Luke 2:11-21

11 for today in the city of David there has been born for you a ¹Savior, who is ²Christ ³the Lord.

12 "⁴This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

14 "⁵Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men ⁶with whom He is pleased."

15 When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, "Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us."

16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.

17 When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.

18 And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary ⁷treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.

20 The shepherds went back, ⁸glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

21 And when ⁹eight days had passed, before His circumcision, ¹⁰His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

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