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Luke 2:3

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  1. Luke 2:1

    And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

  2. Luke 2:2

    (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

  3. Luke 2:4

    And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

  4. Luke 2:5

    To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.