Revelation 13

And he stood on the sand of the sea. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, ten diadems on its horns, and blasphemous names on its heads. The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet like a bear's, and its mouth like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads appeared to have been slain, but its mortal wound was healed. The whole earth marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?” It was given a mouth speaking boasts and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months. It opened its mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. It was permitted to make war against the saints and overcome them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear. If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he is to be killed. Here is the endurance and faith of the saints. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb's, but it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and it makes the earth and those who dwell in it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to the earth before people's eyes. It deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs it was permitted to perform in the beast's presence, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast that has the sword wound and came to life. It was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might speak and cause all who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. It causes everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one can buy or sell except the one who has the mark: the name of the beast or the number of its name. Here is wisdom. Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number is six hundred sixty-six.

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