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Revelation 1
1 The revelation
of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants, what must happen
soon. He sent his angel to make it known
to his servant John,
2 who bore
witness about everything he saw regarding the word of God and of the testimony
of Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is the
one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the
things that are written in it, for the time is near.
4 John,
to
the seven churches that are in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you,
from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven spirits that
are before his throne,
5 and from Jesus
Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the
kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,
6 and he has
constituted us to be a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father; to him be
glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
7 Look! He is coming with the clouds; and every
eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will
mourn because of him. Yes, this is what will be! Amen.
8 "I am the
Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who
is to come, the Almighty."
9 I, John, your
brother and partner with you in persecution, kingdom and patience that are in
Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, because of the word of God and the
testimony of Jesus.
10 I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet
11 saying, "What
you see, write on a scroll and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
12 I turned to
see whose voice was talking to me. After turning, I saw seven golden lampstands,
13 and in the middle of the lampstands was one like the Son of Man. He was clothed with a robe reaching down to his
feet, with a golden sash around his chest.
14 His head and
hair were white as wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of
fire.
15 His feet were like
polished bronze, refined in a furnace; and his voice like the roar of many
waters.
16 He had in his
right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and
his face shone like the sun at its brightest.
17 When I saw
him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Do
not be afraid; I am the first and the last,
18 the Living One.
I was dead, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and
Hades.
19 Write
therefore what you have seen, what is, and what is yet to take place after
these things.
20 This is the
mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands:
the seven stars are the angels of the
seven churches, and the seven lampstands are for seven churches."
DASV: Revelation
2
1 "To the angel of the church in Ephesus
write:
These things says the one who
holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the middle of the seven
golden lampstands.
2 I know your
works, your toil and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You
have scrutinized those who claim to be apostles but are not, and you have found
them to be false.
3 I also realize
that you have endured patiently and suffered for my name's sake, and have not
grown weary.
4 But I have
this against you: you have left your first love.
5 Remember
therefore where you have fallen from. Repent
and do the works you did at first. But
if not I will come to you and remove your lampstand out from its place, unless
you repent.
6 But this you
have in your favor, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate.
7 The one who
has an ear needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who
is victorious, I will allow him to eat from the tree of life that is in the
Paradise of God."
8 "And to the angel of the church in
Smyrna write:
These things says the
first and the last,
the one who
was dead and came back to life.
9 I know your
troubles and your poverty (but you are rich).
I am aware of the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,
but are a synagogue of Satan.
10 Do not be
afraid of the things you are about to suffer.
The devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be
tested and you will have trouble for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will
give you the crown of life.
11 The one who has
an ear needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is
victorious will not be hurt by the second death."
12 "And to
the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These things says he who
has the sharp two-edged sword.
13 I know where you
live, it is where Satan's throne is, yet you are holding tight to my name, and
did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness,
who was killed among you, where Satan lives.
14 But I have a
few things against you: You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,
who taught Balak to put up a stumbling block in front of the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
15 Similarly you
also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Repent
therefore. If not, I will come to you
quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 The one who has
an ear needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who is
victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white
stone, and on the stone will be written a new name, that no one knows except the
one who receives it."
18 "And to the angel of the church in
Thyatira write:
These things says the Son
of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and feet like polished bronze.
19 I know your
works--your love, faith, your service and patience. I am aware that your last works are greater
than the first.
20 But I have this
against you: you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She
teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food
sacrificed to idols.
21 I gave her
time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
22 Look, I am
throwing her into bed, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer
greatly, unless they repent of her deeds.
23 I will put her
children to death, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches
the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your works.
24 But I say to
the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not
followed the so called "deep things of Satan," I do not put on you any
other burden.
25 Just hold on
to what you have until I come.
26 The one who is
victorious, and continues in my works to the end, to that one I will give
authority over the nations.
27 He will rule
them with a rod of iron, like clay pots they will be shattered. Just as I also
have received from my Father,
28 I will give them
the morning star.
29 The one who
has ears needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
DASV: Revelation
3
1 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
These things says he who
has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works, that you
have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
2 Wake up, and strengthen
what remains which is about ready to die, for I have not found your works complete
before my God.
3 Remember
therefore what you have received and heard; and hold it tight and repent. But if
you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know what hour I
will come against you.
4 But you have a
few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. They will walk with me
in white because they are worthy.
5 The one who is
victorious will be clothed like them in white garments; and I will not blot his
name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father and
before his angels.
