Revelation 13:14-18

¹⁴It used the magic it got from the Beast to dupe earth dwellers, getting them to make an image of the Beast that received the deathblow and lived.

¹⁵It was able to animate the image of the Beast so that it talked, and then arrange that anyone not worshiping the Beast would be killed.

¹⁶It forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark on the right hand or forehead.f

¹⁷Without the mark of the name of the Beast or the number of its name, it was impossible to buy or sell anything.

¹⁸Solve a riddle: Put your heads together and figure out the meaning of the number of the Beast. It''s a human number: six hundred sixty-six.g