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Today's Bible Reading :: Revelation 13 - 16 (ESV)

Revelation 13

Revelation 14

Revelation 15

Revelation 16

Revelation 13

The First Beast

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Rev 13:1 - And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

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Rev 13:2 - And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

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Rev 13:3 - One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

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Rev 13:4 - And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

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Rev 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.

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Rev 13:6 - It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[fn] that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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Rev 13:7 - Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[fn] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

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Rev 13:8 - and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

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Rev 13:9 - If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

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Rev 13:10 - If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

The Second Beast

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Rev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

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Rev 13:12 - It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,[fn] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

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Rev 13:13 - It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,

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Rev 13:14 - and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[fn] the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

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Rev 13:15 - And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.

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Rev 13:16 - Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[fn] to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,

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Rev 13:17 - so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

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Rev 13:18 - This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.[fn]

ESV Footnotes

(13:6)

Or tabernacle

(13:7)

Some manuscripts omit this sentence

(13:12)

Or on its behalf

(13:14)

Or on behalf of

(13:16)

For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

(13:18)

Some manuscripts 616

Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

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Rev 14:1 - Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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Rev 14:2 - And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,

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Rev 14:3 - and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Rev 14:4 - It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

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Rev 14:5 - and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

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Rev 14:6 - Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

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Rev 14:7 - And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

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Rev 14:8 - Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion[fn] of her sexual immorality.”

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Rev 14:9 - And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

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Rev 14:10 - he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

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Rev 14:11 - And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

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Rev 14:12 - Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.[fn]

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Rev 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

The Harvest of the Earth

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Rev 14:14 - Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Rev 14:15 - And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

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Rev 14:16 - So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

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Rev 14:17 - Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

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Rev 14:18 - And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

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Rev 14:19 - So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

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Rev 14:20 - And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[fn]

ESV Footnotes

(14:8)

Or wrath

(14:12)

Greek and the faith of Jesus

(14:20)

About 184 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters

Revelation 15

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

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Rev 15:1 - Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

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Rev 15:2 - And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

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Rev 15:3 - And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations![fn]

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Rev 15:4 - Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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Rev 15:5 - After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent[fn] of witness in heaven was opened,

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Rev 15:6 - and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.

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Rev 15:7 - And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,

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Rev 15:8 - and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

ESV Footnotes

(15:3)

Some manuscripts the ages

(15:5)

Or tabernacle

Revelation 16

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

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Rev 16:1 - Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

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Rev 16:2 - So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

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Rev 16:3 - The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.

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Rev 16:4 - The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

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Rev 16:5 - And I heard the angel in charge of the waters[fn] say,
“Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.

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Rev 16:6 - For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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Rev 16:7 - And I heard the altar saying,
“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
true and just are your judgments!”

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Rev 16:8 - The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.

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Rev 16:9 - They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed[fn] the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

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Rev 16:10 - The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

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Rev 16:11 - and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

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Rev 16:12 - The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

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Rev 16:13 - And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.

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Rev 16:14 - For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

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Rev 16:15 - (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

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Rev 16:16 - And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl

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Rev 16:17 - The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

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Rev 16:18 - And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings,[fn] peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake.

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Rev 16:19 - The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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Rev 16:20 - And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.

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Rev 16:21 - And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds[fn] each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

See the ESV Preface

ESV Footnotes

(16:5)

Greek angel of the waters

(16:9)

Greek blasphemed; also verses 11, 21

(16:18)

Or voices, or sounds

(16:21)

Greek a talent in weight

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Today's Bible Reading :: Revelation 13 - 16 (ESV)

Revelation 13

The First Beast

The Second Beast

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Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

The Messages of the Three Angels

The Harvest of the Earth

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Revelation 15

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

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Revelation 16

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

The Seventh Bowl

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