Mark 5:9

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““What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.””

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BSBPD

““What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he was questioning him, `What <FI>is<Fi> thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion <FI>is<Fi> my name, because we are many;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 5:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
  2. Matthew 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
  3. Mark 5:15When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  4. Luke 8:30“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
  5. Luke 11:21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

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