Luke 2:20-23
J.B. Phillips New Testament
16-20 So they came as fast as they could and they found Mary and Joseph—and the baby lying in the manger. And when they had seen this sight, they told everybody what had been said to them about the little child. And those who heard them were amazed at what the shepherds said. But Mary treasured all these things and turned them over in her mind. The shepherds went back to work, glorifying and praising God for everything that they had heard and seen, which had happened just as they had been told.
Mary and Joseph bring their newly-born son to the Temple
21 At the end of the eight days, the time came for circumcising the child and he was called Jesus, the name given to him by the angel before his conception.
22-23 When the “purification” time, stipulated by the Law of Moses, was completed, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. This was to fulfil a requirement of the Law—‘Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord’.
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Luke 2:20-23
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20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God(A) for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child,(B) he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.(C)
Jesus Presented in the Temple
22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses,(D) Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]),(E)
Footnotes
- Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12
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