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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end!)[a]

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access[b] to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers[c] and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:13 sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.
  2. Revelation 22:14 tn Grk “so that there will be to them authority over the tree of life.”
  3. Revelation 22:15 tn On the term φάρμακοι (pharmakoi) see L&N 53.101.
  4. Revelation 22:15 tn Or “lying,” “deceit.”