³ I saw that one of its heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but this mortal wound was healed.^[a] Fascinated, the whole world followed after the beast. ⁴ They worshiped the dragon because it gave its authority to the beast; they also worshiped the beast^[b] and said, “Who can compare with the beast or who can fight against it?”

⁵ “‘“The victor will thus be dressed in white,^[a] and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.^(A)

⁸ All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.^(A)

¹² I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life.^[a] The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls.^(A)