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Luke 2:1

Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem

1 Now in those days a decree went out from aCaesar Augustus, that a census be taken of ball 1the inhabited earth.

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Luke 2:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

Luke 2:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Luke 2:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Luke 2:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.

Luke 2:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Luke 2:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

At that time, Augustus Caesar sent an order that all people in the countries under Roman rule must list their names in a register.

Luke 2:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

Luke 2:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire.

Luke 2:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

Luke 2:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Luke 2:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.

Luke 2:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

In those days, Caesar Augustus made a law. It required that a list be made of everyone in the whole Roman world.


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