Lucas 2

1 It was the time when Caesar Augustus issued a decree that there should be a census of everyone in the Roman Empire. 2 This was the first census under governor Quirinius of Syria. 3 So everybody went to their own city to be registered. 4 Joseph was descended from King David, so he left Nazareth in Galilee to go to Bethlehem, the city of David, in Judea. 5 He went to register there, together with Mary, who was pledged in marriage to him and expecting a baby.