Revelation of John 13
The Beast from the Sea
1And the dragon stood on the sand of the ▼▼ Lit sea
seashore. Then I saw a bbeast coming up out of the sea, having cten horns and dseven heads, and on his horns were eten diadems, and on his heads were fblasphemous names. 2And the beast which I saw was glike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ha bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ia lion. And the jdragon gave him his power and his kthrone and great authority. 3I saw one of his heads as if it had been ▼▼ Lit slaughtered to death
slain, and his mfatal wound was healed. And the whole earth nwas amazed and followed after the beast; 4they worshiped the odragon because he pgave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, q“Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5There was given to him a mouth rspeaking ▼▼ Lit great things
arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for tforty-two months was given to him. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, uthose who ▼▼ Or tabernacle
dwell in heaven. 7It was also given to him to wmake war with the ▼▼ Or holy ones
saints and to overcome them, and authority over yevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. 8All who zdwell on the earth will worship him, everyone aawhose name has not been ▼▼ Or written in the book...slain from the foundation of the world
written acfrom the foundation of the world in the adbook of life of aethe Lamb who has been slain. 9 afIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 agIf anyone ▼▼ Or leads into captivity
is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; aiif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ajthe ▼▼ Or steadfastness
perseverance and the faith of the ▼▼ Or holy ones
saints. The Beast from the Earth
11Then amI saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had antwo horns like a lamb and he spoke as a aodragon. 12He apexercises all the authority of the first beast ▼▼ Or by his authority
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arin his presence. And he makes asthe earth and those who dwell in it to atworship the first beast, whose aufatal wound was healed. 13He avperforms great signs, so that he even makes awfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14And he axdeceives aythose who dwell on the earth because of azthe signs which it was given him to perform ▼▼ Or by the authority of
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bbin the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the bcwound of the sword and has come to life. 15And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ▼▼ One early ms reads speak, and he will cause
speak and cause beas many as do not bfworship the image of the beast to be killed. 16And he causes all, bgthe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, ▼▼ Lit causes all,...that they give them a mark
to be given a bimark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the bjmark, either bkthe name of the beast or blthe number of his name. 18 bmHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that bnof a man; and his number is ▼▼ One early ms reads 616
six hundred and sixty-six.
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