Luke 2:3

God's Word

All the people went to register in the cities where their ancestors had lived.

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. He answered Abraham so that everyone who was entering the city gate could hear him. He said,

Luke 2:1

At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire.

Luke 2:2

This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Luke 2:4

So Joseph went from Nazareth, a city in Galilee, to a Judean city called Bethlehem. Joseph, a descendant of King David, went to Bethlehem because David had been born there.

Luke 2:5

Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.