Luke:2:21-40

riversident@Luke:2:21 @ When eight days had passed and the time to circumcise him had come, his name was called Jesus \'97 the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

riversident@Luke:2:22 @ When the days of their purification were completed, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

riversident@Luke:2:23 @ as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be called holy to the Lord,"

riversident@Luke:2:24 @ and to give an offering according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."

riversident@Luke:2:25 @ There was in Jerusalem a man named Simeon, and this man was upright and God-fearing, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

riversident@Luke:2:26 @ It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he was not to see death before he saw the Lord's Christ.

riversident@Luke:2:27 @ Led by the Spirit he came into the Temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus in order to do for him according to the custom of the law,

riversident@Luke:2:28 @ he took him into his arms and blessed God, and said,

riversident@Luke:2:29 @ "Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.

riversident@Luke:2:30 @ For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

riversident@Luke:2:31 @ which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

riversident@Luke:2:32 @ a light for revelation to Gentiles and a glory to thy people Israel."

riversident@Luke:2:33 @ His father and his mother wondered at the things that were spoken about him.

riversident@Luke:2:34 @ Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "This child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel and for a sign much spoken against

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riversident@Luke:2:36 @ And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood

riversident@Luke:2:37 @ and having been a widow for now eighty-four years. She never left the Temple courts, but worshiped by fastings and prayers, night and day.

riversident@Luke:2:38 @ She too came up at that time and praised God and spoke about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

riversident@Luke:2:39 @ When they had completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.

riversident@Luke:2:40 @ The child grew and became strong and was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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