Revelation 13 — Berean Standard Bible

¹ Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. [There were] ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. ² The beast I saw was like a leopard, [with] the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave [the beast] his power and his throne and great authority. ³ One of the heads of [the beast] appeared to have been mortally wounded. [But] the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled [and] followed the beast. ⁴ They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who [is] like the beast, and who can wage war against it? ⁵ [The beast] was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous [words], and authority to act for 42 months. ⁶ And [the beast] opened its mouth to [speak] blasphemies against God [and] to slander His name and His tabernacle— those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ Then [the beast] was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. ⁸ And all who dwell on the earth will worship [the beast]— [all] whose names have not been written from [the] foundation of [the] world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain. ⁹ He who has an ear, let him hear: ¹⁰ “If anyone [is destined for] captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by [the] sword, by [the] sword he must be killed.” Here is [a call for] the perseverance and faith of the saints. ¹¹ Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. [This beast] had two horns like a lamb, [but] spoke like a dragon. ¹² And [this beast] exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. ¹³ And [the second beast] performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people. ¹⁴ Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the [first] beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling [them] to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. ¹⁵ [The second beast] was permitted to give breath to the image of the [first] beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship [it] to be killed. ¹⁶ And [the second beast] required all [people], small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark— the name of the beast or the number of its name. ¹⁸ Here is [a call for] wisdom: {Let} the [one who] has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is [the] number of a man, and [that] number [is] 666.