Luke 2
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Luke 2:22-32

22AndG2532 whenG3753 theG3588 timeG2250 ofG3588 purificationG2512 according toG2596 theG3588 LawG3551 of MosesG3475 was completeG4130, His parents broughtG321 HimG846 toG1519 JerusalemG2414 to presentG3936 Him to theG3588 LordG2962 23(asG2531 it is writtenG1125 inG1722 the LawG3551 of the LordG2962: “EveryG3956 firstbornG1272G3388 maleG730 shall be consecratedG2564G40 to theG3588 LordG2962”1), 24andG2532 to offerG1325 the sacrificeG2378 specifiedG2596G3588G2046 inG1722 theG3588 LawG3551 of the LordG2962: “A pairG2201 of turtledovesG5167 orG2228 twoG1417 youngG3502 pigeonsG4058.”2

25NowG2532G2400 there wasG1510 a manG444 inG1722 JerusalemG2419 namedG3686 SimeonG4826, who was righteousG1342 andG2532 devoutG2126. He was waiting forG4327 the consolationG3874 of IsraelG2474, andG2532 the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 wasG1510 uponG1909 himG846. 26TheG3588 HolyG40 SpiritG4151 hadG1510 revealedG5537 to himG846 that he would notG3361 seeG3708 deathG2288 beforeG4250G2228G302 he had seenG3708 theG3588 Lord’sG2962 ChristG5547. 27Led by theG3588 SpiritG4151, he wentG2064 intoG1519 theG3588 templeG2411 courts.3 AndG2532 whenG1722G3588 theG3588 parentsG1118 brought inG1521 theG3588 childG3813 JesusG2424 to doG846G4160 forG4012 HimG846 what was customaryG2596G3588G1480 under theG3588 LawG3551, 28Simeon tookG1209 HimG846 inG1519 his armsG43 andG2532 blessedG2127 GodG2316, sayingG2036:

29“Sovereign LordG1203, asG2596 YouG4771 have promisedG4487,You now dismissG630 YourG4771 servantG1401 inG1722 peaceG1515.30ForG3754 myG1473 eyesG3788 have seenG3708 YourG4771 salvationG4992,31whichG3739 You have preparedG2090 inG2596 the sightG4383 of allG3956 peopleG2992,32a lightG5457 forG1519 revelationG602 to the GentilesG1484,andG2532 for gloryG1391 to YourG4771 peopleG2992 IsraelG2474.”
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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 2:24 Leviticus 12:8 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 2:27 Literally the temple; also in verse 46 ↩

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