37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.[a] She did not depart from the temple, (A)worshiping with (B)fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were (C)waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

The Return to Nazareth

39 And when they had performed everything according to (D)the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of (E)Nazareth.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:37 Or as a widow for eighty-four years

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