6 The one who
has ears needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
7 "And to the angel of the church in
Philadelphia write:
These things says the holy
one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut,
and who shuts and no one opens.
8 I know your
works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut. You have
little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
9 Look, I will
make those from the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews but are not, but
lie, come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.
10 Because you
kept my word of patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of trial,
that is coming on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
11 I am coming
quickly. Hold tight to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.
12 The one who is
victorious, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never
have to leave and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God--the new Jerusalem, that is coming down out of heaven from my
God--and also my own new name.
13 The one who
has ears needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
14 "And to the angel of the church in
Laodicea write:
These things says the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
15 I know your
works, that you are neither cold or hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.
16 So because you
are lukewarm, and neither hot or cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
17 Because you claim,
'I am rich, I have acquired riches and I need nothing.' Yet you do not realize
that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
18 I advise you
to buy gold refined by fire from me, so that you may in fact become rich. Buy
white garments so that you may dress yourself, and so that the shame of your nakedness
will not be exposed, and buy salve to put on your eyes, so that you may see.
19 Those whom I
love, I correct and discipline. So be eager and repent.
20 Look, I stand
at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come
in to him, and will have dinner with him, and he with me.
21 The one who is
victorious, I will give permission to sit down with me on my throne, as I also was
victorious, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
22 The one who
has ears needs to hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
DASV: Revelation
4
1 After these things I looked and there was a
door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet
speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must come
to pass after these things."
2 Instantly I
was in the Spirit, and there was a throne in heaven, and one sitting on the
throne.
3 The one who
was sitting on it looked like jasper and carnelian, and there was a rainbow around
the throne that looked like an emerald.
4 Around the
throne were twenty-four thrones. I saw twenty-four elders sitting on the
thrones, dressed in white robes, and on their heads were crowns of gold.
5 Out of the
throne lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. There were seven flaming torches
before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
6 Before the
throne, there was something like a sea of glass that looked like crystal. In
the center around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes both in
the front and back.
7 The first living
creature was like a lion, the second creature like an ox, the third creature
had a human face, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
8 Each of the
four living creatures had six wings full of eyes all around and within. They never
rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and who is and who is to come."
9 Whenever the
living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to
him who lives forever and ever,
10 the twenty-four
elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives
forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 "You are
worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory, honor, and power; for you
created all things, and because of your will they exist and were created."
DASV: Revelation
5
1 Now I saw in the right hand of him who sat on
the throne, a scroll written on the front and back, sealed with seven seals.
2 Then I saw a mighty
angel announcing with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and
to break its seals?"
3 But no one in
the heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to
look in it.
4 So I wept bitterly,
because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look in it.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping. Look, the Lion
of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."
6 Then I saw in
between the throne and the four living creatures, and in the midst of the
elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 He came and took
it out of the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.
8 When he had
taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell
down before the Lamb. Each one had a
harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 They sang a
new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals,
for you were slaughtered and with your blood you purchased for God people from every
tribe and language, people and nation.
10 You made them to
be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth."
11 Then I looked
and heard a voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and
the elders; they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of
thousands,
12 saying with a loud
voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive power and
riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing."
13 Then I heard every
created thing in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and in the
sea, and everything in them, saying, "To the one seated on the throne, and
to the Lamb, be blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, forever and ever."
14 Then the four
living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and
worshipped.
DASV: Revelation
6
1 Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the
seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice of
thunder, "Come."
2 So I looked,
and there was a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given
to him and he rode out as a conqueror to conquer.
3 When he opened
the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come."
4 Another horse,
bright red came out, and to him who sat on it was granted permission to take
peace from the earth, so that they would slaughter one another, and he was
given a great sword.
5 When he opened
the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come." Then I
looked, a black horse and he who sat on it had a balance scale in his hand.
6 Then I heard something
like a voice from the middle of the four living creatures say, "A quart of
wheat for a day's wage, and three quarts of barley for a day's wage, but do not
harm the olive oil and the wine."
7 When he opened
the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come."
8 Then I looked,
a pale green horse was there, and he who sat on it, was named Death; and Hades
followed behind him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth to
kill with sword, famine, plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
9 When he opened
the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been
slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had.
10 They cried
with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before
you judge and avenge our blood on those who live on the earth?"
11 Each of them
was given a white robe. They were told
that they should rest a little longer, until the full number would be reached
of their fellow servants and their brothers, who were about to be killed just
like they were.
