22 Then the angel showed me a river. It had water that gives true life to people. The water shone like clean glass. The river of water started from the throne where God and the Lamb sit to rule. It ran from the throne 2 along the middle of the city's biggest street. I saw a tree that was growing on each side of the river. It is the tree that gives people true life. It has 12 different kinds of fruit, a new fruit every month. The tree's leaves are like medicine. They make people of every nation well again.
3 Nothing that is in the city will be under a curse. The throne where God and the Lamb sit to rule will be in the city. God's servants will worship him there. 4 They will see his face. His name will be on the front of their heads. 5 There will be no more night, so nobody will need a lamp to make light. They will not need light from the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them. They will rule as kings for ever.
6 Then the angel said to me, ‘All these words are true and everyone should believe them. The Lord God uses his prophets to speak his messages. He has sent his angel to speak to his servants. The angel will now show them what must happen soon.’
7 Jesus says, ‘Listen! I will come soon. [ a ] God will bless everyone who obeys the words of the prophecy that is in this book.’
8 I am John. I myself heard these things and I saw them. When I had heard them and I had seen them, I bent down low at the angel's feet. I wanted to worship him because he had shown these things to me. 9 But the angel said to me, ‘You must not do that! I am only a servant of God, the same as you are. I serve God like all God's prophets, who are believers like you. I serve God like everyone who obeys God's message that is written in this book. God is the one that you must worship!’
10 Then he said to me, ‘Do not hide the words of God's prophecy that are written in this book. The time is near when these things will happen. 11 Let everybody continue to live as they choose. Everyone who does wrong things will continue to do wrong things. Everyone who is disgusting will continue to be disgusting. Everyone who does right things will continue to do right things. Everyone who belongs to God will continue to be holy.’ [ b ]
12 Jesus says, ‘Listen! I will come quickly! I know what each person has done. I will give each one what they ought to have. I am ready to do that. 13 I caused all things to begin and I will cause the end of all things. I am the first and the last. I am the beginning and the end.
14 Believers who keep themselves clean will be happy. They are like people who always wash their clothes. I will let them eat the fruit from the tree that causes people to have true life. I will let them go through the gates into the city. 15 But other people must stay outside the city:
wicked people;
people who do magic;
people who have sex in a wrong way;
people who murder other people;
people who worship idols;
everyone who likes to tell lies and deceive people.
16 I am Jesus. I have sent my angel to tell you this message. You must tell it to all the people in the churches. I am called the Root of King David. I am his descendant. I am the bright morning star.’ [ c ]
17 God's Spirit and all God's people answer Jesus. They say, ‘Yes, come!’ God's people are like a bride for Jesus. Everyone who hears this should also say to Jesus, ‘Come!’ Anyone who is thirsty should come to Jesus. Then that person will receive from Jesus the water that gives life. Anyone who wants it may take it. They will not have to pay anything for it.
18 Now John says this. I say clearly to everyone who hears the words of God's prophecy that are written in this book: If anyone adds any more words than are already in this book, God will punish them. The terrible troubles that this book describes will happen to them. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words that are in this book, God will punish them too. He will not let them eat the fruit from his tree that gives life. God will not let them live in his holy city either. This book describes all these things.
20 It is Jesus who tells us that all these messages are true. He says, ‘Yes, I will come soon!’
Amen! We agree! Come, Lord Jesus!
21 I pray that the Lord Jesus will continue to be kind to all of you.
22 The angel showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal. The river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb. 2 It flows down the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life is on each side of the river, and it produces fruit every month, twelve times a year. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations.
3 Nothing that God judges guilty will be there in that city. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. God’s servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face. God’s name will be written on their foreheads. 5 There will never be night again. People will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun. The Lord God will give them light. And they will rule like kings forever and ever.
6 Then the angel said to me, “These words are true and can be trusted. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon: 7 ‘Listen, I am coming soon! Great blessings belong to the one who obeys the words of prophecy in this book.’”
8 I am John. I am the one who heard and saw these things. After I heard and saw them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. 9 But the angel said to me, “Don’t worship me! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. I am a servant like all those who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”
10 Then the angel told me, “Don’t keep secret the words of prophecy in this book. The time is near for these things to happen. 11 Let anyone who is doing wrong continue to do wrong. Let anyone who is unclean continue to be unclean. Let anyone who is doing right continue to do right. Let anyone who is holy continue to be holy.”
12 “Listen, I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay everyone for what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, [ a ] the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14 “Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes. [ b ] They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside the city are all those who live like dogs—those who do evil magic, those who sin sexually, those who murder, those who worship idols, and those who love to lie and pretend to be good.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell you these things for the churches. I am the descendant from the family of David. I am the bright morning star.”
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Everyone who hears this should also say, “Come!” All who are thirsty may come; they can have the water of life as a free gift if they want it.
