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

SECTION 76

116 Neither is man ^acapable to make them known, for they are only to be ^bseen and ^cunderstood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on those who ^dlove him, and purify themselves before him;

Footnotes

116a	3 Ne. 5: 18. 18 And I know the record which I make to be a just and a true record; nevertheless there are many things which, according to our ^alanguage, we are not able to ^bwrite. 3 Ne. 17: 16 (15-25). 16 And after this manner do they bear record: The ^aeye hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father; 3 Ne. 19: 32 (30-36). 32 And tongue cannot speak the words which he prayed, neither can be ^awritten by man the words which he prayed. D&C 76: 10. 10 For by my ^aSpirit will I ^benlighten them, and by my ^cpower will I make known unto them the ^dsecrets of my ^ewill—yea, even those things which ^feye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.
b	Ezek. 12: 2. 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a ^arebellious house, which have ^beyes to see, and ^csee not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
c	1 Cor. 2: 11 (10-12). 11 For what man ^aknoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God ^bknoweth no man, ^cbut the ^dSpirit of God. TG Holy Ghost, Mission of.
d	D&C 20: 31. 31 And we know also, that ^asanctification through the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is just and true, to all those who ^blove and serve God with all their ^cmights, minds, and strength.