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Home of Joseph and Mary before Conception/Birth of Jesus

Question:

where did Mary and Joseph live before Jesus?

Answer:

Scripture conveys that Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth before the conception and birth of Jesus:

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child (Luke 2:1-5).

Consequently, after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family returned to Nazareth:

And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazarene” (Matthew 2:23).

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