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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.