Luke 2
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 2:29-35

29“NowG3568 LordG1203, You are releasingG630 Your bond-servantG1401 to departG630 in peaceG1515, 1AccordingG2596 to Your wordG4487;30For my eyesG3788 have 2seenG3708 Your salvationG4992,31WhichG3739 You have preparedG2090 in the presenceG4383 of allG3956 peoplesG2992,323A LightG5457 4of revelationG602 to the GentilesG1484, And the gloryG1391 of Your peopleG2992 IsraelG2474.”

33And His fatherG3962 and 5motherG3384 were amazedG2296 at the things which were being saidG2980 aboutG4012 Him. 34And SimeonG4826 blessedG2127 them and saidG3004 to MaryG3137 6His motherG3384, “BeholdG2400, thisG3778 Child is appointedG2749 for 7the fallG4431 and 8riseG386 of manyG4183 in IsraelG2474, and for a signG4592 to be opposedG483-- 35and a swordG4501 will pierceG1330 evenG2532 your ownG846 soulG5590--to the endG3704 that thoughtsG1261 from manyG4183 heartsG2588 may be revealedG601.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 2:29 Luke 2:26 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 2:30 Ps 119:166, 174; Is 52:10; Luke 3:6 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 2:32 Is 9:2; 42:6; 49:6, 9; 51:4; 60:1-3; Matt 4:16; Acts 13:47; 26:23 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 2:32 Or for ↩
  5. 5. Luke 2:33 Matt 12:46 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 2:34 Matt 12:46 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 2:34 Matt 21:44; 1 Cor 1:23; 2 Cor 2:16; 1 Pet 2:8 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 2:34 Or resurrection ↩

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