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+ <!DOCTYPE crossway-bible SYSTEM "schema/crossway.bibles.dtd">
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+ <crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd">
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+ <book title="Revelation" num="66">
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001001"/>
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+ <chapter num="1">
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+ <heading>Prologue</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God <crossref let="a" cid="c66001001.1"/>gave him <crossref let="b" cid="c66001001.2"/>to show to his servants<note nid="n66001001.1"/> the things that must soon take place. <crossref let="c" cid="c66001001.3"/>He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001002"/>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="d" cid="c66001002.1"/>who bore witness to the word of God and to <crossref let="e" cid="c66001002.2"/>the testimony of Jesus Christ, even <crossref let="f" cid="c66001002.3"/>to all that he saw.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001003"/>
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+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="g" cid="c66001003.1"/>Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, <crossref let="h" cid="c66001003.2"/>for the time is near.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001004"/>
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+ <heading>Greeting to the Seven Churches</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="4">John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>Grace to you and peace from <crossref let="i" cid="c66001004.1"/>him <crossref let="j" cid="c66001004.2"/>who is and <crossref let="k" cid="c66001004.3"/>who was and who is to come, and from <crossref let="l" cid="c66001004.4"/>the seven spirits who are before his throne,
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">and from Jesus Christ <crossref let="m" cid="c66001005.1"/>the faithful witness, <crossref let="n" cid="c66001005.2"/>the firstborn of the dead, and <crossref let="o" cid="c66001005.3"/>the ruler of kings on earth.
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>To <crossref let="p" cid="c66001005.4"/>him who loves us and <crossref let="q" cid="c66001005.5"/>has freed us from our sins by his blood
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">and made us <crossref let="r" cid="c66001006.1"/>a kingdom, <crossref let="r" cid="c66001006.2"/>priests to <crossref let="s" cid="c66001006.3"/>his God and Father, to him be <crossref let="t" cid="c66001006.4"/>glory and <crossref let="u" cid="c66001006.5"/>dominion forever and ever. Amen.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">Behold, <crossref let="v" cid="c66001007.1"/>he is coming with the clouds, and <crossref let="w" cid="c66001007.2"/>every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail<note nid="n66001007.1"/> on account of him. Even so. Amen.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="x" cid="c66001008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66001008.1" from="66001008.1" to="66001008.2"/>I am the Alpha and the Omega,<q class="end-double" qid="66001008.2" from="66001008.1" to="66001008.2"/> says the Lord God, <crossref let="y" cid="c66001008.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66001008.3" from="66001008.3" to="66001008.4"/>who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.<q class="end-double" qid="66001008.4" from="66001008.3" to="66001008.4"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001009"/>
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+ <heading>Vision of the Son of Man</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">I, John, your brother and <crossref let="z" cid="c66001009.1"/>partner in <crossref let="a" cid="c66001009.2"/>the tribulation and <crossref let="b" cid="c66001009.3"/>the kingdom and <crossref let="c" cid="c66001009.4"/>the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos <crossref let="d" cid="c66001009.5"/>on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="e" cid="c66001010.1"/>I was in the Spirit <crossref let="f" cid="c66001010.2"/>on the Lord&apos;s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice <crossref let="g" cid="c66001010.3"/>like a trumpet</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">saying, <woc><crossref let="h" cid="c66001011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66001011.1" from="66001011.1" to="66001011.2"/>Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.<q class="end-double" qid="66001011.2" from="66001011.1" to="66001011.2"/></woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001012"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="12">Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw <crossref let="i" cid="c66001012.1"/>seven golden lampstands,</verse>
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+ <verse num="13">and in the midst of the lampstands <crossref let="j" cid="c66001013.1"/>one like <crossref let="k" cid="c66001013.2"/>a son of man, <crossref let="l" cid="c66001013.3"/>clothed with a long robe and <crossref let="m" cid="c66001013.4"/>with a golden sash around his chest.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001014"/>
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+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="n" cid="c66001014.1"/>The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. <crossref let="o" cid="c66001014.2"/>His eyes were like a flame of fire,</verse>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="p" cid="c66001015.1"/>his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66001015.2"/>his voice was like the roar of many waters.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001016"/>
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+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="r" cid="c66001016.1"/>In his right hand he held seven stars, <crossref let="s" cid="c66001016.2"/>from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and <crossref let="t" cid="c66001016.3"/>his face was like the sun shining <crossref let="u" cid="c66001016.4"/>in full strength.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001017"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="v" cid="c66001017.1"/>When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But <crossref let="v" cid="c66001017.2"/>he laid his right hand on me, <crossref let="w" cid="c66001017.3"/>saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="66001017.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>Fear not, <crossref let="x" cid="c66001017.4"/>I am the first and the last,</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001018"/>
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+ <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>and the living one. <crossref let="y" cid="c66001018.1"/>I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and <crossref let="z" cid="c66001018.2"/>I have the keys of Death and Hades.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001019"/>
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+ <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c66001019.1"/>Write therefore <crossref let="b" cid="c66001019.2"/>the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66001020"/>
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+ <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and <crossref let="c" cid="c66001020.1"/>the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and <crossref let="d" cid="c66001020.2"/>the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002001"/>
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+ <chapter num="2">
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+ <heading>To the Church in Ephesus</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002001.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66002001.2" from="66002001.2" to="66002007.1"/>The words of <crossref let="e" cid="c66002001.1"/>him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, <crossref let="f" cid="c66002001.2"/>who walks among the seven golden lampstands.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002002"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c66002002.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="66002002.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66002002.2" from="66002001.2" to="66002007.1"/>I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but <crossref let="h" cid="c66002002.2"/>have tested those <crossref let="i" cid="c66002002.3"/>who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002003"/>
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+ <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up <crossref let="j" cid="c66002003.1"/>for my name&apos;s sake, and you <crossref let="k" cid="c66002003.2"/>have not grown weary.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002004"/>
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+ <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>But I have this against you, that you have abandoned <crossref let="l" cid="c66002004.1"/>the love you had at first.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002005"/>
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+ <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do <crossref let="m" cid="c66002005.1"/>the works you did at first. If not, <crossref let="n" cid="c66002005.2"/>I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002006"/>
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+ <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>Yet this you have: you hate the works of <crossref let="o" cid="c66002006.1"/>the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002007"/>
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+ <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c66002007.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. <crossref let="q" cid="c66002007.2"/>To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of <crossref let="r" cid="c66002007.3"/>the tree of life, which is in <crossref let="s" cid="c66002007.4"/>the paradise of God.<q class="end-single" qid="66002007.1" from="66002001.2" to="66002007.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002008"/>
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+ <heading>To the Church in Smyrna</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002008.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66002008.2" from="66002008.2" to="66002011.1"/>The words of <crossref let="t" cid="c66002008.1"/>the first and the last, <crossref let="u" cid="c66002008.2"/>who died and came to life.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002009"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002009.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66002009.2" from="66002008.2" to="66002011.1"/>I know your tribulation and <crossref let="v" cid="c66002009.1"/>your poverty (<crossref let="v" cid="c66002009.2"/>but you are rich) and the slander<note nid="n66002009.1"/> of <crossref let="w" cid="c66002009.3"/>those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, <crossref let="w" cid="c66002010.1"/>that you may be tested, and for <crossref let="x" cid="c66002010.2"/>ten days <crossref let="y" cid="c66002010.3"/>you will have tribulation. <crossref let="z" cid="c66002010.4"/>Be faithful <crossref let="a" cid="c66002010.5"/>unto death, and I will give you <crossref let="b" cid="c66002010.6"/>the crown of life.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002011"/>
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+ <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c66002011.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. <crossref let="c" cid="c66002011.2"/>The one who conquers will not be hurt by <crossref let="d" cid="c66002011.3"/>the second death.<q class="end-single" qid="66002011.1" from="66002008.2" to="66002011.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002012"/>
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+ <heading>To the Church in Pergamum</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002012.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66002012.2" from="66002012.2" to="66002017.1"/>The words of him who has <crossref let="e" cid="c66002012.1"/>the sharp two-edged sword.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002013"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002013.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66002013.2" from="66002012.2" to="66002017.1"/>I know where you dwell, <crossref let="f" cid="c66002013.1"/>where Satan&apos;s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not <crossref let="g" cid="c66002013.2"/>deny my faith<note nid="n66002013.1"/> even in the days of Antipas <crossref let="h" cid="c66002013.3"/>my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002014"/>
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+ <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of <crossref let="i" cid="c66002014.1"/>Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might <crossref let="j" cid="c66002014.2"/>eat food sacrificed to idols and <crossref let="k" cid="c66002014.3"/>practice sexual immorality.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc>So also you have some who hold the teaching of <crossref let="l" cid="c66002015.1"/>the Nicolaitans.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>Therefore repent. If not, <crossref let="m" cid="c66002016.1"/>I will come to you soon and <crossref let="n" cid="c66002016.2"/>war against them with <crossref let="e" cid="c66002016.3"/>the sword of my mouth.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c66002017.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. <crossref let="c" cid="c66002017.2"/>To the one who conquers I will give some of <crossref let="o" cid="c66002017.3"/>the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with <crossref let="p" cid="c66002017.4"/>a new name written on the stone <crossref let="q" cid="c66002017.5"/>that no one knows except the one who receives it.<q class="end-single" qid="66002017.1" from="66002012.2" to="66002017.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <heading>To the Church in Thyatira</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66002018.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66002018.2" from="66002018.2" to="66002029.1"/>The words of the Son of God, <crossref let="r" cid="c66002018.1"/>who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002019"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c66002019.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="66002019.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66002019.2" from="66002018.2" to="66002029.1"/>I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman <crossref let="t" cid="c66002020.1"/>Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants <crossref let="u" cid="c66002020.2"/>to practice sexual immorality and <crossref let="u" cid="c66002020.3"/>to eat food sacrificed to idols.</woc></verse>
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+ <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>I gave her time to repent, but <crossref let="v" cid="c66002021.1"/>she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002022"/>
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+ <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002023"/>
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+ <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he <crossref let="w" cid="c66002023.1"/>who searches mind and heart, and <crossref let="x" cid="c66002023.2"/>I will give to each of you according to your works.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002024"/>
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+ <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call <crossref let="y" cid="c66002024.1"/>the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I <crossref let="z" cid="c66002024.2"/>do not lay on you any other burden.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002025"/>
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+ <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>Only hold fast <crossref let="a" cid="c66002025.1"/>what you have until I come.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002026"/>
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+ <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="b" cid="c66002026.1"/>The one who conquers and who keeps my works <crossref let="c" cid="c66002026.2"/>until the end, <crossref let="d" cid="c66002026.3"/>to him I will give authority over the nations,</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002027"/>
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+ <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>and <crossref let="e" cid="c66002027.1"/>he will <crossref let="f" cid="c66002027.2"/>rule<note nid="n66002027.1"/> them with a rod of iron, <crossref let="g" cid="c66002027.3"/>as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002028"/>
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+ <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>And I will give him <crossref let="h" cid="c66002028.1"/>the morning star.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66002029"/>
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+ <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c66002029.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.<q class="end-single" qid="66002029.1" from="66002018.2" to="66002029.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003001"/>
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+ <chapter num="3">
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+ <heading>To the Church in Sardis</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003001.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66003001.2" from="66003001.2" to="66003006.1"/>The words of him <crossref let="i" cid="c66003001.1"/>who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.</woc>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003001.3" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66003001.4" from="66003001.2" to="66003006.1"/>I know your works. You have the reputation <crossref let="j" cid="c66003001.2"/>of being alive, <crossref let="k" cid="c66003001.3"/>but you are dead.</woc>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003002"/>
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+ <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc>Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works <crossref let="l" cid="c66003002.1"/>complete in the sight of my God.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003003"/>
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+ <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c66003003.1"/>Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, <crossref let="n" cid="c66003003.2"/>I will come <crossref let="o" cid="c66003003.3"/>like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003004"/>
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+ <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not <crossref let="p" cid="c66003004.1"/>soiled their garments, and they will walk with me <crossref let="q" cid="c66003004.2"/>in white, for they are <crossref let="r" cid="c66003004.3"/>worthy.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003005"/>
