Revelation 12:17

Easy To Read Version

Then the snake was very angry at the woman. The snake went away to make war against all her other children. Her children are those people who obey God’s commands and have the truth that Jesus taught.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

Daniel 11:36

“‘The northern king will do whatever he wants. He will brag about himself. He will praise himself and think that he is even better than a god. He will say things that no one has ever heard of. He will say those things against the God of gods. He will be successful until all the bad things have happened. What God has planned to happen will happen.

Matthew 28:20

Teach those people to obey everything that I have told you. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of the world.”

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I told you the truth of God. But I did not use fancy words or great wisdom.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.

1 John 2:3

If we obey what God has told us to do, then we are sure that we truly know God.

1 John 5:10

When I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing. He lies and says evil things about us. But that is not all he does! He refuses to help those brothers \{who are working to serve Christ\}. Diotrephes also stops those people who want to help the brothers. He makes those people leave the church (group of believers).

1 John 5:2

All mercy, peace, and love be yours.

Revelation 1:2

John has told everything that he saw. It is the truth that Jesus Christ told him; it is the message from God.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, and I am your brother \{in Christ\}. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos {\cf2\super [7]} because I was faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [8]} and to the truth of Jesus.

Revelation 11:7

When the two witnesses have finished telling their message, the animal will fight against them. This is the animal that comes up from the bottomless pit. The animal will defeat them and kill them.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that came from the mouth of the giant snake.

Revelation 13:7

The animal was given power to make war against God’s holy people {\cf2\super [93]} and to defeat them. The animal was given power over every tribe, race of people, language, and nation.

Revelation 14:12

This means that God’s holy people {\cf2\super [103]} must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.

Revelation 17:14

They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. He will defeat them with his chosen and faithful followers—the people that he has called.”

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk. She was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [127]} She was drunk with the blood of those people who told about \{their faith in\} Jesus.

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, O heaven!\par Be happy, God’s holy people {\cf2\super [134]} and apostles {\cf2\super [135]} and prophets {\cf2\super [136]} !\par God has punished her because of the things she did to you.’”\par

Revelation 19:10

Then I bowed down before the angel’s feet to worship him. But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers who have the truth of Jesus. So worship God! Because the truth of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. {\cf2\super [148]} ”

Revelation 19:19

Then I saw the animal and the rulers of the earth. Their armies were gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them. These were the people who had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those people who had been killed because \{they were faithful to\} the truth of Jesus and the message {\cf2\super [152]} from God. Those people did not worship the animal or his idol. {\cf2\super [153]} They did not receive the mark of the animal on their foreheads or on their hands. Those people became alive again and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.

Revelation 22:14

“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.

Revelation 6:9

The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar. {\cf2\super [51]} They were the souls of those people who had been killed because they were faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [52]} and to the truth they had received.