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## Luke 2:20 in Context (Verses 17–23 KJV)
 
 [17 ](/kjv/luke/2/17) And when they had seen *it*, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/luke/2/18) And all they that heard *it* wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/luke/2/19) But Mary kept all these things, and pondered *them* in her heart.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/luke/2/20) And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/luke/2/21) 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.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/luke/2/22) And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present *him* to the Lord;
 
 [23 ](/kjv/luke/2/23) (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
 
[Luke 1](/kjv/luke/1) [Luke 3](/kjv/luke/3)

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