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It details the journey of Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem in compliance with Caesar Augustus's decree for a Roman empire census. Upon arrival in Bethlehem, with no room at the inn, Mary gives birth to her son and lays him in a manger. The narrative also describes the appearance of an angel to shepherds in nearby fields, accompanied by a glorious light, causing them to be terrified. The document credits the story and music to SIL Global (© 2026) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, and the images to Jim Padgett (© 1984 Sweet Publishing) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License, with adaptations by SIL Global. Users are granted rights to use, adapt, and distribute the work commercially and non-commercially, provided they adhere to the licensing terms and retain copyright and attribution notices.","202b The Birth of Jesus  \nLuke 2  \nEnglish Bible  \n202b The Birth of Jesus  \nEnglish United States  \nCopyright © 2026, SIL Global  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by Jim Padgett, © 1984 Sweet Publishing under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Images adapted by SIL Global.  \nStory and Music © 2026 SIL Global under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nSeveral months passed after the angel told Mary that she would conceive and give birth toa son.  \nLuke 1:26, 31  \nWhile Mary was still pregnant, the Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, gave this order:  \n“Everyone in the Roman empire must go to their ancestor’s hometown to register.”  \nLuke 2:1-3  \nSo Joseph and Mary traveled from the town called Nazareth to Bethlehem, a town in Judea. They went to Bethlehem because Bethlehem was the hometown of King David, Joseph’s ancestor.  \nLuke 2:4-5  \nIn Bethlehem, the time came for Mary  \nto give birth to her baby. There were no guesthouse rooms available, so they stayed in alivestock stable.  \nLuke 2:6-7  \nAfter her son was born, Mary laid him in amanger, a feeding box for animals.  \nLuke 2:7  \nThat same night, there were shepherds guarding their sheep in nearby fields. 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