² For I am ^(A)jealous for you with godly jealousy. For ^(B)I have betrothed you to one husband, ^(C)that I may present you ^(D)as a chaste virgin to Christ.

³ They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song ^(A)except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. ⁴ These are the ones who were not defiled with women, ^(B)for they are virgins. These are the ones ^(C)who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These ^(D)were ^[a]redeemed from among men, ^(E)being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And ^(F)in their mouth was found no ^[b]deceit, for ^(G)they are without fault ^[c]before the throne of God.

¹² For there are ^[a]eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and ^(A)there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

¹⁴ But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for ^(A)of such is the kingdom of heaven.”