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Book of Revelation, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Revelation—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then I saw 1a new heaven and a new earth; for 2the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
  2. And I saw 3the holy city, 4new Jerusalem, 5coming down out of heaven from God, 6made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
  3. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, 7the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will [a]8dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them[b],
  4. and He will 9wipe away every tear from their eyes; and 10there will no longer be any death; 11there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; 12the first things have passed away.”
  5. ¶ And 13He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am 14making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for 15these words are faithful and true.”
  6. Then He said to me, “[c]16It is done. I am the 17Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. 18I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the 19water of life without cost.
  7. 20He who overcomes will inherit these things, and 21I will be his God and he will be My son.
  8. 22But for the cowardly and [d]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in 23the lake that burns with fire and [e]brimstone, which is the 24second death.”
  9. 25Then one of the seven angels who had the 26seven bowls [f]full of the 27seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “28Come here, I will show you the 29bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
  10. ¶ And 30he carried me away [g]31in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me 32the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  11. having 33the glory of God. Her [h]brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a 34stone of 35crystal-clear jasper.
  12. [i]It had a great and high wall, [j]36with twelve 37gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
  13. There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.
  14. And the wall of the city had 38twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the 39twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  15. ¶ The one who spoke with me had a [k]gold measuring 40rod to measure the city, and its 41gates and its wall.
  16. The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the [l]rod, [m]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.
  17. And he measured its wall, [n]seventy-two yards, according to 42human [o]measurements, which are also 43angelic measurements.
  18. The material of the wall was 44jasper; and the city was 45pure gold, like [p]clear 46glass.
  19. 47The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was 48jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, 49emerald;
  20. the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, 50sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
  21. And the twelve 51gates were twelve 52pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was 53pure gold, like transparent 54glass.
  22. ¶ I saw 55no [q]temple in it, for the 56Lord God the Almighty and the 57Lamb are its [r]temple.
  23. And the city 58has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for 59the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the 60Lamb.
  24. 61The nations will walk by its light, and the 62kings of the earth [s]will bring their glory into it.
  25. In the daytime (for 63there will be no night there) 64its gates 65will never be closed;
  26. and 66they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;
  27. and 67nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [t]whose names are 68written in the Lamb’s book of life.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or tabernacle
  2. ^ One early ms reads, and be their God
  3. ^ Lit They are
  4. ^ Or untrustworthy
  5. ^ I.e. burning sulphur
  6. ^ Lit who were full
  7. ^ Or in spirit
  8. ^ Lit luminary
  9. ^ Lit having
  10. ^ Lit having
  11. ^ Lit measure, a gold reed
  12. ^ Lit reed
  13. ^ Lit twelve thousand stadia; a stadion was approx 600 ft
  14. ^ Lit one hundred forty-four cubits
  15. ^ Lit measure
  16. ^ Lit pure
  17. ^ Or sanctuary
  18. ^ Or sanctuary
  19. ^ Lit bring
  20. ^ Lit who have been

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 65:17; 66:22; 2Pe 3:13
  2. ^ 2Pe 3:10; Re 20:11
  3. ^ Is 52:1; Re 11:2; 21:10; 22:19
  4. ^ Re 3:12; 21:10
  5. ^ Heb 11:10, 16; Re 21:10
  6. ^ Is 61:10; Re 19:7; 21:9; 22:17
  7. ^ Le 26:11f; Eze 37:27; 48:35; Heb 8:2; Re 7:15
  8. ^ Jn 14:23; 2Co 6:16
  9. ^ Is 25:8; Re 7:17
  10. ^ 1Co 15:26; Re 20:14
  11. ^ Is 35:10; 51:11; 65:19
  12. ^ 2Co 5:17; Heb 12:27
  13. ^ Re 4:9; 20:11
  14. ^ 2Co 5:17; Heb 12:27
  15. ^ Re 19:9; 22:6
  16. ^ Re 10:6; 16:17
  17. ^ Re 1:8; 22:13
  18. ^ Is 55:1; Jn 4:10; Re 7:17; 22:17
  19. ^ Re 7:17
  20. ^ Re 2:7
  21. ^ 2Sa 7:14; Ps 89:26f; 2Co 6:16, 18; Re 21:3
  22. ^ 1Co 6:9; Ga 5:19-21; Re 9:21; 21:27; 22:15
  23. ^ Re 19:20
  24. ^ Re 2:11
  25. ^ Re 17:1
  26. ^ Re 15:7
  27. ^ Re 15:1
  28. ^ Re 17:1
  29. ^ Re 19:7; 21:2
  30. ^ Eze 40:2; Re 17:3
  31. ^ Re 1:10
  32. ^ Re 21:2
  33. ^ Is 60:1f; Eze 43:2; Re 15:8; 21:23; 22:5
  34. ^ Re 4:3; 21:18, 19
  35. ^ Re 4:6
  36. ^ Eze 48:31-34
  37. ^ Re 21:15, 21, 25; 22:14
  38. ^ Heb 11:10
  39. ^ Ac 1:26
  40. ^ Eze 40:3; Re 11:1
  41. ^ Re 21:12, 21, 25
  42. ^ De 3:11; Re 13:18
  43. ^ Re 21:9
  44. ^ Re 21:11
  45. ^ Re 21:21
  46. ^ Re 4:6
  47. ^ Ex 28:17-20; Is 54:11f; Eze 28:13
  48. ^ Re 21:11
  49. ^ Re 4:3
  50. ^ Re 4:3
  51. ^ Re 21:12, 15, 25
  52. ^ Re 17:4
  53. ^ Re 21:18
  54. ^ Re 4:6
  55. ^ Mt 24:2; Jn 4:21
  56. ^ Re 1:8
  57. ^ Re 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  58. ^ Is 24:23; 60:19, 20; Re 21:25; 22:5
  59. ^ Re 21:11
  60. ^ Re 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  61. ^ Is 60:3, 5
  62. ^ Ps 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16; Re 21:26
  63. ^ Zc 14:7; Re 21:23; 22:5
  64. ^ Re 21:12, 15
  65. ^ Is 60:11
  66. ^ Ps 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16
  67. ^ Is 52:1; Eze 44:9; Zc 14:21; Re 22:14f
  68. ^ Re 3:5

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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