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In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire

Roman world.

This was the first census that took place while Quarineus was governor of Syria.

And everyone went to their own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to Bethlehem, the town

of David, because he belonged to the house and the line of David.

He went there to register with Mary who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting

a child.

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born.

And she gave birth to her first born, a son.

She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no guest room

available for them.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks

at night.

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