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And they *^[a]sang ^(j)a new song before the throne and before the ^(k)four living creatures and the ^(l)elders; and ^(m)no one could learn the song except the ⁽ⁿ⁾one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been ^(o)purchased from the earth.

^(p)These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they ^[b]have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who ^(q)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^(r)purchased from among men ^(s)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.