Christmas, The Birth of
Jesus
Luke 2
New International Version (NIV)
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus
issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2
(This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of
Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the
town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and
line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be
married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time
came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She
wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest
room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living
out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel
of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring
you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the
town of David a
Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a
sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the
heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest
heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them
and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this
thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found
Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had
seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this
child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had
heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 On the eighth day, when it was
time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given
him before he was conceived.
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