Luke 2:8-21 - The Shepherds And The Angels

⁸ And the shepherds were in that country, tenting out and keeping guard over their flock by night. ⁹ And behold an angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they feared with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people; ¹¹ because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. ¹² And this shall be the sign unto you; you shall find an infant lying in a manger, wrapped in swaddling clothes.

¹³ And immediately a multitude of the heavenly host was with the angel, praising God and saying;

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth; good will among men.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when the angels departed from them into heaven, indeed, the shepherds said to one another; Now let us go unto Bethlehem and see this word which has taken place, which the Lord made known to us.

¹⁶ They went making haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. ¹⁷ And seeing, they made known concerning the word which was spoken to them about this little child. ¹⁸ And all hearing wondered concerning the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds. ¹⁹ And Mary kept all these words laying them up in her heart. ²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all things which they heard and saw, as it was spoken to them.

²¹ And when the eight days of circumcising Him were fulfilled, and His name was called Jesus, having been called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.