Rev 13:14-16 | ISV | STEP | It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

Revelation of John 13:14-16

14 It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of ^{▼▼Or in the presence of} the first ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks first} beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.2Kings 20:7; 2Thes 2:9-10; Rev 12:9; 19:20

15 The second beast ^{▼▼Lit It} was allowed to give breath to the image of the first ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks first} beast so that the image of the beast could talk and put to death those who would not worship the image of the beast.Rev 16:2; 19:20; 20:4 16 The second beast ^{▼▼Lit. It} forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,Rev 14:9; 19:20; 20:4