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Chapter 13 |
| 1 | And I stood
upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven
heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name
of blasphemy. |
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2 | And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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| 3 | And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. |
| 4 | And
they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped
the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with
him? |
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And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months. |
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And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. |
| 7 | And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power
was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. |
| 8 | And all
that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. |
| 9 |
If any man have an ear, let him hear. |
| 10 | He that leadeth into
captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be
killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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| 11 | And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. |
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12 | And he exerciseth all
the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
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| 13 | And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men, |
| 14 | And deceiveth them that dwell
on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the
sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
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| 15 | And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed. |
| 16 | And he
causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: |
| 17 | And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name. |
| 18 | Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and
his number is Six hundred threescore and six. |
