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Revelation 13

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1Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. ✦ 2Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ✦ 3And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. ✦ 4So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” ✦ 5And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. ✦ 6Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ✦ 7It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. ✦ 8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. ✦ 9If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ✦ 10He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ✦ 11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ✦ 12And 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, whose deadly wound was healed. ✦ 13He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ✦ 14And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. ✦ 15He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ✦ 16He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ✦ 17and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ✦ 18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Rev 17 ·21Rev 13 ·21Dan 7 ·15Rev 12 ·14Rev 14 ·10Rev 19 ·9Rev 11 ·92 Th 2 ·9

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Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

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