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1 Nephi 17:48

And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.

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1 Nephi 17:48

And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even…

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1 Nephi 15 — The Return to the Tent, the Olive Tree Explained, and Why the Heavens Seem Closed
1 Nephi 18 — The Ship, the Bound Prophet, and the Sea That Obeys the Compass
2 Nephi 26 — Nephi's Vision Continued — The Nephite Destruction, the Whisper out of the Dust, and the Universal Invitation
Alma 49 — The Weakest Places Made Strongest — The Vindication of Moroni's Preparation
Ether 2 — Serve the God of the Land — The Journey, the Barges, and the Decree Upon the Choice Land
Helaman 8 — Look and Live — The Cloud of Witnesses and the Murdered Judge
Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet
Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance
Mosiah 20 — The Daughters of the Lamanites — Abduction by the Priests of Noah, the Women Who Fought Beside the Men, and the Reconciliation by Honest Confession
Mosiah 21 — Limhi's Bondage Deepens — Three Defeats, Humbled to the Dust, the Lord Slow to Hear, and Many Desire Baptism but None Have Authority
Mosiah 22 — Gideon's Stratagem of Deliverance — Wine to the Guards, Departure by the Back Pass, the Lamanite Pursuit Lost in the Wilderness, and the Joining of Limhi's People to Mosiah-II in Zarahemla
Mosiah 24 — Burdens Made Light — Amulon's Authority, the Forbidden Prayer, the Voice of the Lord in Their Affliction, the Deep Sleep upon the Lamanites, and the Valley Named Alma
1 Kings 18 — The God That Answereth by Fire — Obadiah's Hidden Hundred, the Question on Carmel, the Drenched Altar, and the Cloud Like a Man's Hand
1 Kings 19 — The Sound of Thin Silence — The Prophet Who Asked to Die, the Angel's Bread, the Whisper at Horeb, and the Seven Thousand He Could Not See
2 Kings 5 — Wash, and Be Clean — the Captive Girl's Witness, the Great Man's Rage at a Simple Cure, the Convert's Load of Earth, and the Leprosy That Changed Owners
2 Kings 18 — Nehushtan — the King Who Broke a Holy Relic, the Kingdom That Fell Next Door, and the Voice at the Wall Asking, On Whom Dost Thou Trust?
2 Kings 22 — I Have Found the Book — the Boy King Who Walked Straight, the Scroll Lost Inside the Temple, the Clothes Torn at the Reading, and Huldah's Oracle of the Tender Heart
Psalms 1 — The Two Ways — The Blessed Man, the Tree by the Water, the Chaff on the Wind, and the Doorway into the Psalter
Psalms 24 — Clean Hands and a Pure Heart — Who May Climb the Hill of the LORD, and the King of Glory at the Gate

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