The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

He also said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.

Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).

The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”