Revelation 13:1-10
The Beast from the Sea
13And the 1dragon stood on the sand of the 2seashore. Then I saw a abeast coming up out of the sea, having bten horns and cseven heads, and on his horns were dten diadems, and on his heads were eblasphemous names. 2And the beast which I saw was alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ca lion. And the ddragon gave him his power and his ethrone and great authority. 3And I saw one of his heads as if it had been 1slain fatally, and his afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth bmarveled and followed after the beast. 4And they worshiped the adragon because he bgave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “cWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5And there was given to him a mouth aspeaking 1great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for bforty-two months was given to him. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, athose who 1dwell in heaven.
7And it was also given to him to amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. 8And all who adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone bwhose name has not been 1written cfrom the foundation of the world in the dbook of life of ethe Lamb who has been slain. 9aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10aIf anyone 1is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.