So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,

Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!

Then the angel said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

But he said to me, “Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”

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.

I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”