Book of Common Prayer

The Angel Says, These Words Are Trustworthy And True. I, John, Heard And Saw These Things

⁶ And he^[a] said to me, “These words are trustworthy^[b] and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits^[c] of the prophets, sent-forth His angel^[d] to show^[e] His slaves the things which must take place quickly. ⁷ And behold— I^[f] am coming quickly. Blessed is the one keeping the words of the prophecy of this book”. ⁸ And I, John, am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell to worship^[g] in front of the feet of the angel showing me these things. ⁹ And he says to me, “See that you not do it. I am a fellow-slave of you and of your brothers the prophets, and of the ones keeping the words of this book. Give-worship to God”.

Behold, I Am Coming Quickly To Render To Each His Due. Come, Take The Water of Life

¹⁰ And he^[h] says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. ¹¹ Let the one doing-unrighteousness still do-unrighteousness. And let the filthy^[i] one still be-filthy. And let the righteous one still do righteousness. And let the holy one still be made-holy.

¹⁸ I testify to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues having been written in this book. ¹⁹ And if anyone takes-away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take his part^[a] away-from the tree of life, and out-from the holy city— the ones having been written in this book. ²⁰ The One testifying these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly’”.

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Elizabeth Bears a Son, Who Is Named John. People Wonder What This Child Will Be

⁵⁷ Now for Elizabeth, the time was fulfilled that she might give-birth, and she bore a son. ⁵⁸ And the neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord magnified His mercy with her, and they were rejoicing-with her. ⁵⁹ And it came about that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they^[a] were calling^[b] him Zechariah, on the basis of the name of his father. ⁶⁰ And having responded, his mother said, “No! Instead he will be called John”. ⁶¹ And they said to her that “There is no one from your relatives who is called by this name”. ⁶² And they were motioning to his father as to what he would wish him to be called. ⁶³ And having asked-for a tablet, he wrote, saying “John is his name”. And they all marveled. ⁶⁴ And at-once his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed. And he was speaking, blessing God. ⁶⁵ And awe came over all the ones living around them. And all these things were being talked-over in the whole hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶ And all the ones having heard it put these matters in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” For^[c] indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.