16. So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
17. When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,
18. and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.
19. But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.
20. So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
21. At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22. Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23. (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),
24. and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.
25. Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.