Luke 2:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

Luke 2:1

Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

Luke 2:2

This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.

Luke 2:4

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

Luke 2:5

To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.