The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,(A) and there he placed the man he had formed. The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,(B) as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(C)

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Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(A) and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(B) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(C) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(D)

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43 And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(A)

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43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(A)

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was caught up into paradise(A) and heard inexpressible words, which a human being is not allowed to speak.

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was caught up(A) to paradise(B) and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.

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down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.(A) The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,(B)

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down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,(A) bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.(B)

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14 “Blessed (A) are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:14 Other mss read who keep his commands

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(A) that they may have the right to the tree of life(B) and may go through the gates(C) into the city.(D)

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19 And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, which are written about in this book.(A)

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19 And if anyone takes words away(A) from this scroll of prophecy,(B) God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life(C) and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

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