| New Living Translation (NLT) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. | 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. |
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