⁸And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night. ⁹And an angel of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.^c ¹⁰And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people: ¹¹that today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. ¹²And this will be the sign for you: you will find the baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying,

¹⁴“Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace

among people with whom he is pleased!”^d

¹⁵And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say^* to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!” ¹⁶And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.

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

Footnotes

cLiterally “they were afraid with great fear”
dLiterally “of good pleasure”
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)