Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry.

So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.

Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

Your sister church here in Babylon sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark.

And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.

And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.

Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on the hand

The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”

So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.

And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.