Luke 2:4-14

New American Standard Bible

⁴ Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because ^(A)he was of the house and family of David, ⁵ in order to register along with Mary, who was ^[a]betrothed to him, and was pregnant. ⁶ While they were there, the ^[b]time came for her to give birth. ⁷ And she ^(B)gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a ^[c]manger, because there was no ^[d]room for them in the inn.

⁸ In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock at night. ⁹ And ^(C)an angel of the Lord suddenly ^(D)stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. ¹⁰ And so the angel said to them, “^(E)Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; ¹¹ for today in the city of David there has been born for you a ^(F)Savior, who is ^[e](G)Christ ^(H)the Lord. ¹² And ^(I)this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a ^[f]manger.” ¹³ And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly ^[g]army of angels praising God and saying,