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Revelation 13:5–18

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5A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. iHe was also given authority to act jkfor 42 months. l6He began to speak mblasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling—those who dwell in heaven. 7And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. nHe was also given authority oover every tribe, people, language, and nation. p8All those who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book qof life rof the Lamb who was slaughtered. st

9If anyone has an ear, he should listen: u

10If anyone is destined for captivity,

into captivity he goes.

If anyone is to be killed vwith a sword,

with a sword he will be killed. w

This demands the perseverance xand faith of the saints. y

The Beast from the Earth

11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb, zabut he sounded like a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He also performs great signs, beven causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people. c14He deceives those who live on the earth dbecause of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, etelling those who live on the earth to make an image fof the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived. 15He was permitted to give a spirit gto the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. h16And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark ion his right hand or on his forehead, j17so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name.

18Here is wisdom: klThe one who has understanding must calculate mthe number of the beast, because it is the number of a man. nHis number is 666. o

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Footnotes

  1. j13:5 Other read wage war
  2. k13:5 Or to rule
  3. m13:6 He opened his mouth in
  4. q13:8 Or scroll
  5. s13:8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered from the foundation of the world
  6. v13:10 Other read anyone kills
  7. x13:10 Here is the perseverance
  8. z13:11 Or ram
  9. f13:14 Or statue, or likeness
  10. g13:15 Or give breath, or give life
  11. i13:16 Or stamp, or brand
  12. k13:18 Or This calls for wisdom
  13. m13:18 Or count, or figure out
  14. n13:18 Or is a man’s number, or is the number of a person
  15. o13:18 Other Gk read 616

Cross references

  1. i13:5 Dn 7:8, 11, 20
  2. l13:5 Rv 11:2
  3. n13:7 Rv 12:17
  4. o13:7 Jr 27:6; Dn 7:6, 14; Lk 4:6; Jn 19:11
  5. p13:7 Rv 5:9; 7:9; 11:9; 14:6
  6. r13:8 Ex 32:32–33; Ps 69:28; Php 4:3; Rv 3:5; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27
  7. t13:8 1Pt 1:19–20; Rv 5:6, 12; 7:14
  8. u13:9 Mt 11:15; Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 19; 3:6, 13, 22
  9. w13:10 Jr 15:2; 43:11
  10. y13:10 Rv 14:12
  11. a13:11 Dn 8:3
  12. b13:13 Dt 13:1–3; Mk 13:22; 2Th 2:9–11
  13. c13:13 1Kg 18:38; 2Kg 1:10; Lk 9:54
  14. d13:14 Rv 12:9
  15. e13:14 2Th 2:9–12; Rv 19:20
  16. h13:15 Dn 3:5–6; Rv 20:4
  17. j13:16 Rv 14:1, 9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4
  18. l13:18 Rv 17:9

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