Luke 2:1

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
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King James Version

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

New International Version

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, so that the whole world would be enrolled