The
Beast out of the Sea
11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the
earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
12 It exercised all
the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13 And it performed
great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full
view of the people.
14 Because of the
signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived
the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of
the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
15 The second beast
was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the
image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
16It also forced all
people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on
their right hands or on their foreheads,
17 so that they
could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast
or the number of its name.
18 This calls for
wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for
it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
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