Luke 2:16-26

16 They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough.

17 After seeing [them], they reported the message they were told about this child,

18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

19 But Mary was treasuring up all these things^[a] in her heart and meditating on them.

20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus

21 When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was named JESUS-the name given by the angel before He was conceived.^[b]

22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every firstborn male ^[c] will be dedicated ^[d] to the Lord ^[e])

24 and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord: a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons ^[f]).

Simeon's Prophetic Praise

25 There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel's consolation,^[g] and the Holy Spirit was on him.

26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he saw the Lord's Messiah.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit these words
• [b]. Or conceived in the womb
• [c]. Lit "Every male that opens a womb
• [d]. Lit be called holy
• [e]. Ex 13:2,12
• [f]. Lv 5:11; 12:8
• [g]. The coming of the Messiah with His salvation for the nation; Lk 2:26,30; Isaiah 40:1; 61:2