Revelation 13:13-15

Worldwide English (New Testament)

¹³ The second beast does wonderful things. It even makes fire fall from the sky to the earth for everyone to see.

¹⁴ It fools the people who live on earth by the wonderful things which it has been given power to do, while the first beast looks on. It tells the people on earth to make an idol like the first beast that was cut by the big knife but lived.

¹⁵ It was given power to make the idol of the beast live. The idol of the beast could speak and command all those who would not worship the idol to be killed.