Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first. So will it be with this evil generation also.”
Mark 5:9 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then Jesus asked him, “What is yoʋr name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first. So will it be with this evil generation also.”
Or do yoʋ think that I cannot call on my Father right now, and he will provide me with more than twelve legions of angels?
They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind—the man who had been possessed by the “Legion”—and they were afraid.
For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of the man, yoʋ unclean spirit!”
Jesus then asked him, “What is yoʋr name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him.