| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 5 | 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. |
|
6 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
