¹Then I stood on the sand of the sea . I saw a beast coming up out of the sea , having ten horns and seven heads . On his horns were ten crowns , and on his heads , blasphemous names .[#13:1 NU reads he stood]

²The beast which I saw was like a leopard , and his feet were like those of a bear , and his mouth like the mouth of a lion . The dragon gave him his power , his throne , and great authority .

³One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed , and the whole earth marvelled at the beast .

⁴They worshipped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast ; and they worshipped the beast , saying , “Who is like the beast ? Who is able to make war with him ?”

⁵A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him . Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him .

⁶He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God , to blaspheme his name , his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven .

⁷It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them . Authority over every tribe , people , language , and nation was given to him .

⁸All who dwell on the earth will worship him , everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

⁹If anyone has an ear , let him hear.

¹⁰If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword , he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.[#13:10 TR reads “If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a sword.” instead of “If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.”]

¹¹I saw another beast coming up out of the earth . He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon .

¹²He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence . He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast , whose fatal wound was healed .

¹³He performs great signs , even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people .

¹⁴He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast , saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived .[#13:14 NU omits “my own”]

¹⁵It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast , that the image of the beast should both speak , and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶He causes all , the small and the great , the rich and the poor , and the free and the slave , to be given marks on their right hands or on their foreheads ;

¹⁷and that no one would be able to buy or to sell unless he has that mark , which is the name of the beast or the number of his name .

¹⁸Here is wisdom . He who has understanding , let him calculate the number of the beast , for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred and sixty-six .