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.

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What -- to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

and the evil spirit, answering, said, 'Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye -- who are ye?'