Revelation 22
New King James Version

The River of Life

22 And he showed me^(A)a^[a]pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.²^(B)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river,was^(C)the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, eachtreeyielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the treewere^(D)for the healing of the nations.³And^(E)there shall be no more curse,^(F)but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His^(G)servants shall serve Him.⁴^(H)They shall see His face, and^(I)His nameshall beon their foreheads.⁵^(J)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor^(K)light of the sun, for^(L)the Lord God gives them light.^(M)And they shall reign forever and ever.

The Time Is Near

⁶Then he said to me,^(N)“These wordsarefaithful and true.” And the Lord God of the^[b]holy prophets^(O)sent His angel to show His servants the things which must^(P)shortly take place.

⁷^(Q)“Behold, I am coming quickly!^(R)Blessedishe who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸Now I, John,^[c]saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw,^(S)I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

⁹Then he said to me,^(T)“Seethat you donotdo that.^[d]For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”¹⁰^(U)And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book,^(V)for the time is at hand.¹¹He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him^[e]be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

¹²“And behold, I am coming quickly, and^(W)My rewardiswith Me,^(X)to give to every one according to his work.¹³^(Y)I am the Alpha and the Omega,the^[f]Beginning andtheEnd, the First and the Last.”

¹⁴^(Z)Blessedarethose who^[g]do His commandments, that they may have the right^(AA)to the tree of life,^(AB)and may enter through the gates into the city.¹⁵^[h]But^(AC)outsideare^(AD)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

¹⁶^(AE)“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches.^(AF)I am the Root and the Offspring of David,^(AG)the Bright and Morning Star.”

¹⁷And the Spirit and^(AH)the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!”^(AI)And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

A Warning

¹⁸^[i]For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book:^(AJ)If anyone adds to these things,^[j]God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;¹⁹and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,^(AK)God^[k]shall take away his part from the^[l]Book of Life, from the holy city, andfromthe things which are written in this book.