The Book of Mormon

Alma 24:11

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And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do, (as we were the most lost of all mankind,) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God, that he would take away our stain.

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And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do, (as we were the most lost of all mankind,) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God, that he would take away our stain.—

Simple English

My brothers, we were the most lost of all people. It took everything we had to turn away from all our sins and the many murders we did. It took everything we had to get God to take them away from our hearts. We had to work so hard to turn away from sin before God would take away our stain.

Paraphrase

Brothers, we were the most lost people alive. It took everything we had just to repent of our sins and all those murders—to get God to wash them away. Repenting deeply enough for God to remove our stain was the hardest thing we ever did.