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Isaiah 53:3-9  

[I]n the midst of His greatest pain, in the garden that night, [Jesus Christ] was the one who needed help, suffering in a way that we cannot even imagine or comprehend. But in the end, He forgot about Himself and prayed for us until He paid the full price...He paid for something that He had not done. He paid for sins that He had not committed. Why? Pure love. Having paid the full price, He was in the position to offer us the blessings of what He paid for if we would repent…the gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of love...The love of the Father, who sacrificed His Son for us. The love of the Savior, who sacrificed all for us.

-  Massimo De Feo, Pure Love: The True Sign of Every True Disciple of Jesus Christ 

Ezekiel 36:26–28 

[W]hen our Savior, Jesus Christ, looks upon us, He sees and understands the pain and burden of our sins. He sees our addictions and challenges. He sees our struggles and afflictions of any kind—and He is filled with compassion toward us...The Savior’s healing and redeeming power applies to accidental mistakes, poor decisions, challenges, and trials of every kind—as well as to our sins... whether you are carrying the burden of unresolved sin, suffering because of an offense committed against you long ago, or struggling to forgive yourself for an accidental mistake, you have access to the healing and redeeming power of the Savior Jesus Christ.  

-  Peter F. Meurs, He Could Heal Me!

Isaiah 53:10-11  

[B]ecause of Jesus Christ, your death will be temporary. Your spirit one day will reunite with your body. This resurrected body will not be subject to death, and you will live in the eternities, free from pain and physical suffering. This will happen because of Jesus the Christ, who laid down His life and took it up again. He did this for all…Because Jesus owed no debt to justice, He could pay our debt and meet the demands of justice for every soul. And that includes you and me... I testify that the most important day in the history of mankind was the day when Jesus Christ, the living Son of God, won the victory over death and sin for all of God’s children. 

- President  Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Behold the Man! 

Isaiah 25:8-9 

The Resurrection is brought to pass by the Atonement of Jesus Christ and is pivotal to the great plan of salvation... Resurrection makes it possible for a person’s spirit and body to be united again, only this time that body will be immortal and perfect—not subject to pain, disease, or other problems.  After resurrection, the spirit will never again be separated from the body because the Savior’s Resurrection brought total victory over death...I testify of the reality of the Resurrection. Jesus Christ lives, and because of Him, we will all live again. 

-  Paul V. Johnson, And There Shall Be No More Death   

Psalm 30:2-5

Jesus Christ is our heavenly guidance system. He is the way. His atoning sacrifice makes it possible for us to make sacred covenants with God... Remember that He is known as “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” The Savior taught, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” …thanks to Jesus Christ, [our] “afflictions shall be but a small moment.”…Our covenants bring us closer to God to the point of making the impossible possible, filling every space of darkness and doubt with light and peace.   

-  Sergio R. Vargas, Our Heavenly Guidance System 

Psalm 22:16-18 

Psalm 69:21 

These words of the Prophet Joseph Smith add…context to the significance of the events surrounding Easter: “The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.” …The Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ because throughout its sacred pages, one prophet after another testifies not only that Christ would come but that He did come… this book, more than any other ever published on this earth, bears witness of the life, the ministry, the teachings, the Atonement, and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

-  Gary E. Stevenson, The Greatest Easter Story Ever Told

 Genesis 24:1-4, 16-28, 58-67   

 Genesis 25:27-34  

 Genesis 28:10-22    

Genesis 29:31-35  

Genesis 30:1-24  

Genesis 32:6-12  

Genesis 33:1-4 

 Genesis 32:24-28