New International Reader's Version

Revelation 13:10-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. Everyone who is supposed to be captured will be captured. Everyone who is supposed to be killed with a sword will be killed with a sword. So God's people must be patient and faithful.

11. Then I saw another beast. This one came out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb. But he spoke like a dragon.

12. He had all the authority of the first beast. He did what that beast wanted. He made the earth and all who live on it worship the first beast. The first beast was the one whose deadly wound had been healed.

13. The second beast did great and miraculous signs. He even made fire come from heaven. It came down to earth where everyone could see it.

14. He did the signs the first beast wanted him to do. In that way the second beast tricked those who live on the earth. He ordered them to set up a statue to honor the first beast. The first beast was the one who had been wounded by the sword and still lived.

15. The second beast was allowed to give breath to the statue so it could speak. He was allowed to kill all who refused to worship the statue.