2:21 At 5 the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel 6 before he was conceived in the womb.
2:22 Now 7 when the time came for their 8 purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary 9 brought Jesus 10 up to Jerusalem 11 to present him to the Lord 2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male 12 will be set apart to the Lord” 13 ), 2:24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves 14 or two young pigeons. 15
2:25 Now 16 there was a man in Jerusalem 17 named Simeon who was righteous 18 and devout, looking for the restoration 19 of Israel, and the Holy Spirit 20 was upon him. 2:26 It 21 had been revealed 22 to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die 23 before 24 he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 25 2:27 So 26 Simeon, 27 directed by the Spirit, 28 came into the temple courts, 29 and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law, 30 2:28 Simeon 31 took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, 32
2:29 “Now, according to your word, 33 Sovereign Lord, 34 permit 35 your servant 36 to depart 37 in peace.
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation 38
2:31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples: 39
2:32 a light, 40
for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory 41 to your people Israel.”