⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

⁸And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the beginning of the world.

⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰He that shall lead into captivity shall go into captivity: he that shall kill by the sword must be killed by the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had two horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon.

¹²And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed.

¹³And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.

¹⁴And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived.

¹⁵And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.

¹⁶And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads:

¹⁷And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁸Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.

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