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When the angels went away from them into heaven ,
the shepherds said to one another , "
Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened ,
which the Lord has made known to us ."
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And they went with haste ,
and found Mary and Joseph ,
and the babe lying in a manger .
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And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child ;
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and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them .
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But Mary kept all these things ,
pondering them in her heart .
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And the shepherds returned ,
glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen ,
as it had been told them .
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And at the end of eight days ,
when he was circumcised ,
he was called Jesus ,
the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb .
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And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses ,
they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
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as it is written in the law of the Lord , "
Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ")
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and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord , "
a pair of turtledoves ,
or two young pigeons ."