12. “Listen, I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay everyone for what they have done.
13. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14. “Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes. They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.
15. Outside the city are all those who live like dogs—those who do evil magic, those who sin sexually, those who murder, those who worship idols, and those who love to lie and pretend to be good.
16. “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell you these things for the churches. I am the descendant from the family of David. I am the bright morning star.”