REVELATION
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The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him
to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his
angel to his servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who
reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who
keep what is written in it; for the time is near. 4 John to the seven churches
that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is
to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus
Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the
kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,
6 and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be
glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the
tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen. 8 "I am the Alpha and the
Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
9 I, John, your brother who share with you in Jesus the persecution and the
kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos because of
the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the spirit on the Lord's
day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, "Write in a
book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to
Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." 12 Then I
turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven
golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son
of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. 14 His
head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a
flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace,
and his voice was like the sound of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held
seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was
like the sun shining with full force. 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as
though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am
the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive
forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades. 19 Now write what
you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this. 20 As for the
mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden
lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven
lampstands are the seven churches.
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"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the
words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the
seven golden lampstands: 2 "I know your works, your toil and your patient
endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who
claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false. 3 I also know
that you are enduring patiently and bearing up for the sake of my name, and that
you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned
the love you had at first. 5 Remember then from what you have fallen; repent,
and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your
lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this is to your credit: you
hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 Let anyone who has an
ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who
conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the
paradise of God. 8 "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are
the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: 9 "I know
your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich. I know the slander
on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue
of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is
about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten
days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the
crown of life. 11 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying
to the churches. Whoever conquers will not be harmed by the second death. 12
"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him
who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 "I know where you are living, where
Satan's throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny
your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who
was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14 But I have a few things against you:
you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put
a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food
sacrificed to idols and practice fornication. 15 So you also have some who hold
to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent then. If not, I will come to you
soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 Let anyone who has
an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who
conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone,
and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one
who receives it. 18 "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are
the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet
are like burnished bronze: 19 "I know your works--your love, faith, service, and
patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first. 20
But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself
a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice fornication and
to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses
to repent of her fornication. 22 Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those
who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great distress, unless they
repent of her doings; 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the
churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will
give to each of you as your works deserve. 24 But to the rest of you in
Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call
'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden;
25 only hold fast to what you have until I come. 26 To everyone who conquers and
continues to do my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations; 27
to rule them with an iron rod, as when clay pots are shattered-- 28 even as I
also received authority from my Father. To the one who conquers I will also give
the morning star. 29 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is
saying to the churches.
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"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the
words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your
works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and
strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your
works perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember then what you received and
heard; obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and
you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 Yet you have still a few
persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me,
dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 If you conquer, you will be clothed
like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life;
I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. 6 Let anyone
who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. 7 "And to
the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy
one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who
shuts and no one opens: 8 "I know your works. Look, I have set before you an
open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power,
and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 I will make those
of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are
lying--I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn
that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I
will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test
the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have,
so that no one may seize your crown. 12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar
in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the
name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes
down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 Let anyone who has an
ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. 14 "And to the angel of
the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the origin of God's creation: 15 "I know your works; you are neither
cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So, because you are
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17
For you say, 'I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.' You do not
realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 Therefore I
counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and
white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being
seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 I reprove and
discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. 20 Listen! I am
standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will
come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. 21 To the one who conquers I
will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down
with my Father on his throne. 22 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the
Spirit is saying to the churches."
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After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open!
And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said,
"Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2 At once I
was in the spirit, and there in heaven stood a throne, with one seated on the
throne! 3 And the one seated there looks like jasper and carnelian, and around
the throne is a rainbow that looks like an emerald. 4 Around the throne are
twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones are twenty-four elders, dressed
in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads. 5 Coming from the throne are
flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the
throne burn seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God; 6 and in
front of the throne there is something like a sea of glass, like crystal. Around
the throne, and on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of
eyes in front and behind: 7 the first living creature like a lion, the second
living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human
face, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. 8 And the four living
creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside.
Day and night without ceasing they sing, "Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the
Almighty, who was and is and is to come." 9 And whenever the living creatures
give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who
lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is
seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they cast
their crowns before the throne, singing, 11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your
will they existed and were created."
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Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a
scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals; 2 and I
saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the
scroll and break its seals?" 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the
earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. 4 And I began to weep
bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of
Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its
seven seals." 6 Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and
among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, having seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the
earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was
seated on the throne. 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures
and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden
bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They sing a new
song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were
slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and
language and people and nation; 10 you have made them to be a kingdom and
priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth." 11 Then I looked, and I
heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures
and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12
singing with full voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive
power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" 13 Then
I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the
sea, and all that is in them, singing, "To the one seated on the throne and to
the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!" 14 And the
four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the elders fell down and worshiped.
