¹⁷And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus ³Christ.

The Beast from the Sea

13Then ¹I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw ^aa beast rising up out of the sea, ^bhaving ²seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a ^cblasphemous name. ²Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The ^ddragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads ^eas if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And ^fall the world marveled and followed the beast. ⁴So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^g“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

⁵And he was given ^ha mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to ³continue for ⁱforty-two months. ⁶Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, ^jHis tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ⁷It was granted to him ^kto make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^lauthority was given him over every ⁴tribe, tongue, and nation. ⁸All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^mwhose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ⁿfrom the foundation of the world.

⁹^oIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰^pHe who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; ^qhe who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. ^rHere is the ⁵patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast ^scoming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ¹²And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, ^twhose deadly wound was healed. ¹³^uHe performs great signs, ^vso that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴^wAnd he deceives ⁶those who dwell on the earth—^xby those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword ^yand lived. ¹⁵He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^zand cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^ato receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷and that no one may buy or sell except one who has ⁷the mark or ^bthe name of the beast, ^cor the number of his name.

¹⁸^dHere is wisdom. Let him who has ^eunderstanding calculate ^fthe number of the beast, ^gfor it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

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Footnotes

3NU, M omit Christ
1NU he
2NU, M ten horns and seven heads
3M make war
4NU, M add and people
5perseverance
6M my own people
7NU, M the mark, the name

Cross references

a Dan. 7:2, 7
b Rev. 12:3
c Dan. 7:8; 11:36; Rev. 17:3
d Rev. 12:3, 9; 13:4, 12
e Rev. 13:12, 14
f Rev. 17:8
g Ex. 15:11; Is. 46:5; Rev. 18:18
h Dan. 7:8, 11, 20, 25; 11:36; 2 Thess. 2:3
i Rev. 11:2
j[John 1:14; Col. 2:9]
k Dan. 7:21; Rev. 11:7
l Rev. 11:18
m Ex. 32:32; [Rev. 20:12–15]
n Matt. 25:34; Rev. 17:8
o Rev. 2:7
p Is. 33:1; Jer. 15:2; 43:11
q Gen. 9:6; Matt. 26:52; Rev. 11:18
r Heb. 6:12; Rev. 14:12
s Rev. 11:7
t Rev. 13:3, 4
u Deut. 13:1; Matt. 24:24; 2 Thess. 2:9; Rev. 16:14
v 1 Kin. 18:38; 2 Kin. 1:10; Luke 9:54; Rev. 11:5; 20:9
w Rev. 12:9
x 2 Thess. 2:9
y 2 Kin. 20:7
z Rev. 16:2
a Gal. 6:17; Rev. 7:3; 14:9; 20:4
b Rev. 14:9–11
c Rev. 15:2
d Rev. 17:9
e[1 Cor. 2:14]
f Rev. 15:2
g Rev. 21:17