¹¹I saw another beast come from the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb. It talked like a serpent. ¹²The second beast uses all the authority of the first beast in its presence. The second beast makes the earth and those living on it worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. ¹³The second beast performs spectacular signs. It even makes fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people. ¹⁴It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do in front of the ⸤first⸥ beast. It tells those living on earth to make a statue for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

¹⁵The second beast was allowed to put breath into the statue of the ⸤first⸥ beast. Then the statue of the ⸤first⸥ beast could talk and put to death whoever would not worship it. ¹⁶The second beast forces all people—important and unimportant people, rich and poor people, free people and slaves—to be branded on their right hands or on their foreheads. ¹⁷It does this so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the brand, which is the beast’s name or the number of its name.

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