13:10 If anyone is meant for captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed by the sword, 1
then by the sword he must be killed.
This 2 requires steadfast endurance 3 and faith from the saints.
13:11 Then 4 I saw another beast 5 coming up from the earth. He 6 had two horns like a lamb, 7 but 8 was speaking like a dragon. 13:12 He 9 exercised all the ruling authority 10 of the first beast on his behalf, 11 and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed. 13:13 He 12 performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people 13 13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told 14 those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. 13:15 The second beast 15 was empowered 16 to give life 17 to the image of the first beast 18 so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 13:16 He also caused 19 everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave 20 ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. 13:17 Thus no one was allowed to buy 21 or sell things 22 unless he bore 23 the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number. 24 13:18 This calls for wisdom: 25 Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number, 26 and his number is 666. 27