12 I looked when
he opened the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake. The sun became as black
as goat hair sackcloth, and the full moon became blood red,
13 and the stars
of the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it
is shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky
receded like a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were
moved from their places.
15 Then the kings
of the earth, important people, commanders, the rich and powerful, and every slave
and free person, hid themselves in the caves and rocks of the mountains.
16 They called to
the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the
one sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 for the great
day of their wrath is come, and who is able to survive it?"
DASV: Revelation
7
1 After this I saw four angels standing at the
four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no
wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
2 Then I saw
another angel ascend from where the sun rises, having the seal of the living
God. He called with a loud voice to the
four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
3 saying, "Do
not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees, until we have put a seal on the
foreheads of the servants of our God."
4 Then I heard
the number of those who were sealed, 144,000. They were sealed from every tribe
of the children of Israel.
5 From the tribe
of Judah, 12,000 were sealed;
from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000;
from the tribe of Gad, 12,000;
6 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000;
from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000;
from the tribe of Manasseh,
12,000;
7 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000;
from the tribe of Levi, 12,000;
from the tribe of Issachar,
12,000;
8 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000;
from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000;
from the tribe of Benjamin,
12,000 were sealed.
9 After these
things I looked, and there was a huge crowd that no one could number, from
every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before
the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10 Then they cried
out with a loud voice, "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and
to the Lamb."
11 All the angels
who were standing around the throne, and around the elders and the four living
creatures, fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God,
12 saying, "Amen,
praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to
our God, forever and ever. Amen."
13 Then one of
the elders asked me, "These dressed in white robes, who are they and where
did they come from?"
14 I replied, "My
lord, you know." He answered, "These are those who came out of the
great tribulation. They have washed their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore they
are before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will spread his
tent over them.
16 They will never
be hungry or thirsty anymore; neither will the sun beat down on them, or any scorching
heat.
17 For the Lamb who
is in the middle of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs
of living water and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
DASV: Revelation
8
1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven for about a half an hour.
2 Then I saw the
seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 Now another
angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and a sizeable amount
of incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all
the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the
angel's hand.
5 Then the angel
took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar, and threw it down upon
the earth. There followed crashes of thunder,
rumblings, lightning, and an earthquake.
6 The seven
angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
7 The first angel
blew his trumpet, and hail and fire came mixed with blood, and they were thrown
down upon the earth resulting in a third of the earth being burnt up, and the
third part of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 The second
angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire
was cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
9 A third of the
creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third
angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a
torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
11 The name of
the star was called Wormwood. A third of
the waters became bitter [that is, wormwood]; and many men died from the water
because it had become bitter poison.
12 The fourth
angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the
moon, and a third of the stars; so that a third of them was darkened, and a
third of the day did not have light, and the night was darkened the same way.
13 Then I looked
and I heard an eagle flying overhead, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe,
woe, for those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the
trumpet from the three final angels who are yet to blow their trumpets."
DASV: Revelation
9
1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I
saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth and it was given the key to
the bottomless pit.
2 It opened the bottomless
pit and smoke rose out of the pit, like the smoke from a great furnace. The sun and air were darkened by the smoke from
the pit.
3 Then out of
the smoke came locusts onto the earth; and they were given power like scorpions
of the earth.
4 They were told
not to hurt the grass of the earth, anything green, or any tree, but only the
people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 They were
permitted to torture them for five months but not to kill them, and their torture
was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.
6 In those days people
will seek death, but will be unable to find it. They will long to die, but
death will flee from them.
7 The appearance
of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were what looked like gold crowns,
and their faces were like human faces.
8 They had hair like
women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
9 They had
breastplates like iron breastplates; and the sound of their wings was like the
sound of chariots drawn by horses rushing into battle.
10 They had tails
and stingers like scorpions, and in their tails was their power to harm people
for five months.
11 The king over
them was the angel of the Abyss. His
name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon [meaning, the
Destroyer].
12 The first woe has
past. Look there are still two more woes to come.
13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard
a voice from the horns of the golden altar that is before God.
14 It said to the
sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels that are bound
at the great river Euphrates."
15 So the four
angels were released, who prepared for this hour, day, month, and year, so that
they could kill a third of humankind.
16 I heard the number
of troops mounted on horseback was 200 million.
17 Now this is
what the horses I saw in the vision looked like. The riders wore breastplates that were fiery
red, hyacinth blue and sulfur yellow. The
horses' heads looked like lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18 By these three
plagues a third of humankind was killed--by the fire, smoke, and sulfur that
came out of their mouths.
