THE CIRCUMCISION.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord), and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon:  and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel:  and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.  And he came in the Spirit into the temple:  and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

    “Now, lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord,
    According to thy word, in peace;
    For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
    Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
    A light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    And the glory of thy people Israel.”

And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him; 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;
    Yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul;
    That thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.”

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, 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.  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.

THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”

And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.  And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.  And they said unto him, “In Bethlehem of Judaea:  for thus it is written through the prophet,