¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place^(A) ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’^[a](B) spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.^(A)

¹⁶ It also forced all people, great and small,^(A) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,^{(B) 17} so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,^(C) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.^(D)

¹⁸ This calls for wisdom.^(E) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.^[a](F) That number is 666.