Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

God and the lamb are there

²² I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God the Almighty is its temple, together with the lamb. ²³ And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the lamb. ²⁴ The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. ²⁵ Its gates will never be shut by day, for there will be no night there. ²⁶ They will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ Nothing that has not been made holy will ever come into it, nor will anyone who practices abomination or who tells lies, but only those who are written in the lamb’s book of life.

22 Then he showed me the river of the water of life. It was sparkling like crystal, and flowing from the throne of God and of the lamb ² through the middle of the street of the city. On either bank of the river was growing the tree of life. It produces twelve kinds of fruit, bearing this fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ³ Nothing accursed is there anymore. Rather, the throne of God and of the lamb are in the city, and his servants will worship him; ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ There will be no more night, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them; and they will reign forever and ever.