Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'parents' occurs 46 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'parents' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Cor. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

 12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.





D&C 68:25 (2 in 1 verse)

 68:25 And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.





John 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.





John 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

 9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.





D&C 83:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 83:4 All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until they are of age.

 83:5 And after that, they have claim upon the church, or in other words upon the Lord's storehouse, if their parents have not wherewith to give them inheritances.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 21 0 21
BM 19 0 19
DC 5 0 5
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 46 0 46

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