GOSPEL: LK 2: 22-40 When the day came for the purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought the baby up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord.
Gospel: Lk 2: 22-35 When the day came for the purification according to the law of Moses, they brought the baby up to Jerusalem ,to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to God. And they offered a sacrifice, as ordered in the law of the Lord: a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.