given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power
was given him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. (8)And all who
dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written in
the book of life of the Lamb which is slain, from the foundation of
the world.

(9)If any one has an ear, let him hear.

(10)If any one is for captivity, he goes into captivity; if any to be
killed with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. Here is the
patience and the faith of the saints.

(11)And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (12)And he exercises all
the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth
and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. (13)And he does great signs, so that also he causes
fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men;
(14)and he leads astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the
signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast;
saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image
to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived. (15)And it
was given him to give breath[13:15] to the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as
many as worship not the image of the beast should be killed. (16)And
he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and
the free and the bond, to receive a mark[13:16] on their right hand,
or on their forehead; (17)and that no one should be able to buy or
sell, save he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.

(18)Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count up the number
of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred and sixty-six.

XIV.

AND I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him
a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of
his Father written on their foreheads.

(2)And I heard a voice out of heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of loud thunder; the voice which I heard was as that of
harpers, harping with their harps. (3)And they sing as it were a new
song before the throne, and before the four animals and the elders;
and no one was able to learn the song, except the hundred and
forty-four thousand, who are redeemed from the earth. (4)These ar