Doctrine and Covenants 29: 47

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

SECTION 29

47 Wherefore, they cannot ^asin, for power is not given unto Satan to ^btempt little children, until they ^cbegin to become ^daccountable before me;

Footnotes

47a	TG Sin.
b	TG Temptation.
c	Moses 6: 55. 55 And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying: Inasmuch as thy children are ^aconceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow up, ^bsin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the ^cbitter, that they may know to prize the good.
d	D&C 18: 42. 42 For all men must repent and be baptized, and not only men, but women, and ^achildren who have arrived at the years of ^baccountability. D&C 20: 71. 71 No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived unto the years of ^aaccountability before God, and is capable of ^brepentance. D&C 68: 25 (25-27). 25 And again, inasmuch as ^aparents have children in Zion, or in any of her ^bstakes which are organized, that ^cteach them not to understand the ^ddoctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when ^eeight years old, the ^fsin be upon the heads of the parents. TG Accountability.