Luke 2:27 - Easy To Read Version

²⁷ The Spirit led Simeon to the temple. {\cf2\super [37]} Mary and Joseph went to the temple to do what the Jewish law said they must do. They brought the baby Jesus to the temple.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And prompted by the [Holy] Spirit, he came into the temple [enclosure]; and when the parents brought in the little child Jesus to do for Him what was customary according to the Law,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ 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,

Common English Bible

²⁷ Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple area. Meanwhile, Jesus’ parents brought the child to the temple so that they could do what was customary under the Law.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And he went with the Spirit to the temple. And when the child Jesus was brought in by his parents, in order to act on his behalf according to the custom of the law,

Luke 2:27 Cross References

Acts 10:19

Peter was still thinking about the vision. {\cf2\super [206]} But the Spirit {\cf2\super [207]} said to him, “Listen! Three men are looking for you.

Luke 2:51

Jesus went with them to Nazareth. He obeyed everything his parents said. His mother was still thinking about all these things.

Luke 2:48

When Jesus’ parents saw him, they were amazed. His mother said to him, “Son, why did you do this to us? Your father and I were very worried about you. We have been looking for you.”

Luke 2:41

Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover {\cf2\super [41]} festival.

Revelation 17:3

Then the angel carried me away by the Spirit {\cf2\super [126]} to the desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a red animal. The animal was covered with bad names written on him. The animal had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 1:10

On the Lord’s day the Spirit {\cf2\super [9]} took control of me. I heard a loud voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet.

Acts 16:7

Paul and Timothy went near the country of Mysia. They wanted to go into the country of Bithynia. But the Spirit of Jesus did not let them go in.

Acts 11:12

The Spirit {\cf2\super [222]} told me to go with them without doubting. These six brothers (believers) here also went with me. We went to the house of Cornelius.

Acts 8:29

The Spirit {\cf2\super [176]} said to Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

Luke 4:1

Jesus returned from the Jordan River. He was full of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [61]} The Spirit led Jesus into the desert.

Luke 2:22

The time came for Mary and Joseph to do the things the law of Moses taught about being made pure. {\cf2\super [31]} Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to Jerusalem so they could present him to the Lord (God).

Matthew 4:1

Then the Spirit {\cf2\super [47]} led Jesus into the desert. Jesus was taken there to be tempted by the devil.

Jeremiah 32:11

Then I took the sealed copy of the deed and the copy that was not sealed,

Luke 2:28

Simeon held the baby in his arms and thanked God:

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son. God’s Son was born from a woman. God’s Son lived under the law. {\cf2\super [48]}