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Mark 5:8–9

For he was saying to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” And Jesus asked him, What is your name?” He replied, “My name is bLegion, for we are many.”

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Mark 5:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

For Jesus had said to him, Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”

Then Jesus asked him, What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

Mark 5:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Mark 5:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For Jesus had already said to the spirit, Come out of the man, you evil spirit.

Then Jesus demanded, What is your name?”

And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

Mark 5:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For He said to him, Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” Then He asked him, What is your name?”

And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Mark 5:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

He said this because Jesus was saying to him, “You evil spirit, come out of the man.”

Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

He answered, “My name is Legion, because we are many spirits.”

Mark 5:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

Mark 5:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

Mark 5:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He shouted this because Jesus said, “You evil spirit, come out of the man.” 

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” 

He told Jesus, “My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us.”

Mark 5:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For He had told him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

What is your name?” He asked him.

“My name is Legion,” he answered Him, “because we are many.”

Mark 5:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For he had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” Then Jesus asked him, What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Mark 5:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

(For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”) And he was asking him “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”

Mark 5:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

This was because Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit!”

Then Jesus asked the demon, “What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,” he replied. “There are many of us.”

Mark 5:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For He had been saying to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

And He was asking him, What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”


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