The River and the Tree of Life

22 Then ^(A)he showed me a ^(B)river of the ^(C)water of life, bright ^(D)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ^[a]the Lamb, ² in the middle of ^(E)its street. ^(F)On either side of the river was ^(G)the tree of life, bearing twelve ^[b]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ^3 (H)And there will no longer be any curse; and ^(I)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will ^(J)serve Him; ⁴ and they will ^(K)see His face, and His ^(L)name will be on their ^(M)foreheads. ⁵ And ^(N)there will no longer be any night, and they ^[c]will not have need ^(O)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will ^(P)reign forever and ever.

⁶ And ^(Q)he said to me, “^(R)These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the ^(S)God of the spirits of the prophets, ^(T)sent His angel to show to His slaves the things which must soon take place.

⁷ “And behold, ^(U)I am coming quickly. ^(V)Blessed is he who keeps ^(W)the words of the prophecy of this book.”

^8 (X)I, John, am the one who was hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, ^(Y)I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. ⁹ But ^(Z)he *said to me, “^[d]Do not do that! I am a ^(AA)fellow slave with you and your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of ^(AB)this book. Worship God!”

The Final Message: Come

¹⁰ And he *said to me, “^(AC)Do not seal up ^(AD)the words of the prophecy of this book, ^(AE)for the time is near. ^11 (AF)Let the one who does unrighteousness, still do unrighteousness; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still do righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”

¹² “Behold, ^(AG)I am coming quickly, and My ^(AH)reward is with Me, ^(AI)to render to every man ^[e]according to his work. ¹³ I am the ^(AJ)Alpha and the Omega, ^(AK)the first and the last, ^(AL)the beginning and the end.”

¹⁴ Blessed are those who ^(AM)wash their robes, so that they may have the authority to ^(AN)the tree of life and may ^(AO)enter by the ^(AP)gates into the city. ^15 (AQ)Outside are the ^(AR)dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

¹⁶ “^(AS)I, Jesus, sent ^(AT)My angel to bear witness to you of these things ^[f](AU)for the churches. I am ^(AV)the root and the ^(AW)descendant of David, the bright ^(AX)morning star.”

¹⁷ And the ^(AY)Spirit and the ^(AZ)bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ^(BA)let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the ^(BB)water of life without cost.

¹⁸ I bear witness to everyone who hears ^(BC)the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone ^(BD)adds to them, God will add to him ^(BE)the plagues which are written in ^(BF)this book. ¹⁹ And if anyone ^(BG)takes away from the ^(BH)words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from ^(BI)the tree of life and ^[g]from the holy city, ^(BJ)which are written in this book.

²⁰ He who ^(BK)bears witness to these things says, “Yes, ^(BL)I am coming quickly.” Amen. ^(BM)Come, Lord Jesus.

^21 (BN)The grace of the Lord Jesus be with ^[h]all. Amen.