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Gift of Tongues

#3 · September 3, 2026

A missionary comic about language and kids.

Missionary comic: In a park, one elder crouches and sticks his tongue out at a small boy who happily does the same, while his companion looks on in dismay. Caption: “Elder, I don’t think that’s what they meant by the gift of tongues.” — “Elder, I don’t think that’s what they meant by the gift of tongues.”

Missed the reference?

Missionaries learning a new language pray for the gift of tongues, the spiritual gift of speaking and understanding a language (1 Corinthians 12; Doctrine and Covenants 46). Toddlers seem to have their own interpretation.

In this panel: In a park, one elder crouches and sticks his tongue out at a small boy who happily does the same, while his companion looks on in dismay.