The Source of Life

22 Then he showed me the river[a] of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb(A) down the middle of the broad street of the city. The tree of life[b] was on both sides of the river, bearing 12 kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.(B) The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations, and there will no longer be any curse.(C) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city,[c] and His slaves will serve Him. They will see His face,(D) and His name will be on their foreheads.(E) Night will no longer exist,(F) and people will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:1 Other mss read pure river
  2. Revelation 22:2 Or was a tree of life, or was a tree that gives life
  3. Revelation 22:3 Lit in it

Paradise Restored

22 And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street, and on both sides of the river[a] is the tree of life, producing twelve fruits—yielding its fruit according to every month—and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. And there will not be any curse any longer, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his slaves will serve[b] him, and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will not exist any longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light[c] of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign forever and ever[d].

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:2 Literally “of the river from here and from there”
  2. Revelation 22:3 Or “will worship”
  3. Revelation 22:5 Some manuscripts have “of the light”
  4. Revelation 22:5 Literally “for the ages of the ages”