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
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
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
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?
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies
and power was given unto it to make war forty and two months
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God-The Father
to blaspheme his name
and his tabernacle
and them that dwell in heaven
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 foreign languages
and nations
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
If any man have an ear
let him hear
He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity
he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth
and he had two horns like a lamb
and he spoke as a dragon
And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him
and causes the earth and them which dwell in it to worship the first beast
whose deadly wound was healed
And he does great wonders
so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men
And deceives 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
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
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a Mark
a defense
in their right hand
or in their foreheads
And that no man might buy or sell
save he that had the Mark a defense
or the name of the beast
or the number of his name
Here is wisdom
Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast
for it is the number of a man
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six