World English Bible
Luke 2:21
“When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
Verse in context — Luke 2
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But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
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The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
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When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, 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 who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),
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