2This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.
3And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
4And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
5To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
7And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
8And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
