"To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. {taxed: or, enrolled}" — Luke 2:5

Luke 2:5 · KJV

“To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. {taxed: or, enrolled}”

— Luke 2:5

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

Verse 6

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

Luke 2 — Context

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. {taxed: or, enrolled}

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. {taxed: or, enrolled}

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Cross References

Matthew 1:18-19

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Deuteronomy 22:22-27

If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, {both} the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.