Revelation 22

The Source of Life

1 Then he showed me the river  * 22:1 Other mss read pure river of the water of life,  * 22:1 Jr 2:13; 17:13; Jn 4:10 clear as crystal,  * 22:1 Rv 4:6 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb  * 22:1 Ps 46:4; Ezk 47:1–2; Jl 3:18; Zch 14:82 down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.  * 22:2 Gn 2:9; 3:22,24; Pr 13:12 The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,  * 22:2 Is 19:22; 57:19; 61:1; Jr 51:8–9; Zch 8:22–23; Mal 4:2; Mt 4:24; Jn 4:47; Ac 28:83 and there will no longer be any curse.  * 22:3 Gn 3:14–19; Zch 14:11 The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face,  * 22:4 Ex 33:20,23; Ps 17:15; Mt 5:8; 1Jn 3:2 and his name will be on their foreheads.  * 22:4 Rv 7:3; 9:4; 13:16; 14:1,9; 17:5; 20:45 Night will be no more;  * 22:5 Zch 14:7; Rv 21:25 people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light,  * 22:5 Ps 56:13; 118:27; Is 60:19; 1Jn 1:5 and they will reign forever and ever.