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds anything to these, God will give that person the plagues written about in this book. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away that person’s share of the tree of life and of the holy city, which are written about in this book.
20 Jesus is the one who says that all of this is true. Now he says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all people.
22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
22 And ( A ) he showed me a ( B ) river of the ( C ) water of life, [ a ] clear ( D ) as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [ b ] the Lamb, 2 in the middle of ( E ) its street. ( F ) On either side of the river was ( G ) the tree of life, bearing twelve [ c ] kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 ( H ) There will no longer be any curse; and ( I ) the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will ( J ) serve Him; 4 they will ( K ) see His face, and His ( L ) name will be on their ( M ) foreheads. 5 And ( N ) there will no longer be any night; and they [ d ] will not have need ( O ) of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will ( P ) reign forever and ever.
6 And ( Q ) he said to me, “ ( R ) These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the ( S ) God of the spirits of the prophets, ( T ) sent His angel to show His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.
7 “And behold, ( U ) I am coming quickly. ( V ) Blessed is the one who [ e ] keeps ( W ) the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 ( X ) I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them , ( Y ) I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 And ( Z ) he *said to me, “ [ f ] Do not do that; I am a ( AA ) fellow servant of yours and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who [ g ] keep the words of ( AB ) this book. Worship God!”
10 And he *said to me, “ ( AC ) Do not seal up ( AD ) the words of the prophecy of this book, ( AE ) for the time is near. 11 ( AF ) Let the one who does wrong still do wrong, and the one who is filthy still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous still practice righteousness, and the one who is holy still keep himself holy.”
12 “Behold, ( AG ) I am coming quickly, and My ( AH ) reward is with Me, ( AI ) to reward each one as his work [ h ] deserves. 13 I am the ( AJ ) Alpha and the Omega, ( AK ) the first and the last, ( AL ) the beginning and the end.”
14 Blessed are those who ( AM ) wash their robes, so that they will have the right to ( AN ) the tree of life, and may ( AO ) enter the city by the ( AP ) gates. 15 ( AQ ) Outside are the ( AR ) dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral persons, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
16 “ ( AS ) I, Jesus, have sent ( AT ) My angel to testify to you of these things [ i ] ( AU ) for the churches. I am ( AV ) the root and the ( AW ) descendant of David, the bright ( AX ) morning star.”
17 The ( AY ) Spirit and the ( AZ ) bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ( BA ) let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires, take the ( BB ) water of life without cost.
18 I testify to everyone who hears ( BC ) the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone ( BD ) adds to them, God will add to him ( BE ) the plagues that are written in ( BF ) this book; 19 and if anyone ( BG ) takes away from the ( BH ) words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from ( BI ) the tree of life and [ j ] from the holy city, ( BJ ) which are written in this book.
20 He who ( BK ) testifies to these things says, “Yes, ( BL ) I am coming quickly.” Amen. ( BM ) Come, Lord Jesus.
21 ( BN ) The grace of the Lord Jesus be with [ k ] all. Amen.
22 Then the angel showed me the river ( A ) of the water of life, ( B ) as clear as crystal, ( C ) flowing ( D ) from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, ( E ) bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ( F ) 3 No longer will there be any curse. ( G ) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. ( H ) 4 They will see his face, ( I ) and his name will be on their foreheads. ( J ) 5 There will be no more night. ( K ) They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. ( L ) And they will reign for ever and ever. ( M )
6 The angel said to me, ( N ) “These words are trustworthy and true. ( O ) The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, ( P ) sent his angel ( Q ) to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”
7 “Look, I am coming soon! ( R ) Blessed ( S ) is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.” ( T )
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. ( U ) And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet ( V ) of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. ( W ) Worship God!” ( X )
10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up ( Y ) the words of the prophecy of this scroll, ( Z ) because the time is near. ( AA ) 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” ( AB )
12 “Look, I am coming soon! ( AC ) My reward is with me, ( AD ) and I will give to each person according to what they have done. ( AE ) 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, ( AF ) the First and the Last, ( AG ) the Beginning and the End. ( AH )
14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, ( AI ) that they may have the right to the tree of life ( AJ ) and may go through the gates ( AK ) into the city. ( AL ) 15 Outside ( AM ) are the dogs, ( AN ) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16 “I, Jesus, ( AO ) have sent my angel ( AP ) to give you [ a ] this testimony for the churches. ( AQ ) I am the Root ( AR ) and the Offspring of David, ( AS ) and the bright Morning Star.” ( AT )
17 The Spirit ( AU ) and the bride ( AV ) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. ( AW )
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: ( AX ) If anyone adds anything to them, ( AY ) God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. ( AZ ) 19 And if anyone takes words away ( BA ) from this scroll of prophecy, ( BB ) God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life ( BC ) and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
20 He who testifies to these things ( BD ) says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” ( BE )
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. ( BF )
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. ( BG ) Amen.
