The Mark of the Beast

1. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image would also speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed. 16. And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17. so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.…