^7 (A)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give ^(B)to eat from ^(C)the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’

^2 (A)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was ^(B)the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were ^(C)for the healing of the nations.

^13 (A)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the ^[a]Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

^14 (B)Blessed are those who ^[b]do His commandments, that they may have the right ^(C)to the tree of life, ^(D)and may enter through the gates into the city. ^15 [c]But ^(E)outside are ^(F)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

¹⁹ and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, ^(A)God^[a] shall take away his part from the ^[b]Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.