They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.

They will wage war against the lamb, but the lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are called, chosen, and faithful are with him."

Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

As he watched Jesus walk by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.