Title: The World English Bible (WEB): Revelation

Edition: 10

Language: English

From www.ebible.org with slight reformatting by Martin Ward.

Book 66 Revelation 001:001 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel{or, messenger (here and wherever angel is mentioned)} to his servant, John, 001:002 who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw. 001:003 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand. 001:004 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne; 001:005 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood; 001:006 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests{Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6} to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 001:007 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen. 001:008 "I am the Alpha and the Omega,{TR adds "the Beginning and the End"}" says the Lord God,{TR omits "God"} "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." 001:009 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 001:010 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet 001:011 saying, "{TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last."}What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies{TR adds "which are in Asia"}: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." 001:012 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 001:013 And among the lampstands was one like a son of man,{Daniel 7:13} clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. 001:014 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. 001:015 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. 001:016 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. 001:017 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, 001:018 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades{or, Hell}. 001:019 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter; 001:020 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels{or, messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned)} of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies. 002:001 "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things: 002:002 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false. 002:003 You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have{TR adds "have labored and"} not grown weary. 002:004 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. 002:005 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 002:006 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 002:007 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God. 002:008 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things: 002:009 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 002:010 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. 002:011 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death. 002:012 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things: 002:013 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 002:014 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 002:015 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise{TR reads "which I hate" instead of "likewise"}. 002:016 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 002:017 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna,{Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.} and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it. 002:018 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things: 002:019 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. 002:020 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your{TR, NU read "that" instead of "your"} woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 002:021 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 002:022 Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 002:023 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 002:024 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you. 002:025 Nevertheless, hold firmly that which you have, until I come. 002:026 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 002:027 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots;{Psalm 2:9} as I also have received of my Father: 002:028 and I will give him the morning star. 002:029 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. 003:001 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 003:002 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God. 003:003 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you. 003:004 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 003:005 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 003:006 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. 003:007 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things: 003:008 "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name. 003:009 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 003:010 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 003:011 I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. 003:012 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 003:013 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. 003:014 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things: 003:015 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 003:016 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. 003:017 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 003:018 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 003:019 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. 003:020 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. 003:021 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. 003:022 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies." 004:001 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this." 004:002 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne 004:003 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at. 004:004 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. 004:005 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 004:006 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 004:007 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 004:008 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy{Hodges/Farstad MT reads "holy" 9 times instead of 3.} is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!" 004:009 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 004:010 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 004:011 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One,{TR omits "and God, the Holy One,"} to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!" 005:001 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals. 005:002 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?" 005:003 No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it. 005:004 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it. 005:005 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals." 005:006 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. 005:007 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 005:008 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 005:009 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 005:010 and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth." 005:011 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 005:012 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!" 005:013 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!{TR omits "Amen!"}" 005:014 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The {TR adds "twenty-four"}elders fell down and worshiped.{TR adds "the one living forever and ever"} 006:001 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!" 006:002 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. 006:003 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!" 006:004 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword. 006:005 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand. 006:006 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix{A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a litre (a little more than a quart).} of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!" 006:007 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!" 006:008 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades{or, Hell} followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him. 006:009 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. 006:010 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 006:011 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course. 006:012 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. 006:013 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 006:014 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 006:015 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 006:016 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 006:017 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?" 007:001 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 007:002 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, 007:003 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" 007:004 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel: 007:005 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 007:006 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 007:007 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, 007:008 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 007:009 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 007:010 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 007:011 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, 007:012 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen." 007:013 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" 007:014 I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. 007:015 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 007:016 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 007:017 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." 008:001 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 008:002 I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 008:003 Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 008:004 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. 008:005 The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake. 008:006 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 008:007 The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up,{TR omits "One third of the earth was burnt up"} and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 008:008 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood, 008:009 and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed. 008:010 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters. 008:011 The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter. 008:012 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way. 008:013 I saw, and I heard an eagle,{TR reads "angel" instead of "eagle"} flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!" 009:001 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. 009:002 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a{TR adds "great"} burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. 009:003 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 009:004 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal on their foreheads. 009:005 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person. 009:006 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them. 009:007 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces. 009:008 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. 009:009 They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war. 009:010 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months. 009:011 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon,"{"Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction} but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."{"Apollyon" means "Destroyer."} 009:012 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. 009:013 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, 009:014 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" 009:015 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind. 009:016 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million{literally, "ten thousands of ten thousands"}. I heard the number of them. 009:017 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur. 009:018 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths. 009:019 For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm. 009:020 The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk. 009:021 They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries,{The word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs} nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts. 010:001 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 010:002 He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land. 010:003 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. 010:004 When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them." 010:005 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, 010:006 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay, 010:007 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. 010:008 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land." 010:009 I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey." 010:010 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 010:011 They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings." 011:001 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. 011:002 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. 011:003 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." 011:004 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth. 011:005 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 011:006 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 011:007 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. 011:008 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 011:009 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 011:010 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. 011:011 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. 011:012 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went u

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