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Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard
one of the four living creatures call out, as with a voice of thunder, "Come!" 2
I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to
him, and he came out conquering and to conquer. 3 When he opened the second
seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come!" 4 And out came
another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth,
so that people would slaughter one another; and he was given a great sword. 5
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out,
"Come!" I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales
in his hand, 6 and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four
living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay, and three quarts of
barley for a day's pay, but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!" 7 When he
opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call
out, "Come!" 8 I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was
Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of
the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals
of the earth. 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls
of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they
had given; 10 they cried out with a loud voice, "Sovereign Lord, holy and true,
how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of
the earth?" 11 They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little
longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of
their brothers and sisters, who were soon to be killed as they themselves had
been killed. 12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there came a great
earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,
13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter
fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself
up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings
of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful,
and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the
mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from
the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for
the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"
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After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of
the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow
on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 I saw another angel ascending from the
rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud
voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea, 3
saying, "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked
the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads." 4 And I heard the
number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of
every tribe of the people of Israel: 5 From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand
sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve
thousand, 6 from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali
twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7 from the tribe of
Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe
of Issachar twelve thousand, 8 from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand
sealed. 9 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could
count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in
their hands. 10 They cried out in a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to
our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 And all the angels
stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and
they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 singing, "Amen!
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be
to our God forever and ever! Amen." 13 Then one of the elders addressed me,
saying, "Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?" 14 I
said to him, "Sir, you are the one that knows." Then he said to me, "These are
they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 For this reason they are before the
throne of God, and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who
is seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will hunger no more, and
thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat; 17 for the
Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them
to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes."
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When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before
God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Another angel with a golden censer
came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer
with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the
throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose
before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and
filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were
peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. 6 Now the
seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them. 7 The first
angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they
were hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of
the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 8 The second angel
blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was
thrown into the sea. 9 A third of the sea became blood, a third of the living
creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third
angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch,
and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of
the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from
the water, because it was made bitter. 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and
a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the
stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept
from shining, and likewise the night. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle
crying with a loud voice as it flew in midheaven, "Woe, woe, woe to the
inhabitants of the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three
angels are about to blow!"
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And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that
had fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the
bottomless pit; 2 he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft
rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were
darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on
the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the
earth. 4 They were told not to damage the grass of the earth or any green growth
or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their
foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill
them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings
someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they
will long to die, but death will flee from them. 7 In appearance the locusts
were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were what looked like
crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women's
hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth; 9 they had scales like iron
breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots
with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, with
stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months. 11
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew
is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. 12 The first woe has passed.
There are still two woes to come. 13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and
I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to
the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at
the great river Euphrates." 15 So the four angels were released, who had been
held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of
humankind. 16 The number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million; I
heard their number. 17 And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the
riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur; the
heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came
out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed,
by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19 For the power of
the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents,
having heads; and with them they inflict harm. 20 The rest of humankind, who
were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or
give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and
wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. 21 And they did not repent of their
murders or their sorceries or their fornication or their thefts.
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And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven,
wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and
his legs like pillars of fire. 2 He held a little scroll open in his hand.
Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 he gave a
great shout, like a lion roaring. And when he shouted, the seven thunders
sounded. 4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I
heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said,
and do not write it down." 5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and
the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by him who lives forever
and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and
the sea and what is in it: "There will be no more delay, 7 but in the days when
the seventh angel is to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled,
as he announced to his servants the prophets." 8 Then the voice that I had heard
from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll that is open in the
hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." 9 So I went to
the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, "Take
it, and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your
mouth." 10 So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it
was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made
bitter. 11 Then they said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples and
nations and languages and kings."
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Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was
told, "Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship
there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it
is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for
forty-two months. 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for
one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth." 4 These are the two
olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their
foes; anyone who wants to harm them must be killed in this manner. 6 They have
authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their
prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood,
and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the
bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their
dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is prophetically
called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a
half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze
at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb; 10 and the
inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange
presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to the inhabitants of
the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God
entered them, and they stood on their feet, and those who saw them were
terrified. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up
here!" And they went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them.
13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell;
seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified
and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed. The third woe
is coming very soon. 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were
loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever." 16 Then the
twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and
worshiped God, 17 singing, "We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and
who were, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign. 18 The nations
raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding
your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small
and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth." 19 Then God's temple
in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple;
and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake,
and heavy hail.
