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Luke 8:30
Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
Luke 8:30 · World English Bible
Luke 8:30 in other translations
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
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In context
27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
31 They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
33 The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
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