Revelation 12-14

Revelation 12

¹And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

²And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.

³And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

⁴And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.

⁵And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.

⁶And the woman went in flight to the waste land, where she has a place made ready by God, so that there they may give her food a thousand, two hundred and sixty days.

⁷And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,

⁸And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.

⁹And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

¹⁰And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.

¹¹And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

¹²Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

¹³And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child.

¹⁴And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.

¹⁵And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.

¹⁶And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

¹⁷And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:

Revelation 13

¹And he took his place on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads unholy names.

²And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority.

³And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.

⁴And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?

⁵And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

⁶And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.

⁷And it was given to him to make war on the saints and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

⁸And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

⁹If any man has ears, let him give ear.

¹⁰If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and his voice was like that of a dragon.

¹²And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.

¹³And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.

¹⁴And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

¹⁵And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.

¹⁶And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;

¹⁷So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

¹⁸Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.

Revelation 14

¹And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.

²And a voice from heaven came to my ears, like the sound of great waters, and the sound of loud thunder: and the voice which came to me was like the sound of players, playing on instruments of music.

³And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.

⁴These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.

⁶And I saw another angel in flight between heaven and earth, having eternal good news to give to those who are on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,

⁷Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.

⁸And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.

⁹And a third angel came after them, saying with a loud voice, If any man gives worship to the beast and his image, and has his mark on his brow or on his hand,

¹⁰To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:

¹¹And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

¹²Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

¹³And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

¹⁴And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.

¹⁵And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready.

¹⁶And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.

¹⁷And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.

¹⁸And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.

¹⁹And the angel sent his blade into the earth, and the vine of the earth was cut, and he put it into the great wine-crusher of the wrath of God.

²⁰And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.