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

SECTION 59

2 For those that live shall ^ainherit the earth, and those that ^bdie shall rest from all their labors, and their works shall follow them; and they shall receive a ^ccrown in the ^dmansions of my Father, which I have prepared for them.

Footnotes

2a	Matt. 5: 5. 5 Blessed are the ^ameek: for they shall inherit the ^bearth. D&C 57: 5. 5 And also every tract bordering by the prairies, inasmuch as my disciples are enabled to ^abuy lands. Behold, this is wisdom, that they may ^bobtain it for an everlasting inheritance. D&C 63: 20 (20, 48-49). 20 Nevertheless, he that ^aendureth in faith and doeth my ^bwill, the same shall overcome, and shall receive an ^cinheritance upon the earth when the day of transfiguration shall come;
b	Isa. 57: 1 (1-2). 1 The righteous ^aperisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. Rev. 14: 13. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, ^aBlessed are the ^bdead which ^cdie in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may ^drest from their labours; and their works do follow them. TG Paradise.
c	TG Celestial Glory. TG Exaltation.
d	Ps. 65: 4. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy ^acourts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. John 14: 2. 2 In my Father’s ^ahouse are many ^bmansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. D&C 72: 4. 4 For he who is faithful and ^awise in time is accounted worthy to inherit the ^bmansions prepared for him of my Father. D&C 76: 111. 111 For they shall be judged according to their ^aworks, and every man shall receive according to his own ^bworks, his own ^cdominion, in the ^dmansions which are prepared; D&C 81: 6. 6 And if thou art ^afaithful unto the end thou shalt have a ^bcrown of ^cimmortality, and eternal life in the ^dmansions which I have prepared in the house of my Father. D&C 98: 18. 18 Let not your hearts be troubled; for in my Father’s house are ^amany mansions, and I have prepared a place for you; and where my Father and I am, there ye shall be also. D&C 106: 8. 8 And I will give him ^agrace and assurance wherewith he may stand; and if he continue to be a faithful witness and a ^blight unto the church I have prepared a crown for him in the ^cmansions of my Father. Even so. Amen.