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+ <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c66003005.1"/>The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never <crossref let="t" cid="c66003005.2"/>blot his name out of <crossref let="u" cid="c66003005.3"/>the book of life. <crossref let="v" cid="c66003005.4"/>I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003006"/>
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+ <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c66003006.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.<q class="end-single" qid="66003006.1" from="66003001.2" to="66003006.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003007"/>
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+ <heading>To the Church in Philadelphia</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003007.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66003007.2" from="66003007.2" to="66003013.1"/>The words of <crossref let="w" cid="c66003007.1"/>the holy one, <crossref let="x" cid="c66003007.2"/>the true one, <crossref let="y" cid="c66003007.3"/>who has the key of David, <crossref let="z" cid="c66003007.4"/>who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003008.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66003008.2" from="66003007.2" to="66003013.1"/>I know your works. Behold, I have set before you <crossref let="a" cid="c66003008.1"/>an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003009"/>
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+ <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>Behold, I will make those of <crossref let="b" cid="c66003009.1"/>the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie&emdash;behold, <crossref let="c" cid="c66003009.2"/>I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that <crossref let="d" cid="c66003009.3"/>I have loved you.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003010"/>
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+ <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c66003010.1"/>Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try <crossref let="f" cid="c66003010.2"/>those who dwell on the earth.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003011"/>
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+ <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c66003011.1"/>I am coming soon. <crossref let="h" cid="c66003011.2"/>Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize <crossref let="i" cid="c66003011.3"/>your crown.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003012"/>
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+ <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c66003012.1"/>The one who conquers, I will make him <crossref let="k" cid="c66003012.2"/>a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him <crossref let="l" cid="c66003012.3"/>the name of my God, and <crossref let="m" cid="c66003012.4"/>the name of the city of my God, <crossref let="m" cid="c66003012.5"/>the new Jerusalem, <crossref let="n" cid="c66003012.6"/>which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own <crossref let="o" cid="c66003012.7"/>new name.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003013"/>
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+ <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c66003013.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.<q class="end-single" qid="66003013.1" from="66003007.2" to="66003013.1"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003014"/>
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+ <heading>To the Church in Laodicea</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003014.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/>And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: <q class="begin-single" qid="66003014.2" from="66003014.2" to="66003022.1"/>The words of the <crossref let="p" cid="c66003014.1"/>Amen, <crossref let="q" cid="c66003014.2"/>the faithful and true witness, <crossref let="r" cid="c66003014.3"/>the beginning of God&apos;s creation.</woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003015"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="66003015.1" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/><q class="continue-single" qid="66003015.2" from="66003014.2" to="66003022.1"/>I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. <crossref let="s" cid="c66003015.1"/>Would that you were either cold or hot!</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003016"/>
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+ <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003017"/>
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+ <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c66003017.1"/>For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, <crossref let="u" cid="c66003017.2"/>blind, and naked.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003018"/>
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+ <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>I counsel you <crossref let="v" cid="c66003018.1"/>to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and <crossref let="w" cid="c66003018.2"/>white garments so that you may clothe yourself and <crossref let="x" cid="c66003018.3"/>the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, <crossref let="u" cid="c66003018.4"/>so that you may see.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003019"/>
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+ <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c66003019.1"/>Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003020"/>
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+ <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>Behold, I stand at the door and <crossref let="z" cid="c66003020.1"/>knock. <crossref let="a" cid="c66003020.2"/>If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, <crossref let="b" cid="c66003020.3"/>I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003021"/>
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+ <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c66003021.1"/>The one who conquers, <crossref let="d" cid="c66003021.2"/>I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as <crossref let="e" cid="c66003021.3"/>I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.</woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66003022"/>
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+ <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c66003022.1"/>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.<q class="end-single" qid="66003022.1" from="66003014.2" to="66003022.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="66003022.2" from="66001017.1" to="66003022.2"/></woc></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004001"/>
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+ <chapter num="4">
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+ <heading>The Throne in Heaven</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me <crossref let="f" cid="c66004001.1"/>like a trumpet, said, <woc><crossref let="g" cid="c66004001.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66004001.1" from="66004001.1" to="66004001.2"/>Come up here, and <crossref let="h" cid="c66004001.3"/>I will show you what must take place after this.<q class="end-double" qid="66004001.2" from="66004001.1" to="66004001.2"/></woc></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">At once <crossref let="i" cid="c66004002.1"/>I was in the Spirit, and behold, <crossref let="j" cid="c66004002.2"/>a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">And he who sat there had the appearance of <crossref let="k" cid="c66004003.1"/>jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was <crossref let="l" cid="c66004003.2"/>a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">Around the throne were <crossref let="m" cid="c66004004.1"/>twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, <crossref let="n" cid="c66004004.2"/>clothed in white garments, with <crossref let="o" cid="c66004004.3"/>golden crowns on their heads.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">From the throne came <crossref let="p" cid="c66004005.1"/>flashes of lightning, and rumblings<note nid="n66004005.1"/> and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning <crossref let="q" cid="c66004005.2"/>seven torches of fire, <crossref let="r" cid="c66004005.3"/>which are the seven spirits of God,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">and before the throne there was <crossref let="s" cid="c66004006.1"/>as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are <crossref let="t" cid="c66004006.2"/>four living creatures, <crossref let="u" cid="c66004006.3"/>full of eyes in front and behind:
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="v" cid="c66004007.1"/>the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">And the four living creatures, <crossref let="w" cid="c66004008.1"/>each of them with six wings, are <crossref let="x" cid="c66004008.2"/>full of eyes all around and within, and <crossref let="y" cid="c66004008.3"/>day and night they never cease to say,
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c66004008.4"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66004008.1" from="66004008.1" to="66004008.2"/>Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="a" cid="c66004008.5"/>who was and is and is to come!<q class="end-double" qid="66004008.2" from="66004008.1" to="66004008.2"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004009"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
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+ <verse num="9">And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, <crossref let="b" cid="c66004009.1"/>who lives forever and ever,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">the twenty-four elders <crossref let="c" cid="c66004010.1"/>fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast <crossref let="d" cid="c66004010.2"/>their crowns before the throne, saying,</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66004011"/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="11">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="e" cid="c66004011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66004011.1" from="66004011.1" to="66004011.2"/>Worthy are you, our Lord and God,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>to receive glory and honor and power,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="f" cid="c66004011.2"/>you created all things,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="g" cid="c66004011.3"/>by your will they existed and were created.<q class="end-double" qid="66004011.2" from="66004011.1" to="66004011.2"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005001"/>
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+ <chapter num="5">
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+ <heading>The Scroll and the Lamb</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne <crossref let="h" cid="c66005001.1"/>a scroll written within and on the back, <crossref let="i" cid="c66005001.2"/>sealed with seven seals.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">And <crossref let="j" cid="c66005002.1"/>I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, <q class="begin-double" qid="66005002.1" from="66005002.1" to="66005002.2"/>Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?<q class="end-double" qid="66005002.2" from="66005002.1" to="66005002.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">And one of the elders said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66005005.1" from="66005005.1" to="66005005.2"/>Weep no more; behold, <crossref let="k" cid="c66005005.1"/>the Lion <crossref let="l" cid="c66005005.2"/>of the tribe of Judah, <crossref let="m" cid="c66005005.3"/>the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.<q class="end-double" qid="66005005.2" from="66005005.1" to="66005005.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005006"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="6">And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw <crossref let="n" cid="c66005006.1"/>a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with <crossref let="o" cid="c66005006.2"/>seven eyes, which are <crossref let="p" cid="c66005006.3"/>the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders <crossref let="q" cid="c66005008.1"/>fell down before the Lamb, <crossref let="r" cid="c66005008.2"/>each holding a harp, and <crossref let="s" cid="c66005008.3"/>golden bowls full of incense, <crossref let="t" cid="c66005008.4"/>which are the prayers of the saints.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">And they sang <crossref let="u" cid="c66005009.1"/>a new song, saying,
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66005009.1" from="66005009.1" to="66005010.1"/>Worthy are you to take the scroll<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and to open its seals,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="v" cid="c66005009.2"/>you were slain, and by your blood <crossref let="w" cid="c66005009.3"/>you ransomed people for God<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>from <crossref let="x" cid="c66005009.4"/>every tribe and language and people and nation,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">
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+ <begin-line/>and you have made them <crossref let="y" cid="c66005010.1"/>a kingdom and priests to our God,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and they shall reign on the earth.<q class="end-double" qid="66005010.1" from="66005009.1" to="66005010.1"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005011"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering <crossref let="z" cid="c66005011.1"/>myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">saying with a loud voice,
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="a" cid="c66005012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66005012.1" from="66005012.1" to="66005012.2"/>Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>and honor and glory and blessing!<q class="end-double" qid="66005012.2" from="66005012.1" to="66005012.2"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005013"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
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+ <verse num="13">And I heard <crossref let="b" cid="c66005013.1"/>every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66005013.1" from="66005013.1" to="66005013.2"/>To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!<q class="end-double" qid="66005013.2" from="66005013.1" to="66005013.2"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66005014"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
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+ <verse num="14">And the four living creatures <crossref let="c" cid="c66005014.1"/>said, <q class="begin-double" qid="66005014.1" from="66005014.1" to="66005014.2"/>Amen!<q class="end-double" qid="66005014.2" from="66005014.1" to="66005014.2"/> and the elders <crossref let="d" cid="c66005014.2"/>fell down and worshiped.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006001"/>
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+ <chapter num="6">
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+ <heading>The Seven Seals</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of <crossref let="e" cid="c66006001.1"/>the seven seals, and I heard <crossref let="f" cid="c66006001.2"/>one of the four living creatures say <crossref let="g" cid="c66006001.3"/>with a voice like thunder, <crossref let="h" cid="c66006001.4"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66006001.1" from="66006001.1" to="66006001.2"/>Come!<q class="end-double" qid="66006001.2" from="66006001.1" to="66006001.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">And I looked, and behold, <crossref let="i" cid="c66006002.1"/>a white horse! And <crossref let="j" cid="c66006002.2"/>its rider had a bow, and <crossref let="k" cid="c66006002.3"/>a crown was given to him, and he came out <crossref let="l" cid="c66006002.4"/>conquering, and to conquer.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006003"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="3">When he opened the second seal, I heard <crossref let="m" cid="c66006003.1"/>the second living creature say, <q class="begin-double" qid="66006003.1" from="66006003.1" to="66006003.2"/>Come!<q class="end-double" qid="66006003.2" from="66006003.1" to="66006003.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">And out came another horse, <crossref let="n" cid="c66006004.1"/>bright red. Its rider was permitted <crossref let="o" cid="c66006004.2"/>to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006005"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="5">When he opened the third seal, I heard the <crossref let="m" cid="c66006005.1"/>third living creature say, <q class="begin-double" qid="66006005.1" from="66006005.1" to="66006005.2"/>Come!<q class="end-double" qid="66006005.2" from="66006005.1" to="66006005.2"/> And I looked, and behold, <crossref let="p" cid="c66006005.2"/>a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, <crossref let="q" cid="c66006006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66006006.1" from="66006006.1" to="66006006.2"/>A quart<note nid="n66006006.1"/> of wheat for a denarius,<note nid="n66006006.2"/> and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and <crossref let="r" cid="c66006006.2"/>do not harm the oil and wine!<q class="end-double" qid="66006006.2" from="66006006.1" to="66006006.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006007"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="7">When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of <crossref let="m" cid="c66006007.1"/>the fourth living creature say, <q class="begin-double" qid="66006007.1" from="66006007.1" to="66006007.2"/>Come!<q class="end-double" qid="66006007.2" from="66006007.1" to="66006007.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">And I looked, and behold, <crossref let="s" cid="c66006008.1"/>a pale horse! And its rider&apos;s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill <crossref let="t" cid="c66006008.2"/>with sword and with famine and with pestilence and <crossref let="u" cid="c66006008.3"/>by wild beasts of the earth.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006009"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under <crossref let="v" cid="c66006009.1"/>the altar <crossref let="w" cid="c66006009.2"/>the souls of those who had been slain <crossref let="x" cid="c66006009.3"/>for the word of God and for <crossref let="y" cid="c66006009.4"/>the witness they had borne.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">They cried out with a loud voice, <q class="begin-double" qid="66006010.1" from="66006010.1" to="66006010.2"/>O Sovereign Lord, <crossref let="z" cid="c66006010.1"/>holy and true, <crossref let="a" cid="c66006010.2"/>how long <crossref let="b" cid="c66006010.3"/>before you will judge and <crossref let="c" cid="c66006010.4"/>avenge our blood on <crossref let="d" cid="c66006010.5"/>those who dwell on the earth?<q class="end-double" qid="66006010.2" from="66006010.1" to="66006010.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Then they were each given <crossref let="e" cid="c66006011.1"/>a white robe and <crossref let="f" cid="c66006011.2"/>told to rest a little longer, <crossref let="g" cid="c66006011.3"/>until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers<note nid="n66006011.1"/> <crossref let="h" cid="c66006011.4"/>should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006012"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="12">When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, <crossref let="i" cid="c66006012.1"/>there was a great earthquake, and <crossref let="j" cid="c66006012.2"/>the sun became black as <crossref let="k" cid="c66006012.3"/>sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">and <crossref let="l" cid="c66006013.1"/>the stars of the sky fell to the earth <crossref let="m" cid="c66006013.2"/>as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006014"/>
