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Lesson 35: Jesus Christ Heals the Sick and Blesses
the Children
Purpose
To teach the children that Jesus Christ loves
each of us and to encourage them to
experience joy by having faith in him.
Had I Been a Child
1. Had I been a child when Jesus came
Unto the Nephites that blessed day
And showed them the wounds in his hands and his feet
And knelt with them to pray.
2. Then he might have held me safe in his arms;
He might have looked in my eyes and said
A word, with his blessing of kindness and love,
His hands placed upon my head.
3. Someday, when the Savior comes again,
Oh, how I hope that my heart will be
As pure as the hearts of the children that day
Who gathered around his knee.
Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott, b. 1910
Music: Darwin Wolford, b. 1936
From “Song of Cumorah,” a children’s cantata about the Book of Mormon. © 1981 by Jackman Music Corp
Our opening Prayer today will be given by
(enter name here)
You have all tasted salt in your lifetimes, haven’t
you?.
Without using the words “salt”, “salty”, or any other
form of the word “salt”, How would you explain
what salt tastes like, to someone that has never
tasted salt before.
Sometimes it is hard to describe things you
have experienced in words others can
understand
The Nephites had such great joy when Jesus Christ
appeared to them that they said, “No tongue can
speak, neither can there be written by any man,
neither can the hearts of men conceive so great
and marvelous things as we both saw and heard”
(3 Nephi 17:17).
Tell the children that if they will picture in their
minds the events they will hear in this lesson, they
may be able to feel and understand with their
spirits some truths that words cannot describe.
After teaching the people many things, Jesus told
them to go home and think and pray about what he
had said.
The Nephites began to cry. They did not want Jesus
to leave yet.
Jesus loved the Nephites.
He told them to bring the people who were sick or
hurt to him so he could heal them.
Jesus healed these people.
Everyone bowed down and worshiped him.
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Discussion Time
Jesus Christ told
the Nephites to
bring their little
children to him
The children sat on the ground near Jesus.
The Savior told the people to kneel down.
Then he knelt and
prayed to Heavenly
Father.
The Savior’s prayer
was so marvelous
that it could not
be written.
It filled the Nephites with joy.
After his prayer Jesus said the Nephites would be
blessed because of their faith.
He felt so much love and happiness that he wept.
Then he took the children and blessed each one. He
prayed to Heavenly Father for them and wept
again.
Jesus told the
Nephites to look
at their children.
As the people watched, angels came down from
heaven and encircled the children
The children
and the angels
were
surrounded by
fire.
Discussion Time
What did Jesus
Christ say the
people should do
to help them
understand the
things he had
taught them?
(3 Nephi 17:3.)
What does it mean to ponder?
(To think deeply about something)
Why is it important to ponder and pray about what
we are taught by our Church leaders and teachers?
Where did the Savior say he was going after he
visited the Nephites? (3 Nephi 17:4.)
How does this show that Jesus loves all of Heavenly
Father’s children?
What did the
people do when
the Savior said he
was leaving?
(3 Nephi 17:5.)
What did he do to show that he loved them?
(3 Nephi 17:6–8.)
What did Jesus Christ say was the reason the
people could be healed? (3 Nephi 17:8.)
What is one reason miracles sometimes do not
occur? (Ether 12:12, 18.)
How did the Nephites show their thanks when
Jesus Christ healed the sick? (3 Nephi 17:10.)
When should you thank Heavenly Father and Jesus?
How can you show your thanks for the blessings
you receive?
After Jesus Christ healed the sick, what did he
command the people to do? (3 Nephi 17:11.)
What did he do
when the children
had been brought
to him? (3 Nephi
17:13–15.)
Why were the words he prayed to Heavenly Father
not written? (3 Nephi 17:16–17.)
Why did Jesus weep? (3 Nephi 17:20–21.)
How has the gospel brought you joy? How did he
show his love for the children? (3 Nephi 17:21.)
How would you
feel if Jesus Christ
held you in his
arms, blessed you,
and prayed to
Heavenly Father
for you?
When the Savior told the parents to behold their
little ones, what did the parents see?
(3 Nephi 17:23–24.)
What does it mean
to minister?
(To give help or
service.)
What can we do to serve others?
T
President Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth President of
the Church, made this following statement:
“I promise you, dear children, that angels will minister
unto you also. You may not see them, but they will be
there to help you, and you will feel of their presence. …
“Dear children, our Heavenly Father sent you to earth
at this time because you are some of His most valiant
children. He knew there would be much wickedness in
the world today, and He knew you would be faithful
and obedient” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1989,
p. 105; or Ensign, May 1989, p. 83).
T
Let’s read together 3 Nephi 17:20–21.
20 And they arose from the earth, and he said
unto them: Blessed are ye because of your faith.
And anow behold, my joy is full.
21 And when he had said these words, he awept,
and the multitude bare record of it, and he took
their little children, one by one, and bblessed
them, and prayed unto the Father for them.
What word or group of words from these verses
that they think is important, and then have them
share their feelings about the words they chose.
