Revelation 5:1-7

1Then I looked at the one who was sitting on the throne. I saw that he held a book in his right hand. Words were written on both sides, the inside and the outside. Seven seals kept the book closed.

2Then I saw a powerful angel. He said with a loud voice, ‘Who is so good that they can break the seals? Who can open the book?’

3But nobody in heaven could open the book and look inside it. Neither could anyone on the earth or anyone under the earth open it.

4I wept much because there was nobody who was good enough. Nobody was so good that they could open the book. Nobody could look inside it.

5Then one of the leaders said to me, ‘Do not weep! Look! There is someone who can break the seven seals and then open the book. His name is the Lion from Judah's tribe. He is called the Root of King David. He has won over all his enemies.’

6Then I saw a Lamb. He was standing in the middle of the throne. The four beings that are alive and the leaders were around him. The Lamb appeared to be like a lamb that someone had killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes. His eyes are the seven spirits of God, that God has sent into all parts of the world.

7The Lamb came and he took the book. He took it from the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne.