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1702 | Matthew 2:6
6 “ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’ a ” z
7 Then Herod c alled the Magi secretly and f ound out from them the exact time the star
had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and s earch carefully for the c hild.
As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when
it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the c hild was. 10 When they
saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the h
ouse, they saw the c hild with his
mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. a Then they opened their treasures
and presented him with gifts b of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned c
in a dream d not to go back to Herod, they returned to t heir country by another r oute.
2:6 z 2Sa 5:2; Mic 5:2
2:11 a Isa 60:3
b Ps 72:10
2:12 c Heb 11:7
d ver 13, 19, 22;
Mt 27:19
2:13 e Ac 5:19
f ver 12, 19, 22
2:15 g Ex 4:22, 23;
Hos 11:1
2:18 h Jer 31:15
2:19 i ver 12, 13, 22
The Escape to Egypt
13 When they had gone, an angel e of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. f “Get up,”
he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for
Herod is going to s earch for the child to kill him.”
14 So he got up, took the c hild and his mother during the n
ight and left for E
gypt,
15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said
through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my s on.” b g
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he
gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and
under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said
through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
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