Matthew 2:5
They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
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Matthew 2:5
They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
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Matthew 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
Matthew 2:2
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 2:4
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
Matthew 2:9
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.
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Matthew 2:12
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
Matthew 2:13
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
Matthew 2:15
and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
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