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3 Nephi 12–16
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Book of Mormon Minute is a commentary series made especially for the free ScripturePlus app, which features insights from Book of Mormon scholar Brant A. Gardner. John W. Welch's notes for Come, Follow Me are also available for free.
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Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 12:1-20
- Video: Come, Follow Me with John Hilton III (3 Nephi 12-16)
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Study Questions
- Commentary: Chapters 12–14 — Seeing the Sermon at the Temple as a Temple Text
- Commentary: Chapters 12–14 —Reading the Sermon at the Temple on Several Levels
- Commentary: What Kind of Statements Are the Beatitudes?
- Commentary: Blessed Are All They …
- Commentary: I Give unto You to Be the Salt of the Earth
- Commentary: I Give unto You to Be the Light of This People
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 12:13
Tuesday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 12:21-48
- Commentary: Jesus Commands Us Not to Be Angry with Our Brother
- Commentary: Give Aid to Even Your Enemies
- Commentary: Jesus Invites Us to Strive for Perfection
- Commentary: Temple Connections to Being Perfect
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Additional Study
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 12:23-24
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 12:29-30
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 12:31-32
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 12:48
- Evidence: “Without a Cause”
Wednesday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 13:1-34
- Commentary: Study Questions
- Commentary: Jesus Teaches about Prayer
- Commentary: Jesus Taught the Lord’s Prayer
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Additional Study
- Commentary: God Will Clothe Us When We Rely on Him
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 13:14-15
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 13:22-23
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 13:24
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 13:27-34
- KnoWhy: Why Is the Lord's Prayer Different in 3 Nephi?
Thursday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 14:1-14
- Commentary: Preparing to Pass Successfully through the Final Judgment
- Commentary: Judge Righteous Judgment
- Commentary: Keep Sacred Things Sacred
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 14:9-11
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 14:12
- Additional Study
Friday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 14:15-27
- Commentary: Not All Who Say “Lord, Lord” Will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
- Commentary: We Must Build on the Only Sure Foundation
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 14:15-20
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 14:21-23
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 14:24-27
Saturday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 15:1-24
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 15–16 Overview
- Commentary: We Should Remember and Do His Sayings
- Commentary: Those Who Endure to the End Shall Be Saved
- Commentary: Other Sheep I Have Which Are Not of This Fold
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 15:5-8
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 15:9-10
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Additional Study
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 15:11-13
- KnoWhy: Why Is 3 Nephi Important for Understanding the Godhead?
- Evidence: Descendants of Joseph
Sunday
- Scripture: 3 Nephi 16:1-20
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 16 Overview
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 16:1-3
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 16:6-7
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 16:12-15
- Commentary: 3 Nephi 16:16-20
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Sermon at the Temple
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Bibliography
3 Nephi 12
Brown, S. Kent. “Moses and Jesus: The Old Adorns the New.” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-30, This is My Gospel, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 89–100. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Christ in America Timeline. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon and the Problem of the Sermon on the Mount.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 153–165.
Sweat, Anthony. “Active Learning and the Savior's Nephite Ministry.” Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (2009): 75–86.
Welch, John W. Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & the Sermon on the Mount. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Welch, John W. “The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: The Differences.” In Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & the Sermon on the Mount, 125–150. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Welch, John W. “Worthy of Another Look: Reusages of the Words of Christ.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 62–72.
3 Nephi 12:1
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (By Lineages).” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 17.
3 Nephi 12:6
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Jesus Deliver a Version of the Sermon on the Mount at the Temple in Bountiful? (3 Nephi 12:6).” KnoWhy 203 (October 6, 2016).
Tvedtnes, John A. “Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness.” In The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, 282–284. Salt Lake City: Cornerstone Publishing, 1999.
3 Nephi 12:13
Baker, LeGrand L. “What does it mean to be the ‘salt of the earth’?” Ensign 29, no. 4 (1999).
3 Nephi 12:22
Judd, Daniel K. “A Scriptural Comparison Concerning Anger: 3 Nephi 12:22 and Matthew 5:22.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of The Four Gospels, edited by Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball, 57–76. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2001.
3 Nephi 12:25–26
Smith, Joseph F. “Questions and Answers - Meaning of Prison in III Nephi.” Improvement Era 8, no. 3 (1905): 226.
3 Nephi 12:32
Chamberlain, Jonathan M. “I Have a Question: What is the meaning of Luke 16:18 and 3 Nephi 12:32?” Ensign 23, no. 1 (1993): 59–60.
3 Nephi 12:48
Book of Mormon Central. “What Does It Mean to Be Perfect? (3 Nephi 12:48).” KnoWhy 335 (July 5, 2017).
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3 Nephi 13
Christ in America Timeline. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Sweat, Anthony. “Active Learning and the Savior's Nephite Ministry.” Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (2009): 75–86.
Welch, John W. Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & the Sermon on the Mount. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
3 Nephi 13:9–13
Bergin, Sue. “Lord's Prayer.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Is the Lord's Prayer Different in 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 13:9).” KnoWhy 204 (October 7, 2016).
Parry, Donald W. “After This Manner…Pray Ye.” Ensign January 1996.
Welch, John W. “Two Notes on the Lord’s Prayer.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 228–230. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Why is the Lord's Prayer Different in 3 Nephi? Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
3 Nephi 14
Christ in America Timeline. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Welch, John W. Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & the Sermon on the Mount. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
3 Nephi 14:13–14
Book of Mormon Central. “What Makes 3 Nephi the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 14:13–14).” KnoWhy 206 (October 11, 2016).
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Ancient Doctrine of the Two Ways and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2017): 49–78.
Welch, John W., and Daniel B. McKinlay. “Getting Things Strai[gh]t.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 260–262. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
3 Nephi 14:15
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Must We Beware Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing? (3 Nephi 14:15).” KnoWhy 527 (August 2, 2019).
3 Nephi 14:21
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Jesus Say that Some Well-Intentioned People Will Be Told to Depart? (3 Nephi 14:21).” KnoWhy 205 (October 10, 2016).
3 Nephi 14:24–27
Bowen, Matthew L. “Founded Upon a Rock: Doctrinal and Temple Implications of Peter’s Surnaming.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 9 (2014): 1–28.
3 Nephi 15
Christ in America Timeline. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Welch, John W. “Worthy of Another Look: Reusages of the Words of Christ.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 62–72.
3 Nephi 15:9
Eaton, Melanie. “The Reward Is Worth the Effort.” General Conference April 1995.
3 Nephi 15:21
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Jesus Say That There Were “Other Sheep” Who Would Hear His Voice? (3 Nephi 15:21).” KnoWhy 207 (October 12, 2016).
3 Nephi 16
Christ in America Timeline. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Davis, Garold N. “Pattern and Purpose of the Isaiah Commentaries in the Book of Mormon.” In Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson, edited by Davis Bitton, 277–302. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
Welch, John W. “Worthy of Another Look: Reusages of the Words of Christ.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 62–72.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Old Testament Passages Quoted by Jesus Christ in 3 Nephi.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 50.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Book of Mormon Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 96.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Isaiah Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 97.
3 Nephi 16:4–20
Hilton, John III, Ryan Sharp, Brad Wilcox, and Jaron Hansen. “Gentiles in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 267–288.
3 Nephi 16:10–11
Hales, Brian C. “Dissenters: Portraying the Church as Wrong So They can be Right Without It.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 77–121.
3 Nephi 16:6
Book of Mormon Central. “Why is the Sermon at the Temple Echoed throughout the Rest of 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 16:6).” KnoWhy 208 (October 13, 2016).