Luke 2:1; Luke 2:3-7

@OnlineCarols, 2011

Read by @drbexlUsing The New International Version translation

Luke 2:1

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree…

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…that a census should be taken…

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…of the entire Roman world.

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Luke 2:3-7

3. And everyone went to his own town to register.

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4 So Joseph also went up from the

town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea,

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…to Bethlehem the town of David,

because he belonged to the house and

line of David.

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5 He went there to register with Mary, …

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…who was pledged to be married to him…

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…and was expecting a child.

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6 While they were there, the

time came for the baby to be

born,

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7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. …

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…She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger,…

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…because there was no room for them in the inn.

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Thanks be to God.

This is the word of the Lord

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