Luke 2:1-11 ▼

1 And it came to passe in those dayes, yt there went out a commaundement fro Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be taxed.

2 (And this first taxing was made, when Syrenius was liefetenaunt in Syria.)

3 And euery man went vnto his owne citie, to be taxed.

4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee, out of the citie Nazareth, into Iurie, vnto the citie of Dauid, whiche is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and image of Dauid,

5 To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.

6 And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.

7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne.

8 There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght.

9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.

10 And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people.

11 For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.