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• Why does the Lord start a long discussion of giving gifts right after his injunction to be perfect in 3 Ne 12:48?

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Verses 5-6: The Lord tells us not to pray in order to be seen of men. Instead, he tells us to pray in secret.

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• In the New Testament when Christ gives this prayer he also says "thy kingdom come" (see Matt 6:10 and Luke 11:2). Why does Christ leave out this phrase here?

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The Lord here provides an outline for prayer. However, LDS understanding is that this is merely an outline or guideline for praying, not a rote prayer to be repeated as a "vain repetition".

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 13

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• Verse 22: What does Jesus mean when he says that the light of the body is the eye?

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• Verse 24: Dictionary sources indicate that mammon means riches: LDS BD, Webster's 1828 dictionary, and the Greek interlinear Bible.

Exegesis

• Verse 22: The eye can be symbolic of where we are looking spiritually. If we are looking to God and have an eye single to the glory of God, then other people will see this as we let our light shine before them being examples by doing Christ's work.

• Verse 24: Jesus tells us here that we cannot serve both God and Mammon. To truly serve God we must serve him only. Other scriptures give us the same message with different words. Throughout the Book of Mormon we see the phrase full purpose of heart (see the Related Links section for references). The footnote refers us to Hosea 10:2 where Israel is criticized for having a divided heart.

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• What kind of evil is the Lord speaking of in vs. 34?

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• In the NT, the "evil" spoken of in vs. 34 (see Matt 6:34) is the Greek "kakia." The word "kakia" has two senses, "trouble," "difficulty," or "burden" on the one hand, and "wickedness," on the other.

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Verse 34

If we assume that Jesus meant the first sense of "kakia" (see the lexical notes), then the verse says something like this: "Do not take thought for the morrow because, compared to the thought that has the Kingdom of God (the Second Coming, in the future) as its goal, the thought for the things of this world ("the morrow") is a burden. However, if it means "wickedness," then it refers to willful disobedience, or malice. In that case, the Lord seems to be indicating that we have enough to do to repent of our own willfull disobedience--not doing all the things we know we should--that we shouldn't have enough time to worry about the "morrow".

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