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In an unexpected bit of news, Pope Francis recently approved a change to a phrase in the Lord's Prayer, found in Matthew 6:14. In this familiar scripture, Jesus teaches the pattern for praying to our Heavenly Father. The King James Bible contains the phrase, "And lead us not into temptation." Reasoning that God does not tempt mankind, but rather the devil, the pope has changed the phrase to “do not let us fall into temptation.”
This is interesting because the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, long criticized by many Christians, contains practically the same phrase, for likely the same reason. His rendering of this line reads "And suffer us not to be led into temptation." The beyond close similarity of the two phrases is interesting, since Joseph made this inspired change over 150 years ago. We wonder how and why the current pope came to this same conclusion, but we do agree with his decision.
Read here about Pope Francis' change to this and the Gloria.
11 June 2019
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I'm confused why you are arguing anything about JST. BYU and the church have finally capitulatd that the JST was largely taken (plagerized) by Adam Clark's commentary on the bible by Joseph Smith. I'm sure you are aware of this????
Are you aware that you are wrong? The church has never changed its position on the JST: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/joseph-smith-translation-jst?lang=eng
Your claims of plagiarism misrepresent the findings of this scholar: https://ldsperspectives.com/2017/09/26/jst-adam-clarke-commentary/
You may disagree, but please do not confuse assertions with fact; stating your opinion or even disagreeing is fine, but you don't need to make statements that are patently untrue.
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