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Luke 2:23-25
New Century Version
Luke 2:23-25
New Century Version
23 (It is written in the law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be given to the Lord.”)[a] 24 Mary and Joseph also went to offer a sacrifice, as the law of the Lord says: “You must sacrifice two doves or two young pigeons.”[b]
Simeon Sees Jesus
25 In Jerusalem lived a man named Simeon who was a good man and godly. He was waiting for the time when God would take away Israel’s sorrow, and the Holy Spirit was in him.
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- 2:23 “Every . . . Lord.” Quotation from Exodus 13:2.
- 2:24 “You . . . pigeons.” Quotation from Leviticus 12:8.
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