Have no fear. We're simply checking the census against the tax rolls. Now, you are......

Lucius: [Arriving at Jesus' home in Nazareth on horseback with another Roman soldier and greeting the Holy Family] Have no fear. We're simply checking the census against the tax rolls. [Reading from a scroll] Lucius: Now, you are... Joseph. And you live here with your wife Mary. Joseph: That is so. Lucius: [Pointing to Jesus] Who's this boy? Virgin Mary: My son, Jesus. Lucius: [Looking at the scroll again] I have no record of His birth. When was He born? Virgin Mary: Twelve years ago. Lucius: Where? Virgin Mary: In Bethlehem. [Jesus walks away] Lucius: [Realizing Jesus must have survived the killing of the young boys in Bethlehem which he commanded on Herod's orders 12 years before, and after a long, tense pause] Bethlehem? [Mary slowly nods "yes"] Lucius: [to the other Roman soldier, who then rides away] Count those in the next house. [to Mary] Lucius: See that the boy is registered before the year is out. [Lucius himself rides away, after which Joseph and Mary look at each other with relief]