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A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2
She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving
birth. 3 Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven
heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail swept down a
third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood
before the woman who was about to bear a child, so that he might devour her
child as soon as it was born. 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who
is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was snatched away
and taken to God and to his throne; 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness,
where she has a place prepared by God, so that there she can be nourished for
one thousand two hundred sixty days. 7 And war broke out in heaven; Michael and
his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, 8
but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9
The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil
and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and
his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven,
proclaiming, "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our
God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been
thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 But they have
conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for
they did not cling to life even in the face of death. 12 Rejoice then, you
heavens and those who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the
devil has come down to you with great wrath, because he knows that his time is
short!" 13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he
pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was
given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent
into the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, and times,
and half a time. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river
after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. 16 But the earth came to the
help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon
had poured from his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went
off to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of
God and hold the testimony of Jesus. 18 Then the dragon took his stand on the
sand of the seashore.
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And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and
seven heads; and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were
blasphemous names. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were
like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And the dragon gave it his
power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have
received a death-blow, but its mortal wound had been healed. In amazement the
whole earth followed the beast. 4 They worshiped the dragon, for he had given
his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like
the beast, and who can fight against it?" 5 The beast was given a mouth uttering
haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for
forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God,
blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. It was given
authority over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all the
inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been
written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that
was slaughtered. 9 Let anyone who has an ear listen: 10 If you are to be taken
captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you
must be killed. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. 11
Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a
lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first
beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the
first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. 13 It performs great signs,
even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of all; 14 and by
the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, it deceives the
inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been
wounded by the sword and yet lived; 15 and it was allowed to give breath to the
image of the beast so that the image of the beast could even speak and cause
those who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 Also it
causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be
marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell who
does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its
name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the
number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred
sixty-six.
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Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount
Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his
Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like
the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard
was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they sing a new
song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the
elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand
who have been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled
themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he
goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the
Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless. 6 Then I saw
another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those
who live on the earth--to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 He
said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment
has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of
water." 8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great! She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication." 9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a
loud voice, "Those who worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on
their foreheads or on their hands, 10 they will also drink the wine of God's
wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with
fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the
Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no
rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone
who receives the mark of its name." 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the
saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of
Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the
dead who from now on die in the Lord." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest
from their labors, for their deeds follow them." 14 Then I looked, and there was
a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a
golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand! 15 Another angel came
out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud,
"Use your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of
the earth is fully ripe." 16 So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle
over the earth, and the earth was reaped. 17 Then another angel came out of the
temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel came out
from the altar, the angel who has authority over fire, and he called with a loud
voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe." 19 So the angel
swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and he
threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And the wine press
was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a
horse's bridle, for a distance of about two hundred miles.
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Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and amazing:
seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of
God is ended. 2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire,
and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name,
standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they
sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and
amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King
of the nations! 4 Lord, who will not fear and glorify your name? For you alone
are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your judgments have
been revealed." 5 After this I looked, and the temple of the tent of witness in
heaven was opened, 6 and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven
plagues, robed in pure bright linen, with golden sashes across their chests. 7
Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls
full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever; 8 and the temple was
filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could
enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were ended.
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Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven
angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God." 2 So
the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful
sore came on those who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image. 3
The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a
corpse, and every living thing in the sea died. 4 The third angel poured his
bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I
heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just, O Holy One, who are and were,
for you have judged these things; 6 because they shed the blood of saints and
prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!" 7 And I
heard the altar respond, "Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true
and just!" 8 The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to
scorch them with fire; 9 they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed
the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent
and give him glory. 10 The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the
beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in
agony, 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and
they did not repent of their deeds. 12 The sixth angel poured his bowl on the
great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way
for the kings from the east. 13 And I saw three foul spirits like frogs coming
from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of
the false prophet. 14 These are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad
to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of
God the Almighty. 15 ("See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who
stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.") 16 And
they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon. 17 The
seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the
temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18 And there came flashes of
lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had
not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake.
19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
fell. God remembered great Babylon and gave her the wine-cup of the fury of his
wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found; 21 and
huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, dropped from heaven on
people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that
plague.
