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The Book of Mark, Chapter 5, Verse 9

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For he said unto him, ‹Come out of the man,› [thou] ‹unclean spirit.›
King James Version
And he asked him, ‹What› [is] ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
American Standard Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
New English Translation
And the demonic spirits begged him,“Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”
World English Bible
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
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And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
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And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
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And they that fed the swine fled, and told [it] in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
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And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.
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And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
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And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
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Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, ‹Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.›