002:010 But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am
bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.
002:011 For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day,
in the town of David.
002:012 And this is the token for you: you will find a babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."
002:013 And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army
of Heaven praising God and saying,
002:014 "Glory be to God in the highest Heavens, And on earth peace
among men who please Him!"
002:015 Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven,
the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far
as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord
has made known to us."
002:016 So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph,
with the babe lying in the manger.
002:017 And when they saw the child, they told what had been said
to them about Him;
002:018 and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.
002:019 But Mary treasured up all these things, often dwelling on them
in her mind.
002:020 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all
that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement
made to them.
002:021 When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him
had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel
before His conception in the womb.
002:022 And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law
of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present
Him to the Lord--