Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.

and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.

So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

Finally the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!”

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:

The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.

Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

He seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years.

And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”

He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons or from foreigners?”