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And he had taken an answer of the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, but he saw first the Christ of the Lord.
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And he came in Spirit into the temple. And when his father and mother led [in] the child Jesus to do after the custom of the law for him,
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he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
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Lord, now thou lettest go thy servant after thy word in peace; [Lord, now thy leavest thy servant after thy word in peace;]
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for mine eyes have seen thine health,
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which thou hast made ready before the face of all peoples;
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light to the showing of heathen men, and glory of thy people Israel.
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And his father and his mother were wondering on [upon] these things, that were said of him.
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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, Lo! this is set into the falling down and into the rising again [into the falling and into the rising again] of many men in Israel, and into a token, to whom it shall be against-said.
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And a sword shall pass through thine own soul, that the thoughts be showed of many hearts.
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And Anna was a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the lineage of Aser. And she had gone forth in many days, and had lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood.
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And this was a widow to fourscore years and four; and she departed not from the temple [which departed not from the temple], but served God night and day in fastings and prayers.
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And this came upon them in that hour, and acknowledged to the Lord [And this in that hour above coming, acknowledged to the Lord], and spake of him to all that abided the redemption of Israel.
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And as they had full done all things [And as they had perfectly done all things], after the law of the Lord, they turned again into Galilee, into their city Nazareth.
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And the child waxed, and was comforted, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him.
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And his father and mother went each year into Jerusalem [And his father and mother went by all years into Jerusalem], in the solemn day of pask.
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And when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast day.
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And when the days were done, they turned again; and the child abode in Jerusalem, and his father and mother knew it not.
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For they guessing that he had been in the fellowship, came a day's journey, and sought him among his cousins and his acknowledged. [+Forsooth they guessing him to be in the company, or fellowship, came the way, or journey, of a day, and sought him among his cousins and known.]
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And when they found him not, they turned again into Jerusalem, and sought him [seeking him].
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And it befell [And it was done], that after the third day they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the doctors, hearing them and asking them.