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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">My Father&#8217;s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And they cried out in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Salvation belongs to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">who sits on the throne,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">and to the Lamb.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Amen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Praise and glory</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and wisdom and thanks and honor</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and power and strength</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">be to our God for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then one of the elders asked me, &#8220;These in white robes&#8212;who are they, and where did they come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;Sir, you know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">&#8220;they are before the throne of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and serve him day and night in his temple;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and he who sits on the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">will shelter them with his presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8216;Never again will they hunger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">never again will they thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">The sun will not beat down on them,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">nor any scorching heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the Lamb at the center of the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">will be their shepherd;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;he will lead them to springs of living water.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 25:8</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, &#8220;Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> in length, and as wide and high as it is long. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> thick.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">high</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:20 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord himself will give you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a sign: The virgin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">young woman</span></span></span><span class="content"> will conceive and give birth to a son, and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls </span><span class="fqa">son, and he </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">son, and they</span></span></span><span class="content"> will call him Immanuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="fq">Immanuel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God with us.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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