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The Book of Luke, Chapter 8, Verse 30

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(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
King James Version
And Jesus asked him, saying, ‹What is thy name?› And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
American Standard Version
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
New English Translation
The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
World English Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
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Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34
When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
35
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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They also which saw [it] told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
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Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
38
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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‹Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.› And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
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And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people [gladly] received him: for they were all waiting for him.