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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,(A) the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”[a]

14 Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city[b] through its gates.(B) 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:13 Christ applies to himself words used by God in Rev 1:8.
  2. 22:14 The city: heavenly Jerusalem; see note on Rev 21:2.

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,(A) the First and the Last,(B) the Beginning and the End.(C)

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(D) that they may have the right to the tree of life(E) and may go through the gates(F) into the city.(G) 15 Outside(H) are the dogs,(I) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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