3 Nephi 14

3 Nephi 14

The Joseph Smith translation of Matthew’s version of the Sermon on the Mount that Christ taught in the Western Hemisphere doesn't tell us not to judge, but not to judge unrighteously (see JST Matthew 7:1).  That seems to fit when you consider the remainder of this chapter, which teaches us how to judge righteously.

1. We will be judged in the same way we judge others (v. 2).
2. We should clean up our own problems before trying to help others with theirs (verses 3 - 5).
3. We shouldn't cast pearls before swine (v. 6).
4. Ask, seek, knock (verses 7 – 11).
5. Do unto others as we would have them do to us (v. 12).
6. We can tell which the strait gate is because hardly anyone is there (verses 13 – 14).
7. By their fruits we shall know them (verses 15 – 20).
8. They who do God’s will are the ones who will enter the kingdom of Heaven (verses 21 – 23).

The Lord ends this most incredible of sermons with encouragement to live our lives by the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount, for that is the way we build ourselves on the strongest foundation.