Luke 2:4

Christian Standard Bible

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth  in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,  because he was of the house and family line of David,

Cross References

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin  is from antiquity, from ancient times.

John 7:42

Doesn’t the Scripture  say that the Messiah comes from David’s  offspring  and from the town of Bethlehem,  where David lived? ”

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

Luke 4:16

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.  As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day  and stood up to read.

Matthew 2:23

Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his hometown, Bethlehem,  for an annual sacrifice  there involving the whole clan.’

Ruth 4:17

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah,  who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Ruth 2:4

Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.” “The Lord bless you,”  they replied.

John 1:46

“Can anything good  come out of Nazareth? ” Nathanael asked him. “Come and see,” Philip answered.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man? ” “The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,”  David answered.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.  When the elders of the town met him, they trembled  and asked, “Do  you come in peace? ”

Ruth 1:19

The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival  , and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi? ”

Genesis 48:7

When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way,  some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem  ).

Matthew 1:20

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Luke 2:3

So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

Luke 2:5

to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him  and was pregnant.