⁹ And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”

⁴ In their case ^(A)the god of this world ^(B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^(C)the light of ^(D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^(E)who is the image of God.

¹⁸ O king, the ^(A)Most High God ^(B)gave ^(C)Nebuchadnezzar your father ^(D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. ¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^(E)all peoples, nations, and languages ^(F)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.

⁸ I, ^(A)John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^(B)I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, ^9 (C)but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those ^(D)who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

¹⁰ Then ^(A)I fell down at his feet to worship him, ^(B)but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to ^(C)the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

^11 (A)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(B)is judged.

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may ^(A)become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

²⁰ No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^(A)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. ^21 (B)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(C)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(D)the table of demons.

¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh ^(A)he has a name written, ^(B)King of kings and Lord of lords.