Luke 2:10-31

¹⁰And the angel said to them, Fear not; for lo! I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to the whole people;

¹¹for to you hath been born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, who is the Christ, the Lord.

¹²And this shall be the sign to you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swathing-clothes, lying in a manger.

¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

¹⁴“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of good will!”

¹⁵And it came to pass, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said one to another, Let us go at once to Bethlehem, and see that which hath come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us.

¹⁶And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

¹⁷And when they had seen it, they made known abroad what had been told them concerning this child.

¹⁸And all who heard wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.

¹⁹But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all which they had heard and seen, as had been told them.

²¹And when eight days were completed for him to be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

²²And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

²³as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord,”

²⁴and to offer a sacrifice, according to what is directed in the law of the Lord: “A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.”

²⁵And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

²⁶and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

²⁷And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

²⁸he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

²⁹Lord! now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;

³⁰for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

³¹which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples;