1And now it came to pass that when Jesus had told these things he

2And he saith: These scriptures, which ye had not with you, the

3And he did expound all things, even from the beginning until the

4And even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all

5If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if

6And now there cannot be written in this book even a hundredth part

7But behold the plates of Nephi do contain the more part of the

8And these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the

9And when they shall have received this, which is expedient that

10And if it so be that they will not believe these things, then

11Behold, I was about to write them, all which were engraven upon

12Therefore I, Mormon, do write the things which have been

13Therefore, I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did

14And it came to pass that he did teach and minister unto the

15And it came to pass that after he had ascended into heaven—the

16Behold, it came to pass on the morrow that the multitude gathered

17And it came to pass that the disciples whom Jesus had chosen

18And many of them saw and heard unspeakable things, which are not

19And they taught, and did minister one to another; and they had

20And it came to pass that they did do all things even as Jesus had

21And they who were baptized in the name of Jesus were called the