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Luke 2:21
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19 aBut Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.  
20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and apraising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.  

Circumcision of Jesus

21 aAnd when eight days were completed1 for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called bJesus, the name given by the angel cbefore He was conceived in the womb.  

Jesus Presented in the Temple

22 Now when athe days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord  
23 a(as it is written in the law of the Lord, b“Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),  
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, a“A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”  
Verse Comparison: Luke 2:21

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American Standard Version
And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Amplified® Bible
And at the end of eight days, when [the Baby] was to be circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

Contemporary English Version
Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands. And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.

Darby English Version
And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

Good News Bible
A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

International Standard Version
After eight days had passed, the child was circumcised and named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

King James Version
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

New American Standard Bible
And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was {then} called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

New International Version
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

New King James Version
And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, people called His name Jesus, the name given by the angel before Mary had conceived Him in the womb.

Young's Literal Translation
And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.


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