Luke 2:19-29

¹⁹while Mary treasured up all that they said, and thought about it often in her thoughts.

²⁰And the shepherds went back, giving glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen. It had all happened as they had been told.

²¹Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus — the name given him by the angel before his conception.

²²When the period of purification of mother and child, required by the Law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

²³in compliance with the Law of the Lord that every first-born male will be dedicated to the Lord,

²⁴and also to offer the sacrifice required by the Law of the Lord — a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.

²⁵There was at that time in Jerusalem a man named Simeon, a righteous and devout man, who lived in constant expectation of the Consolation of Israel, and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ.

²⁷Moved by the Spirit, Simeon came into the Temple Courts, and, when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the Law,

²⁸Simeon himself took the child in his arms, and blessed God, and said:

²⁹“Now, Lord, you will let your servant go, According to your word, in peace,