Luke 2:25-32

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²⁵Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout.^(A) He was waiting for the consolation of Israel,^(B) and the Holy Spirit was on him. ²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. ²⁷Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,^(C) ²⁸Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

²⁹“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,^(D)
    you may now dismiss^[a] your servant in peace.^(E)
³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation,^(F)
³¹    which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”^(G)

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Footnotes

Luke 2:29 Or promised, / now dismiss

Isaiah 49:13-16

New International Version

¹³Shout for joy,^(A) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;^(B)
    burst into song, you mountains!^(C)
For the Lord comforts^(D) his people
    and will have compassion^(E) on his afflicted ones.^(F)

¹⁴But Zion^(G) said, “The Lord has forsaken^(H) me,
the Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(I) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(J)
¹⁶See, I have engraved^(K) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls^(L) are ever before me.