27  And again Alma commanded that the people of the church should impart of their substance, ^aevery one according to that which he had; if he have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and of him that had but little, but little should be required; and to him that had not should be given.

  3  And they had ^aall things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift.

  14  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose ^bheart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

  6  So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and ^bprepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  1  The ^apreparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

  19  And this he did that he himself might go forth among his people, or among the people of Nephi, that he might preach the word of God unto them, to stir them up in ^eremembrance of their duty, and that he might pull down, by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions which were among his people, seeing no way that he might reclaim them save it were in bearing down in pure testimony against them.

  6  And now when Alma heard this, he turned him about, his face immediately towards him, and he beheld with great joy; for he beheld that their afflictions had truly humbled them, and that they were in a ^cpreparation to hear the word.