Revelation 13:4-14

4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given his power to the beast. And they also worshiped the beast, asking, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against it?"
5 The beast was allowed to say proud words and words against God, and it was allowed to use its power for forty-two months.
6 It used its mouth to speak against God, against God's name, against the place where God lives, and against all those who live in heaven.
7 It was given power to make war against God's holy people and to defeat them. It was given power over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
8 And all who live on earth will worship the beast -- 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.
9 Anyone who has ears should listen:
10 If you are to be a prisoner, then you will be a prisoner. If you are to be killed with the sword, then you will be killed with the sword. This means that God's holy people must have patience and faith.
11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
12 This beast stands before the first beast and uses the same power the first beast has. By this power it makes everyone living on earth worship the first beast, who had the death wound that was healed.
13 And the second beast does great miracles so that it even makes fire come down from heaven to earth while people are watching.
14 It fools those who live on earth by the miracles it has been given the power to do. It does these miracles to serve the first beast. The second beast orders people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the deadly sword but sprang to life again.
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