2:29 “Now, according to your word, 3 Sovereign Lord, 4 permit 5 your servant 6 to depart 7 in peace.
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation 8
2:31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples: 9
2:32 a light, 10
for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory 11 to your people Israel.”
2:33 So 12 the child’s 13 father 14 and mother were amazed 15 at what was said about him. 2:34 Then 16 Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: 17 This child 18 is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising 19 of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected. 20