32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles[a](A)
and glory to your people Israel.(B)

33 His father and mother[b] were amazed at what was being said about him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel(C) and to be a sign that will be opposed[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:32 Or the nations
  2. 2:33 Other mss read But Joseph and his mother
  3. 2:34 Or spoken against

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