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Mark 5:8-9 - Compare All Versions

Mark 5:8-9 NIV (New International Version)

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 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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 Legion, for we are many.”

Mark 5:8-9 NLT (New Living Translation)

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 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

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 KJV (King James Version)

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 NKJV (New King James Version)

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 5:6-10 MSG (The Message)

When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran and bowed in worship before him—then howled in protest, “What business do you have, Jesus, Son of the High God, messing with me? I swear to God, don’t give me a hard time!” (Jesus had just commanded the tormenting evil spirit, “Out! Get out of the man!”) Jesus asked him, “Tell me your name.” He replied, “My name is Mob. I’m a rioting mob.” Then he desperately begged Jesus not to banish them from the country.

Mark 5:8-9 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

For He had already 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.”

Mark 5:8-9 AMP (Amplified Bible)

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

Mark 5:8-9 NET (New English Translation)

(For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”) Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”