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D&C 132:25 · Matthew 7:13

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 132:25
"Broad is the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and many there are that go in thereat"
New Testament Matthew 7:13
"for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:"

Shared words: the way that leadeth to

Divergences: the two adjectives are exchanged - the sermon has 'wide is the gate, and broad is the way', the revelation 'Broad is the gate, and wide the way' - so the shared run breaks at the point where the words swap, which is why the record is placed on the clause as a whole. The destination changes from 'destruction' to 'the deaths'; 'many there be which go in thereat' reads 'many there are that go in thereat'. The plural 'the deaths' stands at three distinct frozen verses in the corpus - D&C 132:25, Ezekiel 28:8, Ezekiel 28:10 - the last two in an oracle where the sense is a manner of dying.