And now when Lamoni had rehearsed unto him all these things, behold, to his astonishment, his father was angry with him, and said:
“Lamoni, thou art going to deliver these Nephites, who are sons of a liar. Behold, he robbed our fathers; and now his children are also come amongst us that they may, by their cunning and their lyings, deceive us, that they again may rob us of our property.”