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9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.”This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
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It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
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And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.
14 And deceiveth 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.
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Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
15 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.
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The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
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