earlier this year, I did some comparisons of chapters in the Book of Mormon which include quotations from Old Testament prophets (links below).  It is interesting to see what the slight differences are between what we have in the King James Version of the Bible vs what the Nephites had in the brass plates.

Christ with Three Nephite Disciples, by Gary L. Kapp

The reading for the Come, Follow Me curriculum this last week covered 3 Nephi chapters 20-26.  These chapters contain commentary from the Savior on the words of Micah and Isaiah, as well as direct quotations from Isaiah and Malachi.  Chapters 20 and 21 are (I think) the most interesting, as the quotations are interspersed with explanation from Jesus as to how the prophecies refer to the gathering of Israel in the last days.  The other three chapters are nearly quoted verbatim, though I include them here for completions sake.

Here are the links to the comparison pages for each the chapters in 3 Nephi 20-25.  The quotation from chapter 21 starts after Jesus had given the sacrament to the people.

For those who aren't used to diff files, the blue text highlights what is different between the different columns of the same row.

I hope that being able to see the words of Jesus side-by-side with the prophecies of the Old Testament will help you come to understand better the gathering of Israel, and what about it that the Savior thinks is important.  I have really enjoyed studying these chapters this last week.  To me, they reinforce what President Nelson has recently said, that the gathering of Israel is the "most important work on the earth today" (Hope of Israel).


Links to the other comparison studies I have done:


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