A moment in scripture
Luke 2:3
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
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The surrounding passage
- 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.
- Luke 2:2
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- 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:)
- Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.