The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 14:10

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And he saith unto me, Behold, there is, save it be, two churches: the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the Devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God, belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

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Revelation 17:5 (KJV)
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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And he saithd unto me,: Behold, there is,are save it be, two churches: only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the Ddevil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God, belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

Simple English

He said to me: “There are only two churches. One is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil. So whoever does not belong to the church of the Lamb of God belongs to that great church, which is the mother of evil things. She is the prostitute of all the earth.”

Paraphrase

He continued: “Listen, there are really only two churches: the church of the Lamb of God, and the church of the Devil. If you don’t belong to the Lamb’s church, you belong to that great church—the mother of all corruption. She’s the prostitute of the whole earth.”