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As told by Matthew
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about : His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph , but before they came together , she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit . Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace , he had in mind to divorce her quietly .
But after he had considered this , an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said , " Joseph son of David , do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife , because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit . She will give birth to a son , and you are to give him the name Jesus , because he will save his people from their sins ." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet : " The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son , and they will call him Immanuel " -which means , " God with us ."
When Joseph woke up , he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife . But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son . And he gave him the name Jesus . After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea , during the time of King Herod , Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked , " Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews ? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him ."
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed , and all
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Jerusalem with him . When he had called together all the people ' s chief priests and teachers of the law , he asked them where the Christ was to be born . " In Bethlehem in Judea ," they replied , " for this is what the prophet has written : "' 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 be the shepherd of my people Israel ."' Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared . He sent them to Bethlehem and said , " Go and make a careful search for the child . As soon as you find him , report to me , so that I too may go and worship him ."
As told by Matthew
After they had heard the king , they went on their way , and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was . When they saw the star , they were overjoyed . On coming to the house , they saw the child with his mother Mary , and they bowed down and worshiped him . Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh . And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod , they returned to their country by another route . When they had gone , an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream . " 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 search for the child to kill him ." So he got up , took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt , 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 son ." 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 . Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled : " A voice is heard in Ramah , weeping and great mourning , Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted , because they are no more ."
After Herod died , an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said , " Get up , take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel , for those who were trying to take the child ' s life are dead ." So he got up , took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel . But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod , he was afraid to go there . Having been warned in a dream , he withdrew to the district of Galilee , and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth . So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets : " He will be called a Nazarene ."
Matthew 1:18 - 2:23 New International Version