Luke 2:32-46

³²liyt to the schewyng of hethene men, and glorie of thi puple Israel.

³³And his fadir and his modir weren wondrynge on these thingis, that weren seid of hym.

³⁴And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is set in to the fallyng doun and in to the risyng ayen of many men in Israel, and in to a tokene, to whom it schal be ayenseid.

³⁵And a swerd schal passe thorou thin owne soule, that the thouytis ben schewid of many hertis.

³⁶And Anna was a prophetesse, the douytir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene yeer fro hir maydynhode.

³⁷And this was a widewe to foure scoor yeer and foure; and sche departide not fro the temple, but seruyde to God nyyt and dai in fastyngis and preieris.

³⁸And this cam vpon hem in thilk our, and knoulechide to the Lord, and spak of hym to alle that abiden the redempcioun of Israel.

³⁹And as thei hadden ful don alle thingis, aftir the lawe of the Lord, thei turneden ayen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth.

⁴⁰And the child wexe, and was coumfortid, ful of wisdom; and the grace of God was in hym.

⁴¹And his fadir and modir wenten ech yeer in to Jerusalem, in the solempne dai of pask.

⁴²And whanne Jhesus was twelue yeer oold, thei wenten vp to Jerusalem, aftir the custom of the feeste dai.

⁴³And whanne the daies weren don, thei turneden ayen; and the child abood in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen it not.

⁴⁴For thei gessynge that he hadde be in the felowschip, camen a daies iourney, and souyten hym among hise cosyns and hise knouleche.

⁴⁵And whanne thei founden hym not, thei turneden ayen in to Jerusalem, and souyten hym.

⁴⁶And it bifelle, that aftir the thridde dai thei founden hym in the temple, sittynge in the myddil of the doctours, herynge hem and axynge hem.