19 For the power
of the horses was in their mouth and tails. Their tails are like snakes that
have heads by which they inflict damage.
20 The rest of humankind,
who were not killed with these plagues, refused to repent of the works of their
hands or to give up worshipping demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass,
stone, and wood; which cannot see, hear, or walk.
21 They refused
to repent of their murders, or their sorceries, or their sexual immorality, or
their thefts.
DASV: Revelation
10
1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down
out of heaven, wrapped with a cloud; and a rainbow was over his head, and his
face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 He had a
little scroll open in his hand. He set
his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.
3 Then he shouted
out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he shouted out, the seven
thunders rang out their sound.
4 When the seven
thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal
up the things that the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them down."
5 Then the angel
I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,
6 and swore by the
one who lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and what is in it, and
the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, saying, "There
will be no further delay.
7 But in the
days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, then the mystery of
God will be completed, just as he declared to his servants the prophets."
8 Then the voice
I heard from heaven, spoke again to me, saying, "Go, take the open scroll that
is in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
9 So I went to
the angel, and asked him to give me the little scroll. He told me, "Take
and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be sweet as honey in your
mouth."
10 So I took the
little scroll out of the angel's hand and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth and when I
had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
11 Then they said
to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and
kings."
DASV: Revelation
11
1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff
and I was told, "Get up and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those
who worship in it.
2 But do not
measure the outer courtyard of the temple, for it has been given to the nations,
and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.
3 I will grant
authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy 1,260 days, clothed in
sackcloth."
4 These are the
two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth.
5 If anyone tries
to hurt them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone
tries to hurt them this is how they will die.
6 These two have
the power to shut heaven, so that it does not rain during the days of their
prophecy. They have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to strike
the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish.
7 When they have
finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit
will make war against them, conquer and kill them.
8 Their dead
bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which symbolically is called
Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
9 For three and
a half days those from various peoples, tribes, languages and nations will
stare at their dead bodies refusing to bury them.
10 The
inhabitants of the earth will rejoice over them, and celebrate and send gifts to
each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the
earth.
11 But after the
three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood
on their feet. Those who saw it were
terrified.
12 Then they
heard a loud voice from heaven telling them, "Come up here." So they
went up into heaven in the cloud while their enemies watched them.
13 At that very hour
there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the
earthquake and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe
is past. Look, the third woe is coming quickly.
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet and
there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
"The kingdom of the world has
become
the kingdom of
our Lord and of his Christ,
and he will reign forever
and ever."
16 Then the twenty-four
elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshipped
God,
17 saying,
"We thank you, O Lord
God Almighty,
who is and who
was,
because you have taken your
great power
and have begun
to reign.
18 The nations raged,
and your wrath
came,
and
the time for the dead to be judged has arrived,
as well as the time to
reward your servants
the prophets
and the saints,
and
those who fear your name,
both
the small and the great
and to destroy those who
destroy the earth."
19 Then the
temple of God that is in heaven was opened; and the ark of the covenant was
seen in his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings and crashes
of thunder, and an earthquake, along with a great hailstorm.
DASV: Revelation
12
1 Now a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars.
2 She was pregnant
and cried out in labor pains in the anguish of giving birth.
3 Another sign
appeared in heaven: a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and on
his heads were seven diadems.
4 His tail swept
away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood
before the woman who was about to give birth, so that as soon as she delivered
he might devour her child.
5 She gave birth
to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her
child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 The woman fled
into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared for her by God, where she
might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7 Now there was
war in heaven. Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back.
8 But the dragon
was not strong enough to win, and there was no longer found any place in heaven
for them.
9 So the great
dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,
the one deceiving the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth and his
angels were thrown down with him.
10 Then I heard a
loud voice in heaven, saying,
"Now the salvation
and the power and the kingdom of our God
and the
authority of his Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brothers
is thrown down,
the one who
accused them before our God day and night.
11 They conquered him because of the blood
of the Lamb,
and because of
the word of their testimony;
and they did
not love their own lives even at the point of death.
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you that
inhabit them.
But woe to the
earth and sea,
because
the devil is come down to you.
He
is furious because he knows that his time is short."
13 When the
dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who
gave birth to the male child.
14 But the woman
was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly away into the
wilderness to a place prepared for her.
There she would be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time, away
from the face of the serpent.
15 So the serpent
spewed out of his mouth water like a river after the woman, attempting to sweep
her away with a flood.
