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Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Luke 2:5 · Webster Bible
Luke 2:5 in other translations
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
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In context
2 ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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