Lucas 2

4 Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth  * 2:4 Mt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Jn 1:45 in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,  * 2:4 Gn 35:19; 48:7; Jos 19:15; Jdg 12:10; 17:7–9; Ru 1:1; 1Sm 16:1; Mc 5:2 because he was of the house and family line of David,  * 2:4 Lk 1:275 to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him  * 2:5 Lit betrothed and was pregnant. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger,  * 2:7 Or feeding trough, also in vv. 12,16 because there was no guest room available for them.