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St Luke 2:26-31 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

26. And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

27. And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

28. He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:

29. Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;

30. Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

31. Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:

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