Luke 8:30

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And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Or thinkest thou that I cannot call upon my Father, and he will set near me, even now, more than twelve legions of messengers?

and he was questioning him - What is thy name? and he saith to him - Legion, is my name, because we are, many;

and certain women, who had been cured from evil spirits and infirmities, - Mary, the one called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

and lo! they cried aloud, saying, What have we in common with thee, O Son of God? Hast thou come hither, before the right time, to torment us?

and, the demons, began to beseech him, saying, If thou dost cast us out, send us away, into the herd of swine.

But the wicked spirit. Answering, said unto them - Jesus, indeed, I am getting to know, and, Paul, I well-know, - but who are, ye?