Luke 2:34-36

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁴ Then Simeon^[a] blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed ³⁵ so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

³⁶ There was also a prophet, Anna^[b] the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,