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+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="n" cid="c66006014.1"/>The sky vanished <crossref let="m" cid="c66006014.2"/>like a scroll that is being rolled up, and <crossref let="o" cid="c66006014.3"/>every mountain and island was removed from its place.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave<note nid="n66006015.1"/> and free, <crossref let="p" cid="c66006015.1"/>hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006016"/>
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+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="q" cid="c66006016.1"/>calling to the mountains and rocks, <q class="begin-double" qid="66006016.1" from="66006016.1" to="66006017.1"/>Fall on us and hide us from the face of <crossref let="r" cid="c66006016.2"/>him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66006017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">for <crossref let="s" cid="c66006017.1"/>the great day of their wrath has come, and <crossref let="t" cid="c66006017.2"/>who can stand?<q class="end-double" qid="66006017.1" from="66006016.1" to="66006017.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007001"/>
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+ <chapter num="7">
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+ <heading>The 144,000 of Israel Sealed</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back <crossref let="u" cid="c66007001.1"/>the four winds of the earth, <crossref let="v" cid="c66007001.2"/>that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">Then I saw another angel ascending <crossref let="w" cid="c66007002.1"/>from the rising of the sun, with <crossref let="x" cid="c66007002.2"/>the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">saying, <crossref let="y" cid="c66007003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66007003.1" from="66007003.1" to="66007003.2"/>Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God <crossref let="z" cid="c66007003.2"/>on their foreheads.<q class="end-double" qid="66007003.2" from="66007003.1" to="66007003.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="a" cid="c66007004.1"/>I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007005"/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="5">
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Gad,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Asher,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Levi,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.<end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007009"/>
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+ <heading>A Great Multitude from Every Nation</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">After this I looked, and behold, <crossref let="b" cid="c66007009.1"/>a great multitude that no one could number, <crossref let="c" cid="c66007009.2"/>from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, <crossref let="d" cid="c66007009.3"/>clothed in white robes, with <crossref let="e" cid="c66007009.4"/>palm branches in their hands,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">and crying out with a loud voice, <crossref let="f" cid="c66007010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66007010.1" from="66007010.1" to="66007010.2"/>Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!<q class="end-double" qid="66007010.2" from="66007010.1" to="66007010.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and <crossref let="g" cid="c66007011.1"/>the four living creatures, and they <crossref let="h" cid="c66007011.2"/>fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007012"/>
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+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="i" cid="c66007012.1"/>saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66007012.1" from="66007012.1" to="66007012.2"/>Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.<q class="end-double" qid="66007012.2" from="66007012.1" to="66007012.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007013"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13">Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66007013.1" from="66007013.1" to="66007013.2"/>Who are these, <crossref let="d" cid="c66007013.1"/>clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?<q class="end-double" qid="66007013.2" from="66007013.1" to="66007013.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">I said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="66007014.1" from="66007014.1" to="66007014.2"/>Sir, you know.<q class="end-double" qid="66007014.2" from="66007014.1" to="66007014.2"/> And he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66007014.3" from="66007014.3" to="66007017.1"/>These are the ones coming out of <crossref let="j" cid="c66007014.1"/>the great tribulation. <crossref let="k" cid="c66007014.2"/>They have washed their robes and <crossref let="l" cid="c66007014.3"/>made them white <crossref let="m" cid="c66007014.4"/>in the blood of the Lamb.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007015"/>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="15">
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+ <begin-line/><q class="continue-double" qid="66007015.1" from="66007014.3" to="66007017.1"/>Therefore they are before the throne of God,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="n" cid="c66007015.1"/>serve him day and night in his temple;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and he who sits on the throne <crossref let="o" cid="c66007015.2"/>will shelter them with his presence.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c66007016.1"/>They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="q" cid="c66007016.2"/>the sun shall not strike them,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>nor any scorching heat.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66007017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">
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+ <begin-line/>For the Lamb in the midst of the throne <crossref let="r" cid="c66007017.1"/>will be their shepherd,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and he will guide them to springs of <crossref let="s" cid="c66007017.2"/>living water,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="t" cid="c66007017.3"/>God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.<q class="end-double" qid="66007017.1" from="66007014.3" to="66007017.1"/><end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008001"/>
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+ <chapter num="8">
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+ <heading>The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">When the Lamb opened <crossref let="u" cid="c66008001.1"/>the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">Then I saw the seven angels <crossref let="v" cid="c66008002.1"/>who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">And another angel came and stood <crossref let="w" cid="c66008003.1"/>at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with <crossref let="x" cid="c66008003.2"/>the prayers of all the saints on <crossref let="y" cid="c66008003.3"/>the golden altar before the throne,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">and <crossref let="z" cid="c66008004.1"/>the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">Then the angel took the censer and <crossref let="a" cid="c66008005.1"/>filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and <crossref let="b" cid="c66008005.2"/>there were peals of <crossref let="c" cid="c66008005.3"/>thunder, rumblings,<note nid="n66008005.1"/> flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008006"/>
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+ <heading>The Seven Trumpets</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="6">Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008007"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="7">The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed <crossref let="d" cid="c66008007.1"/>hail and <crossref let="e" cid="c66008007.2"/>fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a <crossref let="f" cid="c66008007.3"/>third of the earth was burned up, and a third of <crossref let="g" cid="c66008007.4"/>the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like <crossref let="h" cid="c66008008.1"/>a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea <crossref let="i" cid="c66008008.2"/>became blood.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of <crossref let="j" cid="c66008009.1"/>the ships were destroyed.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008010"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="10">The third angel blew his trumpet, and <crossref let="k" cid="c66008010.1"/>a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on <crossref let="l" cid="c66008010.2"/>the springs of water.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">The name of the star is Wormwood.<note nid="n66008011.1"/> A third of the waters <crossref let="m" cid="c66008011.1"/>became wormwood, and many people died from the water, <crossref let="n" cid="c66008011.2"/>because it had been made bitter.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008012"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="12">The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of <crossref let="o" cid="c66008012.1"/>the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66008013"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13">Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, <crossref let="p" cid="c66008013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66008013.1" from="66008013.1" to="66008013.2"/>Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!<q class="end-double" qid="66008013.2" from="66008013.1" to="66008013.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009001"/>
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+ <chapter num="9">
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66009001.1"/>I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given <crossref let="r" cid="c66009001.2"/>the key to the shaft of <crossref let="s" cid="c66009001.3"/>the bottomless pit.<note nid="n66009001.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft <crossref let="t" cid="c66009002.1"/>rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and <crossref let="u" cid="c66009002.2"/>the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Then from the smoke came <crossref let="v" cid="c66009003.1"/>locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">They were told <crossref let="w" cid="c66009004.1"/>not to harm <crossref let="x" cid="c66009004.2"/>the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have <crossref let="y" cid="c66009004.3"/>the seal of God on their foreheads.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">They were allowed to torment them <crossref let="z" cid="c66009005.1"/>for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">And in those days <crossref let="a" cid="c66009006.1"/>people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009007"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="b" cid="c66009007.1"/>In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: <crossref let="c" cid="c66009007.2"/>on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were <crossref let="d" cid="c66009007.3"/>like human faces,</verse>
517
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009008"/>
518
+ <verse num="8">their hair like women&apos;s hair, and <crossref let="e" cid="c66009008.1"/>their teeth like lions&apos; teeth;</verse>
519
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009009"/>
520
+ <verse num="9">they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was <crossref let="f" cid="c66009009.1"/>like the noise of many chariots with <crossref let="g" cid="c66009009.2"/>horses rushing into battle.</verse>
521
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009010"/>
522
+ <verse num="10">They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people <crossref let="h" cid="c66009010.1"/>for five months is in their tails.</verse>
523
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009011"/>
524
+ <verse num="11">They have <crossref let="i" cid="c66009011.1"/>as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is <crossref let="j" cid="c66009011.2"/>Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.<note nid="n66009011.1"/></verse>
525
+ <end-paragraph/>
526
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009012"/>
527
+ <begin-paragraph/>
528
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="k" cid="c66009012.1"/>The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.</verse>
529
+ <end-paragraph/>
530
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009013"/>
531
+ <begin-paragraph/>
532
+ <verse num="13">Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from <crossref let="l" cid="c66009013.1"/>the four horns of the golden altar before God,</verse>
533
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009014"/>
534
+ <verse num="14">saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, <q class="begin-double" qid="66009014.1" from="66009014.1" to="66009014.2"/>Release <crossref let="m" cid="c66009014.1"/>the four angels who are bound at <crossref let="n" cid="c66009014.2"/>the great river Euphrates.<q class="end-double" qid="66009014.2" from="66009014.1" to="66009014.2"/></verse>
535
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009015"/>
536
+ <verse num="15">So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released <crossref let="o" cid="c66009015.1"/>to kill a third of mankind.</verse>
537
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009016"/>
538
+ <verse num="16">The number of <crossref let="p" cid="c66009016.1"/>mounted troops was <crossref let="q" cid="c66009016.2"/>twice ten thousand times ten thousand; <crossref let="r" cid="c66009016.3"/>I heard their number.</verse>
539
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009017"/>
540
+ <verse num="17">And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire<note nid="n66009017.1"/> and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were <crossref let="s" cid="c66009017.1"/>like lions&apos; heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.</verse>
541
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009018"/>
542
+ <verse num="18">By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.</verse>
543
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009019"/>
544
+ <verse num="19">For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.</verse>
545
+ <end-paragraph/>
546
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009020"/>
547
+ <begin-paragraph/>
548
+ <verse num="20">The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, <crossref let="t" cid="c66009020.1"/>did not repent of <crossref let="u" cid="c66009020.2"/>the works of their hands nor give up worshiping <crossref let="v" cid="c66009020.3"/>demons <crossref let="w" cid="c66009020.4"/>and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,</verse>
549
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66009021"/>
550
+ <verse num="21">nor did they repent of their murders or their <crossref let="x" cid="c66009021.1"/>sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.</verse>
551
+ <end-paragraph/>
552
+ </chapter>
553
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010001"/>
554
+ <chapter num="10">
555
+ <heading>The Angel and the Little Scroll</heading>
556
+ <begin-paragraph/>
557
+ <verse num="1">Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with <crossref let="y" cid="c66010001.1"/>a rainbow over his head, and <crossref let="z" cid="c66010001.2"/>his face was like the sun, and <crossref let="a" cid="c66010001.3"/>his legs like pillars of fire.</verse>
558
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010002"/>
559
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="b" cid="c66010002.1"/>He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,</verse>
560
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010003"/>
561
+ <verse num="3">and called out with a loud voice, <crossref let="c" cid="c66010003.1"/>like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.</verse>
562
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010004"/>
563
+ <verse num="4">And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, <crossref let="d" cid="c66010004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66010004.1" from="66010004.1" to="66010004.2"/>Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.<q class="end-double" qid="66010004.2" from="66010004.1" to="66010004.2"/></verse>
564
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010005"/>
565
+ <verse num="5">And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land <crossref let="e" cid="c66010005.1"/>raised his right hand to heaven</verse>
566
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010006"/>
567
+ <verse num="6">and swore by <crossref let="f" cid="c66010006.1"/>him who lives forever and ever, <crossref let="g" cid="c66010006.2"/>who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,</verse>
568
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010007"/>
569
+ <verse num="7">but that <crossref let="h" cid="c66010007.1"/>in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, <crossref let="i" cid="c66010007.2"/>just as he announced to his servants the prophets.</verse>
570
+ <end-paragraph/>
571
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010008"/>
572
+ <begin-paragraph/>
573
+ <verse num="8">Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66010008.1" from="66010008.1" to="66010008.2"/>Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.<q class="end-double" qid="66010008.2" from="66010008.1" to="66010008.2"/></verse>
574
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010009"/>
575
+ <verse num="9">So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, <crossref let="j" cid="c66010009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66010009.1" from="66010009.1" to="66010009.2"/>Take and <crossref let="k" cid="c66010009.2"/>eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.<q class="end-double" qid="66010009.2" from="66010009.1" to="66010009.2"/></verse>
576
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010010"/>
577
+ <verse num="10">And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.</verse>
578
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66010011"/>
579
+ <verse num="11">And I was told, <crossref let="l" cid="c66010011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66010011.1" from="66010011.1" to="66010011.2"/>You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.<q class="end-double" qid="66010011.2" from="66010011.1" to="66010011.2"/></verse>
580
+ <end-paragraph/>
581
+ </chapter>
582
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011001"/>
583
+ <chapter num="11">
584
+ <heading>The Two Witnesses</heading>
585
+ <begin-paragraph/>
586
