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Summary
Luke 2:8-20

2:8. In the same country there were shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock,

2:9. and behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them, and they feared with a great fear.

2:10. The angel said to them, “Do not fear; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people,

2:11. “for this day a Savior is born to you, Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

2:12. “This shall be a sign to you: you shall find the Infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger.”

2:13. Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying,

2:14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.”

2:15. After the angels departed from them into Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has occurred which the Lord has declared to us.”

2:16. They came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger.

2:17. They saw and understood what had been spoken to them concerning this Child,

2:18. and all that heard wondered at those things that were told them by the shepherds,

2:19. but Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.

2:20. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told them.