Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'told' occurs 351 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'told' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 14:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.




Mosiah 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 0 221
NT 61 2 63
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 7 1 8
Luke 14 0 14
John 15 0 15
Acts 11 1 12
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
BM 46 1 47
DC 10 1 11
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 351 4 355

Luke 1:45
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Luke 2:17
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

Luke 2:18
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

Luke 2:20
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Luke 8:20
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Luke 8:34
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

Luke 8:36
They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

Luke 9:10
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

Luke 9:36
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

Luke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Luke 18:37
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

Luke 24:9
And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

Luke 24:10
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

Luke 24:35
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.