Luke 2:21-23

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Mary and Joseph bring their newly-born son to the Temple

²¹ At the end of the eight days, the time came for circumcising the child and he was called Jesus, the name given to him by the angel before his conception.

^22-23 When the “purification” time, stipulated by the Law of Moses, was completed, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. This was to fulfil a requirement of the Law—‘Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord’.