Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jesus' occurs 1276 times in the standard works.

524 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jesus' in the standard works and contain 41.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 242 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 18:36-19:8 (13 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 26:17-27:2 (8 in 7 verses)

Mark 10:47-52 (7 in 6 verses)

John 19:38-20:2 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Cor. 4:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

John 20:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

John 20:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 26:49-52 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Morm. 3:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

John 4:46-50 (5 in 5 verses)

John 5:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

John 13:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

John 18:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Eph. 1:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Pet. 1:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 17:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 8:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:42-45 (4 in 4 verses)

John 2:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

John 8:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

John 11:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

John 20:29-21:1 (4 in 4 verses)

John 21:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

John 21:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

John 21:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 1:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Col. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 7:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 20:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-M 1:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:12-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 14:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 15:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 5:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 9:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

John 1:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:53-5:1 (3 in 3 verses)

John 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

John 6:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:58-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

John 18:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 16:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 3:13-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 1:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:73-75 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:33 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:34 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 1:25-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:34-21:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:75-27:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:72-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Philem. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:33-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 984 0 984
BM 184 0 184
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 15 0 15
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 90 0 90
4 Ne. 12 0 12
Morm. 26 0 26
Ether 12 0 12
Moro. 11 0 11
DC 97 0 97
PGP 11 0 11
TOTAL 1276 0 1276

2 Ne. 25:19
For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also the word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Ne. 26:12
And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

2 Ne. 30:5
And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.

2 Ne. 31:10
And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Ne. 33:4
And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Ne. 33:6
I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.