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The Scroll and the Lamb

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

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The Lamb Opens the Scroll

Then I saw a scrolla in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals.

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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

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And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: “Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?”

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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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But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read 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 I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it.

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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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But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne,b has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spiritsa of God sent out into all the earth.

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Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spiritc of God that is sent out into every part of the earth.

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He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

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And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

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And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

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And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.

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And they sang a new song with these words:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and break its seals and open it.
For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people 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 reignb on the earth.”

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And you have caused them to become
a Kingdom of priests for our God.
And they will reignd on the earth.”

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Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

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Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders.

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In a loud voice they were saying:
“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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And they sang in a mighty chorus:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered —
to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing.”

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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, saying:
“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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And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

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The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

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Revelation 5

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