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When they had seen this, they madeknown the statement which had been told them aboutthisChild.
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And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.
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But Mary1treasuredallthesethings, pondering them in her heart.
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The shepherdswentback, 2glorifying and praisingGod for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.
Jesus Presented at the Temple
21 And when3eightdays had passed, before His circumcision, 4His name was then calledJesus, the namegiven by the angelbefore He was conceived in the womb.
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5And when the days for their purificationaccording to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
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(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "6EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLEDHOLY TO THE LORD "),
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and to offer a sacrificeaccording to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "7A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVESORTWOYOUNGPIGEONS."
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And there was a man in Jerusalemwhosename was Simeon; and thisman was 8righteous and devout, 9looking for the consolation of Israel; and the HolySpirit was upon him.
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And 10it had beenrevealed to him by the HolySpirit that he would not 11seedeathbefore he had seen the Lord'sChrist.
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And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parentsbrought in the childJesus, 12to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,