¹And I saw out of the sea a beast rising, having ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal crowns, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.

²And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and its feet like a bear's, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave to it his power and his throne and great authority.

³And I saw one of its heads was as slain to death, and the wound of its death was healed, and all on the land marveled after the beast.

⁴And they worshiped the dragon that gave the authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast saying: Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war against it?

⁵And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and there was given to it authority to make war for forty-two months.

⁶And it opened its mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those dwelling in the heaven.

⁷And there was given to it to make war with the holy ones and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

⁸And all those who dwell on the land will worship it, each of whom his name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the founding of the world.

⁹If anyone has an ear, he should hear.

¹⁰If anyone gathers into captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with the sword, it is necessary for him to be killed by the sword. Here is the endurance and the trust of the holy ones.

¹¹And I saw another beast rising out of the land, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking like a dragon.

¹²And all the authority of the first beast it exercises on its behalf, and makes the land and those dwelling in it that they will worship the first beast, of whom the fatal wound was healed.

¹³And it works great signs, so that it may even cause fire to come down out of the heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And it deceives those who are dwelling on the land through the signs that were given to it to perform before the beast, telling those dwelling on the land to make an image to the beast that has the wound from the sword and has lived.

¹⁵And there was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast may also speak, and may cause that as many as might not worship the image of the beast shall be killed.

¹⁶And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that it may give to them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and that no one may be able to buy or to sell except only the one who has the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

¹⁸Here is the wisdom. The one who has the understanding, he should count the number of the beast, for it is a man's number, and its number is six hundred sixty six.