¹⁵ And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ^[a]speak and cause ^(A)all who do not ^(B)worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, ^(C)the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, ^[b]to be given a ^(D)mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^(E)mark, either ^(F)the name of the beast or ^(G)the number of his name.

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

⁹ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^(A)worships the beast and his ^(B)image, and receives a ^(C)mark on his forehead or on his hand,