Luke 2:22-36

²²And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord

²³(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

²⁴And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

²⁵And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

²⁶And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

²⁷And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

²⁸Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

²⁹Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;

³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation,

³¹Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;

³²A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

³³And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

³⁴And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

³⁵(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

³⁶And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life