Luke 8:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.

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  • Matt 26:53 : 53 Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
  • Mark 5:9 : 9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
  • Mark 16:9 : 9 Now when Jesus was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.
  • Luke 8:2 : 2 And certain women, who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven demons,
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?

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  • Mark 5:7-10
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    7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me.

    8For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

    9And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

    10And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them away out of the country.

  • Luke 8:26-29
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    26And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither lived in any house, but in the tombs.

    28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God most high? I beg you, torment me not.

    29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bands, and was driven by the devil into the wilderness.

  • Luke 8:31-38
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    31And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

    32And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them.

    33Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

    34When those who fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

    35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

    36They also who saw it told them by what means he who was possessed by the demons was healed.

    37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about begged him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

    38Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • Matt 8:28-34
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    28And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    29And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?

    30And there was a good distance from them a herd of many swine feeding.

    31So the demons begged him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

    32And he said to them, Go. And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

    33And those who kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told everything, and what had happened to those possessed with demons.

    34And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him to depart out of their region.

  • Mark 5:12-18
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    12And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.

    13And immediately Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the pigs: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea.

    14And those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

    15And they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

    16And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been possessed with the demon, and also concerning the pigs.

    17And they began to beg him to depart out of their region.

    18And when he was getting into the ship, he who had been possessed with the demon begged him that he might be with him.

  • Mark 1:23-27
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    23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

    24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

    25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.

    26And when the unclean spirit convulsed him and cried with a loud voice, it came out of him.

    27And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

  • Mark 5:2-4
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    2And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

    4Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him.

  • Luke 4:33-36
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    33And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

    34saying, Let us alone; what do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are; the Holy One of God.

    35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him in the midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.

    36And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What kind of word is this! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Luke 4:41
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    41And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, You are Christ the Son of God. And he, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

  • Mark 1:34
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    34And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many devils; and did not allow the devils to speak, because they knew him.

  • Mark 9:25-26
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    25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more.

    26And the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him; and he was as one dead, so that many said, He is dead.

  • Mark 3:30
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    30Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

  • Luke 9:39
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    39And suddenly a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

  • John 10:20
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    20And many of them said, He has a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?