<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1565">those</s><sn="2250">days</s>, that there went <sn="1831">out</s> a <sn="1378">decree</s><sn="3844">from</s><sn="2541">Caesar</s><sn="828">Augustus</s>, that <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3625">world</s> should be <sn="583">taxed</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>( And <sn="3778">this</s><sn="582">taxing</s> was <sn="4413">first</s><sn="1096">made</s> when <sn="2958">Cyrenius</s> was <sn="2230">governor</s> of <sn="4947">Syria</s>.) </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4198">went</s> to be <sn="583">taxed</s>, every <sn="1538">one</s><sn="1519">into</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4172">city</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2501">Joseph</s><sn="2532">also</s> went <sn="305">up</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>, out <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="3478">Nazareth</s>, <sn="1519">into</s><sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="1519">unto</s> the <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="1138">David</s>, <sn="3748">which</s> is <sn="2564">called</s><sn="965">Bethlehem</s>; <sn="1223">because</s> ( <sn="846">he</s><sn="1511">was</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="3624">house</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3965">lineage</s> of <sn="1138">David</s>:) </v>
<vn='5'>To be <sn="583">taxed</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3423">espoused</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="5607">being</s> great with <sn="1471">child</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s> so it <sn="1096">was</s>, that, while <sn="846">they</s><sn="1511">were</s><sn="1563">there</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s> were <sn="4130">accomplished</s> that <sn="846">she</s> should be <sn="5088">delivered</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s> she brought <sn="5088">forth</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="4416">firstborn</s><sn="5207">son</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> wrapped him in swaddling <sn="4683 846">clothes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="347">laid</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="5336">manger</s>; <sn="1360">because</s> there <sn="2258">was</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5117">room</s> for <sn="846">them</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2646">inn</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="2258">were</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="5561">country</s><sn="4166">shepherds</s> abiding <sn="63">in</s> the <sn="*2532">field</s>, <sn="5442">keeping</s><sn="5438">watch</s><sn="1909">over</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="4167">flock</s> by <sn="3571">night</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s>, <sn="2400">lo</s>, the <sn="32">angel</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> came <sn="2186">upon</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> shone round <sn="4034">about</s><sn="846">them</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they were sore <sn="5399 3173 5401">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5399">Fear</s><sn="3361">not</s>: <sn="1063">for</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, I bring you good <sn="2097 5213">tidings</s> of <sn="3173">great</s><sn="5479">joy</s>, <sn="3748">which</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s> to <sn="3956">all</s><sn="2992">people</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3754">For</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s> is <sn="5088">born</s> this <sn="4594">day</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="1138">David</s> a <sn="4990">Savior</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5124">this</s> shall be a <sn="4592">sign</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>; Ye shall <sn="2147">find</s> the <sn="1025">babe</s> wrapped in swaddling <sn="4683">clothes</s>, <sn="2749">lying</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="5336">manger</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1810">suddenly</s> there <sn="1096">was</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s> a <sn="4128">multitude</s> of the <sn="3770">heavenly</s><sn="4756">host</s><sn="134">praising</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1391">Glory</s> to <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="5310">highest</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="1093">earth</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, good <sn="2107">will</s><sn="1722">toward</s><sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angels</s> were gone <sn="565">away</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772 *444">heaven</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4166">shepherds</s><sn="2036">said</s> one to <sn="240 4314">another</s>, Let us now <sn="1330">go</s><sn="1211">even</s><sn="2193">unto</s><sn="965">Bethlehem</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="4487">thing</s> which is come to <sn="1096">pass</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> hath made <sn="1107">known</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2064">came</s> with <sn="4692">haste</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="429">found</s><sn="3137">Mary</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2501">Joseph</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1025">babe</s><sn="2749">lying</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="5336">manger</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s> when they had <sn="1492">seen</s> it, they made <sn="1232">known</s><sn="*4012">abroad</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">saying</s> which was <sn="2980">told</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="3813">child</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">all</s> they that <sn="191">heard</s> it <sn="2296">wondered</s><sn="4012">at</s> those things which were <sn="2980">told</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4166">shepherds</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="4933">kept</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5023">these</s><sn="4487">things</s>, and <sn="4820">pondered</s> them <sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="2588">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4166">shepherds</s><sn="1994">returned</s>, <sn="1392">glorifying</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="134">praising</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1909">for</s><sn="3956">all</s> the things <sn="3739">that</s> they had <sn="191">heard</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">seen</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> it was <sn="2980">told</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3753">when</s><sn="3638">eight</s><sn="2250">days</s> were <sn="4130">accomplished</s> for the <sn="4059">circumcising</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3813">child</s>, <sn="846">his</s><sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="2564">called</s><sn="2424">JESUS</s>, which was so <sn="2564">named</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="4253">before</s><sn="846">he</s> was <sn="4815">conceived</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2836">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3753">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s> of <sn="846">her</s><sn="2512">purification</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3475">Moses</s> were <sn="4130">accomplished</s>, they <sn="321">brought</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="3936">present</s> him to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>; </v>
<vn='23'>( <sn="2531">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="3956">Every</s><sn="730">male</s> that <sn="1272">openeth</s> the <sn="3388">womb</s> shall be <sn="2564">called</s><sn="40">holy</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>;) </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s> to <sn="1325">offer</s> a <sn="2378">sacrifice</s><sn="2596">according</s> to that which is <sn="2046">said</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, A <sn="2201">pair</s> of <sn="5167">turtledoves</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="3502">young</s><sn="4058">pigeons</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2532">And</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, there <sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="444">man</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="4826">Simeon</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="3778">same</s><sn="444">man</s> was <sn="1342">just</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2126">devout</s>, waiting <sn="4327">for</s> the <sn="3874">consolation</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> it <sn="2258">was</s><sn="5537">revealed</s> unto <sn="846">him</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, that he should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="2288">death</s>, <sn="4250">before</s> he had <sn="1492">seen</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> 's <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1118">parents</s> brought <sn="1521">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3813">child</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, to <sn="4160">do</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1480">custom</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2532">Then</s> took he him <sn="1209 846 846">up</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="43">arms</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s>, </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1203">Lord</s>, <sn="3568">now</s> lettest thou <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1401">servant</s><sn="630">depart</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4487">word</s>: </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3450">mine</s><sn="3778">eyes</s> have <sn="1492">seen</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4992">salvation</s>, </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3739">Which</s> thou hast <sn="2090">prepared</s><sn="2596">before</s> the <sn="4383">face</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="2992">people</s>; </v>
<vn='32'>A <sn="5457">light</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="602">lighten</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2992">people</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2501">Joseph</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s><sn="2258 2296">marveled</s><sn="1909">at</s> those things which were <sn="2980">spoken</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4826">Simeon</s><sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s>, <sn="3778">this</s> child is <sn="2749">set</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="4431">fall</s><sn="2532">and</s> rising <sn="386">again</s> of <sn="4183">many</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">for</s> a <sn="4592">sign</s> which shall be spoken <sn="483">against</s>; </v>
<vn='35'>( <sn="1161">Yea</s>, <sn="*846">a</s><sn="4501">sword</s> shall pierce <sn="1330">through</s> thy <sn="846">own</s><sn="5590">soul</s><sn="2532">also</s>,) <sn="3704">that</s> the <sn="1261">thoughts</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2588">hearts</s> may be <sn="601 302">revealed</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="2258">was</s> one <sn="451">Anna</s>, a <sn="4398">prophetess</s>, the <sn="2364">daughter</s> of <sn="5323">Phanuel</s>, <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="5443">tribe</s> of <sn="768">Asher</s>: <sn="3778">she</s> was of a great <sn="4260 1722 4183 2250">age</s>, and had <sn="2198">lived</s><sn="3326">with</s> a <sn="435">husband</s><sn="2033">seven</s><sn="2094">years</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="3932">virginity</s>; </v>