16 But the earth
helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which
the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
17 Then the
dragon became furious with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of
her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.
DASV: Revelation
13
1 Then the dragon stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out
of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads and on his horns were ten diadems,
and on its heads were blasphemous names.
2 The beast that
I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth like
the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave it his power and his throne and great
authority.
3 One of its
heads seemed to have a fatal wound and its mortal wound was healed, and the
whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.
4 They
worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast and they also
worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast?" And "Who
is able to wage war against it?"
5 Now the beast was
given a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies. It was granted authority
for forty-two months.
6 It opened its
mouth to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling which is those who
dwell in heaven.
7 It was also
permitted to make war against the saints and to conquer them. It was given
authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
8 All who live
on the earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written from
the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain.
9 If anyone has an ear, he needs to
listen.
10 If anyone is destined for captivity,
into captivity
he will go.
If anyone kills with the
sword,
with the sword
he must be killed.
This requires patience and faith from the saints.
11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the
earth. It had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
12 It exercised
all the authority of the first beast in its presence. It made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
13 It performed
great signs, even making fire come down out of heaven on the earth in the sight
of humankind.
14 It deceived those
who live on the earth by the signs that it was given to perform on behalf of
the beast; telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast
who had been wounded by the sword and lived.
15 It was empowered
to give breath to this image of the first beast, so that the image of the first
beast could speak, and cause anyone who would not worship the image of the
beast to be killed.
16 It also forced
all, both great and small, rich and poor, bond and free, to be given a mark on
their right hand, or on their forehead.
17 This was so
that no one would be able to buy or sell, unless he had the mark of the beast,
that is his name or number.
18 This calls for
wisdom. Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast;
for it is the number of a man. Its
number is 666.
DASV: Revelation
14
1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb
standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 having his name and the name of
his Father, written on their foreheads.
2 I heard a
voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud
thunder. The sound I heard was like many harpists playing their harps.
3 They were singing
a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the
elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from
the earth.
4 These are the
ones who had not defiled themselves with women; for they are virgins. These
follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased from among humankind to
be the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 No lie was
found in their mouths. They are blameless.
6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead,
having the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth, and to
every nation, tribe, language and people.
7 He called out
with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his
judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs
of waters."
8 Then a second
angel followed, saying, "Fallen, Babylon the great is fallen. She made all
the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."
9 Then a third
angel, followed them, calling out with a loud voice, "If anyone worships
the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
10 he will also
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured full strength into the
cup of his anger. He will be tormented
with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb.
11 The smoke of
their torment goes up forever and ever. Those
who worship the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name will
have no rest day and night."
12 Here is a call
for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus.
13 Then I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write
this: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes,"
says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds
follow them."
14 Then I looked,
and there was a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one sitting like the Son of
Man, having on his head a golden crown, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15 Another angel
came out from the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who sat on the
cloud, "Swing your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the
harvest of the earth is ripe."
16 So the one who
sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth and the earth was reaped.
17 Then another
angel came out from the temple in heaven; he also had a sharp sickle.
18 Another angel who
was in charge of the fire came from the altar, and called with a loud voice to the
one who had the sharp sickle, "Swing your sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine from the earth; for its grapes are fully ripe."
19 So the angel swung
his sickle over the earth, and gathered the grapes from the earth, and threw them
into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 Then the
winepress was stomped outside the city.
Blood flowed out of the winepress, as high as the horses bridles and as
far as 180 miles.
DASV: Revelation
15
1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and astonishing: seven angels
having seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is
finished.
2 I saw something
likes a glass sea mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the
beast and its image and the number of his name, standing by the glass sea, holding
harps given to them by God.
3 They sang the
song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and awesome are your works, O
Lord God Almighty,
righteous and
true are your ways, King of the ages.
4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and
glorify your name?
for you alone
are holy;
for all the nations will
come and worship before you;
for your
righteous acts have been revealed."
5 After these things
I looked, and the temple in heaven, that is, the tabernacle of the testimony,
was opened.
6 The seven
angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in clean
bright linen with gold sashes wrapped around their chests.
7 Then one of the
four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the
wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
8 The temple was
filled with smoke from the glory and power of God; and no one was able to enter
the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
DASV: Revelation
16
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, telling the seven angels, "Go,
and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth."
2 The first went
and poured out his bowl on the earth. It
became a terrible and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast
and worshipped his image.