+ <verse num="1">Then I was given <crossref let="m" cid="c66011001.1"/>a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, <q class="begin-double" qid="66011001.1" from="66011001.1" to="66011003.1"/>Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,</verse>
587
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011002"/>
588
+ <verse num="2">but do not measure <crossref let="n" cid="c66011002.1"/>the court outside the temple; leave that out, for <crossref let="o" cid="c66011002.2"/>it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for <crossref let="p" cid="c66011002.3"/>forty-two months.</verse>
589
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011003"/>
590
+ <verse num="3">And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for <crossref let="p" cid="c66011003.1"/>1,260 days, <crossref let="q" cid="c66011003.2"/>clothed in sackcloth.<q class="end-double" qid="66011003.1" from="66011001.1" to="66011003.1"/></verse>
591
+ <end-paragraph/>
592
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011004"/>
593
+ <begin-paragraph/>
594
+ <verse num="4">These are <crossref let="r" cid="c66011004.1"/>the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.</verse>
595
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011005"/>
596
+ <verse num="5">And if anyone would harm them, <crossref let="s" cid="c66011005.1"/>fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, <crossref let="t" cid="c66011005.2"/>this is how he is doomed to be killed.</verse>
597
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011006"/>
598
+ <verse num="6">They have the power <crossref let="u" cid="c66011006.1"/>to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and <crossref let="v" cid="c66011006.2"/>to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.</verse>
599
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011007"/>
600
+ <verse num="7">And when they have finished their testimony, <crossref let="w" cid="c66011007.1"/>the beast that rises from <crossref let="x" cid="c66011007.2"/>the bottomless pit<note nid="n66011007.1"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c66011007.3"/>will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,</verse>
601
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011008"/>
602
+ <verse num="8">and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically<note nid="n66011008.1"/> is called <crossref let="z" cid="c66011008.1"/>Sodom and <crossref let="a" cid="c66011008.2"/>Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.</verse>
603
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011009"/>
604
+ <verse num="9">For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and <crossref let="b" cid="c66011009.1"/>refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,</verse>
605
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011010"/>
606
+ <verse num="10">and <crossref let="c" cid="c66011010.1"/>those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and <crossref let="d" cid="c66011010.2"/>exchange presents, because these two prophets <crossref let="e" cid="c66011010.3"/>had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.</verse>
607
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011011"/>
608
+ <verse num="11">But after the three and a half days <crossref let="f" cid="c66011011.1"/>a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.</verse>
609
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011012"/>
610
+ <verse num="12">Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, <crossref let="g" cid="c66011012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66011012.1" from="66011012.1" to="66011012.2"/>Come up here!<q class="end-double" qid="66011012.2" from="66011012.1" to="66011012.2"/> And <crossref let="h" cid="c66011012.2"/>they went up to heaven <crossref let="i" cid="c66011012.3"/>in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.</verse>
611
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011013"/>
612
+ <verse num="13">And at that hour there was <crossref let="j" cid="c66011013.1"/>a great earthquake, and <crossref let="k" cid="c66011013.2"/>a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and <crossref let="l" cid="c66011013.3"/>gave glory to <crossref let="m" cid="c66011013.4"/>the God of heaven.</verse>
613
+ <end-paragraph/>
614
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011014"/>
615
+ <begin-paragraph/>
616
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="n" cid="c66011014.1"/>The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.</verse>
617
+ <end-paragraph/>
618
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011015"/>
619
+ <heading>The Seventh Trumpet</heading>
620
+ <begin-paragraph/>
621
+ <verse num="15">Then <crossref let="o" cid="c66011015.1"/>the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and <crossref let="p" cid="c66011015.2"/>there were loud voices in heaven, saying, <crossref let="q" cid="c66011015.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66011015.1" from="66011015.1" to="66011015.2"/>The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of <crossref let="r" cid="c66011015.4"/>his Christ, and <crossref let="s" cid="c66011015.5"/>he shall reign forever and ever.<q class="end-double" qid="66011015.2" from="66011015.1" to="66011015.2"/></verse>
622
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011016"/>
623
+ <verse num="16">And the twenty-four elders <crossref let="t" cid="c66011016.1"/>who sit on their thrones before God <crossref let="u" cid="c66011016.2"/>fell on their faces and worshiped God,</verse>
624
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011017"/>
625
+ <verse num="17">saying,
626
+ <end-paragraph/>
627
+ <begin-block-indent/>
628
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
629
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66011017.1" from="66011017.1" to="66011018.1"/>We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,<end-line class="br"/>
630
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="v" cid="c66011017.1"/>who is and who was,<end-line class="br"/>
631
+ <begin-line/>for you have taken your great power<end-line class="br"/>
632
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="w" cid="c66011017.2"/>begun to reign.<end-line class="br"/>
633
+ </verse>
634
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011018"/>
635
+ <verse num="18">
636
+ <begin-line/>The nations raged,<end-line class="br"/>
637
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>but <crossref let="x" cid="c66011018.1"/>your wrath came,<end-line class="br"/>
638
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="y" cid="c66011018.2"/>the time for the dead to be judged,<end-line class="br"/>
639
+ <begin-line/>and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,<end-line class="br"/>
640
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="z" cid="c66011018.3"/>those who fear your name,<end-line class="br"/>
641
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>both small and great,<end-line class="br"/>
642
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="a" cid="c66011018.4"/>for destroying the destroyers of the earth.<q class="end-double" qid="66011018.1" from="66011017.1" to="66011018.1"/><end-line/>
643
+ </verse>
644
+ <end-paragraph/>
645
+ <end-block-indent/>
646
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66011019"/>
647
+ <begin-paragraph/>
648
+ <verse num="19">Then <crossref let="b" cid="c66011019.1"/>God&apos;s temple in heaven was opened, and <crossref let="c" cid="c66011019.2"/>the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,<note nid="n66011019.1"/> peals of thunder, an earthquake, and <crossref let="d" cid="c66011019.3"/>heavy hail.</verse>
649
+ <end-paragraph/>
650
+ </chapter>
651
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012001"/>
652
+ <chapter num="12">
653
+ <heading>The Woman and the Dragon</heading>
654
+ <begin-paragraph/>
655
+ <verse num="1">And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman <crossref let="e" cid="c66012001.1"/>clothed with <crossref let="f" cid="c66012001.2"/>the sun, with <crossref let="f" cid="c66012001.3"/>the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.</verse>
656
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012002"/>
657
+ <verse num="2">She was pregnant and <crossref let="g" cid="c66012002.1"/>was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.</verse>
658
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012003"/>
659
+ <verse num="3">And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great <crossref let="h" cid="c66012003.1"/>red dragon, <crossref let="i" cid="c66012003.2"/>with seven heads and <crossref let="j" cid="c66012003.3"/>ten horns, and on his heads <crossref let="k" cid="c66012003.4"/>seven diadems.</verse>
660
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012004"/>
661
+ <verse num="4">His tail swept down <crossref let="l" cid="c66012004.1"/>a third of the stars of heaven and <crossref let="m" cid="c66012004.2"/>cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child <crossref let="n" cid="c66012004.3"/>he might devour it.</verse>
662
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012005"/>
663
+ <verse num="5">She gave birth to a male child, <crossref let="o" cid="c66012005.1"/>one who is to rule<note nid="n66012005.1"/> all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was <crossref let="p" cid="c66012005.2"/>caught up to God and to his throne,</verse>
664
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012006"/>
665
+ <verse num="6">and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for <crossref let="q" cid="c66012006.1"/>1,260 days.</verse>
666
+ <end-paragraph/>
667
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012007"/>
668
+ <heading>Satan Thrown Down to Earth</heading>
669
+ <begin-paragraph/>
670
+ <verse num="7">Now war arose in heaven, <crossref let="r" cid="c66012007.1"/>Michael and <crossref let="s" cid="c66012007.2"/>his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,</verse>
671
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012008"/>
672
+ <verse num="8">but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.</verse>
673
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012009"/>
674
+ <verse num="9">And <crossref let="t" cid="c66012009.1"/>the great dragon was thrown down, <crossref let="u" cid="c66012009.2"/>that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, <crossref let="v" cid="c66012009.3"/>the deceiver of the whole world&emdash;<crossref let="w" cid="c66012009.4"/>he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.</verse>
675
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012010"/>
676
+ <verse num="10">And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66012010.1" from="66012010.1" to="66012012.1"/>Now <crossref let="x" cid="c66012010.1"/>the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers<note nid="n66012010.1"/> has been thrown down, <crossref let="y" cid="c66012010.2"/>who accuses them day and night before our God.</verse>
677
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012011"/>
678
+ <verse num="11">And <crossref let="z" cid="c66012011.1"/>they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for <crossref let="a" cid="c66012011.2"/>they loved not their lives <crossref let="b" cid="c66012011.3"/>even unto death.</verse>
679
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012012"/>
680
+ <verse num="12">Therefore, <crossref let="c" cid="c66012012.1"/>rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But <crossref let="d" cid="c66012012.2"/>woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because <crossref let="e" cid="c66012012.3"/>he knows that his time is short!<q class="end-double" qid="66012012.1" from="66012010.1" to="66012012.1"/></verse>
681
+ <end-paragraph/>
682
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012013"/>
683
+ <begin-paragraph/>
684
+ <verse num="13">And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued <crossref let="f" cid="c66012013.1"/>the woman who had given birth to the male child.</verse>
685
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012014"/>
686
+ <verse num="14">But the woman was given the two <crossref let="g" cid="c66012014.1"/>wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent <crossref let="h" cid="c66012014.2"/>into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished <crossref let="i" cid="c66012014.3"/>for a time, and times, and half a time.</verse>
687
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012015"/>
688
+ <verse num="15">The serpent poured water <crossref let="j" cid="c66012015.1"/>like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.</verse>
689
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012016"/>
690
+ <verse num="16">But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.</verse>
691
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66012017"/>
692
+ <verse num="17">Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off <crossref let="k" cid="c66012017.1"/>to make war on the rest of <crossref let="l" cid="c66012017.2"/>her offspring, <crossref let="m" cid="c66012017.3"/>on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to <crossref let="n" cid="c66012017.4"/>the testimony of Jesus. And he stood<note nid="n66012017.1"/> on the sand of the sea.</verse>
693
+ <end-paragraph/>
694
+ </chapter>
695
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013001"/>
696
+ <chapter num="13">
697
+ <heading>The First Beast</heading>
698
+ <begin-paragraph/>
699
+ <verse num="1">And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, <crossref let="o" cid="c66013001.1"/>with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and <crossref let="p" cid="c66013001.2"/>blasphemous names on its heads.</verse>
700
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013002"/>
701
+ <verse num="2">And the beast that I saw was <crossref let="q" cid="c66013002.1"/>like a leopard; its feet were like <crossref let="r" cid="c66013002.2"/>a bear&apos;s, and its mouth was like <crossref let="s" cid="c66013002.3"/>a lion&apos;s mouth. And to it <crossref let="t" cid="c66013002.4"/>the dragon gave his power and <crossref let="u" cid="c66013002.5"/>his throne and great authority.</verse>
702
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013003"/>
703
+ <verse num="3">One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and <crossref let="v" cid="c66013003.1"/>the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.</verse>
704
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013004"/>
705
+ <verse num="4">And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, <crossref let="w" cid="c66013004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66013004.1" from="66013004.1" to="66013004.2"/>Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?<q class="end-double" qid="66013004.2" from="66013004.1" to="66013004.2"/></verse>
706
+ <end-paragraph/>
707
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013005"/>
708
+ <begin-paragraph/>
709
+ <verse num="5">And the beast was given <crossref let="x" cid="c66013005.1"/>a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for <crossref let="y" cid="c66013005.2"/>forty-two months.</verse>
710
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013006"/>
711
+ <verse num="6">It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,<note nid="n66013006.1"/> that is, those who dwell in heaven.</verse>
712
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013007"/>
713
+ <verse num="7">Also it was allowed <crossref let="z" cid="c66013007.1"/>to make war on the saints and to conquer them.<note nid="n66013007.1"/> And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,</verse>
714
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013008"/>
715
+ <verse num="8">and all <crossref let="a" cid="c66013008.1"/>who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in <crossref let="b" cid="c66013008.2"/>the book of life of <crossref let="c" cid="c66013008.3"/>the Lamb <crossref let="d" cid="c66013008.4"/>who was slain.</verse>
716
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013009"/>
717
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="e" cid="c66013009.1"/>If anyone has an ear, let him hear:</verse>
718
+ <end-paragraph/>
719
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013010"/>
720
+ <begin-block-indent/>
721
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
722
+ <verse num="10">
723
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c66013010.1"/>If anyone is to be taken captive,<end-line class="br"/>
724
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>to captivity he goes;<end-line class="br"/>
725
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="g" cid="c66013010.2"/>if anyone is to be slain with the sword,<end-line class="br"/>
726
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>with the sword must he be slain.<end-line/>
727
+ <end-paragraph/>
728
+ <end-block-indent/>
729
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/><crossref let="h" cid="c66013010.3"/>Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
730
+ </verse>
731
+ <end-paragraph/>
732
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013011"/>
733
+ <heading>The Second Beast</heading>
734
+ <begin-paragraph/>
735
+ <verse num="11">Then <crossref let="i" cid="c66013011.1"/>I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.</verse>
736
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013012"/>
737
+ <verse num="12">It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,<note nid="n66013012.1"/> and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, <crossref let="j" cid="c66013012.1"/>whose mortal wound was healed.</verse>
738
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013013"/>
739
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="k" cid="c66013013.1"/>It performs great signs, even <crossref let="l" cid="c66013013.2"/>making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,</verse>
740
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013014"/>
741
+ <verse num="14">and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of<note nid="n66013014.1"/> the beast <crossref let="m" cid="c66013014.1"/>it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast <crossref let="n" cid="c66013014.2"/>that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.</verse>
742
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013015"/>
743
+ <verse num="15">And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not <crossref let="o" cid="c66013015.1"/>worship the image of the beast <crossref let="p" cid="c66013015.2"/>to be slain.</verse>
744
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013016"/>
745
+ <verse num="16">Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,<note nid="n66013016.1"/> <crossref let="q" cid="c66013016.1"/>to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,</verse>
746
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013017"/>
747
+ <verse num="17">so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, <crossref let="r" cid="c66013017.1"/>the name of the beast or <crossref let="s" cid="c66013017.2"/>the number of its name.</verse>
748
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66013018"/>
749
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="t" cid="c66013018.1"/>This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number <crossref let="u" cid="c66013018.2"/>of a man, and his number is 666.<note nid="n66013018.1"/></verse>
750
+ <end-paragraph/>
751
+ </chapter>
752
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014001"/>
753
+ <chapter num="14">
754
+ <heading>The Lamb and the 144,000</heading>
755
+ <begin-paragraph/>
