RLDS Verse Context

61 O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world; ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness; nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you, and art still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice.

62 Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ;

63 And if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

64 And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of what fold are ye?

65 Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your shepherd, and ye are of his fold; and now who can deny this?

66 Behold, I say unto you, Whosoever denieth this, is a liar and a child of the devil;

67 For I say unto you, that whatsoever is good, cometh from God, and whatsoever is evil, cometh from the devil;

68 Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works, he hearkeneth unto the voice of the good shepherd; and he doth follow him;

69 But whosoever bringeth forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the devil; for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.

70 And whosoever doeth this must receive his wages of him; therefore, for his wages he receiveth death, as to things pertaining unto righteousness, being dead unto all good works.

71 And now my brethren, I would that ye should hear me, for I speak in the energy of my soul;