23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord" ),


In Context

20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord" ),

24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Luke 2:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:23As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that is the first born of his mother shall be called holy to the Lord)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, |Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord|),

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, — 'Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)