756
+ <verse num="1">Then I looked, and behold, on <crossref let="v" cid="c66014001.1"/>Mount Zion <crossref let="w" cid="c66014001.2"/>stood the Lamb, and with him <crossref let="x" cid="c66014001.3"/>144,000 who <crossref let="y" cid="c66014001.4"/>had his name and his Father&apos;s name written <crossref let="z" cid="c66014001.5"/>on their foreheads.</verse>
757
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014002"/>
758
+ <verse num="2">And I heard a voice from heaven <crossref let="a" cid="c66014002.1"/>like the roar of many waters and <crossref let="b" cid="c66014002.2"/>like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of <crossref let="c" cid="c66014002.3"/>harpists playing on their harps,</verse>
759
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014003"/>
760
+ <verse num="3">and they were singing <crossref let="d" cid="c66014003.1"/>a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. <crossref let="e" cid="c66014003.2"/>No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.</verse>
761
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014004"/>
762
+ <verse num="4">It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for <crossref let="f" cid="c66014004.1"/>they are virgins. It is these <crossref let="g" cid="c66014004.2"/>who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as <crossref let="h" cid="c66014004.3"/>firstfruits for God and the Lamb,</verse>
763
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014005"/>
764
+ <verse num="5">and <crossref let="i" cid="c66014005.1"/>in their mouth no lie was found, for they are <crossref let="j" cid="c66014005.2"/>blameless.</verse>
765
+ <end-paragraph/>
766
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014006"/>
767
+ <heading>The Messages of the Three Angels</heading>
768
+ <begin-paragraph/>
769
+ <verse num="6">Then I saw another angel <crossref let="k" cid="c66014006.1"/>flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to <crossref let="l" cid="c66014006.2"/>those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.</verse>
770
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014007"/>
771
+ <verse num="7">And he said with a loud voice, <crossref let="m" cid="c66014007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66014007.1" from="66014007.1" to="66014007.2"/>Fear God and <crossref let="n" cid="c66014007.2"/>give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and <crossref let="o" cid="c66014007.3"/>worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the <crossref let="p" cid="c66014007.4"/>springs of water.<q class="end-double" qid="66014007.2" from="66014007.1" to="66014007.2"/></verse>
772
+ <end-paragraph/>
773
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014008"/>
774
+ <begin-paragraph/>
775
+ <verse num="8">Another angel, a second, followed, saying, <crossref let="q" cid="c66014008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66014008.1" from="66014008.1" to="66014008.2"/>Fallen, fallen is <crossref let="r" cid="c66014008.2"/>Babylon the great, <crossref let="s" cid="c66014008.3"/>she who made all nations drink <crossref let="t" cid="c66014008.4"/>the wine of the passion<note nid="n66014008.1"/> of her sexual immorality.<q class="end-double" qid="66014008.2" from="66014008.1" to="66014008.2"/></verse>
776
+ <end-paragraph/>
777
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014009"/>
778
+ <begin-paragraph/>
779
+ <verse num="9">And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, <q class="begin-double" qid="66014009.1" from="66014009.1" to="66014011.1"/>If anyone <crossref let="u" cid="c66014009.1"/>worships the beast and its image and receives <crossref let="v" cid="c66014009.2"/>a mark on his forehead or on his hand,</verse>
780
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014010"/>
781
+ <verse num="10">he also will drink <crossref let="w" cid="c66014010.1"/>the wine of God&apos;s wrath, <crossref let="x" cid="c66014010.2"/>poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and <crossref let="y" cid="c66014010.3"/>he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.</verse>
782
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014011"/>
783
+ <verse num="11">And <crossref let="z" cid="c66014011.1"/>the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and <crossref let="a" cid="c66014011.2"/>they have no rest, day or night, these <crossref let="u" cid="c66014011.3"/>worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.<q class="end-double" qid="66014011.1" from="66014009.1" to="66014011.1"/></verse>
784
+ <end-paragraph/>
785
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014012"/>
786
+ <begin-paragraph/>
787
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="b" cid="c66014012.1"/>Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who <crossref let="c" cid="c66014012.2"/>keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.<note nid="n66014012.1"/></verse>
788
+ <end-paragraph/>
789
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014013"/>
790
+ <begin-paragraph/>
791
+ <verse num="13">And I heard a voice from heaven saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66014013.1" from="66014013.1" to="66014013.2"/>Write this: <crossref let="d" cid="c66014013.1"/>Blessed are the dead <crossref let="e" cid="c66014013.2"/>who die in the Lord from now on.<q class="end-double" qid="66014013.2" from="66014013.1" to="66014013.2"/> <q class="begin-double" qid="66014013.3" from="66014013.3" to="66014013.4"/>Blessed indeed,<q class="end-double" qid="66014013.4" from="66014013.3" to="66014013.4"/> says the Spirit, <crossref let="f" cid="c66014013.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66014013.5" from="66014013.5" to="66014013.6"/>that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!<q class="end-double" qid="66014013.6" from="66014013.5" to="66014013.6"/></verse>
792
+ <end-paragraph/>
793
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014014"/>
794
+ <heading>The Harvest of the Earth</heading>
795
+ <begin-paragraph/>
796
+ <verse num="14">Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one <crossref let="g" cid="c66014014.1"/>like a son of man, <crossref let="h" cid="c66014014.2"/>with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.</verse>
797
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014015"/>
798
+ <verse num="15">And another angel <crossref let="i" cid="c66014015.1"/>came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, <crossref let="j" cid="c66014015.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66014015.1" from="66014015.1" to="66014015.2"/>Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for <crossref let="k" cid="c66014015.3"/>the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.<q class="end-double" qid="66014015.2" from="66014015.1" to="66014015.2"/></verse>
799
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014016"/>
800
+ <verse num="16">So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.</verse>
801
+ <end-paragraph/>
802
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014017"/>
803
+ <begin-paragraph/>
804
+ <verse num="17">Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.</verse>
805
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014018"/>
806
+ <verse num="18">And another angel came out from the altar, <crossref let="l" cid="c66014018.1"/>the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, <q class="begin-double" qid="66014018.1" from="66014018.1" to="66014018.2"/>Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, <crossref let="m" cid="c66014018.2"/>for its grapes are ripe.<q class="end-double" qid="66014018.2" from="66014018.1" to="66014018.2"/></verse>
807
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014019"/>
808
+ <verse num="19">So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great <crossref let="n" cid="c66014019.1"/>winepress of the wrath of God.</verse>
809
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66014020"/>
810
+ <verse num="20">And <crossref let="o" cid="c66014020.1"/>the winepress was trodden <crossref let="p" cid="c66014020.2"/>outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as <crossref let="q" cid="c66014020.3"/>a horse&apos;s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.<note nid="n66014020.1"/></verse>
811
+ <end-paragraph/>
812
+ </chapter>
813
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015001"/>
814
+ <chapter num="15">
815
+ <heading>The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues</heading>
816
+ <begin-paragraph/>
817
+ <verse num="1">Then <crossref let="r" cid="c66015001.1"/>I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, <crossref let="s" cid="c66015001.2"/>seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.</verse>
818
+ <end-paragraph/>
819
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015002"/>
820
+ <begin-paragraph/>
821
+ <verse num="2">And I saw <crossref let="t" cid="c66015002.1"/>what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire&emdash;and also those <crossref let="u" cid="c66015002.2"/>who had conquered the beast and its image and <crossref let="v" cid="c66015002.3"/>the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass <crossref let="w" cid="c66015002.4"/>with harps of God in their hands.</verse>
822
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015003"/>
823
+ <verse num="3">And they sing <crossref let="x" cid="c66015003.1"/>the song of Moses, <crossref let="y" cid="c66015003.2"/>the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
824
+ <end-paragraph/>
825
+ <begin-block-indent/>
826
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
827
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c66015003.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66015003.1" from="66015003.1" to="66015004.1"/>Great and amazing are your deeds,<end-line class="br"/>
828
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>O Lord God the Almighty!<end-line class="br"/>
829
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="a" cid="c66015003.4"/>Just and true are your ways,<end-line class="br"/>
830
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>O King of the nations!<note nid="n66015003.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
831
+ </verse>
832
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015004"/>
833
+ <verse num="4">
834
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="b" cid="c66015004.1"/>Who will not fear, O Lord,<end-line class="br"/>
835
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and glorify your name?<end-line class="br"/>
836
+ <begin-line/>For you alone are <crossref let="c" cid="c66015004.2"/>holy.<end-line class="br"/>
837
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="d" cid="c66015004.3"/>All nations will come<end-line class="br"/>
838
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and worship you,<end-line class="br"/>
839
+ <begin-line/>for your righteous acts have been revealed.<q class="end-double" qid="66015004.1" from="66015003.1" to="66015004.1"/><end-line/>
840
+ </verse>
841
+ <end-paragraph/>
842
+ <end-block-indent/>
843
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015005"/>
844
+ <begin-paragraph/>
845
+ <verse num="5">After this I looked, and <crossref let="e" cid="c66015005.1"/>the sanctuary of <crossref let="f" cid="c66015005.2"/>the tent<note nid="n66015005.1"/> of witness in heaven was opened,</verse>
846
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015006"/>
847
+ <verse num="6">and out of the sanctuary came <crossref let="g" cid="c66015006.1"/>the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright <crossref let="i" cid="c66015006.2"/>linen, <crossref let="j" cid="c66015006.3"/>with golden sashes around their chests.</verse>
848
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015007"/>
849
+ <verse num="7">And one of <crossref let="k" cid="c66015007.1"/>the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven <crossref let="l" cid="c66015007.2"/>golden bowls full of the wrath of God <crossref let="m" cid="c66015007.3"/>who lives forever and ever,</verse>
850
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66015008"/>
851
+ <verse num="8">and <crossref let="n" cid="c66015008.1"/>the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and <crossref let="o" cid="c66015008.2"/>no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.</verse>
852
+ <end-paragraph/>
853
+ </chapter>
854
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016001"/>
855
+ <chapter num="16">
856
+ <heading>The Seven Bowls of God&apos;s Wrath</heading>
857
+ <begin-paragraph/>
858
+ <verse num="1">Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling <crossref let="p" cid="c66016001.1"/>the seven angels, <q class="begin-double" qid="66016001.1" from="66016001.1" to="66016001.2"/>Go and <crossref let="q" cid="c66016001.2"/>pour out on the earth <crossref let="r" cid="c66016001.3"/>the seven bowls of the wrath of God.<q class="end-double" qid="66016001.2" from="66016001.1" to="66016001.2"/></verse>
859
+ <end-paragraph/>
860
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016002"/>
861
+ <begin-paragraph/>
862
+ <verse num="2">So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful <crossref let="s" cid="c66016002.1"/>sores came upon the people who bore <crossref let="t" cid="c66016002.2"/>the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.</verse>
863
+ <end-paragraph/>
864
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016003"/>
865
+ <begin-paragraph/>
866
+ <verse num="3">The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and <crossref let="u" cid="c66016003.1"/>it became like the blood of a corpse, and <crossref let="v" cid="c66016003.2"/>every living thing died that was in the sea.</verse>
867
+ <end-paragraph/>
868
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016004"/>
869
+ <begin-paragraph/>
870
+ <verse num="4">The third angel poured out his bowl into <crossref let="w" cid="c66016004.1"/>the rivers and the springs of water, and <crossref let="x" cid="c66016004.2"/>they became blood.</verse>
871
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016005"/>
872
+ <verse num="5">And I heard the angel in charge of the waters<note nid="n66016005.1"/> say,
873
+ <end-paragraph/>
874
+ <begin-block-indent/>
875
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
876
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="y" cid="c66016005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66016005.1" from="66016005.1" to="66016006.1"/>Just are you, <crossref let="z" cid="c66016005.2"/>O Holy One, <crossref let="a" cid="c66016005.3"/>who is and who was,<end-line class="br"/>
877
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for you brought these judgments.<end-line class="br"/>
878
+ </verse>
879
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016006"/>
880
+ <verse num="6">
881
+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="b" cid="c66016006.1"/>they have shed the blood of <crossref let="c" cid="c66016006.2"/>saints and prophets,<end-line class="br"/>
882
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="d" cid="c66016006.3"/>you have given them blood to drink.<end-line class="br"/>
883
+ <begin-line/>It is what they deserve!<q class="end-double" qid="66016006.1" from="66016005.1" to="66016006.1"/><end-line/>
884
+ </verse>
885
+ <end-paragraph/>
886
+ <end-block-indent/>
887
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016007"/>
888
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
889
+ <verse num="7">And I heard <crossref let="e" cid="c66016007.1"/>the altar saying,
890
+ <end-paragraph/>
891
+ <begin-block-indent/>
892
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
893
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66016007.1" from="66016007.1" to="66016007.2"/>Yes, Lord God the Almighty,<end-line class="br"/>
894
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="f" cid="c66016007.2"/>true and just are your judgments!<q class="end-double" qid="66016007.2" from="66016007.1" to="66016007.2"/><end-line/>
895
+ </verse>
896
+ <end-paragraph/>
897
+ <end-block-indent/>
898
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016008"/>
899
+ <begin-paragraph/>
900
+ <verse num="8">The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people <crossref let="g" cid="c66016008.1"/>with fire.</verse>
901
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016009"/>
902
+ <verse num="9">They were scorched by the fierce heat, and <crossref let="h" cid="c66016009.1"/>they cursed<note nid="n66016009.1"/> the name of God who had power over these plagues. <crossref let="i" cid="c66016009.2"/>They did not repent <crossref let="j" cid="c66016009.3"/>and give him glory.</verse>
903
+ <end-paragraph/>
904
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016010"/>
905
+ <begin-paragraph/>
906
+ <verse num="10">The fifth angel poured out his bowl on <crossref let="k" cid="c66016010.1"/>the throne of the beast, and <crossref let="l" cid="c66016010.2"/>its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish</verse>
907
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016011"/>
908
+ <verse num="11">and cursed <crossref let="m" cid="c66016011.1"/>the God of heaven for their pain and <crossref let="n" cid="c66016011.2"/>sores. <crossref let="o" cid="c66016011.3"/>They did not repent of their deeds.</verse>
909
+ <end-paragraph/>
910
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016012"/>
911
+ <begin-paragraph/>
912
+ <verse num="12">The sixth angel poured out his bowl on <crossref let="p" cid="c66016012.1"/>the great river Euphrates, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66016012.2"/>its water was dried up, <crossref let="r" cid="c66016012.3"/>to prepare the way for the kings <crossref let="s" cid="c66016012.4"/>from the east.</verse>
913
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016013"/>
914
+ <verse num="13">And I saw, coming out of the mouth of <crossref let="t" cid="c66016013.1"/>the dragon and out of the mouth of <crossref let="u" cid="c66016013.2"/>the beast and out of the mouth of <crossref let="v" cid="c66016013.3"/>the false prophet, three <crossref let="w" cid="c66016013.4"/>unclean spirits like <crossref let="x" cid="c66016013.5"/>frogs.</verse>
915
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016014"/>
916
+ <verse num="14">For they are <crossref let="y" cid="c66016014.1"/>demonic spirits, <crossref let="z" cid="c66016014.2"/>performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, <crossref let="a" cid="c66016014.3"/>to assemble them for battle on <crossref let="b" cid="c66016014.4"/>the great day of God the Almighty.</verse>
917
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016015"/>
918
+ <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc>(<q class="begin-double" qid="66016015.1" from="66016015.1" to="66016015.2"/>Behold, <crossref let="c" cid="c66016015.1"/>I am coming like a thief! <crossref let="d" cid="c66016015.2"/>Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, <crossref let="e" cid="c66016015.3"/>that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!<q class="end-double" qid="66016015.2" from="66016015.1" to="66016015.2"/>)</woc></verse>
919
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016016"/>
920
+ <verse num="16">And <crossref let="f" cid="c66016016.1"/>they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called <crossref let="g" cid="c66016016.2"/>Armageddon.</verse>
921
+ <end-paragraph/>
922
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016017"/>
923
+ <heading>The Seventh Bowl</heading>
924
+ <begin-paragraph/>
925
