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Luke 2:17-24 New English Translation (NET)

17. When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

18. and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

19. But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.

20. So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

21. At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

22. Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

23. (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

24. and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

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