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According to the Gospel of St Luke, in accordance with Mosaic Law, Jesus' parents made their way to Jerusalem to present their newborn son to the Lord and offer up a pair of turtledoves as a sacrifice. A just man, Simeon, encouraged by the Holy Spirit to go to the Temple that day, took Jesus in his arms and recognized the Lord in him. Anna, a prophetess, who lived in the Temple, also began to talk of the Child "to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem".
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