Joseph Smith—Matthew is a book in the Pearl of Great Price, a scriptural text

Religious text

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 used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other Latter Day Saint denominations

Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...

. Joseph Smith—Matthew consists of Joseph Smith, Jr.'s "retranslation

Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

The Joseph Smith Translation , also called the Inspired Version , was a revision of the Bible by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith considered this work to be "a branch of his calling" as a prophet. Smith was murdered before he ever deemed it complete, though most of...

" of portions of the Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

. It was originally published in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio

Kirtland, Ohio

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 in an undated broadsheet

Broadsheet

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 as "Extract from the New Translation of the Bible".

Joseph Smith—Matthew includes Joseph Smith's retranslation of Matthew 23:39 and all of Matthew Chapter 24. It was created by Smith in 1831. The text deals mainly with Jesus'

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 prophecy of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and of similar calamities that will precede his Second Coming

Second Coming

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. Joseph Smith—Matthew contains significant changes and additions to the original biblical text.

Joseph Smith—Matthew and the Book of Moses

Book of Moses

The Book of Moses is part of the scriptural canon of Mormonism dictated by founder Joseph Smith, Jr. It is an amalgamation of the "Vision of Moses," which Smith dictated in June 1830, the "Book of Enoch," dictated December 1830, and material deriving from Smith's revision of the Book of Genesis in...

 (also contained in the Pearl of Great Price) are the only portions of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

The Joseph Smith Translation , also called the Inspired Version , was a revision of the Bible by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith considered this work to be "a branch of his calling" as a prophet. Smith was murdered before he ever deemed it complete, though most of...

 that the LDS Church has canonized

Biblical canon

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 as part of its standard works

Standard Works

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. Other selections from the Joseph Smith Translation are included in the footnotes and the appendix in the LDS Church-published King James Version of the Bible

Bible

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, but the LDS Church has not officially canonized these excerpts.

External links

• Extract from the New Translation of the Bible - PDF scan of original 1831 publication
• Joseph Smith—Matthew - complete text used by the LDS Church; includes footnotes added by church in 1981
• Joseph Smith— at Wikisource
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