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`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,
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because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,
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which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,
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a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
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And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,
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and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this [one] is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --
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(and also thine own soul shall a sword pass through) -- that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.'
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And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,
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and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
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and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
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And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;