3 The second
poured out his bowl on the sea. It
became blood like that of a corpse and everything living in the sea died.
4 The third
poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of the waters and they became
blood.
5 Then I heard
the angel of the waters saying,
"You are just, O Holy
One,
you who are
and was,
because you have made
these judgments.
6 Because they poured out the blood of
the saints and the prophets,
and you have
given them blood to drink,
they got what they deserved."
7 Then I heard
the altar reply,
"Yes, Lord God
Almighty,
true and just
are your judgments."
8 Then the
fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. It was given the ability to scorch people
with fire.
9 So people were
scorched with fierce heat and they blasphemed the name of God who had authority
over these plagues, but they did not repent and give him glory.
10 Then the fifth
poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast.
His kingdom was darkened and they gnawed their tongues in pain.
11 They
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; but they did
not repent of their deeds.
12 The sixth
poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River. Its water was dried up to
prepare the way for the kings of the east.
13 Then I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of
the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are
spirits of demons, performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world
to gather them together for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.
15 (Look, I will come
like a thief. Blessed is the one who expectantly watches and keeps his clothes
ready, so he does not have to walk around naked and expose his shame.)
16 So they
gathered the kings together to the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon.
17 Then the
seventh poured out his bowl on the air.
A loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is
done."
18 There were flashes
of lightning, rumblings and thundering, and a great earthquake, such as has not
been since there were humans on the earth, so great was this mighty earthquake.
19 The great city
was split into three sections and the cities of the nations fell. Then God
remembered Babylon the great giving her the cup of the wine of the fury of his
wrath.
20 Every island
fled away and the mountains were nowhere to be found.
21 Huge hail,
with each one weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on humans. But the people blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail, for the plague was so disastrous.
DASV: Revelation
17
1 Then one of the seven angels that had the
seven bowls came and said to me, "Come here. I will show you the judgment
of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the
kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth
were made drunk by the wine of her immorality."
3 So he carried
me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a
scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy and having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was dressed
in purple and scarlet, decked with gold, precious stones and pearls, having in
her hand a golden cup full of abominations and unclean things of her immorality.
5 A mysterious
name was written on her forehead: "Babylon the great, the mother of
prostitutes and the abominations of the earth."
6 Then I saw the
woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses
of Jesus. When I saw her, I was absolutely amazed.
7 So the angel
said to me, "Why are you so amazed? I will tell you about the mystery of
the woman, and about the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that carry
her.
8 The beast you
saw was, and is not; but is about to come up out of the bottomless pit and go
to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written
in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be amazed when they see
the beast, how it was, and is not, but will come again.
9 This calls for
a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman
sits.
10 They are also seven
kings--five have fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he
comes, he must remain just a little while.
11 Now the beast
that was and is not, is itself also an eighth king. It belongs with the seven
and it too is going to destruction.
12 The ten horns
that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom. But they will receive
authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13 These have a
single purpose, that they might give their power and authority to the beast.
14 These will make
war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords,
and King of kings; and those who are with him are called and chosen and
faithful."
15 Then he said to
me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples,
multitudes, nations, and languages.
16 The ten horns you
saw and the beast hate the prostitute. They will lay her waste and strip her naked.
They will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.
17 For God has
put into their hearts to do his plan, by deciding together to give their
kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are accomplished.
18 The woman whom
you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
DASV: Revelation
18
1 After these things I saw another angel coming
down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was brightened by his
glory.
2 He shouted out
with a mighty voice:
"Fallen, Babylon the
great is fallen,
and is become
a dwelling place for demons,
and a haunt for
every unclean spirit
and every
unclean and disgusting beast.
3 All the nations have fallen
because of the
wine of the passion of her immorality.
The kings of the earth have
had sex with her,
and the
merchants of the earth have grown rich
from
her extravagant luxury."
4 Then I heard
another voice from heaven, saying,
"Come out of her, my
people,
so that you have
no share in her sins,
and so that you
do not receive her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached as high as
heaven,
and God has remembered
her crimes.
6 Pay her back just as she has repaid
others.
Repay her
double for her deeds.
In the cup she mixed for
others,
mix double for her.
7 However much she glorified herself and
lived in luxury,
give that much
torment and grief to her.
Since she tells herself, 'I
rule as a queen.
I am no widow.
I will
never have to grieve.'
8 Therefore in just one day plagues will
overcome her--
death,
mourning, and famine.
She will be totally burned
down;
for the Lord
God who judges her is mighty."
