Luke 2:34-36

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³⁴ Simeon blessed them.

“Listen,” he said to Mary his mother, “this child has been placed here to make many in Israel fall and rise again, and as a sign that will be spoken against ³⁵ (yes, a sword will go through your own soul as well), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be disclosed.”

³⁶ There was also a prophetess called Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having been widowed after a seven-year marriage,