Revelation 22

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The River of Life

¹Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

¹And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

²down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

²In the middle of its street and of the river, on this side and on that side, was a tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

³No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.

³And there will not be any curse any longer. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him.

⁴They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

⁴And they will see His face, and His name is on their foreheads.

⁵There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

⁵And there will be no night any longer, and they have no need of the light of a lamp and of the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate upon them, and they will reign to the ages of the ages.

Jesus Is Coming

⁶Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon^a take place.”

⁶And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show His servants what is necessary to take place in quickness.”

⁷“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”^a

⁷“And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is the one keeping the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

⁸And I, John, am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell to worship before the feet of the angel showing me these things.

⁹But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

⁹And he says to me, “See, no! I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this book. Worship God!”

¹⁰Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

¹⁰And he says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is near.

¹¹Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

¹¹The one being unrighteous, let him be unrighteous still; and the filthy one, let him be filthy still; and the righteous one, let him practice righteousness still; and the holy one, let him be holy still.”

¹²“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

¹²“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to each as is his work.

¹³I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

¹⁴Blessed are those who wash their robes,^a so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

¹⁴Blessed are those washing their robes, that their authority will be over the tree of life, and by the gates they might enter into the city.

¹⁵But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

¹⁵Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone loving and practicing falsehood.

¹⁶“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

¹⁶“I, Jesus, sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”

¹⁷The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

¹⁷And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And the one hearing, let him say, “Come!” And the one thirsting, let him come; the one wanting, let him take the water of life freely.

Nothing May Be Added or Removed

¹⁸I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

¹⁸I testify to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone should add to these things, God will add unto him the plagues written in this book.

¹⁹And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

¹⁹And if anyone should take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, of those written in this book.

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

²⁰The One testifying these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus^a be with all the saints.^b

Amen.^c

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.