1 Then I looked, and there on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.[a]
2
I heard a sound[b] from heaven like the sound of cascading waters[c] and like the rumbling of loud thunder. The sound I heard was also like harpists playing on their harps.[d]
3
They sang[e] a new song[f] before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders,[g] but no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed[h] from the earth.
4
These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity.[i] These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed[j][k] from the human race as the firstfruits[l] for God and the Lamb.
5
No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.[m]