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15 And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.
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When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
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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 it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.
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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 those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.
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and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
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But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said 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 And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.
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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 necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give 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 says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be 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 to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.
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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 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on 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.
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