^{29 Ref} Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

^{30 Ref} For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

^{31 Ref} Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

^{32 Ref} A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

^{33 Ref} And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him;

^{34 Ref} and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this `child' is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

^{35 Ref} yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

^{36 Ref} And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

^{37 Ref} and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

^{38 Ref} And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.