Luke 2:8

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, saith the Lord GOD surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

Luke 2:7

And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9

And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.