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Luke 2:15-22 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

15. When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”

16. So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

17. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.

18. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.

19. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.

20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

21. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

22. When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

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