Luke 2:8-28

8And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

9And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.

10And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

11for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

12And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising 1God and saying,

14Glory to 2God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

15And 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.

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

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

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

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

20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising 3God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

21And 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.

22And 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),

24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of [the] Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him.

26And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.

27And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,

28he received him into his arms, and blessed 4God, and said,