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The Birth of Jesus

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

Luke 1:80 Luke 2 Luke 2:2

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KJV

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

ESV

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

NLT

At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.

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