1. In those days, Caesar Augustus made a law. It required that a list be made of everyone in the whole Roman world.
2. It was the first time a list was made of the people while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3. All went to their own towns to be listed.
4. So Joseph went also. He went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea. That is where Bethlehem, the town of David, was. Joseph went there because he belonged to the family line of David.
5. He went there with Mary to be listed. Mary was engaged to him. She was expecting a baby.