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18 This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number for a person. Its number is six hundred sixty-six.[a](A)

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  1. 13.18 Other ancient authorities read six hundred sixteen

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

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  1. Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.(A)

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And I saw what looked like a sea of glass(A) glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious(B) over the beast(C) and its image(D) and over the number of its name.(E) They held harps(F) given them by God

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“This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings,(A)

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“This calls for a mind with wisdom.(A) The seven heads(B) are seven hills on which the woman sits.

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17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using.

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17 The angel measured the wall using human(A) measurement, and it was 144 cubits[a] thick.[b]

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  1. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
  2. Revelation 21:17 Or high

Blessed is the one who reads the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

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Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(A) because the time is near.(B)

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The Desolating Sacrilege

14 “But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains;(A)

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14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a](A) standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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  1. Mark 13:14 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
  2. Mark 13:14 Or he

10 Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.(A)

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10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,(A) but the wicked will continue to be wicked.(B) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.(C)

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Those who are wise understand these things;
    those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the upright walk in them,
    but transgressors stumble in them.(A)

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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43 Let those who are wise pay attention to these things
    and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.(A)

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43 Let the one who is wise(A) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds(B) of the Lord.

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11 (Now only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. In fact, his bed, an iron bed, can still be seen in Rabbah of the Ammonites. By the common cubit it is nine cubits long and four cubits wide.)(A)

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11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(A) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(B) of the Ammonites.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)(A)

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But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B)

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