AndI stooduponthesandof thesea, andsawa beastrise upout ofthesea, havingsevenheadsandtenhorns, anduponhishornstencrowns, anduponhisheadsthe nameof blasphemy. AndthebeastwhichI sawwaslike untoa leopard, andhisfeetwere as the feet of a bear, andhismouthasthe mouthof a lion: andthedragongavehimhispower, andhisseat, andgreatauthority. AndI sawoneof hisheadsas it werewoundedtodeath; andhisdeadlywoundwas healed: andalltheworldwonderedafterthebeast. Andthey worshipedthedragonwhichgavepowerunto thebeast: andthey worshipedthebeast, saying, Who is like untothebeast? whois ableto make warwithhim? Andthere was givenunto hima mouthspeakinggreat thingsandblasphemies; andpowerwas givenunto himto continueforty and twomonths. Andhe openedhismouthinblasphemyagainstGod, to blasphemehisname, andhistabernacle, andthem that dwellinheaven. Andit was givenunto himto makewarwiththesaints, andto overcomethem: andpowerwas givenhimoverallkindreds, andtongues, andnations. Andallthat dwellupontheearthshall worshiphim, whosenamesare notwritteninthebookof lifeof theLambslainfromthe foundationof the world. If any manhavean ear, let him hear. He thatleadeth intocaptivityshall gointocaptivity: he thatkillethwiththe swordmustbekilledwiththe sword. Hereisthepatienceandthefaithof thesaints. AndI beheldanotherbeastcoming upout oftheearth; andhe hadtwohornslikea lamb, andhe spakeasa dragon. Andhe exercisethallthepowerof thefirstbeastbeforehim, andcauseththeearthandthem which dwellthereintoworshipthefirstbeast, whosedeadly woundwas healed. Andhe doethgreatwonders, so thathemakethfirecome downfromheavenontheearthin the sightof men, Anddeceiveththem that dwellontheearthby the means of those miracleswhichhe had powerto doin the sightof thebeast; sayingto them that dwellontheearth, that they should makean imageto thebeast, whichhadthewoundby a sword, anddid live. Andhe had powerto givelifeunto theimageof thebeast, thattheimageof thebeastshould bothspeak, andcausethat as many aswould notworshiptheimageof thebeastshouldbe killed. Andhe causethall, both smallandgreat, richandpoor, freeandbond, toreceivea markintheirrighthand, orintheirforeheads: Andthatnomanmightbuyorsell, savehe that hadthemark, orthenameof thebeast, orthenumberof hisname. Hereiswisdom. Let him that hathunderstandingcountthenumberof thebeast: forit isthe numberof a man; andhisnumber is Six hundred threescore and six.