Add parallel Print Page Options

37 and then she was a widow of eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple complex, since she was worshipping with fasting and prayers night and day. 38 Standing nearby at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord. She kept speaking about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.[a]

39 When they had accomplished everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town, Nazareth.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:38 Some witnesses to the text read in Jerusalem.