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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
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And when eight days were completed {so that he could be circumcised}, he was named Jesus, his name [that] [he] was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
22 And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord
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(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord")
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and to offer a sacrifice according to what was stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."
The Prophecy of Simeon
25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem {whose name was} Simeon, and this man [was] righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.
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And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law,
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he took him in [his] arms and praised God and said,
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"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.
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For my eyes have seen your salvation