1Then I looked, and there was a Lamb standing on mount Sion. With him were a hundred and forty-four thousand people. They had his Father's name written on their foreheads.
2And I heard a voice from heaven. It was like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.
3They sang what seemed to be a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts and the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth.
4These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, as the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
5No lie was found in their mouth, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6And I saw another angel flying in the middle of heaven. He had the everlasting gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and family and language and people.
7He said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the springs of water."
8And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
9And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,"
10that person will drink the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11"And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever. They have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
12Here is the patience of the saints. Here are those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labours; and their works follow them."
14Then I looked, and there was a white cloud. On the cloud sat one like the Son of man. He had a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the time has come for you to reap. The harvest of the earth is ripe."
16And the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
18And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire. He called with a loud cry to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe."
19And the angel swung his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, as high as the horses' bridles, for a distance of a thousand six hundred furlongs.