pgs. 434 and 435...for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast ^ashut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who ^bseeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

  7 But when ye pray, use not ^avain repetitions, as the ^bheathen, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

  8 Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father ^aknoweth what things ye have need of before ye ^bask him.

  9 After this ^amanner therefore ^bpray ye: Our ^cFather who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

  10 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

  11 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

  12 And ^alead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

  13 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

  14 For, if ye ^aforgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

  15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  16 Moreover, when ye ^afast be not as the ^bhypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

  17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and ^awash thy face;

  18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, who is in ^asecret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

  19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where ^amoth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal;

  20 But lay up for yourselves ^atreasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

  21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  22 The ^alight of the body is the ^beye; if, therefore, thine eye be ^csingle, thy whole body shall be full of light.

  23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

  24 No man can ^aserve ^btwo masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

  25 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he looked upon the ^atwelve whom he had chosen, and said unto them: Remember the words which I have spoken. For behold, ye are they whom I have chosen to ^bminister unto this people. Therefore I say unto you, ^ctake no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than ^draiment?

  26 Behold the ^afowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

  27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

  28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the ^alilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

  29 And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

  30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if ye are not of little faith.

  31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

  32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

  33 But ^aseek ye first the ^bkingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

  34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. ^aSufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.

THIRD NEPHI
THE BOOK OF NEPHI
THE SON OF NEPHI, WHO WAS THE SON OF HELAMAN

CHAPTER 14

Jesus commands: Judge not; ask of God; beware of false prophets—He promises salvation to those who do the will of the Father—Compare Matthew 7. [A.D. 34]

  1 ^aAnd now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned again to the multitude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged.

  2 ^aFor with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

  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?

  4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine eye—and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

  5 Thou ^ahypocrite, first cast the ^bbeam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

  6 Give not that which is ^aholy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

  7 ^aAsk, and it shall be given unto you; ^bseek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

  8 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

  9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?

  10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

  11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  12 Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, ^ado ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

This record of Christ's visit to the Nephite temple and the what He taught there is truly amazing.  On the one hand I feel there is so much that can be written and on the other hand I feel the message itself is so straightforward and wonderful and pure that I hardly know what to add.  Here is a great quote from Harold B. Lee that sums up my feelings well.

“Christ came not only into the world to make an atonement for the sins of mankind but to set an example before the world of the standard of perfection of God’s law and of obedience to the Father. In his Sermon on the Mount the Master has given us somewhat of a revelation of his own character, which was perfect, or what might be said to be ‘an autobiography, every syllable of which he had written down in deeds,’ and in so doing has given us a blueprint for our own lives” (Harold B. Lee Decisions for Successful Living, pp. 55–56).