Matthew 2
The Visit of the Magi
Now when Jesus was born
in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who is born King
of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship
him." When Herod the
king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Gathering together all the chief
priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be
born. They said to him,
"In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
'You Bethlehem, land
of Judah,
are in no way least among the princes of Judah:
for out of you shall come forth a governor,
who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"
Then Herod secretly
called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star
appeared. 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."
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.
When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. They came into the house and saw
the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped
him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold,
frankincense, and myrrh. Being warned in a dream that they
shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
The Escape to Egypt
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."
He arose and took the
young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, 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."
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. Then that which was spoken by
Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
"A voice was
heard in Ramah,
lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she wouldn't be comforted,
because they are no more."
The Return to Nazareth
But when Herod was
dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
saying, "Arise and
take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for
those who sought the young child's life are dead."
He arose and took the
young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus
was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid
to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of
Galilee, and came and
lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
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