^7 (A)Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ^(B)a large multitude from Galilee followed, and also from Judea, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from ^(C)Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of ^(D)Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard about everything that He was doing and came to Him. ^9 (E)And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the ^[a]masses, so that they would not crowd Him; ¹⁰ for He had ^(F)healed many, with the result that all those who had ^(G)diseases pushed in around Him in order to ^(H)touch Him. ¹¹ And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are ^(I)the Son of God!” ¹² And He ^(J)strongly warned them not to ^[b]reveal who He was.

The Twelve Are Chosen

¹³ And He *went up on ^(K)the mountain and *^(L)summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the twelve: ^(M)Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), ^17 [c]James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of ^[d]James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”); ¹⁸ and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, ^[e]James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the ^[f]Zealot; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

^22 (A)And when the days for ^[a]their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ²³ (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “^(B)Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), ²⁴ and to offer a sacrifice according to what has been stated in the Law of the Lord: “^(C)A pair of turtledoves or two young doves.”

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹ Now then, since it was ^(A)the day of preparation, to prevent ^(B)the bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath (^[a]for that Sabbath was a ^(C)high day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was ^(D)crucified with Him; ³³ but after they came to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴ Yet one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^(E)blood and water came out. ³⁵ And he who has seen has ^(F)testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ For these things took place ^(G)so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “^(H)Not a bone of Him shall be ^[b]broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says, “^(I)They will look at Him whom they pierced.”

²⁰ Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, ²¹ for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(A)another gets drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(B)church of God and ^(C)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^(D)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

²³ For ^(E)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(F)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; ²⁴ and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵ In the same way He also took ^(G)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^(H)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^(I)until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(J)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ But a person must ^(K)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^[a]body. ³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^[b](L)are asleep. ³¹ But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³² But when we are judged, we are ^(M)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(N)the world.

³³ So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If anyone is ^(O)hungry, have him eat ^(P)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(Q)give instructions ^(R)when I come.

^6 (A)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷ The first sounded, and there was ^(B)hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and ^(C)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(D)a third of the ^(E)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(F)grass was burned up.

⁸ The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(G)mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and ^(H)a third of the ^(I)sea became blood, ⁹ and ^(J)a third of the creatures which were in the sea ^[a]and had life, died; and a third of the ^(K)ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel sounded, and a great star ^(L)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^(M)third of the rivers and on the ^(N)springs of waters. ¹¹ The star is named Wormwood; and a ^(O)third of the waters became ^(P)wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(Q)third of the ^(R)sun, a third of the ^(S)moon, and a ^(T)third of the ^(U)stars were struck, so that a ^(V)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(W)third of it, and the night in the same way.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard ^[b]an eagle flying in ^(X)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^(Y)Woe, woe, woe to ^(Z)those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(AA)three angels who are about to sound!”

The Fifth Trumpet: Shaft of the Abyss

9 Then the ^(AB)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^(AC)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^(AD)key to the ^(AE)shaft of the abyss was given to him. ² He opened the shaft of the abyss, and ^(AF)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^(AG)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. ³ Then out of the smoke came ^(AH)locusts ^[c]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(AI)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were told not to ^(AJ)hurt the ^(AK)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the ^(AL)seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[d]they were not permitted to kill ^[e]anyone, but to torment for ^(AM)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(AN)scorpion when it ^[f]stings a person. ⁶ And in those days ^(AO)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death ^[g]will flee from them!

⁷ The ^[h](AP)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces. ⁸ They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(AQ)teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^(AR)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. ¹⁰ They have tails like ^(AS)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(AT)tails is their power to hurt people for ^(AU)five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(AV)abyss; his name in ^(AW)Hebrew is ^[i](AX)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^[j]Apollyon.

^12 (AY)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Bowls of Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(A)the ^[a]temple, saying to the ^(B)seven angels, “Go and ^(C)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^(D)on the earth; and a harmful and painful ^(E)sore ^[b]afflicted the people ^(F)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³ The second angel poured out his bowl ^(G)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[c]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(H)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ^(I)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(J)Righteous are You, ^(K)the One who is and who was, O ^(L)Holy One, because You ^(M)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(N)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(O)blood to drink. They ^[d]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(P)the altar saying, “Yes, ^(Q)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(R)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(S)the sun, ^(T)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with ^[e]fierce heat; and they ^(U)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(V)did not repent so as to ^(W)give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(X)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(Y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(Z)blasphemed the ^(AA)God of heaven because of their pain and their ^(AB)sores; and they ^(AC)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(AD)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(AE)its water was dried up, so that ^(AF)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(AG)from the ^[f]east.

Har-Magedon (Armageddon)

¹³ And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(AH)dragon, and out of the mouth of the ^(AI)beast, and out of the mouth of the ^(AJ)false prophet, three ^(AK)unclean spirits like ^(AL)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(AM)spirits of demons, ^(AN)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(AO)entire ^[g]world, to ^(AP)gather them together for the war of the ^(AQ)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(AR)I am coming like a thief. ^(AS)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(AT)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(AU)gathered them together to the place which ^(AV)in Hebrew is called ^(AW)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(AX)the air, and a ^(AY)loud voice came out of the ^[h](AZ)temple from the throne, saying, “^(BA)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(BB)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(BC)a great earthquake, ^(BD)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (BE)The great city ^[i]was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[j]nations fell. ^(BF)Babylon the great was ^(BG)remembered in the sight of God, to give her ^(BH)the cup of the wine of ^[k]His fierce wrath. ²⁰ And ^(BI)every island fled, and no mountains were found. ²¹ And ^(BJ)huge ^[l]hailstones, weighing about ^[m]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people ^(BK)blasphemed God because of the ^(BL)plague of the hail, because ^[n]the hailstone plague *was extremely ^[o]severe.