| Chapter 22
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1 | And he
shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb. |
2 | In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and
yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
of the nations. |
3 |
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall
be in it; and his servants shall serve him: |
4 | And they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads. |
5 |
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for
ever and ever. |
6 |
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of
the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which
must shortly be done. |
7 |
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book. |
8 |
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these
things. |
9 | Then
saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship
God. |
10 | And he
saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time
is at hand. |
11 |
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be
filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that
is holy, let him be holy still. |
12 | And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to
give every man according as his work shall be. |
13 | I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last. |
14 | Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may
have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city. |
15 | For
without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. |
16 | I Jesus have sent mine angel to
testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring
of David, and the bright and morning star. |
17 | And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let
him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him take the water of life freely. |
18 | For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: |
19 | And if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which
are written in this book. |
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| He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. |
21 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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