Revelation 13:11-18

Revelation 13

The Beast From the Earth

¹¹ Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like the Lamb, and he spoke like the dragon. ¹² He exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf. He causes the earth and those who make their home on it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. ¹³ He performs great miracles, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of people. ¹⁴ He also deceives those who make their home on the earth because of the miracles that he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who make their home on the earth to make an image for the beast who had been wounded by the sword but lived.

¹⁵ This beast was also given the ability to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast spoke and caused whoever did not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ He also makes all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ in order that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark—the name of the beast or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here is wisdom: Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a man. His number is 666.