Luke 2:8

A Conservative Version

And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, says lord LORD, surely inasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselve

Luke 2:7

And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9

And behold, an agent of Lord stood near them, and the glory of Lord shone around them. And they feared a great fear.