17. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.
18. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.
19. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
21. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22. When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,
23. just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,”
24. and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
25. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy Spirit was upon him.
26. It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.
27. He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him,
28. he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
29. “Now, Master, you may let your servant goin peace, according to your word,
30. for my eyes have seen your salvation,
31. which you prepared in sight of all the peoples,