Book of Mormon study · Chapter 42
Chapter 42: The Word as a Seed
Alma 31-35
Alma leads a mission to the Zoramites, whose prayer shuts out the poor. Alma and Amulek teach the humbled poor about faith, the word as a seed, prayer, and redemption, and the people of Ammon receive the believers who are cast out.
Read the scripture
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Notice and discuss
Use these questions for your own reading or a conversation. No answers are collected.
What ideas are repeated in the Zoramites’ prayer?
Alma 31:15-18What actions and observations belong to the experiment with the seed?
Alma 32:28-43How does Amulek connect prayer with care for those in need?
Alma 34:27-29
Connect with the chapter
In Go and Do this is Chapter 42, The Word as a Seed, covering Alma 31-35.
The game plays it in 5 acts:
- Act I: The Zoramites (Alma 31)
- Act II: Alma teaches the poor (Alma 32)
- Act III: Zenos taught that men should pray (Alma 33)
- Act IV: This life is the time (Alma 34)
- Act V: They Expel the Converts (Alma 35)
The chapter opens with Alma 31:5.
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