<vn='37'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">she</s> was a <sn="5503">widow</s> of <sn="5613">about</s> fourscore and and <sn="3589 5064">four</s><sn="2094">years</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="868">departed</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>, but <sn="3000">served</s> God with <sn="3521">fastings</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1162">prayers</s><sn="3571">night</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2250">day</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">she</s><sn="2186">coming</s> in that <sn="846 5610">instant</s> gave <sn="437">thanks</s> likewise unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="846">him</s> to <sn="3956">all</s> them that looked <sn="4327">for</s><sn="3085">redemption</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5613">when</s> they had <sn="5055">performed</s> all <sn="537">things</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, they <sn="5290">returned</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="1519">to</s> their <sn="848">own</s><sn="4172">city</s><sn="3478">Nazareth</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3813">child</s><sn="837">grew</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> waxed <sn="2901">strong</s> in <sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="4137">filled</s> with <sn="4678">wisdom</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="2532">Now</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1118">parents</s><sn="4198">went</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s> every <sn="2596 2094">year</s> at <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1859">feast</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3957">passover</s>. </v>
<vn='42'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3753">when</s> he <sn="1096">was</s> twelve years <sn="1427 2094">old</s>, <sn="846">they</s> went <sn="305">up</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1485">custom</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1859">feast</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="2532">And</s> when they had <sn="5048">fulfilled</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s>, as <sn="846">they</s><sn="5290">returned</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3816">child</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> tarried <sn="5278">behind</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2501">Joseph</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s><sn="1097">knew</s><sn="3756">not</s> of it. </v>
<vn='44'><sn="1161">But</s> they, <sn="3543">supposing</s><sn="846">him</s> to have <sn="1511">been</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4923">company</s>, <sn="2064">went</s> a <sn="2250">day</s> 's <sn="3598">journey</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="327">sought</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">among</s> their <sn="4773">kinsfolk</s><sn="2532 *1722">and</s><sn="1110">acquaintance</s>. </v>
<vn='45'><sn="2532">And</s> when they <sn="2147">found</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3361">not</s>, they turned back <sn="5290">again</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2212">seeking</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='46'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="3326">after</s><sn="5140">three</s><sn="2250">days</s> they <sn="2147">found</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>, <sn="2516">sitting</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3319">midst</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1320">doctors</s>, <sn="2532">both</s><sn="191">hearing</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> asking them <sn="1905 846">questions</s>. </v>
<vn='47'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">him</s> were <sn="1839">astonished</s><sn="1909">at</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="4907">understanding</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="612">answers</s>. </v>
<vn='48'><sn="2532">And</s> when they <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="846">him</s>, they were <sn="1605">amazed</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="5043">Son</s>, <sn="5101">why</s> hast thou <sn="3779">thus</s><sn="4160">dealt</s> with <sn="2254">us</s>? <sn="2400">behold</s>, <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3962">father</s> and <sn="2504">I</s> have <sn="2212">sought</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="3600">sorrowing</s>. </v>
<vn='49'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5101">How</s> is it <sn="3754">that</s> ye <sn="2212">sought</s><sn="3165">me</s>? <sn="1492">wist</s> ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3165">I</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="1511">be</s><sn="1722">about</s><sn="3450">my</s> Father's <sn="3588 3962">business</s>? </v>
<vn='50'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="4920">understood</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">saying</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="2980">spake</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='51'><sn="2532">And</s> he went <sn="2597">down</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3478">Nazareth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2258">was</s> subject <sn="5293">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>: <sn="2532">but</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s><sn="1301">kept</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5023">these</s><sn="4487">sayings</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="2588">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='52'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="4298">increased</s> in <sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2244">stature</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="5485">favor</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="444">man</s>. </v>