Doctrine and Covenants 124: 23

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 124

23 And it shall be for a house for boarding, a house that strangers may come from afar to lodge therein; therefore let it be a good house, worthy of all acceptation, that the weary ^atraveler may find health and safety while he shall contemplate the word of the Lord; and the ^bcorner-stone I have appointed for Zion.

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23a

Lev. 25: 35 (35-38).

35 ¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and ^afallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Deut. 31: 12 (12-13).

12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy ^astranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Matt. 25: 35 (35, 38, 43-44).

35 For I was an ^ahungred, and ye ^bgave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a ^cstranger, and ye took me in:

D&C 124: 2.

2 Your prayers are acceptable before me; and in answer to them I say unto you, that you are now called immediately to make a solemn ^aproclamation of my gospel, and of this ^bstake which I have planted to be a ^ccornerstone of Zion, which shall be polished with the refinement which is after the similitude of a palace.