The phrase “it was for the sole purpose to get gain, because they received their wages according to their employ” is the repetitive resumption from Alma 10:32 which said: “the object of these lawyers was to get gain; and they got gain according to their employ.” This repetition of the departure phrase confirms that the inserted material is finished, and Mormon is back to his planned text.
The rest of the verse resets the conditions of antagonism that had been laid out prior to the introduction of Zeezrom, who is the pivotal figure in the questioning session that begins in the next verse.