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Luke 2:1

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Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1I.e. the Roman empire

Cross references

  1. aMatt 22:17; Luke 3:1
  2. bMatt 24:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

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.