⁸In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. ⁹Then an angel of the Lord ^hstood before ⁱthem, ^jand the glory of the Lord ^kshone around them, and they were terrified. ^l¹⁰But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, ^mfor look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: ⁿ¹¹Today a Savior, ^owho is Messiah ^pthe Lord, ^qwas born for you in the city of David. ¹²This will be the sign for you: ^rYou will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.”

¹³Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

¹⁴Glory to God in the highest heaven, ^s

and peace on earth ^tto people He favors! ^u^v^w

¹⁵When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

¹⁶They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough. ¹⁷After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, ¹⁸and all who heard it were amazed ^xat what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹But Mary was treasuring up all these things ^yin her heart ^zand meditating on them. ²⁰The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God ^afor all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus

²¹When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, ^bHe was named Jesus ^c—the name given by the angel before He was conceived. ^d

Read in Logos

Luke 2:11: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Footnotes

i2:9 Or Lord appeared to
l2:9 they feared a great fear
n2:10 Or the whole nation
u2:14 Other read earth good will to people
v2:14 Or earth to men of good will
y2:19 these words
d2:21 Or conceived in the womb

Cross references

h2:9 Mt 1:20; 2:13, 19; 28:2; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; 8:26; 12:7; 12:23
j2:9 Lk 24:4; Ac 12:7
k2:9 Ex 24:16; 40:34–35; Lv 9:6, 23; Nm 20:6; 1Kg 8:11; Is 35:2; 40:5; 60:1
m2:10 Mt 14:27
o2:11 Mt 1:21; Jn 4:42; Ac 5:31
p2:11 Mt 1:16; 16:16, 20; Jn 11:27
q2:11 Lk 1:43; Ac 2:36; 10:36
r2:12 1Sm 2:34; 2Kg 19:29; 20:8–9; Is 7:11, 14
s2:14 Mt 21:9; Lk 19:38
t2:14 Lk 12:51
w2:14 Lk 3:22; Eph 1:9; Php 2:13
x2:18 Lk 1:63; 2:33; 4:22; 8:25; 9:43; 11:14, 38; 20:26; 24:12, 41
z2:19 Lk 2:51
a2:20 Mt 9:8
b2:21 Lk 1:59
c2:21 Lk 1:31