Luke 2:23-25

Contemporary English Version

^23 (A) just as the Law of the Lord says, “Each first-born^[a] baby boy belongs to the Lord.” ²⁴ The Law of the Lord also says parents have to offer a sacrifice, giving at least a pair of doves or two young pigeons. So that is what Mary and Joseph did.

²⁵ At this time a man named Simeon was living in Jerusalem. Simeon was a good man. He loved God and was waiting for him to save the people of Israel. God's Spirit came to him