2In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus^l that the whole empire^B should be registered. ²This first registration took place while^C Quirinius was governing Syria.^m ³So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

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Footnotes

BOr the whole inhabited world
COr This registration was the first while, or This registration was before

Cross references

l Mt 22:17; Lk 3:1
m Mt 4:24

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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 Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register.

NLTNew Living Translation

At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire. (This first registration took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to be registered, each one to his own town.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

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