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So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph, with the babe lying in the manger.
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And when they saw the child, they told what had been said to them about Him;
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and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.
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But Mary treasured up all these things, often dwelling on them in her mind.
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to them.
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When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel before His conception in the womb.
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And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--
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as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."
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And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem of the name of Symeon, an upright and God-fearing man, who was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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To him it had been revealed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death until he had seen the Lord's Anointed One.