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The Two Animals
13 1Then I saw an animal coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads.
There was a crown on each of its horns. It had a bad name written on each head.
2This animal looked like a leopard, with feet like a bear's feet. It had a mouth
like a lion's mouth. The giant snake [on the seashore] gave the animal all of his
power and his throne and great authority. 3One of the heads of the animal looked
like it had been wounded and killed. But this death wound was healed. All the people
in the world were amazed, and they all followed the animal. 4People worshiped the
giant snake because he had given his power to the animal. And the people also worshiped
the animal. They asked, "Who is as powerful as the animal? Who can make war against
him?" 5The animal was allowed to say proud words and very evil things. The animal
was allowed to use his power for 42 months. 6The animal opened his mouth to say
bad things against God. The animal also said bad things against God's name, against
the place where God lives, and against all those who live in heaven. 7The animal
was given power to make war against God's holy people* and to defeat them. The
animal was given power over every tribe, race of people, language, and nation. 8All
the people who live on earth will worship the animal. These are all the people since
the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb's book of life.
The Lamb is the One who was killed. 9If a person hears these things, then he should
listen to this: 10If any person is to be a prisoner, then that person will be a
prisoner. If any person kills with a sword, then that person will be killed with
a sword. This means that God's holy people* must have patience and faith. 11Then
I saw another animal coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but
he talked like a giant snake. 12This animal stands before the first animal and uses
the same power that the first animal has. He uses this power to make all the people
living on the earth worship the first animal. The first animal was the one that
had the death wound that was healed. 13This second animal does great miracles.*
He even makes fire come down from heaven to earth while people are watching. 14This
second animal fools the people that live on the earth. He fools them by using the
miracles that he has been given the power to do. He does these miracles to serve
the first animal. The second animal ordered people to make an idol* to honor the
first animal. This was the animal that was wounded by the sword but did not die.
15The second animal was given power to give life to the idol of the first animal.
Then the idol could speak and order all the people who did not worship it to be
killed. 16The second animal also forced all people, small and great, rich and poor,
free and slave, to have a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. 17No person
could buy or sell without this mark. This mark is the name of the animal or the
number of his name. 18A person that has understanding can find the meaning of the
animal's number. This requires wisdom. This number is the number of a man. It is
666.
Footnotes: holypeople God's people are called holy because they are made pure through
Christ, and they belong only to God. miracles False miracles--powerful acts done
by the power of the devil. idol(s) Idols are statues or other objects that people
worshiped as gods.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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