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20 Then the shepherds returned to their flock,[a] glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

Jesus is Circumcised

21 After eight days had passed, the infant[b] was circumcised and named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus is Presented in the Temple

22 When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary[c] took Jesus[d] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:20 The Gk. lacks to their flock
  2. Luke 2:21 Lit. he
  3. Luke 2:22 Lit. they
  4. Luke 2:22 Lit. him