Revelation, 6 December 1832 [D&C 86]
Joseph Smith, attributed revelator; Frederick G. Williams, manuscript copyist
A revelation dictated in Kirtland, Ohio, on 6 December 1832 explaining the parable of the wheat and the tares as a history of the church and of the gathering in the last days. It is now Doctrine and Covenants 86.
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Edition and location
Joseph Smith Papers featured historical witness: Revelation Book 2, pp. 31–32. Source note and historical introduction consulted 30 September 2026. Catalogue identity for the revelation; the selected reader text is the later official English scripture witness (edition-lds-dc-86-english).
Revelation Book 2, pp. 31–32