Revelation 13:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All people were forced to put a mark on their right hand or forehead. Whether they were powerful or weak, rich or poor, free people or slaves,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:13

and to put to death anyone who refused to obey him.

Job 34:19

And God created us all; he has no favourites, whether rich or poor.

Psalm 115:13

All who worship the LORD, no matter who they are, will receive his blessing.

Psalm 49:2

Listen, no matter who you are, rich or poor.

Exodus 13:9

This celebration will be like wearing a sign on your hand or on your forehead, because then you will pass on to others the teaching of the LORD, whose mighty power brought you out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 9:4

“Walk through the city of Jerusalem and mark the forehead of anyone who is truly upset and sad about the disgusting things that are being done here.”

Zechariah 13:6

And if any of them are asked why they are wounded, they will answer, “It happened at the house of some friends.”

Acts 26:22

But all this time God has helped me, and I have preached both to the rich and to the poor. I have told them only what the prophets and Moses said would happen.

1 Corinthians 12:13

Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.

Galatians 3:28

Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.

Galatians 6:17

On my own body are scars that prove I belong to Christ Jesus. So I don't want anyone to bother me any more.

Ephesians 6:8

You know that you will be rewarded for any good things you do, whether you are slaves or free.

Deuteronomy 11:18

Memorize these laws and think about them. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and your foreheads to help you obey them.

Deuteronomy 6:8

Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them.

Colossians 3:11

It doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, or if you are circumcised or not. You may even be a barbarian or a Scythian, and you may be a slave or a free person. Yet Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people are enemies of the truth. Their minds are sick, and their faith isn't real.

Revelation 11:18

When the nations got angry, you became angry too! Now the time has come for the dead to be judged. It is time for you to reward your servants the prophets and all your people who honour your name, no matter who they are. It is time to destroy everyone who has destroyed the earth.”

Revelation 15:2

Then I saw something that looked like a glass sea mixed with fire, and people were standing on it. They were the ones who had defeated the beast and the idol and the number that tells the name of the beast. God had given them harps,

Revelation 19:18

You can eat the flesh of kings, rulers, leaders, horses, riders, free people, slaves, important people, and everyone else.”

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Revelation 19:5

From the throne a voice said, “If you worship and fear our God, give praise to him, no matter who you are.”

Revelation 20:12

I also saw all the dead people standing in front of that throne. Every one of them was there, no matter who they had once been. Several books were opened, and then the book of life was opened. The dead were judged by what those books said they had done.

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones, and sitting on those thrones were the ones who had been given the right to judge. I also saw the souls of the people who had their heads cut off because they had told about Jesus and preached God's message. They were the same ones who had not worshipped the beast or the idol, and they had refused to let its mark be put on their hands or foreheads. They will come to life and rule with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 6:15

The kings of the earth, its famous people, and its military leaders hid in caves or behind rocks on the mountains. They hid there together with the rich and the powerful and with all the slaves and free people.

Revelation 7:3

“Don't harm the earth or the sea or any tree! Wait until I have marked the foreheads of the servants of our God.”