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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Revelation 22 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/revelation/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Revelation 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/21.htm" title="Revelation 21">◄</a> Revelation 22 <a href="../genesis/1.htm" title="Genesis 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/revelation/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The River of Life</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the angel<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek he">a</a></sup></span> showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the Lamb. In the midst of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life">b</a></sup></span> with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Is Coming</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="woc">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Blessed are those who wash their robes,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts do his commandments">c</a></sup></span> so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="woc">“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.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and 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 described in this book.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He who testifies to these things says, <span class="woc">“Surely I am coming soon.”</span> Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts all the saints">d</a></sup></span> Amen.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Greek <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">the Lamb</span>. In the midst of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Some manuscripts <i>do his commandments</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Some manuscripts <i><span class="catch-word">all</span> the saints</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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