T
Think about the times in their
lives when they have been the
happiest
What were you doing to make
you happy?
Why are we happiest when we
live like Jesus Taught?
Why are you happiest with certain friends and
family members?
T
We naturally want to be with
those whom we love and who
love us.
If we obey the commandments,
we can live with Heavenly
Father and Jesus and our
families forever.
This will give us the greatest joy we can experience.
T
Because the Nephite people who gathered at
Bountiful were not sufficiently prepared, the Savior
could not tell them everything that Heavenly Father
wanted them to know.
What did Jesus ask the people to do?
Read 3 Nephi 17:3 and fill in the following
T
Therefore, __________ __________ __________
__________ ________, and __________
__________ __________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________, and ask
__________ __________ __________, __________
__________ ___________ that ye may understand.
(3 Nephi 17:3.)
T
Therefore, ____go____ ____ye____ ___unto___
___your___ __homes_, and ___ponder_
___upon___ ____the___ ___things_ __which___
_____I_____ ___have___ ___said___, and ask
___of_____ ___the____ ___father_, ____in____
____my____ ____name__ that ye may understand.
(3 Nephi 17:3.)
T
Following a conference, sacrament meeting, or
Primary, what should you do to help you
understand what you have heard?
T
Testimony
I Testify that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father love
all children and that if we have faith in Jesus Christ
and obey the commandments, we will know the joy
of living with them again.
Our closing Prayer today will be given by
(enter name here)
THE END
3 Nephi 17:3
3 Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and
aponder upon the things which I have said, and
ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may
understand, and bprepare your minds for the
cmorrow, and I come unto you again.
Return
3 Nephi 17:4
4 But now I ago unto the Father, and also to
bshow myself unto the lost tribes of Israel, for
they are not clost unto the Father, for he
knoweth whither he hath taken them.
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3 Nephi 17:5
5 And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus
spoken, he cast his eyes round about again on
the multitude, and beheld they were ain tears,
and did look steadfastly upon him as if they
would ask him to tarry a little longer with them.
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3 Nephi 17:6–8
6 And he said unto them: Behold, my bowels are filled
with acompassion towards you.
7 Have ye any that are asick among you? Bring them
hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or
maimed, or bleprous, or that are withered, or that are
deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them
hither and I will cheal them, for I have compassion upon
you; my bowels are filled with mercy.
8 For I perceive that ye desire that I should show unto
you what I have done unto your brethren at Jerusalem,
for I see that your afaith is bsufficient that I should heal
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you.
3 Nephi 17:8
8 For I perceive that ye desire that I should show
unto you what I have done unto your brethren
at Jerusalem, for I see that your afaith is
bsufficient that I should heal you.
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Ether 12:12, 18
12 For if there be no afaith among the children
of men God can do no bmiracle among them;
wherefore, he showed not himself until after
their faith.
18 And neither at any time hath any wrought
miracles until after their faith; wherefore they
first believed in the Son of God.
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3 Nephi 17:10
10 And they did all, both they who had been
healed and they who were whole, bow down at
his feet, and did worship him; and as many as
could come for the multitude did akiss his feet,
insomuch that they did bathe his feet with their
tears.
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3 Nephi 17:11
11 And it came to pass that he commanded that
their alittle children should be brought.
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3 Nephi 17:13–15
13 And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and
Jesus stood in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they
should akneel down upon the ground.
14 And it came to pass that when they had knelt upon the
ground, Jesus groaned within himself, and said: Father, I am
atroubled because of the wickedness of the people of the house
of Israel.
15 And when he had said these words, he himself also aknelt
upon the earth; and behold he bprayed unto the Father, and the
things which he prayed cannot be written, and the multitude did
bear record who heard him.
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3 Nephi 17:16–17
16 And after this manner do they bear record: The aeye
hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so
great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus
speak unto the Father;
17 And no atongue can speak, neither can there be
written by any man, neither can the hearts of men
conceive so great and marvelous things as we both saw
and heard Jesus speak; and no one can conceive of the
joy which filled our souls at the time we heard him pray
for us unto the Father.
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3 Nephi 17:20–21
20 And they arose from the earth, and he said
unto them: Blessed are ye because of your faith.
And anow behold, my joy is full.
21 And when he had said these words, he
awept, and the multitude bare record of it, and
he took their little children, one by one, and
bblessed them, and prayed unto the Father for
them.
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3 Nephi 17:21
21 And when he had said these words, he
awept, and the multitude bare record of it, and
he took their little children, one by one, and
bblessed them, and prayed unto the Father for
them.
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3 Nephi 17:23–24
23 And he spake unto the multitude, and said
unto them: Behold your little ones.
24 And as they looked to behold they cast their
eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens
open, and they saw angels descending out of
heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they
came down and aencircled those little ones
about, and they were encircled about with fire;
and the angels did minister unto them.
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3 Nephi 17:3
3 Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and
aponder upon the things which I have said, and
ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may
understand, and bprepare your minds for the
cmorrow, and I come unto you again.
Return
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