The Census brings Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem
Luke 2:1-7 Phillips At that time a proclamation was made by Caesar Augustus that all the inhabited world should be registered.
This was the first census, undertaken while Cyrenius was governor of Syria;
and everybody went to the town of his birth to be registered,
Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to David's town, Bethlehem, in zJudea, because he was a direct descendant of David, to be registered with his future wife, Mary, who was pregnant.
So it happened that it was while they were there in Bethlehem that she came to the end of her time,
She gave birth to her first child, a son.
And as there was no place for them inside the inn, she wrapped him up and laid him in a manger.
Mary and Joseph bring their newly-born son to the Temple
Luke 2:21 Phillips At the end of the eight days, the time came for circumcising the child and he was called Jesus, the name given to him by the angel before his conception
Luke 2:39-40 Phillips When they had completed all the requirements of the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
The child grew up and became strong and full of wisdom. And God's blessing was upon him.
Luke 2:42 Phillips When he was twelve years old they went up to the city as usual for the festival.