Jesus could have sinned:

Brigham Young, July 31, 1864:

I will here say that it is a mistaken idea, as entertained by the Calvinists, that God has
decreed all things whatsoever that come to pass, for the volition of the creature is as free as
air. You may inquire whether we believe in foreordination; we do, as strongly as any people
in the world. We believe that Jesus was foreordained before the foundations of the world
were built, and his mission was appointed him in eternity to be the Savior of the world,
yet when he came in the flesh he was left free to choose or refuse to obey his Father. Had
he refused to obey his Father, he would have become a son of perdition. We also are free
to choose or refuse the principles of eternal life. God has decreed and foreordained many
things that have come to pass, and he will continue to do so; but when he decrees great
blessings upon a nation or upon an individual they are decreed upon certain conditions.
When he decrees great plagues and overwhelming destructions upon nations or people,
those decrees come to pass because those nations and people will not forsake their
wickedness and turn unto the Lord. It was decreed that Nineveh should be destroyed in
forty days, but the decree was stayed on the repentance of the inhabitants of Nineveh. My
time is too limited to enter into this subject at length; I will content myself by saying that
God rules and reigns, and has made all his children as free as himself, to choose the right or
the wrong, and we shall then be judged according to our works. (JOD 10:324)

James E. Talmage:

A question deserving some attention in this connection is that of the peccability or

impeccability of Christ—the question as to whether He was capable of sinning. Had there
been no possibility of His yielding to the lures of Satan, there would have been no real test
in the temptations, no genuine victory in the result. Our Lord was sinless yet peccable; He
had the capacity, the ability to sin had He willed so to do. Had He been bereft of the faculty
to sin, He would have been shorn of His free agency; and it was to safeguard and insure the
agency of man that He had offered Himself, before the world was, as a redeeming sacrifice.
To say that He could not sin because He was the embodiment of righteousness is no denial
of His agency to choose between evil and good. . . .(Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah
and His Mission according to Holy Scriptures both Ancient and Modern [Salt Lake City: The
Deseret News, 1915], 134)

Howard W. Hunter:
It is important to remember that Jesus was capable of sinning, that he could have
succumbed, that the plan of life and salvation could have been foiled, but that he remained
true. Had there been no possibility of his yielding to the enticement of Satan, there would
have been no real test, no genuine victory in the result. If he had been stripped of the
faculty to sin, he would have been stripped of his very agency. It was he who had come to
safeguard and ensure the agency of man. He had to retain the capacity and ability to sin had
he willed so to do. (The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 4)

Jesus: Emptied himself and is our model

Let this mind (φρονεῖτε, from φρονεω; alt. attitude/mind being disposed to something) be
in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore
God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2:6-11)

This is paralleled in D&C 93:12-13 (In the context of coming to earth):

And I, John, saw that he received not of the fulness at the first, but received grace for grace;
And he received not of the fulness at first, but continued from grace to grace, until he
received a fulness.

Jesus was Truly Tempted

Prophecies of his then-future temptations:

And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more
than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so
great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. (Mosiah
3:7)
And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God,
suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be
mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people. (Mosiah 15:5)

And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this
that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the
sicknesses of his people. (Alma 7:11)

The Wilderness and Gethsemane

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when
he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the
tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into
the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the
Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a
stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again,
the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms
of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if
thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it
is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Matt 4:1-10;
cf. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-11)

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but
thine, be done. (Luke 22:41-42)

Jesus Gained Experiential Knowledge and was Perfected Through Temptation and
Suffering

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many
sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Heb 2:10)

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. (Heb 5:8)
As a result, he can be our perfect High Priest as he knows what it is like to be temped:

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour
them that are tempted. (Heb 2:17-18; note the present infinitive and two purpose clauses in
the Greek)

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Heb 4:15)

Revelation to Joseph Smith on this (March 20, 1839):

If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils among false brethren; if
thou art in perils among robbers; if thou art in perils by land or by sea; If thou art accused
with all manner of false accusations; if thine enemies fall upon thee; if they tear thee from
the society of thy father and mother and brethren and sisters; and if with a drawn sword
thine enemies tear thee from the bosom of thy wife, and of thine offspring, and thine elder
son, although but six years of age, shall cling to thy garments, and shall say, My father, my
father, why can't you stay with us? O, my father, what are the men going to do with you?
and if then he shall be thrust from thee by the sword, and thou be dragged to prison, and
thine enemies prowl around thee like wolves for the blood of the lamb; And if thou shouldst
be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon
thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce
winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine
to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide
after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be
for thy good. The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?
Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are
set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less;
therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever. (D&C
122:5-9

Admonitions to avoid temptation and parallels to Jesus’ Experience (in light of this, they
are more ‘realistic’, etc):
And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to
temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my
soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy? (2 Nephi 4:27)

Yea, and I also exhort you, my brethren, that ye be watchful unto prayer continually, that ye
may not be led away by the temptations of the devil, that he may not overpower you, that
ye may not become his subjects at the last day; for behold, he rewardeth you no good thing.
(Alma 34:39)

Preach unto them repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ; teach them to humble
themselves and to be meek and lowly in heart; teach them to withstand every temptation of
the devil, with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ. (Alma 37:33)

Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye
may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no
temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God. (Moroni 9:28--note how similar
this is to the explicit example of Jesus in the Wilderness narratives)