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Revelation 13

The Beast from the Sea

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And the dragon stood on the sand of the  1seashore.

Then I saw a  abeast coming up out of the sea, having  bten horns and  bseven heads, and on his horns were  cten diadems, and on his heads were  dblasphemous names.

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And the beast which I saw was  alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of  ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of  ca lion. And the  ddragon gave him his power and his  ethrone and great authority.

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I saw one of his heads as if it had been  1slain, and his  afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth  bwas amazed and followed after the beast;

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they worshiped the  adragon because he  agave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, " bWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?"

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There was given to him a mouth  aspeaking  1arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for  bforty-two months was given to him.

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And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is,  athose who  1dwell in heaven.

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It was also given to him to  amake war with the  1saints and to overcome them, and authority over  bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

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All who  adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone  bwhose name has not been  1written  cfrom the foundation of the world in the  dbook of life of  ethe Lamb who has been slain.

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 aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

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 aIf anyone  1is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes;  bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is  cthe  2perseverance and the faith of the  3saints.

The Beast from the Earth

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

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

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

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And he  adeceives  bthose who dwell on the earth because of  cthe signs which it was given him to perform  1 din 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.

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And 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.

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And 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,

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and 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.

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 aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that  bof a man; and his number is  1six hundred and sixty-six.



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