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Compare Luke 11:9-13; John 16:24; 14:13-14; 15:7
I note, but otherwise pass over in silence, what I see as the relevance of Matthew 7:7-8 to the temple. For fuller discussions of this topic, see John Welch’s Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7, from the good old days at FARMS, and, aimed at a non-LDS scholarly audience, his The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple.
Otherwise, what strikes me in this passage is its strong affirmation of the boundless goodness of God.
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