Revelation 13:16

He made everyone, whether weak or powerful, rich or poor, free or slave, receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.

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In The King James Version

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

In Context

15He was permitted to breathe life into the image of the beast so that it could speak, ordering anyone who did not worship it put to death.

17Nobody was permitted to buy or sell except those who had the mark, which was the name of the beast or the number of his name.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them on your hands as reminders and put them on your foreheads as well.

2 Chronicles 15:13They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Psalms 49:2whether you are highborn or lowborn, rich or poor!

Ezekiel 9:4“Go through the whole the city of Jerusalem and place a mark on the foreheads of those who sighing and mourning at all the disgusting sins that are done there.”

Acts 26:22God has looked after me so I can stand here today as a witness to everyone, both to ordinary people and to those who are important. I am only repeating what Moses and the prophets said would happen—

Galatians 3:28There's no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female—you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:12-18

The Second Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which… Read the whole commentary →

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