Luke 2:23 - Compare All Versions
Luke 2:22-24 MSG (The Message)
Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God as commanded in God’s Law: “Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God,” and also to sacrifice the “pair of doves or two young pigeons” prescribed in God’s Law.
Luke 2:23 KJV (King James Version)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Luke 2:23 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD”)
Luke 2:23 NCV (New Century Version)
(It is written in the law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be given to the Lord.”)
Luke 2:23 ASV (American Standard Version)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord)
Luke 2:23 NIV (New International Version)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”)
Luke 2:23 NKJV (New King James Version)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD”)
Luke 2:23 AMP (Amplified Bible)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY [set apart and dedicated] TO THE LORD)” [Ex 13:1, 2, 12; Num 8:17]
Luke 2:23 NLT (New Living Translation)
The law of the Lord says, “If a woman’s first child is a boy, he must be dedicated to the LORD.”
Luke 2:23 TPT (The Passion Translation)
For it is stated in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be set apart for God”
Luke 2:23 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)