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had seen the Lord's Anointed One. 002:027 Led
by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in

the child Jesus to do with regard to Him according to the custom of the
Law, 002:028 he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
002:029 "Now, O Sovereign Lord, Thou dost send Thy servant away in
peace, in fulfilment of Thy word, 002:030 Because mine eyes have
seen Thy salvation, 002:031 Which Thou hast made ready in the sight
of all nations-- 002:032 A light to shine upon the Gentiles, And the
glory of Thy people Israel." 002:033 And while the child's father and
mother were wondering at the words of Symeon concerning Him,
002:034 Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child
is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a
token to be spoken against; 002:035 and a sword will pierce through
your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be
revealed." 002:036 There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of
Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age,
having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life, 002:037
and then being a widow of eighty-four years. She was never absent
from the Temple, but worshipped, by day and by night, with fasting
and prayer. 002:038 And coming up just at that moment, she gave
thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the
deliverance of Jerusalem. 002:039 Then, as soon as they had
accomplished all that the Law required, they returned to Galilee to their
own town of Nazareth. 002:040 And the child grew and became strong
and full of wisdom, and the favour of God rested upon Him. 002:041
Now His parents used to go up year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of
the Passover. 002:042 And when He was twelve years old they went up
as was customary at the time of the Feast, and, 002:043 after staying
the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus
remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,
002:044 but supposing Him to be in the travelling company, they
proceeded a day's journey. Then they searched up and down for Him
among their relatives and acquaintances; 002:045 but being unable to
find Him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for Him.
002:046 On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among
the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions, 002:047
while all who heard Him were astonished at His intelligence and at the
answers He gave. 002:048 When they saw Him, they were smitten with
amazement, and His mother said to Him, "My child, why have you

behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in
anguish." 002:049 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He
replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my
Father's business?" 002:050 But they did not understand the
significance of these words. 002:051 Then He went down with them
and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His
mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.
002:052 And as Jesus grew older He gained in both wisdom and stature,
and in favour with God and man. 003:001 Now in the fifteenth year of
the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judaea,
Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituraea and
Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene, 003:002 during the
High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to
John, the son of Zechariah, in the Desert. 003:003 John went into all
the district about the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for
the forgiveness of sins; 003:004 as it is written in the book of the
prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying aloud! `In the Desert prepare
ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight. 003:005 Every
ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the
crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways
into smooth; 003:006 and then shall all mankind see God's salvation.'"
003:007 Accordingly John used to say to the crowds who came out to
be baptized by him, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from
the coming wrath? 003:008 Live lives which shall prove your change
of heart; and do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as
our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for
Abraham from these stones. 003:009 And even now the axe