GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY
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In those days Caesar Augustus issued
a decree that a census
should be taken of the entire Roman world.
(This was the first census that took place while
Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth
in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David,
because he belonged to the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary,
who was pledged to be married to him and
was expecting a child.
While they were there, the time came for
the baby to be born, she
gave birth to her firstborn, a son.
She wrapped … Continue Reading