²⁰ The mystery^(A) of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands^[b] are the seven churches.^(B)

⁵ On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:^(A) Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.

The Meaning of the Woman and of the Beast

⁷ Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her.