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And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
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And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;
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and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.
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And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.
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But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.
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And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
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And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord
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(as it is written in the law of [the] Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
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and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of [the] Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.
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And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him.
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And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.
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And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,
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*he* received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
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Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;
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for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
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which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
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a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles and [the] glory of thy people Israel.
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And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.
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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;
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(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that [the] thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.