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John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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1 Nephi 11 — The Condescension of God and the Catechetical Tree
1 Nephi 17 — Bountiful, the Ship, and Nephi's Exodus Sermon
2 Nephi 11 — My Soul Delighteth — Nephi's Preface to the Isaiah Block
2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names
2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line
2 Nephi 31 — The Doctrine of Christ — Baptism, the Holy Ghost, and the Strait Way
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
3 Nephi 25 — The Sun of Righteousness With Healing in His Wings — The Burning Day and the Turning of Hearts
Alma 5 — Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances — Alma's Master Examination at Zarahemla, the Mighty Change of Heart, and the Song of Redeeming Love
Alma 10 — By the Prayers of the Righteous — Amulek's Testimony, the Manasseh Genealogy, and the Lawyer Class Introduced
Alma 18 — Is It a Man? — Lamoni's Great-Spirit Question, Ammon's Pedagogical Bridge from Creation to Christ, and the King Overcome unto Falling-as-Dead
Alma 38 — Bridle All Your Passions — Alma's Charge to Steady Shiblon
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Ether 2 — Serve the God of the Land — The Journey, the Barges, and the Decree Upon the Choice Land
Ether 4 — Rend That Veil of Unbelief — The Sealed Vision, and the Terms on Which It Comes Forth
Ether 5 — In the Mouth of Three Witnesses — Moroni Speaks to the Translator, and Names the Witnesses to Come
Ether 8 — Built Up to Get Power and Gain — The Secret Combination of Akish, and Moroni's Warning to Our Nation
Ether 9 — He Even Saw the Son of Righteousness — The Combination Devours Itself, and the Long Reigns of the Righteous Kings
Helaman 8 — Look and Live — The Cloud of Witnesses and the Murdered Judge
Helaman 14 — A Day, and a Night, and a Day — The Signs of His Coming and His Death
Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jacob 7 — Sherem the Anti-Christ — Jacob's Final Confrontation, the Sign Demanded, and the Wandering People
Jarom 1 — Jarom — A Short Book on Purpose: Keeping the Law of Moses While Looking Forward to Christ, and the Prophets Who Kept a Hard People Alive
Mosiah 5 — The Covenant Response — One Voice, No More Disposition to Evil, Spiritually Begotten Sons and Daughters, the Name in the Heart
Mosiah 12 — Abinadi Returns in Disguise — Bound, Tried, and Questioned with Isaiah's Good Tidings
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored
Mosiah 16 — The Light That Cannot Be Darkened — Abinadi's Closing Sermon on Carnal Death, the Light of Endless Life, and the Law That Points Beyond Itself
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 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness
Doctrine and Covenants 6 — Did I Not Speak Peace to Your Mind?
Doctrine and Covenants 24 — Magnify Thine Office
Doctrine and Covenants 29 — The Great I AM
Doctrine and Covenants 34 — The Light Which Shineth in Darkness
Doctrine and Covenants 82 — I, the Lord, Am Bound
Doctrine and Covenants 93 — The Glory of God Is Intelligence
Doctrine and Covenants 110 — The Keys Restored
Doctrine and Covenants 129 — Three Grand Keys
Job 1 — The Wager in Heaven — Job of Uz, the Accuser in the Council, and the Man Who Worshipped in the Ruins
Job 24 — Why the Wicked Go Unpunished — The Landmarks Removed, the Poor Who Hide Together, the Night-Criminals, and a Justice That Is Certain but Deferred

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