NET Bible
"The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes."
— Luke 2:1, NET Bible
“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.”
“Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. ”
“Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.”
“And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.”
“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.”
“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.”
The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.