Revelation 13:3-4
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3 And I saw one of his heads (A)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And (B)all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, (C)“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
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Revelation 13:3-4
New American Standard Bible
3 I saw one of his heads as if it had been [a]fatally wounded, and his (A)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth (B)was amazed and followed after the beast; 4 they worshiped the (C)dragon because he (D)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “(E)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”
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- Revelation 13:3 Lit slaughtered to death
Revelation 13:7-8
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7 It was granted to him (A)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And (B)authority was given him over every [a]tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, (C)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain (D)from the foundation of the world.
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- Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people
Revelation 13:7-8
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7 It was also given to him to (A)make war with the [a]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over (B)every tribe, people, language, and nation. 8 All who (C)live on the earth will worship him, everyone (D)whose name has not been [b]written (E)since the foundation of the world in the (F)book of life of (G)the Lamb who has been slaughtered.
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- Revelation 13:7 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Revelation 13:8 Or written in the book...slain from the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:11-12
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The Beast from the Earth
11 Then I saw another beast (A)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, (B)whose deadly wound was healed.
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Revelation 13:11-12
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The Beast from the Earth
11 Then (A)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had (B)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a (C)dragon. 12 He (D)exercises all the authority of the first beast [a](E)in his presence. And he makes (F)the earth and those who live on it (G)worship the first beast, whose (H)fatal wound was healed.
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- Revelation 13:12 Or by his authority
Revelation 17:1-2
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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast
17 Then (A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying [a]to me, “Come, (B)I will show you the judgment of (C)the great harlot (D)who sits on many waters, 2 (E)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and (F)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
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- Revelation 17:1 NU, M omit to me
Revelation 17:1-2
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The Doom of Babylon
17 (A)Then one of the (B)seven angels who had the (C)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you (D)the judgment of the (E)great prostitute who (F)sits on many waters, 2 with whom (G)the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and (H)those who live on the earth (I)became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
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Revelation 17:15
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15 Then he said to me, (A)“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, (B)are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
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Revelation 17:15
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15 And he *said to me, “The (A)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are (B)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.
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2 Peter 2:2
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2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
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2 Peter 2:2
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2 Many will follow their (A)indecent behavior, and because of them (B)the way of the truth will be (C)maligned;
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