³ Everyone went to his own home town for the Romans to count them. ⁴ So Joseph went to his home town, Bethlehem. He was living in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee. Bethlehem was in Judea. King David had been born there, so Bethlehem was called the town of David. Joseph belonged to the family of David. That is why he went to Bethlehem.

⁵ Joseph took Mary with him so that the Romans could count them. She went because she had promised to marry him. She was pregnant.