Luke 2:8–21

⁸And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock, ⁹and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear. ¹⁰And the messenger said to them, ‘Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people— ¹¹because there was born to you to-day a Saviour—who is Christ the Lord—in the city of David, ¹²and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.’ ¹³And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, ¹⁴‘Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men—good will.’ ¹⁵And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, ‘We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.’ ¹⁶And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger, ¹⁷and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child. ¹⁸And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them; ¹⁹and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart; ²⁰and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

²¹And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.