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¹ And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and on his heads names of blasphemy.² And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.³ And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten to death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;⁴ and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? And who is able to war with him?⁵ and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, [even] those that dwell in the heaven.⁷ And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.⁸ And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that has been slain.⁹ If any man has an ear, let him hear.¹⁰ If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goes: if any man [is] to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹ And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he makes the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.¹³ And he does great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven on the earth in the sight of men.¹⁴ And he deceives those that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to those that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who has the stroke of the sword and lived.¹⁵ And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed.¹⁶ And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead;¹⁷ and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that has the mark, [even] the name of the beast or the number of his name.¹⁸ Here is wisdom. He that has understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.