Luke 2:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, According to thy word:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And now, Lord, You are releasing Your servant to depart (leave this world) in peace, according to Your word.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Common English Bible

²⁹ “Now, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ "Now you may dismiss your servant in peace, O Lord, according to your word.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;

Luke 2:29 Cross References

Genesis 15:15

As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 46:30

Israel said to Joseph, “I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable.

Luke 2:26

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

Luke 2:28

Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,

Philippians 1:23

I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better,

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

Revelation 6:10

they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”