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16 So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph, with the babe lying in the manger.
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So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
17 And when they saw the child, they told what had been said to them about Him;
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When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
18 and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.
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and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary treasured up all these things, often dwelling on them in her mind.
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But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to them.
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The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel before His conception in the womb.
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On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
22 And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--
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When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23 as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."
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(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord” ),
24 And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."
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and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem of the name of Symeon, an upright and God-fearing man, who was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
26 To him it had been revealed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death until he had seen the Lord's Anointed One.
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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.
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