9. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.
10. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:
11. Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
12. This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
13. Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
15. When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”
16. So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
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.
25. Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27. So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,