3. And everyone went to their own towns to be registered.
4. So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee. He went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea. This town was known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David.
5. Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (Mary was now pregnant.)
6. While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the baby.
7. She gave birth to her first son. There were no rooms left in the inn. So she wrapped the baby with cloths and laid him in a box where animals are fed.
8. That night, some shepherds were in the fields nearby watching their sheep.