Now it happened in
those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world
should be enrolled. This
was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
All went to enroll
themselves, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; to enroll himself with Mary, who
was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
It happened, while they
were there, that the day had come that she should give birth. She brought forth her firstborn
son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding
trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.