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Now it came to pass, in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, for all the inhabited earth to be enrolled:

this enrolment, first was made while Cyrenius was governor of Syria:

and all were journeying to be enrolled, each one unto his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of a city Nazareth, into Judaea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David:

to enrol himself with Mary who was betrothed to him, she being with child.

And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days were fulfilled for her to give birth;

and she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.