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How to reconcile Matthew and Luke birth narratives?

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One way I am thinking of, but it is a big stretch, is this. Jesus' patents used to have a house in Nazareth, but they wanted to sell that house and get a new one in Bethlehem because it is spiritual center. But then Herod's persecution deterred them from doing it so they returned back to the house in Nazareth they already had.

Well, like I said it's a lot of stretching. So I am not saying I believe that's what happened, it is just one of the theories. Anybody else have any other theory?
 

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Did you read OP till the end? I was not asking about genealogy, I was asking about the story after his birth.

Which brings me on a different tangent. Do most people not read past first sentence? Does it happen to everyone or is it because my writing style is hard to read?

Don't delete or edit your reply: it is interesting so I am glad you wrote. Yet at the same time I am also bitter that ppl don't read what I write till the end
 
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Ok!
I am not sure my post ended up in this thread. This is not the thread I was reading and responding to!!!
I am going to delete it because I do not know how it ended up in this thread! It does not belong here!
?????
 
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Ok!
I am not sure my post ended up in this thread. This is not the thread I was reading and responding to!!!
I am going to delete it because I do not know how it ended up in this thread! It does not belong here!
?????

Can you point to the thread it was intended for?
 
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