9  Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet ^aprotest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

  9  Wherefore we ^alabour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

  19  And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not ^cteach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

  20  And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek diligently to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. But our ^blabors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and they were led by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness; feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wandering about in the wilderness with a short skin girdle about their loins and their heads shaven; and their skill was in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax. And many of them did eat nothing save it was raw meat; and they were continually seeking to destroy us.