Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² And I did not see a temple in it, for its temple^[a] is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the city has no need of the sun nor the moon, in order that they might shine on it. For the glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ And the nations will walk by its light. And the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. ²⁵ And its gates will never be shut by day^[b]— for night will not exist there. ²⁶ And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And every defiled thing, and the one doing abomination and falsehood, will never enter into it, but only the ones having been written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The River of Life Flowing From The Throne of God

22 And he showed^[c] me a river of the water of life, shining^[d] like crystal, proceeding out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, ² in the middle of its wide-road. And on this side and on that side of the river is a tree of life producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit^[e] every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the service^[f] of the nations. ³ And there will no longer be any accursed^[g] thing. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it. And His slaves will serve^[h] Him, ⁴ and see His face. And His name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no more night. And they do not have a need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give-light upon them. And they will reign forever and ever.