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21 When the child was eight days old, it was time to circumcise him. They named him Jesus. That was the name the angel gave him before the baby began to grow inside Mary.

22 The time came when Mary was no longer unclean by the law of Moses. Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem to bring him to the Lord.

23 This is what is written in the law of the Lord: `Every boy who is the first child of his mother will be holy for the Lord.'

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