Revelation 13

Revised Geneva Translation

13 And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. And upon his horns were ten crowns. And upon his head, the name of Blasphemy.

² And the beast which I saw was like a leopard; and his feet like a bear; and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne, and great authority.

³ And I saw one of his heads (as it were) mortally wounded. But his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered and followed the beast.

⁴ And they worshipped the dragon, who gave power to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast!? Who is able to make war with him!?”

⁵ And there was given to him a mouth that spoke great things and blasphemies. And power was given to him lasting 42 months.

⁶ And he opened his mouth to blaspheme God; to blaspheme His Name and His Tabernacle and those who dwell in Heaven.

⁷ And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. And power was given to him over every tribe and tongue and nation.

⁸ Therefore, all who dwell upon the Earth whose names are not written in the Book of Life by the Lamb, Who was slain from the beginning of the world, shall worship him.

⁹ If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰ “If anyone is led into captivity, he shall go into captivity. If anyone kills with a sword, he must be killed by a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.”

¹¹ And I beheld another beast coming out of the Earth which had two horns like the Lamb, but spoke like the dragon.

¹² And he did all that the first beast could do before him. And he caused the Earth and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast (whose mortal wound was healed).

¹³ And he did great wonders; so that he made fire come down from Heaven on the Earth, in the sight of man.

¹⁴ And he deceived those who dwell on the Earth by the signs which were permitted to him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the Earth that they should make the image of the beast, which had the wound of a sword and had lived.

¹⁵ And it was permitted to him to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak and should cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶ And he made all - both small and great, rich and poor, free and enslaved - receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads;

¹⁷ so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.

¹⁸ Here is wisdom: Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And his number is 666.