Revelation 1:11-18 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

11. which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

12. Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands

13. and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.

14. The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.

15. His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water.

16. In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.

17. When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead. He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,

18. the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.

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