Why doesn the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible always agree with related passages in the Book of Mormon?
Here is the specific question (slightly modified for clarity) that I received in 2003: I was reading the Sermon on the Mount in the Bible and also the comparable scriptures in the Book of Mormon. I came to the first verse in Mathew chapter 7 (“Judge not, that ye be not judged”) and also the comparable verse in the Book of Mormon, 3rd Nephi chapter 14, verse 1. I found them to be the same. But here’s the thing that didn’t make any sense to me: I then found that the Joseph Smith translation of the fist verse in Matthew 7 altered the verse dramatically to “Judge not unrighteously, that ye be not judged; but judge righteous judgment.” The related verse in the Book of Mormon was not changed. It seems to show that Joseph Smith made a mistake, either in the JST or in the Book Of Mormon. If the Joseph Smith translation was inspired, then why doesn’t it always agree with the Book of Mormon version of the Sermon on the Mount or other passages? My response: There are a few examples in which the J
