¹⁸ This calls for wisdom.^(A) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.^[a](B) That number is 666.

¹⁰ Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,^(A) but the wicked will continue to be wicked.^(B) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.^(C)