Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 22 - New King James Version (2024)

For less than $5/mo. gain access to $3,100 worth of premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. Start your free trial today!

Bible Book List Bible Book List

Font Size

Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content

Add parallelPrint

Listen to Revelation 22

The River of Life

22And 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, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were ^(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 name shall be on 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 words are faithful 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)Blessed is he 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)“See that you do not do 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 reward is with Me, ^(X)to give to every one according to his work. ¹³^(Y)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the ^[f]Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

¹⁴^(Z)Blessed are those 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)outside are ^(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, and from the things which are written in this book.

I Am Coming Quickly

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

²¹The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be ^[m]with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

Revelation 22:1 NU, M omit pure
Revelation 22:6 NU, M spirits of the prophets
Revelation 22:8 NU, M am the one who heard and saw
Revelation 22:9 NU, M omit For
Revelation 22:11 NU, M do right
Revelation 22:13 NU, M First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Revelation 22:14 NU wash their robes,
Revelation 22:15 NU, M omit But
Revelation 22:18 NU, M omit For
Revelation 22:18 M may God add
Revelation 22:19 M may God take away
Revelation 22:19 NU, M tree of life
Revelation 22:21 NU with all; M with all the saints

Cross references

Revelation 22:1 : Ps. 46:4; Ezek. 47:1; [Zech. 14:8]
Revelation 22:2 : Ezek. 47:12
Revelation 22:2 : Gen. 2:9; [Rev. 2:7; 22:14, 19]
Revelation 22:2 : Rev. 21:24
Revelation 22:3 : Zech. 14:11
Revelation 22:3 : Ezek. 48:35
Revelation 22:3 : Rev. 7:15
Revelation 22:4 : [Ps. 17:15; 42:2; Matt. 5:8; 1 Cor. 13:12; 1 John 3:2]
Revelation 22:4 : Rev. 14:1
Revelation 22:5 : Is. 60:19; Rev. 21:23
Revelation 22:5 : Rev. 7:15
Revelation 22:5 : Ps. 36:9
Revelation 22:5 : Dan. 7:18, 27; Matt. 19:28; [Rom. 5:17]; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 20:4
Revelation 22:6 : Rev. 19:9
Revelation 22:6 : Rev. 1:1
Revelation 22:6 : Heb. 10:37
Revelation 22:7 : [Rev. 3:11]
Revelation 22:7 : Rev. 1:3
Revelation 22:8 : Rev. 19:10
Revelation 22:9 : Rev. 19:10
Revelation 22:10 : Dan. 8:26; Rev. 10:4
Revelation 22:10 : Rev. 1:3
Revelation 22:12 : Is. 40:10; 62:11
Revelation 22:12 : Rev. 20:12
Revelation 22:13 : Is. 41:4
Revelation 22:14 : Dan. 12:12; [1 John 3:24]
Revelation 22:14 : [Prov. 11:30]; Rev. 2:7
Revelation 22:14 : Rev. 21:27
Revelation 22:15 : Matt. 8:12; 1 Cor. 6:9; Gal. 5:19; Col. 3:6; Rev. 21:8
Revelation 22:15 : Deut. 23:18; Matt. 7:6; Phil. 3:2
Revelation 22:16 : Rev. 1:1
Revelation 22:16 : 2 Sam. 7:12; Is. 9:7; Jer. 23:5; Rev. 5:5
Revelation 22:16 : Num. 24:17; Luke 1:78; 2 Pet. 1:19
Revelation 22:17 : [Rev. 21:2, 9]
Revelation 22:17 : Is. 55:1; Rev. 21:6
Revelation 22:18 : Deut. 4:2; 12:32; Prov. 30:6
Revelation 22:19 : Ex. 32:33