Section 117
1–9, The Lord’s servants should not covet temporal things, for “what is property unto the Lord?”; 10–16, They are to forsake littleness of soul, and their sacrifices will be sacred unto the Lord.
1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto my servant
2 Let them awake, and arise, and
3 Therefore, if they
4 Let them repent of all their sins, and of all their covetous desires, before me, saith the Lord; for what is
5 Let the properties of Kirtland be turned out for
6 For have I not the fowls of heaven, and also the fish of the sea, and the beasts of the mountains? Have I not
7 Therefore, will I not make
8 Is there not room enough on the mountains of
9 Therefore, come up hither unto the land of my people, even Zion.
10 Let my servant William Marks be
11 Let my servant Newel K. Whitney be ashamed of the
12 And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant
13 Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his
14 Therefore, let him come up hither speedily, unto the land of Zion; and in the due time he shall be made a merchant unto my name, saith the Lord, for the benefit of my people.
15 Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever.
16 And again, verily I say unto you, let all my servants in the land of Kirtland remember the Lord their God, and mine house also, to keep and preserve it holy, and to overthrow the moneychangers in mine own due time, saith the Lord. Even so. Amen.
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