+ <verse num="17">The seventh angel poured out his bowl into <crossref let="h" cid="c66016017.1"/>the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, <crossref let="i" cid="c66016017.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66016017.1" from="66016017.1" to="66016017.2"/>It is done!<q class="end-double" qid="66016017.2" from="66016017.1" to="66016017.2"/></verse>
926
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016018"/>
927
+ <verse num="18">And there were <crossref let="j" cid="c66016018.1"/>flashes of lightning, rumblings,<note nid="n66016018.1"/> peals of thunder, and <crossref let="k" cid="c66016018.2"/>a great earthquake <crossref let="l" cid="c66016018.3"/>such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake.</verse>
928
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016019"/>
929
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="m" cid="c66016019.1"/>The great city <crossref let="n" cid="c66016019.2"/>was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God <crossref let="o" cid="c66016019.3"/>remembered <crossref let="p" cid="c66016019.4"/>Babylon the great, <crossref let="q" cid="c66016019.5"/>to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.</verse>
930
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016020"/>
931
+ <verse num="20">And <crossref let="r" cid="c66016020.1"/>every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.</verse>
932
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66016021"/>
933
+ <verse num="21">And <crossref let="s" cid="c66016021.1"/>great hailstones, about one hundred pounds<note nid="n66016021.1"/> each, fell from heaven on people; and <crossref let="t" cid="c66016021.2"/>they cursed God for <crossref let="u" cid="c66016021.3"/>the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.</verse>
934
+ <end-paragraph/>
935
+ </chapter>
936
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017001"/>
937
+ <chapter num="17">
938
+ <heading>The Great Prostitute and the Beast</heading>
939
+ <begin-paragraph/>
940
+ <verse num="1">Then <crossref let="v" cid="c66017001.1"/>one of the seven angels who had <crossref let="w" cid="c66017001.2"/>the seven bowls came and said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66017001.1" from="66017001.1" to="66017002.1"/>Come, I will show you the judgment of <crossref let="x" cid="c66017001.3"/>the great prostitute <crossref let="y" cid="c66017001.4"/>who is seated on many waters,</verse>
941
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017002"/>
942
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="z" cid="c66017002.1"/>with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and <crossref let="a" cid="c66017002.2"/>with the wine of whose sexual immorality <crossref let="b" cid="c66017002.3"/>the dwellers on earth have become drunk.<q class="end-double" qid="66017002.1" from="66017001.1" to="66017002.1"/></verse>
943
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017003"/>
944
+ <verse num="3">And <crossref let="c" cid="c66017003.1"/>he carried me away in the Spirit <crossref let="d" cid="c66017003.2"/>into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on <crossref let="e" cid="c66017003.3"/>a scarlet beast that was full of <crossref let="f" cid="c66017003.4"/>blasphemous names, and <crossref let="g" cid="c66017003.5"/>it had seven heads and ten horns.</verse>
945
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017004"/>
946
+ <verse num="4">The woman <crossref let="h" cid="c66017004.1"/>was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned <crossref let="i" cid="c66017004.2"/>with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand <crossref let="j" cid="c66017004.3"/>a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.</verse>
947
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017005"/>
948
+ <verse num="5">And on her forehead was written a name of <crossref let="k" cid="c66017005.1"/>mystery: <crossref let="l" cid="c66017005.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66017005.1" from="66017005.1" to="66017005.2"/>Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth&apos;s abominations.<q class="end-double" qid="66017005.2" from="66017005.1" to="66017005.2"/></verse>
949
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017006"/>
950
+ <verse num="6">And I saw the woman, drunk <crossref let="m" cid="c66017006.1"/>with the blood of the saints, the blood of <crossref let="n" cid="c66017006.2"/>the martyrs of Jesus.<note nid="n66017006.1"/>
951
+ <end-paragraph/>
952
+ <begin-paragraph/>When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
953
+ </verse>
954
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017007"/>
955
+ <verse num="7">But the angel said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66017007.1" from="66017007.1" to="66017014.1"/>Why do you marvel? I will tell you <crossref let="o" cid="c66017007.1"/>the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.</verse>
956
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017008"/>
957
+ <verse num="8">The beast that you saw <crossref let="p" cid="c66017008.1"/>was, and is not, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66017008.2"/>is about to rise from <crossref let="r" cid="c66017008.3"/>the bottomless pit<note nid="n66017008.1"/> and <crossref let="s" cid="c66017008.4"/>go to destruction. And <crossref let="t" cid="c66017008.5"/>the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in <crossref let="u" cid="c66017008.6"/>the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because <crossref let="p" cid="c66017008.7"/>it was and is not and is to come.</verse>
958
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017009"/>
959
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="v" cid="c66017009.1"/>This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;</verse>
960
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017010"/>
961
+ <verse num="10">they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.</verse>
962
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017011"/>
963
+ <verse num="11">As for the beast <crossref let="w" cid="c66017011.1"/>that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.</verse>
964
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017012"/>
965
+ <verse num="12">And <crossref let="x" cid="c66017012.1"/>the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings <crossref let="y" cid="c66017012.2"/>for one hour, together with the beast.</verse>
966
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017013"/>
967
+ <verse num="13">These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.</verse>
968
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017014"/>
969
+ <verse num="14">They <crossref let="z" cid="c66017014.1"/>will make war on the Lamb, and <crossref let="a" cid="c66017014.2"/>the Lamb will conquer them, for he is <crossref let="b" cid="c66017014.3"/>Lord of lords and <crossref let="b" cid="c66017014.4"/>King of kings, and those with him are <crossref let="c" cid="c66017014.5"/>called and chosen and faithful.<q class="end-double" qid="66017014.1" from="66017007.1" to="66017014.1"/></verse>
970
+ <end-paragraph/>
971
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017015"/>
972
+ <begin-paragraph/>
973
+ <verse num="15">And the angel<note nid="n66017015.1"/> said to me, <crossref let="d" cid="c66017015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66017015.1" from="66017015.1" to="66017018.1"/>The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.</verse>
974
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017016"/>
975
+ <verse num="16">And <crossref let="e" cid="c66017016.1"/>the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast <crossref let="f" cid="c66017016.2"/>will hate the prostitute. They will make her <crossref let="g" cid="c66017016.3"/>desolate and <crossref let="h" cid="c66017016.4"/>naked, and <crossref let="i" cid="c66017016.5"/>devour her flesh and <crossref let="j" cid="c66017016.6"/>burn her up with fire,</verse>
976
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017017"/>
977
+ <verse num="17">for <crossref let="k" cid="c66017017.1"/>God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and <crossref let="l" cid="c66017017.2"/>handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.</verse>
978
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66017018"/>
979
+ <verse num="18">And the woman that you saw is <crossref let="m" cid="c66017018.1"/>the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.<q class="end-double" qid="66017018.1" from="66017015.1" to="66017018.1"/></verse>
980
+ <end-paragraph/>
981
+ </chapter>
982
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018001"/>
983
+ <chapter num="18">
984
+ <heading>The Fall of Babylon</heading>
985
+ <begin-paragraph/>
986
+ <verse num="1">After this I saw <crossref let="n" cid="c66018001.1"/>another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and <crossref let="o" cid="c66018001.2"/>the earth was made bright with his glory.</verse>
987
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018002"/>
988
+ <verse num="2">And he called out with a mighty voice,
989
+ <end-paragraph/>
990
+ <begin-block-indent/>
991
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
992
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c66018002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018002.1" from="66018002.1" to="66018003.1"/>Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!<end-line class="br"/>
993
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>She has become <crossref let="q" cid="c66018002.2"/>a dwelling place for demons,<end-line class="br"/>
994
+ <begin-line/>a haunt <crossref let="r" cid="c66018002.3"/>for every unclean spirit,<end-line class="br"/>
995
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>a haunt <crossref let="s" cid="c66018002.4"/>for every unclean bird,<end-line class="br"/>
996
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.<end-line class="br"/>
997
+ </verse>
998
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018003"/>
999
+ <verse num="3">
1000
+ <begin-line/>For all nations have drunk<note nid="n66018003.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
1001
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="t" cid="c66018003.1"/>the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,<end-line class="br"/>
1002
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="u" cid="c66018003.2"/>the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,<end-line class="br"/>
1003
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="v" cid="c66018003.3"/>the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.<q class="end-double" qid="66018003.1" from="66018002.1" to="66018003.1"/><end-line/>
1004
+ </verse>
1005
+ <end-paragraph/>
1006
+ <end-block-indent/>
1007
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018004"/>
1008
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
1009
+ <verse num="4">Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
1010
+ <end-paragraph/>
1011
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1012
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1013
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c66018004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018004.1" from="66018004.1" to="66018008.1"/>Come out of her, my people,<end-line class="br"/>
1014
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>lest you take part in her sins,<end-line class="br"/>
1015
+ <begin-line/>lest you share in her plagues;<end-line class="br"/>
1016
+ </verse>
1017
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018005"/>
1018
+ <verse num="5">
1019
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="x" cid="c66018005.1"/>her sins are heaped high as heaven,<end-line class="br"/>
1020
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="y" cid="c66018005.2"/>God has remembered her iniquities.<end-line class="br"/>
1021
+ </verse>
1022
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018006"/>
1023
+ <verse num="6">
1024
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c66018006.1"/>Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,<end-line class="br"/>
1025
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and repay her <crossref let="a" cid="c66018006.2"/>double for her deeds;<end-line class="br"/>
1026
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>mix a double portion for her <crossref let="b" cid="c66018006.3"/>in the cup she mixed.<end-line class="br"/>
1027
+ </verse>
1028
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018007"/>
1029
+ <verse num="7">
1030
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c66018007.1"/>As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,<end-line class="br"/>
1031
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,<end-line class="br"/>
1032
+ <begin-line/>since in her heart she says,<end-line class="br"/>
1033
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="d" cid="c66018007.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="66018007.1" from="66018007.1" to="66018007.2"/>I sit as a queen,<end-line class="br"/>
1034
+ <begin-line/>I am no widow,<end-line class="br"/>
1035
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and mourning I shall never see.<q class="end-single" qid="66018007.2" from="66018007.1" to="66018007.2"/><end-line class="br"/>
1036
+ </verse>
1037
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018008"/>
1038
+ <verse num="8">
1039
+ <begin-line/>For this reason her plagues will come <crossref let="e" cid="c66018008.1"/>in a single day,<end-line class="br"/>
1040
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>death and mourning and famine,<end-line class="br"/>
1041
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="f" cid="c66018008.2"/>she will be burned up with fire;<end-line class="br"/>
1042
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for <crossref let="g" cid="c66018008.3"/>mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.<q class="end-double" qid="66018008.1" from="66018004.1" to="66018008.1"/><end-line/>
1043
+ </verse>
1044
+ <end-paragraph/>
1045
+ <end-block-indent/>
1046
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018009"/>
1047
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1048
+ <verse num="9">And <crossref let="h" cid="c66018009.1"/>the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, <crossref let="i" cid="c66018009.2"/>will weep and wail over her <crossref let="j" cid="c66018009.3"/>when they see the smoke of her burning.</verse>
1049
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018010"/>
1050
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="k" cid="c66018010.1"/>They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
1051
+ <end-paragraph/>
1052
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1053
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1054
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018010.1" from="66018010.1" to="66018010.2"/>Alas! Alas! <crossref let="l" cid="c66018010.2"/>You great city,<end-line class="br"/>
1055
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>you mighty city, Babylon!<end-line class="br"/>
1056
+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="m" cid="c66018010.3"/>in a single hour your judgment has come.<q class="end-double" qid="66018010.2" from="66018010.1" to="66018010.2"/><end-line/>
1057
+ </verse>
1058
+ <end-paragraph/>
1059
+ <end-block-indent/>
1060
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018011"/>
1061
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1062
+ <verse num="11">And <crossref let="n" cid="c66018011.1"/>the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,</verse>
1063
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018012"/>
1064
+ <verse num="12">cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,</verse>
1065
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018013"/>
1066
+ <verse num="13">cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.<note nid="n66018013.1"/></verse>
1067
+ <end-paragraph/>
1068
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018014"/>
1069
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1070
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1071
+ <verse num="14">
1072
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018014.1" from="66018014.1" to="66018014.2"/>The fruit for which your soul longed<end-line class="br"/>
1073
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>has gone from you,<end-line class="br"/>
1074
+ <begin-line/>and all your delicacies and your splendors<end-line class="br"/>
1075
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>are lost to you,<end-line class="br"/>
1076
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>never to be found again!<q class="end-double" qid="66018014.2" from="66018014.1" to="66018014.2"/><end-line/>
1077
+ </verse>
1078
+ <end-paragraph/>
1079
+ <end-block-indent/>
1080
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018015"/>
1081
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
1082
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="o" cid="c66018015.1"/>The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, <crossref let="p" cid="c66018015.2"/>will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,</verse>
1083
+ <end-paragraph/>
1084
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018016"/>
1085
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1086
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1087
+ <verse num="16">
1088
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018016.1" from="66018016.1" to="66018017.1"/>Alas, alas, for the great city<end-line class="br"/>
1089
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="q" cid="c66018016.1"/>that was clothed in fine linen,<end-line class="br"/>
1090
+ <begin-line class="indent-2"/>in purple and scarlet,<end-line class="br"/>
1091
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>adorned with gold,<end-line class="br"/>
1092
+ <begin-line class="indent-2"/>with jewels, and with pearls!<end-line class="br"/>
1093
+ </verse>
1094
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018017"/>
1095
+ <verse num="17">
1096
+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="r" cid="c66018017.1"/>in a single hour all this wealth <crossref let="s" cid="c66018017.2"/>has been laid waste.<q class="end-double" qid="66018017.1" from="66018016.1" to="66018017.1"/><end-line/>
1097
+ <end-paragraph/>
1098
+ <end-block-indent/>
1099
+ <begin-paragraph/>And <crossref let="t" cid="c66018017.3"/>all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
1100
+ </verse>
1101
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018018"/>
1102
+ <verse num="18">and <crossref let="u" cid="c66018018.1"/>cried out <crossref let="v" cid="c66018018.2"/>as they saw the smoke of her burning,
1103
+ <end-paragraph/>
1104
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1105
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1106
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c66018018.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018018.1" from="66018018.1" to="66018018.2"/>What city was like the great city?<q class="end-double" qid="66018018.2" from="66018018.1" to="66018018.2"/><end-line/>
1107
+ </verse>
1108
+ <end-paragraph/>
1109
+ <end-block-indent/>
1110
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018019"/>
1111
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
1112
+ <verse num="19">And they threw <crossref let="x" cid="c66018019.1"/>dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
1113
+ <end-paragraph/>
1114
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1115
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1116
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018019.1" from="66018019.1" to="66018020.1"/>Alas, alas, for the great city<end-line class="br"/>
1117
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="y" cid="c66018019.2"/>where all who had ships at sea<end-line class="br"/>
1118
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>grew rich by her wealth!<end-line class="br"/>
1119
+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="z" cid="c66018019.3"/>in a single hour she has been laid waste.<end-line class="br"/>
1120
+ </verse>
1121
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018020"/>
1122
+ <verse num="20">
1123
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="a" cid="c66018020.1"/>Rejoice over her, O heaven,<end-line class="br"/>
1124
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and you saints and <crossref let="b" cid="c66018020.2"/>apostles and prophets,<end-line class="br"/>
1125
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="c" cid="c66018020.3"/>God has given judgment for you against her!<q class="end-double" qid="66018020.1" from="66018019.1" to="66018020.1"/><end-line/>
1126
+ </verse>
1127
+ <end-paragraph/>
1128
+ <end-block-indent/>
1129
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018021"/>
1130
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1131
+ <verse num="21">Then <crossref let="d" cid="c66018021.1"/>a mighty angel <crossref let="e" cid="c66018021.2"/>took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
1132
+ <end-paragraph/>
1133
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1134
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1135
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66018021.1" from="66018021.1" to="66018024.1"/>So will Babylon <crossref let="f" cid="c66018021.3"/>the great city be thrown down with violence,<end-line class="br"/>
1136
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and will be found no more;<end-line class="br"/>
1137
+ </verse>
1138
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018022"/>
1139
+ <verse num="22">
1140
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="g" cid="c66018022.1"/>the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,<end-line class="br"/>
1141
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>will be heard in you no more,<end-line class="br"/>
1142
+ <begin-line/>and a craftsman of any craft<end-line class="br"/>
1143
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>will be found in you no more,<end-line class="br"/>
1144
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="h" cid="c66018022.2"/>the sound of the mill<end-line class="br"/>
1145
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>will be heard in you no more,<end-line class="br"/>
1146
+ </verse>
1147
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018023"/>
1148
+ <verse num="23">
1149
+ <begin-line/>and the light of a lamp<end-line class="br"/>
1150
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>will shine in you no more,<end-line class="br"/>
1151
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="i" cid="c66018023.1"/>the voice of bridegroom and bride<end-line class="br"/>
1152
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>will be heard in you no more,<end-line class="br"/>
1153
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="j" cid="c66018023.2"/>your merchants were the great ones of the earth,<end-line class="br"/>
1154
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and all nations were deceived <crossref let="k" cid="c66018023.3"/>by your sorcery.<end-line class="br"/>
1155
+ </verse>
1156
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66018024"/>
1157
+ <verse num="24">
1158
+ <begin-line/>And <crossref let="l" cid="c66018024.1"/>in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,<end-line class="br"/>
1159
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and of <crossref let="m" cid="c66018024.2"/>all who have been slain on earth.<q class="end-double" qid="66018024.1" from="66018021.1" to="66018024.1"/><end-line/>
1160
+ </verse>
1161
+ <end-paragraph/>
1162
+ <end-block-indent/>
1163
+ </chapter>
1164
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019001"/>
1165
+ <chapter num="19">
1166
+ <heading>Rejoicing in Heaven</heading>
1167
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1168
+ <verse num="1">After this I heard <crossref let="n" cid="c66019001.1"/>what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
1169
+ <end-paragraph/>
1170
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1171
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1172
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019001.1" from="66019001.1" to="66019002.1"/>Hallelujah!<end-line class="br"/>
1173
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="o" cid="c66019001.2"/>Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,<end-line class="br"/>
1174
+ </verse>
1175
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019002"/>
1176
+ <verse num="2">
1177
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for <crossref let="p" cid="c66019002.1"/>his judgments are true and just;<end-line class="br"/>
1178
+ <begin-line/>for he has judged <crossref let="q" cid="c66019002.2"/>the great prostitute<end-line class="br"/>
1179
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>who corrupted the earth with her immorality,<end-line class="br"/>
1180
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="r" cid="c66019002.3"/>has avenged on her the blood of his servants.<q class="end-double" qid="66019002.1" from="66019001.1" to="66019002.1"/><end-line/>
1181
+ </verse>
1182
+ <end-paragraph/>
1183
+ <end-block-indent/>
1184
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019003"/>
1185
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1186
+ <verse num="3">Once more they cried out,
1187
+ <end-paragraph/>
1188
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1189
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1190
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019003.1" from="66019003.1" to="66019003.2"/>Hallelujah!<end-line class="br"/>
1191
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c66019003.1"/>The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.<q class="end-double" qid="66019003.2" from="66019003.1" to="66019003.2"/><end-line/>
1192
+ </verse>
1193
+ <end-paragraph/>
1194
+ <end-block-indent/>
1195
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019004"/>
1196
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
1197
+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="t" cid="c66019004.1"/>the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66019004.1" from="66019004.1" to="66019004.2"/>Amen. Hallelujah!<q class="end-double" qid="66019004.2" from="66019004.1" to="66019004.2"/></verse>
1198
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019005"/>
1199
+ <verse num="5">And from the throne came a voice saying,
1200
+ <end-paragraph/>
1201
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1202
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1203
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="u" cid="c66019005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019005.1" from="66019005.1" to="66019005.2"/>Praise our God,<end-line class="br"/>
1204
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>all you his servants,<end-line class="br"/>
1205
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="v" cid="c66019005.2"/>you who fear him,<end-line class="br"/>
1206
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>small and great.<q class="end-double" qid="66019005.2" from="66019005.1" to="66019005.2"/><end-line/>
1207
+ </verse>
1208
+ <end-paragraph/>
1209
+ <end-block-indent/>
1210
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019006"/>
1211
+ <heading>The Marriage Supper of the Lamb</heading>
1212
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
1213
+ <verse num="6">Then I heard what seemed to be <crossref let="w" cid="c66019006.1"/>the voice of a great multitude, like <crossref let="x" cid="c66019006.2"/>the roar of many waters and <crossref let="y" cid="c66019006.3"/>like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,
1214
+ <end-paragraph/>
1215
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1216
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1217
+ <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019006.1" from="66019006.1" to="66019008.1"/>Hallelujah!<end-line class="br"/>
1218
+ <begin-line/>For the Lord our God<end-line class="br"/>
1219
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the Almighty <crossref let="z" cid="c66019006.4"/>reigns.<end-line class="br"/>
1220
+ </verse>
1221
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019007"/>
1222
+ <verse num="7">
1223
+ <begin-line/>Let us rejoice and exult<end-line class="br"/>
1224
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and give him the glory,<end-line class="br"/>
1225
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="a" cid="c66019007.1"/>the marriage of the Lamb has come,<end-line class="br"/>
1226
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="b" cid="c66019007.2"/>his Bride has made herself ready;<end-line class="br"/>
1227
+ </verse>
1228
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019008"/>
1229
+ <verse num="8">
1230
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c66019008.1"/>it was granted her to clothe herself<end-line class="br"/>
1231
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>with fine linen, bright and pure<q class="end-double" qid="66019008.1" from="66019006.1" to="66019008.1"/>&emdash;<end-line/>
1232
+ <end-paragraph/>
1233
+ <end-block-indent/>
1234
+ <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>for the fine linen is <crossref let="d" cid="c66019008.2"/>the righteous deeds of the saints.
1235
+ </verse>
1236
+ <end-paragraph/>
1237
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019009"/>
1238
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1239
+ <verse num="9">And the angel said<note nid="n66019009.1"/> to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66019009.1" from="66019009.1" to="66019009.2"/>Write this: <crossref let="e" cid="c66019009.1"/>Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.<q class="end-double" qid="66019009.2" from="66019009.1" to="66019009.2"/> And he said to me, <crossref let="f" cid="c66019009.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019009.3" from="66019009.3" to="66019009.4"/>These are the true words of God.<q class="end-double" qid="66019009.4" from="66019009.3" to="66019009.4"/></verse>
1240
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019010"/>
1241
+ <verse num="10">Then <crossref let="g" cid="c66019010.1"/>I fell down at his feet to worship him, <crossref let="h" cid="c66019010.2"/>but he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66019010.1" from="66019010.1" to="66019010.2"/>You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to <crossref let="i" cid="c66019010.3"/>the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.<q class="end-double" qid="66019010.2" from="66019010.1" to="66019010.2"/> For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.</verse>
1242
+ <end-paragraph/>
1243
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019011"/>
1244
+ <heading>The Rider on a White Horse</heading>
1245
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1246
+ <verse num="11">Then I saw <crossref let="j" cid="c66019011.1"/>heaven opened, and behold, <crossref let="k" cid="c66019011.2"/>a white horse! The one sitting on it is called <crossref let="l" cid="c66019011.3"/>Faithful and True, and <crossref let="m" cid="c66019011.4"/>in righteousness he judges and makes war.</verse>
1247
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019012"/>
1248
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="n" cid="c66019012.1"/>His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are <crossref let="o" cid="c66019012.2"/>many diadems, and he has <crossref let="p" cid="c66019012.3"/>a name written that no one knows but himself.</verse>
1249
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019013"/>
1250
+ <verse num="13">He is clothed in <crossref let="q" cid="c66019013.1"/>a robe dipped in<note nid="n66019013.1"/> blood, and the name by which he is called is <crossref let="r" cid="c66019013.2"/>The Word of God.</verse>
1251
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019014"/>
1252
+ <verse num="14">And the armies of heaven, <crossref let="s" cid="c66019014.1"/>arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, <crossref let="t" cid="c66019014.2"/>were following him on white horses.</verse>
1253
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019015"/>
1254
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="u" cid="c66019015.1"/>From his mouth comes a sharp sword <crossref let="v" cid="c66019015.2"/>with which to strike down the nations, and <crossref let="w" cid="c66019015.3"/>he will rule<note nid="n66019015.1"/> them with a rod of iron. <crossref let="x" cid="c66019015.4"/>He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.</verse>
1255
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019016"/>
1256
+ <verse num="16">On his robe and on his thigh <crossref let="y" cid="c66019016.1"/>he has a name written, <crossref let="z" cid="c66019016.2"/>King of kings and Lord of lords.</verse>
1257
+ <end-paragraph/>
1258
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019017"/>
1259
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1260
+ <verse num="17">Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to <crossref let="a" cid="c66019017.1"/>all the birds that fly directly overhead, <crossref let="b" cid="c66019017.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66019017.1" from="66019017.1" to="66019018.1"/>Come, gather for <crossref let="c" cid="c66019017.3"/>the great supper of God,</verse>
1261
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019018"/>
1262
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="d" cid="c66019018.1"/>to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,<note nid="n66019018.1"/> both small and great.<q class="end-double" qid="66019018.1" from="66019017.1" to="66019018.1"/></verse>
1263
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019019"/>
1264
+ <verse num="19">And I saw <crossref let="e" cid="c66019019.1"/>the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies <crossref let="f" cid="c66019019.2"/>gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army.</verse>
1265
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019020"/>
1266
+ <verse num="20">And the beast was captured, and with it <crossref let="g" cid="c66019020.1"/>the false prophet <crossref let="h" cid="c66019020.2"/>who in its presence<note nid="n66019020.1"/> had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who <crossref let="i" cid="c66019020.3"/>worshiped its image. These two were <crossref let="j" cid="c66019020.4"/>thrown alive into the lake of <crossref let="k" cid="c66019020.5"/>fire that burns with sulfur.</verse>
1267
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66019021"/>
1268
+ <verse num="21">And the rest were slain by the sword <crossref let="l" cid="c66019021.1"/>that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and <crossref let="m" cid="c66019021.2"/>all the birds were gorged with their flesh.</verse>
1269
+ <end-paragraph/>
1270
+ </chapter>
1271
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020001"/>
1272
+ <chapter num="20">
1273
+ <heading>The Thousand Years</heading>
1274
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1275
+ <verse num="1">Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, <crossref let="n" cid="c66020001.1"/>holding in his hand the key to <crossref let="o" cid="c66020001.2"/>the bottomless pit<note nid="n66020001.1"/> and a great chain.</verse>
1276
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020002"/>
1277
+ <verse num="2">And he seized <crossref let="p" cid="c66020002.1"/>the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66020002.2"/>bound him for a thousand years,</verse>
1278
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020003"/>
1279
+ <verse num="3">and threw him into <crossref let="o" cid="c66020003.1"/>the pit, and shut it and <crossref let="r" cid="c66020003.2"/>sealed it over him, so that <crossref let="s" cid="c66020003.3"/>he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.</verse>
1280
+ <end-paragraph/>
1281
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020004"/>
1282
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1283
+ <verse num="4">Then I saw <crossref let="t" cid="c66020004.1"/>thrones, and <crossref let="u" cid="c66020004.2"/>seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw <crossref let="v" cid="c66020004.3"/>the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those <crossref let="w" cid="c66020004.4"/>who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. <crossref let="x" cid="c66020004.5"/>They came to life and <crossref let="y" cid="c66020004.6"/>reigned with Christ for a thousand years.</verse>
1284
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020005"/>
1285
+ <verse num="5">The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.</verse>
1286
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020006"/>
1287
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="z" cid="c66020006.1"/>Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such <crossref let="a" cid="c66020006.2"/>the second death has no power, but they will be <crossref let="b" cid="c66020006.3"/>priests of God and of Christ, and they <crossref let="c" cid="c66020006.4"/>will reign with him for a thousand years.</verse>
1288
+ <end-paragraph/>
1289
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020007"/>
1290
+ <heading>The Defeat of Satan</heading>
1291
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1292
+ <verse num="7">And when the thousand years are ended, <crossref let="d" cid="c66020007.1"/>Satan will be released from his prison</verse>
1293
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020008"/>
1294
+ <verse num="8">and will come out <crossref let="e" cid="c66020008.1"/>to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, <crossref let="f" cid="c66020008.2"/>Gog and Magog, <crossref let="g" cid="c66020008.3"/>to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.</verse>
1295
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020009"/>
1296
+ <verse num="9">And <crossref let="h" cid="c66020009.1"/>they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded <crossref let="i" cid="c66020009.2"/>the camp of the saints and <crossref let="j" cid="c66020009.3"/>the beloved city, but <crossref let="k" cid="c66020009.4"/>fire came down from heaven<note nid="n66020009.1"/> and consumed them,</verse>
1297
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020010"/>
1298
+ <verse num="10">and the devil <crossref let="l" cid="c66020010.1"/>who had deceived them was <crossref let="m" cid="c66020010.2"/>thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where <crossref let="n" cid="c66020010.3"/>the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.</verse>
1299
+ <end-paragraph/>
1300
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020011"/>
1301
+ <heading>Judgment Before the Great White Throne</heading>
1302
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1303
+ <verse num="11">Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence <crossref let="o" cid="c66020011.1"/>earth and sky fled away, and <crossref let="p" cid="c66020011.2"/>no place was found for them.</verse>
