³ “Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees^(A) until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”^(B)

⁴ They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree,^(A) but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.^(B)

¹⁶ And it makes everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,^(A)

The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion,^(A) and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.^(B)

⁹ And another, a third angel, followed them and spoke with a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

⁵ On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:^(A) Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.

The Saints Reign with Christ

⁴ Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.^(A) I also saw the souls of those^(B) who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus^(C) and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(D) They came to life^(E) and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.^(F)