Luke 2:21-24

21 And ¹at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, ²he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

22 And ³when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem ⁴to present him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in ⁵the Law of the Lord, ⁶"Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord")

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in ⁷the Law of the Lord, ⁸"a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

Cross References

• 1. See Luke 1:59
• 2. Luke 1:31; Matthew 1:21, 25
• 3. Leviticus 12; [ver. 21, 27; Galatians 4:4]
• 4. [1 Samuel 1:22, 24]
• 5. ver. 39; Exodus 13:9; 2 Chronicles 31:3
• 6. [Exodus 13:2, 12]
• 7. [See ver. 23 above]
• 8. Cited from Leviticus 12:8