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)

 9:12 Behold, he created Adam, and by Adam came the fall of man. And because of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son; and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man.

 9:13 And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death.




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

Morm. 1:15
And I, being fifteen years of age and being somewhat of a sober mind, therefore I was visited of the Lord, and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.

Morm. 2:14
And they did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they did curse God, and wish to die. Nevertheless they would struggle with the sword for their lives.

Morm. 3:14
And when they had sworn by all that had been forbidden them by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that they would go up unto their enemies to battle, and avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren, behold the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:

Morm. 3:18
Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works by the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.

Morm. 3:19
And I write also unto the remnant of this people, who shall also be judged by the twelve whom Jesus chose in this land; and they shall be judged by the other twelve whom Jesus chose in the land of Jerusalem.

Morm. 3:21
And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you; and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God.

Morm. 5:11
For I know that such will sorrow for the calamity of the house of Israel; yea, they will sorrow for the destruction of this people; they will sorrow that this people had not repented that they might have been clasped in the arms of Jesus.

Morm. 5:14
And behold, they shall go unto the unbelieving of the Jews; and for this intent shall they go-- that they may be persuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about, through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant;

Morm. 6:17
O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!

Morm. 7:5
Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave; and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.

Morm. 7:8
Therefore repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus, and lay hold upon the gospel of Christ, which shall be set before you, not only in this record but also in the record which shall come unto the Gentiles from the Jews, which record shall come from the Gentiles unto you.

Morm. 8:10
And there are none that do know the true God save it be the disciples of Jesus, who did tarry in the land until the wickedness of the people was so great that the Lord would not suffer them to remain with the people; and whether they be upon the face of the land no man knoweth.

Morm. 8:35
Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.

Morm. 9:5
For behold, when ye shall be brought to see your nakedness before God, and also the glory of God, and the holiness of Jesus Christ, it will kindle a flame of unquenchable fire upon you.

Morm. 9:6
O then ye unbelieving, turn ye unto the Lord; cry mightily unto the Father in the name of Jesus, that perhaps ye may be found spotless, pure, fair, and white, having been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb, at that great and last day.

Morm. 9:12
Behold, he created Adam, and by Adam came the fall of man. And because of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son; and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man.

Morm. 9:13
And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death.

Morm. 9:18
And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not do many mighty miracles? And there were many mighty miracles wrought by the hands of the apostles.

Morm. 9:22
For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature;

Morm. 9:27
O then despise not, and wonder not, but hearken unto the words of the Lord, and ask the Father in the name of Jesus for what things soever ye shall stand in need. Doubt not, but be believing, and begin as in times of old, and come unto the Lord with all your heart, and work out your own salvation with fear and trembling before him.

Morm. 9:29
See that ye are not baptized unworthily; see that ye partake not of the sacrament of Christ unworthily; but see that ye do all things in worthiness, and do it in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God; and if ye do this, and endure to the end, ye will in nowise be cast out.

Morm. 9:37
And may the Lord Jesus Christ grant that their prayers may be answered according to their faith; and may God the Father remember the covenant which he hath made with the house of Israel; and may he bless them forever, through faith on the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.