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Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and
said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated
on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth have become
drunk." 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had
seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and
adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full
of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5 and on her forehead was
written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's
abominations." 6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints
and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed. 7
But the angel said to me, "Why are you so amazed? I will tell you the mystery of
the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the
bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose
names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is
to come. 9 "This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven
mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings, 10 of whom
five have fallen, one is living, and the other has not yet come; and when he
comes, he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast that was and is
not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12
And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a
kingdom, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with
the beast. 13 These are united in yielding their power and authority to the
beast; 14 they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he
is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and
faithful." 15 And he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the whore is
seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And the ten
horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore; they will make her
desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire. 17 For
God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by agreeing to give
their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The
woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
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After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven,
having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor. 2 He
called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has
become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of
every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast. 3 For all the nations
have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the
earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have
grown rich from the power of her luxury." 4 Then I heard another voice from
heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her
sins, and so that you do not share in her plagues; 5 for her sins are heaped
high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to her as she
herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught
for her in the cup she mixed. 7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, 'I
rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,' 8 therefore her
plagues will come in a single day-- pestilence and mourning and famine-- and she
will be burned with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her." 9 And the
kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived in luxury with her, will
weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning; 10 they will
stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come." 11 And the
merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo
anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk
and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of
costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh,
frankincense, wine, olive oil, choice flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses
and chariots, slaves--and human lives. 14 "The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you, and all your dainties and your splendor are lost to you,
never to be found again!" 15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth
from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning
aloud, 16 "Alas, alas, the great city, clothed in fine linen, in purple and
scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! 17 For in one hour all
this wealth has been laid waste!" And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and
all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the
smoke of her burning, "What city was like the great city?" 19 And they threw
dust on their heads, as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, the
great city, where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in one
hour she has been laid waste. 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and
apostles and prophets! For God has given judgment for you against her." 21 Then
a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea,
saying, "With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will
be found no more; 22 and the sound of harpists and minstrels and of flutists and
trumpeters will be heard in you no more; and an artisan of any trade will be
found in you no more; and the sound of the millstone will be heard in you no
more; 23 and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more; and the voice of
bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more; for your merchants were the
magnates of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery. 24 And in
you was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been
slaughtered on earth."
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After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a
great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to
our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great whore
who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the
blood of his servants." 3 Once more they said, "Hallelujah! The smoke goes up
from her forever and ever." 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living
creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying,
"Amen. Hallelujah!" 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, "Praise our God,
all you his servants, and all who fear him, small and great." 6 Then I heard
what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters
and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out, "Hallelujah! For the Lord
our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready; 8
to her it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure"-- for
the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me,
"Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God." 10 Then I fell down at
his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow
servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!
For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." 11 Then I saw heaven
opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and
in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire,
and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows
but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called
The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and
pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword
with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron;
he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On
his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, "King of kings and Lord of
lords." 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he
called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, "Come, gather for the great
supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of
the mighty, the flesh of horses and their riders--flesh of all, both free and
slave, both small and great." 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth
with their armies gathered to make war against the rider on the horse and
against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet
who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had
received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were
thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the rest were
killed by the sword of the rider on the horse, the sword that came from his
mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his
hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon,
that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand
years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that
he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After
that he must be let out for a little while. 4 Then I saw thrones, and those
seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God. They had
not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand
years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years
were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy are those who
share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but
they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a
thousand years. 7 When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from
his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the
earth, Gog and Magog, in order to gather them for battle; they are as numerous
as the sands of the sea. 9 They marched up over the breadth of the earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from
heaven and consumed them. 10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into
the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and
they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. 11 Then I saw a great
white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his
presence, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and
small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was
opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as
recorded in the books. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, Death
and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and all were judged according to
what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of fire; 15 and anyone whose name was not
found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven
and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the
holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne
saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their
God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; 4 he will wipe
every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain
will be no more, for the first things have passed away." 5 And the one who was
seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said,
"Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." 6 Then he said to me,
"It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the
thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. 7
Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God and they
will be my children. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the
murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their
place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second
death." 9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven
last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of
the Lamb." 10 And in the spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain and
showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It has
the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like jasper, clear as
crystal. 12 It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the
Israelites; 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south
three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city has twelve
foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb. 15 The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the
city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same
as its width; and he measured the city with his rod, fifteen hundred miles; its
length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, one hundred
forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using. 18 The wall
is built of jasper, while the city is pure gold, clear as glass. 19 The
foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every jewel; the first was
jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth
onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth
topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And
the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the
street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass. 22 I saw no temple in the
city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city
has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light,
and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings
of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut by
day--and there will be no night there. 26 People will bring into it the glory
and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone
who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
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Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the
middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of
life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the
leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 Nothing accursed will
be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it,
and his servants will worship him; 4 they will see his face, and his name will
be on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no more night; they need no light of
lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever
and ever. 6 And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true, for the
Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his
servants what must soon take place." 7 "See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the
one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." 8 I, John, am the one who
heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to
worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me; 9 but he said to me,
"You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the
prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!" 10 And
he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the
time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy,
and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy." 12 "See, I am
coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. 13 I
am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to
the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs
and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who
loves and practices falsehood. 16 "It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with
this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the
bright morning star." 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let everyone
who hears say, "Come." And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who
wishes take the water of life as a gift. 18 I warn everyone who hears the words
of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that
person the plagues described in this book; 19 if anyone takes away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in
the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20 The
one who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come,
Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
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