Luke 2:30-40

30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation.

31 You have prepared [it] in the presence of all peoples-

32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles^{[a] [b]} and glory to Your people Israel.^[c]

33 His father and mother^[d] were amazed at what was being said about Him.

34 Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: "Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed^[e]-

35 and a sword will pierce your own soul-that the thoughts^[f] of many hearts may be revealed."

Anna's Testimony

36 There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years,^[g] having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,^[h]

37 and was a widow for 84 years.^[i] She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.

38 At that very moment,^[j] she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.^{[k] [l]}

The Family's Return to Nazareth

39 When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

40 The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was on Him.