Revelation 13:12-17 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast See verse in his presence or, “on his behalf”. And he forced the earth and those who lived on it to worship the first beast, whose apparently fatal wound had healed.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast [See verse 1] in his presence [or, “on his behalf”]. And he forced the earth and those who lived on it to worship the first beast, whose [apparently] fatal wound had healed. ¹³ And he [i.e., this second beast] performs great [miraculous] signs, including making fire come down from heaven to earth in [full] view of people. ¹⁴ [And] by being given [power] to perform these signs in the sight of the [first] beast, he deceived the people on earth. He told them to make a statue to [honor] the [first] beast, who had been wounded by a sword and yet lived [through it]. ¹⁵ Now the [second] beast was given [the power] to give breath to the statue of the [first] beast, so that it could both speak and cause all those who refused to worship the statue of the [first] beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And this second beast forced everyone to be branded with a mark on their right hand and on their forehead --- insignificant and important people, rich and poor people, and free people and slaves --- ¹⁷ so that no one would be able to buy or sell things without having the mark, either the name of the [first] beast or the number of his name.