37. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
38. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.
39. When Jesus’ parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee.
40. There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.
41. Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
42. When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.