9 Then the kings
of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will
weep and wail over her when they look on the smoke of her being burnt up.
10 They will stand
at a distance because they are afraid of her torment, saying,
"Woe, woe, the great
city, Babylon, the mighty city!
For in just one
hour your judgment has come."
11 Then the
merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their
merchandise anymore--
12 merchandise of
gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet; all
types of citron wood, all kinds of ivory objects, and all kinds of objects made
of expensive wood, bronze, iron, marble;
13 and cinnamon,
spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat,
cattle, sheep, horses and chariots and slaves, that is, human beings.
14 The fruits you
desired are gone from you, and all luxury and splendor are lost from you, never
ever to be found.
15 The merchants selling
these things, who got rich from her, will stand at a distance for the fear of
her torment. They will weep and mourn,
16 saying,
"Woe, woe, the great
city,
the one dressed
in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothes,
and decked out
with gold, precious stones and pearls!
17 For in just an hour so much wealth was
destroyed."
Every ship captain, and all sailors and as many as earn their living from
sea, stood at a distance,
18 and cried out
as they looked at the smoke of her burning, "What city is like the great
city?"
19 Then they threw
dust on their heads, and crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city,
in which all who
had their ships in the sea
had become
rich from her wealth!
For in just one hour she
has been laid waste.
20 Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you
saints, apostles, and prophets;
for God has rendered judgment on her on your
behalf."
21 Then a mighty
angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea,
saying,
"This is how Babylon,
the great city will violently be thrown down,
and will never
be found again.
22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flute players
and trumpeters
will never
again be heard in you.
No craftsman, of any kind
of trade, will ever be found in you.
The sound of the
mill will never again be heard in you.
23 The light of a lamp will never again
shine in you.
The voice of the
bridegroom and of the bride will never again be heard in you.
For your
merchants were the greatest on the earth;
and all the
nations were deceived by your magic.
24 And in her was found the blood of
prophets and saints,
along with all
who had been slain on the earth."
DASV: Revelation
19
1 After these things I heard what sounded like a loud clamor of a great
multitude in heaven, saying,
"Hallelujah! Salvation
and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for his judgments are true
and just.
For he has judged the
great prostitute,
who corrupted
the earth with her sexual immorality,
and he has
avenged on her the blood of his servants."
3 A second time
they exclaimed,
"Hallelujah! Her
smoke goes up forever and ever."
4 Then the twenty-four
elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God who sits on
the throne, saying,
"Amen! Hallelujah!"
5 A voice came from
the throne, saying,
"Give praise to our
God, all his servants,
you who fear
him, great and small."
6 Then I heard
what sounded like a loud clamor of a great multitude, and like the roar of many
waters, and like the rumblings of mighty thunder, saying,
"Hallelujah! For the
Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be happy,
and let us
give the glory to him,
for the marriage of the
Lamb has come,
and his bride
has made herself ready.
8 She was allowed to clothe herself in
fine linen,
bright and pure."
For the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to
me, "Write this: Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper
of the Lamb." He said to me, "These are true words of God."
10 I fell down
before his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Don't do that. I am a
fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus.
Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
11 Then I saw the heaven open and there was
white horse. He who rode on it was called Faithful and True, and he judges and
makes war with righteousness.
12 His eyes are a
flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems. He has a name written which no
one knows except himself.
13 He is dressed in
a garment sprinkled with blood, and his name is called, The Word of God.
14 The armies in
heaven clothed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses.
15 Out of his
mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it he might strike the nations. He will
rule them with a rod of iron, and he treads the winepress of the fierceness of
the wrath of God, the Almighty.
16 He has on his
garment and on his thigh a name written:
King of kings, and Lord of
lords.
17 Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice telling all the birds
that fly high overhead, "Come and be gathered together to the great supper
of God,
18 so that you
may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of generals, and the flesh of the mighty,
and the flesh of horses and those who ride on them, and the flesh of everyone,
both slave and free, and both small and great.
19 Then I saw the
beast and the kings of the earth along with their armies, gathered together to
make war against him who rode on the horse and against his army.
20 But the beast
was caught along with the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence
by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
worshipped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burns
with sulfur.
21 The rest were
killed with the sword of him who rode on the horse, by the sword that came out
of his mouth. All the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.
DASV: Revelation
20
1 Then I saw an angel coming down out of heaven
having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 He seized the
dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years.
3 He threw him
into the bottomless pit, then shut and locked it up over him, so that he could not
deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. After that
he must be released for a little while.
