^32 (A)‘You shall ^[a]rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and ^(B)fear your God: I am the Lord.

Guidance for the Young

² And now here is the king, ^(A)walking before you; ^(B)and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. ³ Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before ^(C)His anointed: ^(D)Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any ^(E)bribe with which to ^(F)blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

⁴ And they said, ^(G)“You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”

⁵ Then he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, ^(H)that you have not found anything ^(I)in my hand.”

And they answered, “He is witness.”

⁷ Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob ^(A)blessed Pharaoh. ⁸ Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ^(B)“The days of the years of my ^[a]pilgrimage are ^(C)one hundred and thirty years; ^(D)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^(E)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” ¹⁰ So Jacob ^(F)blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

⁹ yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—

^33 [a]And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him. ³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the ^(D)fall and rising of many in Israel, and for ^(E)a sign which will be spoken against ³⁵ (yes, ^(F)a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer

³⁶ Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of ^(G)Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; ³⁷ and this woman was a widow ^[b]of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers ^(H)night and day. ³⁸ And coming in that instant she gave thanks to ^[c]the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who ^(I)looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.