Revelation 22:9-19

9 But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!"
10 And he said to me, "Do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen.
11 Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good, and whoever is holy must go on being holy." 1
12 "Listen!" says Jesus. "I am coming soon! I will bring my rewards with me, to give to each one according to what he has done. 2
13 I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end." 3
14 Happy are those who wash their robes clean and so have the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and to go through the gates into the city. 4
15 But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.
16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star." 5
17 The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!" 6 Everyone who hears this must also say, "Come!" Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.
18 I, John, solemnly warn everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: if any add anything to them, God will add to their punishment the plagues described in this book. 7
19 And if any take anything away from the prophetic words of this book, God will take away from them their share of the fruit of the tree of life and of the Holy City, which are described in this book.

Cross References 7

  • 1. 22.11Daniel 12.10.
  • 2. 22.12 aIsaiah 40.10; 62.11; bPsalms 28.4;Isaiah 40.10;Jeremiah 17.10.
  • 3. 22.13 aRevelation 1.8; bIsaiah 44.6; 48.12;Revelation 1.17; 2.8.
  • 4. 22.14Genesis 2.9; 3.22.
  • 5. 22.16Isaiah 11.1, 10.
  • 6. 22.17Isaiah 55.1.
  • 7. 22.18, 19Deuteronomy 4.2; 12.32.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.