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THE BOOK OF MORONI

CHAPTER 8

8 ^aListen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance; the ^bwhole need no physician, but they that are sick; wherefore, little ^cchildren are ^dwhole, for they are not capable of committing ^esin; wherefore the curse of ^fAdam is taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them; and the law of ^gcircumcision is done away in me.

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8a	D&C 15: 1. 1 Hearken, my servant John, and listen to the words of Jesus Christ, your Lord and your Redeemer.
b	Mark 2: 17. 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are ^awhole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
c	Mark 10: 14 (13-16). 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little ^achildren to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. TG Conceived in Sin.
d	Mosiah 3: 16. 16 And even if it were possible that little ^achildren could sin they could not be saved; but I say unto you they are ^bblessed; for behold, as in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of Christ ^catoneth for their sins. D&C 29: 46. 46 But behold, I say unto you, that little ^achildren are ^bredeemed from the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten; D&C 74: 7. 7 But little ^achildren are ^bholy, being ^csanctified through the ^datonement of Jesus Christ; and this is what the scriptures mean.
e	TG Sin.
f	Mosiah 3: 26. 26 Therefore, they have drunk out of the ^acup of the wrath of God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that ^bAdam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden ^cfruit; therefore, ^dmercy could have claim on them no more forever. Morm. 9: 12. 12 Behold, he created Adam, and by ^aAdam came the ^bfall of man. And because of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son; and because of Jesus Christ came the ^credemption of man.
g	Gen. 17: 11 (10-27). 11 And ye shall ^acircumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a ^btoken of the ^ccovenant betwixt me and you. Acts 15: 24. 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be ^acircumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: TG Circumcision.