Revelation 13:11–17

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he spoke as a ^cdragon.

¹²He ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ^1bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed.

¹³He ^aperforms great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which it was given him to perform ^1din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who ^*had the ^ewound 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 ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, ¹to be given a ^bmark 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 ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name.