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34 Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Listen carefully: this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for [a]a sign that is to be opposed—(A) 35 and a sword [of deep sorrow] will pierce through your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

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  1. Luke 2:34 The rejecting of the Messiah, culminating in the crucifixion.

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