8. I, John, am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel showing me these things.
9. But he tells me, “See that you do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets and those keeping the words of this book. Worship God!”
10. Then he tells me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
11. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do righteousness, and the holy still be holy.
12. Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to pay back each one according to his deeds.
13. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14. How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.