4 Then I saw
thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded for their testimony for Jesus and for the word of God. They had not
worshipped the beast, or his image, or received the mark on their forehead or on
their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 The rest of
the dead did not live until the thousand years was finished. This is the first
resurrection.
6 Blessed and
holy is anyone who has part in the first resurrection. Over these the second
death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will
reign with him for a thousand years.
7 When the thousand years are finished, Satan will
be released from his prison.
8 He will go out
to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them together for battle. Their number was like the sand of the sea.
9 They marched
up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and
the beloved city. Then fire came down out of heaven and devoured them.
10 The devil, who
had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast
and the false prophet were too. They will be tormented day and night forever
and ever.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who
sat on it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away and there was no
place found for them.
12 I saw the
dead, both great and small, standing before the throne. The books were opened,
and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life and the dead were judged
according to their works from the things written in the books.
13 The sea gave
up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in
them. They too were judged, each person according to their works.
14 Then Death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of
fire.
15 If anyone was
not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
DASV: Revelation
21
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and there was no more
sea.
2 I saw the holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride
adorned for her husband.
3 Then I heard a
loud voice from the throne saying, "Look, the dwelling place of God is among
humankind. He will live with them, and they will be his people, and God himself
will be with them.
4 He will wipe
away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor will
there be any more mourning, crying, or pain. The former things have passed
away."
5 Now he who sits
on the throne said, "Look, I am making all things new." He said, "Write
this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
6 Then he said
to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the
end. I will give free water to the one who is thirsty from the spring of the
water of life.
7 The one who
conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my
son.
8 But to the
cowardly, unbelieving, corrupt, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars, their fate will be in the lake that burns with fire
and sulfur, which is the second death."
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven
bowls, who had the seven last plagues came and told me, "Come here, I will
show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
10 So he carried
me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11 It has the
glory of God, her brilliance was like a rare jewel, like jasper, clear as
crystal.
12 It had a thick
and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels. On the gates
were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
13 There were
three gates on the east, and three gates on the north, and three gates on the south,
and three gates on the west.
14 The wall of
the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angel who
spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and
the walls.
16 The city was a
square, with its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod.
It was 1400 miles with the length and width and the height all being equal.
17 He also measured
its wall, which was 216 feet thick by human measurement, which was also the
angel's standard.
18 The wall was
built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
19 The
foundations of the wall of the city was embedded with all kinds of precious
stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate,
the fourth emerald,
20 the fifth onyx,
the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz,
the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21 The twelve
gates were made of twelve pearls. Each gate was a single pearl. The street of
the city was pure gold as transparent as glass.
22 Now I saw no
temple there, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 The city has
no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates
it and the Lamb is its lamp.
24 The nations will
walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.
25 Its gates will
never be closed during day (and there will be no night there).
26 They will
bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
27 But nothing
unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is abominable or tells lies;
but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
DASV: Revelation
22
1 Then the angel showed me a river of the water
of life, crystal clear, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
2 flowing down the
middle of its street. On both sides of the river was the tree of life, with twelve
types of fruit, producing its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.
3 There will no longer
be any curse and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, 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. They will not need any light from a lamp, nor light of the sun, for
the Lord God will give them light. They will reign forever and ever.
6 Then he said
to me, "These words are trustworthy and true, for the Lord, the God of the
spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show to his servants the things that
must soon take place.
7 Look, I am coming
soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."
8 I, John, am the
one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to
worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said
to me, "Don't do it. I am a fellow servant
with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words
of this book. Worship God."
10 Then he told me,
"Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
11 Let the
evildoer continue to do evil, and the filthy continue to be filthy and the righteous
continue to be righteous and the holy continue to be holy.
12 Look, I am
coming soon, bringing my reward with me, to repay to each person according to
what he has done.
13 I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
14 Blessed are those
who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and
may enter by the gates into the city.
15 Outside are
the dogs, sorcerers, sexually immoral, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who
loves and practices deception.
16 "I Jesus have sent my angel to testify
to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of
David, the bright morning star."
17 The Spirit and
the bride say, "Come." Let anyone who hears say, "Come." Let
anyone who is thirsty come, anyone who wants, let him take the water of life
freely.
18 I testify to
everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to
them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.
19 If anyone takes
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share
in the tree of life, and in the holy city, which are recorded in this book.
20 He who testifies
to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen! Come, Lord
Jesus.
21 The grace of
the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.