Revelation 21:10–22:5

¹⁰He then carried me away in the Spirit^Bd to a great, high mountain^e and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹arrayed with God’s glory.^f Her radiance was like a precious jewel, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. ¹²The city had a massive high wall, with twelve gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the twelve tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates. ¹³There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.^{g 14}The city wall had twelve foundations, and the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb were on the foundations.

¹⁵The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod^h to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.^{i 16}The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia.^C Its length, width, and height are equal. ¹⁷Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. ¹⁸The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold clear as glass. ¹⁹The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of jewel:^j the first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. ²¹The twelve gates are twelve pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The main street^D of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

²²I did not see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ²³The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.^{k 24}The nations will walk by its light,^l and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.^{Em 25}Its gates will never close by day because it will never be night there.^{n 26}They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.^{Fo 27}Nothing unclean will ever enter it,^p nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.^q

THE SOURCE OF LIFE

22Then he showed me the river^G of the water of life,^r clear as crystal,^s flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb^{t 2}down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.^u The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,^{v 3}and there will no longer be any curse.^w The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. ⁴They will see his face,^x and his name will be on their foreheads.^{y 5}Night will be no more;^z people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light,^aa and they will reign forever and ever.