Luke 2:19-29

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;