1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and *outside 𝔐A,C,K 80.2% ¦ on the back NA SBL TH TR WH 8.9%outside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 But no one in heaven †above 𝔐K [56%] ¦ — 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR [43.1%]above or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look into it. 4 So I began to weep loudly because no one was found who was worthy to ‡open 𝔐A−,K [65.3%] ¦ open and read 𝔐A+,C PCK TR [28.2%]open the scroll or look into it. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has §conquered; he is the one who can 𝔐K 41.7% ¦ conquered so as to 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR 53.5%conquered; he is the one who can open the scroll *and 𝔐A,C,K [94%] ¦ and break TR [4.6%]and its seven seals.”

6 Then I †saw 𝔐A,C,K [75.6%] • MSS [11.5%] ¦ looked, and behold, there was TR [9.7%]saw a Lamb that looked like it had been slain; he was standing among the elders in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the ‡seven 𝔐A,C,K 72.8% • TR 5.4% ¦ — ECM† 10.1%seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who was sitting on the throne. 8 When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which §contain 𝔐K− [17%] ¦ are 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR [50.9%] • 𝔐K+ HF RP [32.1%]contain the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song:

11 Then I looked, and I heard *something like 𝔐A−,C,K [76.5%] ¦ — 𝔐A+ ECM† NA SBL TH TR WH [23.5%]something like the voice of many angels coming from around the throne, the living creatures, and the †elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, and they 𝔐A,C,K [97.2%] ¦ elders. And thousands of thousands ST [0%] {Two manuscripts (0.9%) have a longer omission here, but no extant manuscripts read like ST.}elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 and they were saying with a loud voice,