Doctrine and Covenants 60: 13

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

SECTION 60

13 Behold, they have been sent to preach my gospel among the congregations of the wicked; wherefore, I give unto them a commandment, thus: Thou shalt not ^aidle away thy time, neither shalt thou bury thy ^btalent that it may not be known.

Footnotes

13a

D&C 42: 42.

42 Thou shalt not be ^aidle; for he that is idle shall not eat the ^bbread nor wear the garments of the ^claborer.

TG Apathy.

TG Idleness.

TG Laziness.

TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.

25 And I was ^aafraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

D&C 82: 18.

18 And all this for the benefit of the church of the living God, that every man may ^aimprove upon his ^btalent, that every man may ^cgain other ^dtalents, yea, even an hundred fold, to be cast into the Lord’s ^estorehouse, to become the common ^fproperty of the whole church—