Luke 2:13-23

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

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

15 And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

16 And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

17 and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

18 And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.

20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

21 And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

22 And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the law of [the] Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

Footnotes

• [a]. or 'delight.'
• [b]. Lit. 'the men the shepherds '
• [c]. Ex. 13.2,12,15; Lev. 12.6,8.