Revelation 22

The River of Life

22Then the angel¹ showed me ^xthe river of ^ythe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ²through the middle of ^zthe street of the city; ^aalso, on either side of the river, ^bthe tree of life² with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were ^cfor the healing of the nations. ^3dNo longer will there be anything accursed, but ^ethe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and ^fhis servants will worship him. ^4gThey will see his face, and ^hhis name will be on their foreheads. ⁵And ⁱnight will be no more. They will need no light of lamp ^jor sun, for ^kthe Lord God will be their light, and ^lthey will reign forever and ever.

Jesus Is Coming

⁶And he said to me, ^m“These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of ⁿthe spirits of the prophets, ^ohas sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

⁷“And behold, ^pI am coming soon. ^qBlessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸I, ^rJohn, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^sI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, ^9sbut he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those ^mwho keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

¹⁰And he said to me, ^t“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. ^11uLet the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

¹²“Behold, ^vI am coming soon, ^wbringing my recompense with me, ^xto repay each one for what he has done. ^13yI am the Alpha and the Omega, ^zthe first and the last, ^athe beginning and the end.”

¹⁴Blessed are those who ^bwash their robes,³ so that they may have the right to ^cthe tree of life and that ^dthey may enter the city by the gates. ^15eOutside are ^fthe dogs ^gand sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

^16h“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things ⁱfor the churches. I am ^jthe root and ^kthe descendant of David, ^lthe bright morning star.”

¹⁷The Spirit and ^mthe Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ⁿlet the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the ^owater of life without price.

¹⁸I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: ^pif anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, ¹⁹and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in ^qthe tree of life and in ^rthe holy city, which are described in this book.

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Surely ^sI am coming soon.” Amen. ^tCome, Lord Jesus!

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.⁴ Amen.