New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 8:30
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“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
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And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
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Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
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And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
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And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons were entered into him.
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Luke 8
28 When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
32 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
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