Mark 5:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then He asked [the evil spirit], “What is your name?” And he answered Him, “My name is ‘Legion,’ [Note: This word means a number consisting of between 5,000 and 6,000], for there are many of us [i.e., evil spirits].”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And He asked him, What is your name? He replied, My name is Legion, for we are many.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

Common English Bible

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He responded, “Legion is my name, because we are many.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he questioned him: "What is your name?" And he said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

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