Luke 2:16-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the child lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them, 19 and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.(A) 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.(B)
Jesus Is Named
21 When the eighth day came, it was time to circumcise the child,[a] and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.(C)
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- 2.21 Gk him
Luke 2:16-21
Contemporary English Version
16 They hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and they saw the baby lying on a bed of hay.
17 When the shepherds saw Jesus, they told his parents what the angel had said about him. 18 Everyone listened and was surprised. 19 But Mary kept thinking about all this and wondering what it meant.
20 As the shepherds returned to their sheep, they were praising God and saying wonderful things about him. Everything they had seen and heard was just as the angel had said.
21 (A) Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands.[a] And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.
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- 2.21 what the Law of Moses commands: See the note at 1.59.
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