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Jesus is Presented in the Temple

22 When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary[a] took Jesus[b] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, 23 as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn son is to be designated as holy to the Lord.”[c] 24 They also offered a sacrifice according to what is specified in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:22 Lit. they
  2. Luke 2:22 Lit. him
  3. Luke 2:23 Cf. Exod 13:2, 12, 15; MT source citation reads Lord
  4. Luke 2:24 Lev 12:8