Revelation 13 - NKJV Bible Online

Revelation 13

The Beast from the Sea

Then 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. 2 Now 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 ^adragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads ^aas if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And ^ball the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^a“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
5 And he was given ^aa mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to ¹continue for ^bforty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, ^aHis tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him ^ato make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^bauthority was given him over every ¹tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^awhose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ^bfrom the foundation of the world.
9 ^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 ^aHe who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; ^bhe who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. ^cHere is the ¹patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast ^acoming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And 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, ^awhose deadly wound was healed. 13 ^aHe performs great signs, ^bso that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 ^aAnd he deceives ¹those who dwell on the earth ^bby 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 ^cand lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^aand cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^ato receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has ¹the mark or ^athe name of the beast, ^bor the number of his name.
18 ^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has ^bunderstanding calculate ^cthe number of the beast, ^dfor it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

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