1304
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020012"/>
1305
+ <verse num="12">And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and <crossref let="q" cid="c66020012.1"/>books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is <crossref let="r" cid="c66020012.2"/>the book of life. And <crossref let="s" cid="c66020012.3"/>the dead were judged by what was written in the books, <crossref let="t" cid="c66020012.4"/>according to what they had done.</verse>
1306
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020013"/>
1307
+ <verse num="13">And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, <crossref let="u" cid="c66020013.1"/>Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, <crossref let="t" cid="c66020013.2"/>according to what they had done.</verse>
1308
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020014"/>
1309
+ <verse num="14">Then <crossref let="u" cid="c66020014.1"/>Death and Hades <crossref let="v" cid="c66020014.2"/>were thrown into the lake of fire. This is <crossref let="w" cid="c66020014.3"/>the second death, the lake of fire.</verse>
1310
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66020015"/>
1311
+ <verse num="15">And if anyone&apos;s name was not found written in the book of life, <crossref let="x" cid="c66020015.1"/>he was thrown into the lake of fire.</verse>
1312
+ <end-paragraph/>
1313
+ </chapter>
1314
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021001"/>
1315
+ <chapter num="21">
1316
+ <heading>The New Heaven and the New Earth</heading>
1317
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1318
+ <verse num="1">Then I saw <crossref let="y" cid="c66021001.1"/>a new heaven and a new earth, for <crossref let="z" cid="c66021001.2"/>the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.</verse>
1319
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021002"/>
1320
+ <verse num="2">And I saw <crossref let="a" cid="c66021002.1"/>the holy city, <crossref let="b" cid="c66021002.2"/>new Jerusalem, <crossref let="c" cid="c66021002.3"/>coming down out of heaven from God, <crossref let="d" cid="c66021002.4"/>prepared <crossref let="e" cid="c66021002.5"/>as a bride adorned for her husband.</verse>
1321
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021003"/>
1322
+ <verse num="3">And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66021003.1" from="66021003.1" to="66021004.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="f" cid="c66021003.1"/>the dwelling place<note nid="n66021003.1"/> of God is with man. He will <crossref let="g" cid="c66021003.2"/>dwell with them, and they will be his people,<note nid="n66021003.2"/> and God himself will be with them as their God.<note nid="n66021003.3"/></verse>
1323
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021004"/>
1324
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="h" cid="c66021004.1"/>He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and <crossref let="i" cid="c66021004.2"/>death shall be no more, <crossref let="j" cid="c66021004.3"/>neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.<q class="end-double" qid="66021004.1" from="66021003.1" to="66021004.1"/></verse>
1325
+ <end-paragraph/>
1326
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021005"/>
1327
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1328
+ <verse num="5">And <crossref let="k" cid="c66021005.1"/>he who was seated on the throne said, <q class="begin-double" qid="66021005.1" from="66021005.1" to="66021005.2"/>Behold, I <crossref let="l" cid="c66021005.2"/>am making all things new.<q class="end-double" qid="66021005.2" from="66021005.1" to="66021005.2"/> Also he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="66021005.3" from="66021005.3" to="66021005.4"/>Write this down, for <crossref let="m" cid="c66021005.3"/>these words are trustworthy and true.<q class="end-double" qid="66021005.4" from="66021005.3" to="66021005.4"/></verse>
1329
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021006"/>
1330
+ <verse num="6">And he said to me, <crossref let="n" cid="c66021006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66021006.1" from="66021006.1" to="66021008.1"/>It is done! <crossref let="o" cid="c66021006.2"/>I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. <crossref let="p" cid="c66021006.3"/>To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.</verse>
1331
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021007"/>
1332
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="q" cid="c66021007.1"/>The one who conquers will have this heritage, and <crossref let="r" cid="c66021007.2"/>I will be his God and <crossref let="s" cid="c66021007.3"/>he will be my son.</verse>
1333
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021008"/>
1334
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="t" cid="c66021008.1"/>But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, <crossref let="u" cid="c66021008.2"/>their portion will be in <crossref let="v" cid="c66021008.3"/>the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is <crossref let="w" cid="c66021008.4"/>the second death.<q class="end-double" qid="66021008.1" from="66021006.1" to="66021008.1"/></verse>
1335
+ <end-paragraph/>
1336
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021009"/>
1337
+ <heading>The New Jerusalem</heading>
1338
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1339
+ <verse num="9">Then came <crossref let="x" cid="c66021009.1"/>one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of <crossref let="y" cid="c66021009.2"/>the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="66021009.1" from="66021009.1" to="66021009.2"/>Come, I will show you <crossref let="z" cid="c66021009.3"/>the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.<q class="end-double" qid="66021009.2" from="66021009.1" to="66021009.2"/></verse>
1340
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021010"/>
1341
+ <verse num="10">And <crossref let="a" cid="c66021010.1"/>he carried me away in the Spirit to <crossref let="b" cid="c66021010.2"/>a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,</verse>
1342
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021011"/>
1343
+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="c" cid="c66021011.1"/>having the glory of God, <crossref let="d" cid="c66021011.2"/>its radiance <crossref let="e" cid="c66021011.3"/>like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.</verse>
1344
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021012"/>
1345
+ <verse num="12">It had a great, high wall, <crossref let="f" cid="c66021012.1"/>with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed&emdash;</verse>
1346
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021013"/>
1347
+ <verse num="13">on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.</verse>
1348
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021014"/>
1349
+ <verse num="14">And the wall of the city had twelve <crossref let="g" cid="c66021014.1"/>foundations, and <crossref let="h" cid="c66021014.2"/>on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.</verse>
1350
+ <end-paragraph/>
1351
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021015"/>
1352
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1353
+ <verse num="15">And the one who spoke with me <crossref let="i" cid="c66021015.1"/>had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.</verse>
1354
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021016"/>
1355
+ <verse num="16">The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.<note nid="n66021016.1"/> Its length and width and height are equal.</verse>
1356
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021017"/>
1357
+ <verse num="17">He also measured its wall, 144 cubits<note nid="n66021017.1"/> by <crossref let="j" cid="c66021017.1"/>human measurement, which is also <crossref let="k" cid="c66021017.2"/>an angel&apos;s measurement.</verse>
1358
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021018"/>
1359
+ <verse num="18">The wall was built of <crossref let="l" cid="c66021018.1"/>jasper, while the city was pure gold, like <crossref let="l" cid="c66021018.2"/>clear glass.</verse>
1360
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021019"/>
1361
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="m" cid="c66021019.1"/>The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,</verse>
1362
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021020"/>
1363
+ <verse num="20">the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.</verse>
1364
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021021"/>
1365
+ <verse num="21">And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and <crossref let="n" cid="c66021021.1"/>the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.</verse>
1366
+ <end-paragraph/>
1367
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021022"/>
1368
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1369
+ <verse num="22">And <crossref let="o" cid="c66021022.1"/>I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.</verse>
1370
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021023"/>
1371
+ <verse num="23">And the city <crossref let="p" cid="c66021023.1"/>has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for <crossref let="q" cid="c66021023.2"/>the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.</verse>
1372
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021024"/>
1373
+ <verse num="24">By its light <crossref let="r" cid="c66021024.1"/>will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth <crossref let="s" cid="c66021024.2"/>will bring their glory into it,</verse>
1374
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021025"/>
1375
+ <verse num="25">and <crossref let="t" cid="c66021025.1"/>its gates will never be shut by day&emdash;and <crossref let="u" cid="c66021025.2"/>there will be no night there.</verse>
1376
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021026"/>
1377
+ <verse num="26">They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.</verse>
1378
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66021027"/>
1379
+ <verse num="27">But <crossref let="v" cid="c66021027.1"/>nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb&apos;s <crossref let="w" cid="c66021027.2"/>book of life.</verse>
1380
+ <end-paragraph/>
1381
+ </chapter>
1382
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022001"/>
1383
+ <chapter num="22">
1384
+ <heading>The River of Life</heading>
1385
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1386
+ <verse num="1">Then the angel<note nid="n66022001.1"/> showed me <crossref let="x" cid="c66022001.1"/>the river of <crossref let="y" cid="c66022001.2"/>the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb</verse>
1387
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022002"/>
1388
+ <verse num="2">through the middle of <crossref let="z" cid="c66022002.1"/>the street of the city; <crossref let="a" cid="c66022002.2"/>also, on either side of the river, <crossref let="b" cid="c66022002.3"/>the tree of life<note nid="n66022002.1"/> with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were <crossref let="c" cid="c66022002.4"/>for the healing of the nations.</verse>
1389
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022003"/>
1390
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="d" cid="c66022003.1"/>No longer will there be anything accursed, but <crossref let="e" cid="c66022003.2"/>the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and <crossref let="f" cid="c66022003.3"/>his servants will worship him.</verse>
1391
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022004"/>
1392
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="g" cid="c66022004.1"/>They will see his face, and <crossref let="h" cid="c66022004.2"/>his name will be on their foreheads.</verse>
1393
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022005"/>
1394
+ <verse num="5">And <crossref let="i" cid="c66022005.1"/>night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp <crossref let="j" cid="c66022005.2"/>or sun, for <crossref let="k" cid="c66022005.3"/>the Lord God will be their light, and <crossref let="l" cid="c66022005.4"/>they will reign forever and ever.</verse>
1395
+ <end-paragraph/>
1396
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022006"/>
1397
+ <heading>Jesus Is Coming</heading>
1398
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1399
+ <verse num="6">And he said to me, <crossref let="m" cid="c66022006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66022006.1" from="66022006.1" to="66022006.2"/>These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of <crossref let="n" cid="c66022006.2"/>the spirits of the prophets, <crossref let="o" cid="c66022006.3"/>has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.<q class="end-double" qid="66022006.2" from="66022006.1" to="66022006.2"/></verse>
1400
+ <end-paragraph/>
1401
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022007"/>
1402
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1403
+ <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><q class="begin-double" qid="66022007.1" from="66022007.1" to="66022007.2"/>And behold, <crossref let="p" cid="c66022007.1"/>I am coming soon. <crossref let="q" cid="c66022007.2"/>Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.<q class="end-double" qid="66022007.2" from="66022007.1" to="66022007.2"/></woc></verse>
1404
+ <end-paragraph/>
1405
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022008"/>
1406
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1407
+ <verse num="8">I, <crossref let="r" cid="c66022008.1"/>John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, <crossref let="s" cid="c66022008.2"/>I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,</verse>
1408
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022009"/>
1409
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="s" cid="c66022009.1"/>but he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="66022009.1" from="66022009.1" to="66022009.2"/>You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those <crossref let="m" cid="c66022009.2"/>who keep the words of this book. Worship God.<q class="end-double" qid="66022009.2" from="66022009.1" to="66022009.2"/></verse>
1410
+ <end-paragraph/>
1411
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022010"/>
1412
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1413
+ <verse num="10">And he said to me, <crossref let="t" cid="c66022010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66022010.1" from="66022010.1" to="66022011.1"/>Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.</verse>
1414
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022011"/>
1415
+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="u" cid="c66022011.1"/>Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.<q class="end-double" qid="66022011.1" from="66022010.1" to="66022011.1"/></verse>
1416
+ <end-paragraph/>
1417
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022012"/>
1418
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1419
+ <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><q class="begin-double" qid="66022012.1" from="66022012.1" to="66022013.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="v" cid="c66022012.1"/>I am coming soon, <crossref let="w" cid="c66022012.2"/>bringing my recompense with me, <crossref let="x" cid="c66022012.3"/>to repay each one for what he has done.</woc></verse>
1420
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022013"/>
1421
+ <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c66022013.1"/>I am the Alpha and the Omega, <crossref let="z" cid="c66022013.2"/>the first and the last, <crossref let="a" cid="c66022013.3"/>the beginning and the end.<q class="end-double" qid="66022013.1" from="66022012.1" to="66022013.1"/></woc></verse>
1422
+ <end-paragraph/>
1423
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022014"/>
1424
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1425
+ <verse num="14">Blessed are those who <crossref let="b" cid="c66022014.1"/>wash their robes,<note nid="n66022014.1"/> so that they may have the right to <crossref let="c" cid="c66022014.2"/>the tree of life and that <crossref let="d" cid="c66022014.3"/>they may enter the city by the gates.</verse>
1426
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022015"/>
1427
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="e" cid="c66022015.1"/>Outside are <crossref let="f" cid="c66022015.2"/>the dogs <crossref let="g" cid="c66022015.3"/>and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</verse>
1428
+ <end-paragraph/>
1429
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022016"/>
1430
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1431
+ <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c66022016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="66022016.1" from="66022016.1" to="66022016.2"/>I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things <crossref let="i" cid="c66022016.2"/>for the churches. I am <crossref let="j" cid="c66022016.3"/>the root and <crossref let="k" cid="c66022016.4"/>the descendant of David, <crossref let="l" cid="c66022016.5"/>the bright morning star.<q class="end-double" qid="66022016.2" from="66022016.1" to="66022016.2"/></woc></verse>
1432
+ <end-paragraph/>
1433
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022017"/>
1434
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1435
+ <verse num="17">The Spirit and <crossref let="m" cid="c66022017.1"/>the Bride say, <q class="begin-double" qid="66022017.1" from="66022017.1" to="66022017.2"/>Come.<q class="end-double" qid="66022017.2" from="66022017.1" to="66022017.2"/> And let the one who hears say, <q class="begin-double" qid="66022017.3" from="66022017.3" to="66022017.4"/>Come.<q class="end-double" qid="66022017.4" from="66022017.3" to="66022017.4"/> And <crossref let="n" cid="c66022017.2"/>let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the <crossref let="o" cid="c66022017.3"/>water of life without price.</verse>
1436
+ <end-paragraph/>
1437
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022018"/>
1438
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1439
+ <verse num="18">I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: <crossref let="p" cid="c66022018.1"/>if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,</verse>
1440
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022019"/>
1441
+ <verse num="19">and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in <crossref let="q" cid="c66022019.1"/>the tree of life and in <crossref let="r" cid="c66022019.2"/>the holy city, which are described in this book.</verse>
1442
+ <end-paragraph/>
1443
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022020"/>
1444
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1445
+ <verse num="20">He who testifies to these things says, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="66022020.1" from="66022020.1" to="66022020.2"/>Surely <crossref let="s" cid="c66022020.1"/>I am coming soon.<q class="end-double" qid="66022020.2" from="66022020.1" to="66022020.2"/></woc> Amen. <crossref let="t" cid="c66022020.2"/>Come, Lord Jesus!</verse>
1446
+ <end-paragraph/>
1447
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v66022021"/>
1448
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1449
+ <verse num="21">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.<note nid="n66022021.1"/> Amen.</verse>
1450
+ <end-paragraph/>
1451
+ </chapter>
1452
+ </book>
1453
+ </crossway-bible>