Luke 2:22-32

22Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

23(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

29“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

30For my eyes have seen your salvation

31that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”