20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

21 And when eight days were completed so that he could be circumcised,[a] he was named Jesus, his name that he was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

22 And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him[b] to the Lord

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:21 Literally “to circumcise him”
  2. Luke 2:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation