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saying, {1:68} Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he {2:23} (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male
hath visited and redeemed his people, {1:69} And hath that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his {2:24} And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is
servant David; {1:70} As he spake by the mouth of his holy said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two
prophets, which have been since the world began: {1:71} young pigeons. {2:25} And, behold, there was a man in
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man
hand of all that hate us; {1:72} To perform the mercy [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel:
[promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy and the Holy Ghost was upon him. {2:26} And it was
covenant; {1:73} The oath which he sware to our father revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see
Abraham, {1:74} That he would grant unto us, that we death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. {2:27} And he
being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents
him without fear, {1:75} In holiness and righteousness brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of
before him, all the days of our life. {1:76} And thou, child, the law, {2:28} Then took he him up in his arms, and
shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go blessed God, and said, {2:29} Lord, now lettest thou thy
before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; {1:77} To servant depart in peace, according to thy word: {2:30} For
give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the mine eyes have seen thy salvation, {2:31} Which thou hast
remission of their sins, {1:78} Through the tender mercy of prepared before the face of all people; {2:32} A light to
our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
us, {1:79} To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] {2:33} And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things
the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. which were spoken of him. {2:34} And Simeon blessed
{1:80} And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.{2:1} And set it for came the fall to pass and in rising those again days, of that many there in Israel; wentout and a for decree a from
sign which shall be spoken against; {2:35} (Yea, a sword
shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of
many hearts may be revealed. {2:36} And there was one
Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of
Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband
seven years from her virginity; {2:37} And she [was] a
widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed
not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and
prayers night and day. {2:38} And she coming in that
instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of
him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
{2:39} And when they had performed all things according
to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their
own city Nazareth. {2:40} And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God
was upon him. {2:41} Now his parents went to Jerusalem
every year at the feast of the passover. {2:42} And when he
was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the
custom of the feast. {2:43} And when they had fulfilled the
days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in
Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not [of it.
]{2:44} But they, supposing him to have been in the
company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among
[their] kinsfolk and acquaintance. {2:45} And when they
found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking
him. {2:46} And it came to pass, that after three days they
found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors,
both hearing them, and asking them questions. {2:47} And
all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and
answers. {2:48} And when they saw him, they were
amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou
thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee
sorrowing. {2:49} And he said unto them, How is it that ye
sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s
business? {2:50} And they understood not the saying which
he spake unto them. {2:51} And he went down with them,
and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his
mother kept all these sayings in her heart. {2:52} And Jesus
increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God
and man.{3:1} Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of TiberiusCa