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The Birth of Jesus

At that time, Augustus Caesar sent an order that all people in the countries under Roman rule must list their names in a register.

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So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David. Joseph registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged[a] and who was now pregnant.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 engaged For the Jewish people, an engagement was a lasting agreement. It could only be broken by divorce.

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