The Scroll and the Lamb
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Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne scroll with writing
on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice,
"ho is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
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But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth
could open the scroll or even look inside it.
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I wept and wept because no one was found
who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
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Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of
the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed.
He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
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Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, stadingin the center of
the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.
He had seven horns and seven eyes, whch are the seven spirits of God
sent out into all the earth.
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He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
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And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four eleders
fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding
golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open
its seals because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men
for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
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You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."
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Then I looked and heard the voice of many angles, numbering
thousand upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand.
They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
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In a loud voice they sang:
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!"
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Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth
and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor
and glory and power, for ever and ever!"
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The four living creatures said, "Amen,"
and the elders fell down and worshiped.
