^12 (A)“Listen!” says Jesus. “I am coming soon! I will bring my rewards with me, to give to each one according to what he has done. ^13 (B)I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

^14 (C)Happy are those who wash their robes clean and so have the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and to go through the gates into the city.

^16 (A)“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star.”

^17 (B)The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!”

Everyone who hears this must also say, “Come!”

Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.

²⁰ He who gives his testimony to all this says, “Yes indeed! I am coming soon!”

So be it. Come, Lord Jesus!