7. “Look, I am coming quickly! The one who keeps the prophetic words of this book is blessed.”
8. I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me.
9. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
10. He also said to me, “Don’t seal the prophetic words of this book, because the time is near.
11. Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy go on being made filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; and let the holy go on being made holy.”
12. “Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay 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 the city by the gates.
15. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
16. “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star.”
17. Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come! ” Anyone who hears should say, “Come! ” And the one who is thirsty should come. Whoever desires should take the living water as a gift.