Luke 2:28

Plain English Version

And Simeon took Jesus from them, and held him in his arms, and he thanked God, and said,

Cross References

Mark 10:16

Then Jesus held those kids in his arms, and he prayed for God to be good to them.

Mark 9:36

There was a young kid in that house, and Jesus picked him up and said, “Look at this little kid. If you follow me, and if you are friendly to little kids like this one, and if you help them, well, really you are friendly to me too. And if you are friendly to me, well, really you are friendly to my father in heaven too. He is the one that sent me here.”

Luke 1:46

Mary said, “God is really good and really great, and I want to tell everybody about him.

Luke 1:64

Then, straight away, Zekariah started to talk again, and he told everyone that God is very great.

Luke 1:68

“The God of us Israel mob, he is a great God. He came now to save us, his people.

Luke 2:20

As those men walked back to their sheep, they talked about how everything happened, just like God’s angel said. They said to God, “You are really great.” And they told everybody that God is great.

Luke 2:27

Then on the day that Joseph and Mary took Jesus into God’s ceremony house, the Holy Spirit told Simeon to go there too, so he was there when Joseph and Mary brought Jesus in.

Luke 2:29

“Now, God, I can die happy, just like you promised me,