The Great Prostitute and the Beast
1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show yoʋ the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters. 2 With her the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth have become drunk with the wine of her fornication." 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on 17:3 a scarlet beast, the one 𝔐K(51) [29.1%] ¦ a scarlet beast 𝔐A,C,K(26) CT PCK RP TR [69.5%] ¦ the scarlet beast ANT [3.6%] {Note: The 𝔐K(51) text literally reads a beast, the scarlet one, but a literal translation could potentially confuse modern readers because the color has not previously been mentioned.}a scarlet beast, the one that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The 17:4 woman was … pearls. She 𝔐A,C,K [96.8%] ¦ woman, who was … pearls, ST [1.8%]woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filth of 17:4 the fornication of the earth 𝔐K [40.4%] ¦ her fornication 𝔐A,C CT PCK RP [51.4%] • TR [0.9%]the fornication of the earth.