30. For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
31. which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples:
32. ‘A light for revelation to the nations’ and the glory of Your people Israel.”
33. And His father and mother were marveling at the things that were said about Him.
34. And Simeon offered a bracha over them and said to Miriam His mother, “Behold, this One is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that is opposed,
35. so the thoughts of many hearts may be uncovered. (And even for you, a sword will pierce through your soul.)”
36. Now Anna, a daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, was a prophetess. She was well advanced in age, having lived with a husband only seven years
37. and then as a widow until age eighty-four. She never left the Temple, serving night and day with fasting and prayers.
38. And coming up at that very instant, she began praising God and speaking about the Child to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
39. When Joseph and Miriam had completed everything according to the Torah of Adonai, they returned to the Galilee, to their own city of Natzeret.
40. The Child kept growing and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.
41. Now His parents were going every year to Jerusalem for the Passover feast.
42. When He became twelve years old, they were going up according to festival custom.