And the ¹dragon stood on the sand of the ²seashore.

Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and ^cseven heads, and on his horns were ^dten diadems, and on his heads were ^eblasphemous names. 2 And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain fatally, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bmarveled and followed after the beast. 4 And they worshiped the ^adragon because he ^bgave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^cWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5 And there was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.

7 And it was also given to him to ^amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. 8 And all who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain. 9 ^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 ^aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.

11 Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^cdragon. 12 And he ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ^1bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed. 13 And he ^adoes great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14 And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which were given to him to do ^1din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life. 15 And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ¹be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name. 18 ^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^bof man; and his number is ¹666.