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Now
it happened
that at this time, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should
be made of the whole inhabited world. This census - the first
- took
place while Quirinius was governor of Syrina, and everyone went to be
registered, each to his own town.
So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David's town called Bethlehem since he was of David's House and line in order to be registed with Mary, his bethrothed, who was with child Now it happened that, while they were there she gave birth to a son, her first-born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living-space. Luke: 2-1:7 The New Jerusalem Bible |
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the countryside close by there were shephards out in fields keeping
guard over their sheep during the watches of the night. Luke: 2: 7:8 The New Jerusalem Bible |
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An
angel of the
Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round
them, They
were terrified, but the angel said, "Do not be afraid, Look, I bring
you news of great joy, to be shared by the whole people.
Today in the
town of David, a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord."
Luke: 2: 8:11 The New Jerusalem Bible
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