Luke 2:22-27 (New Revised Standard)
22
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"),
24
and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."
25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; a this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.
26
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. b
27
Guided by the Spirit, Simeon c came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law,
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a.
Luke 2:25 - Gk [Symeon]
b.
Luke 2:26 - Or [the Lord's Christ]
c.
Luke 2:27 - Gk [In the Spirit, he]