Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Lamb And The 144,000 Stand On Mt. Zion, Singing a New Song

14 And I saw, and behold— the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one-hundred forty four thousand having His name and the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads. ² And I heard a sound from heaven like a sound of many waters, and like a sound of loud thunder. And the sound which I heard was like that of harpists harping with their harps. ³ And they^[a] are singing something like a new song before the throne and before the four living-creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the one-hundred forty four thousand, the ones having been bought^[b] from the earth. ⁴ These are ones who were not stained^[c] with women, for they are virgins. These are^[d] the ones following the Lamb wherever He goes. These were bought from mankind to be the firstfruit to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And falsehood was not found in their mouth. They are without-blemish.

Three Angels Proclaim God’s Message To The Earth

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven^[e], having eternal good-news to announce-as-good-news to^[f] the ones sitting on the earth— indeed, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, ⁷ saying with a loud voice “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment came^[g]. And give-worship to the One having made the heaven and the land and sea and springs of waters”. ⁸ And another angel, a second, followed, saying “Babylon the great fell^[h], it fell— she who has given-a-drink-to all the nations from the wine of the passion^[i] of her sexual-immorality”. ⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he himself will also drink from the wine of the fury of God having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they do not have a rest by day and by night^[j]— the ones worshiping the beast and his image, and if anyone receives the mark of his name.