Matthew:2

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* Now Jesus having been 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 . * And Herod the king having heard it , he was troubled , and all Jerusalem with him . * And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people , he inquired of them where the Christ is born . * And they said to him , In Bethlehem of Judea . For thus it is written through the prophet , * And thou Bethlehem , land of Judah , are in no way least among the rulers of Judah , for out of thee will come forth a man who rules , who will tend my people Israel . * Then Herod having called the wise men privately , ascertained from them what time the star appeared . * And having sent them to Bethlehem , he said , After going , search diligently about the child . And when ye find him , report to me , so that I also having come , may worship him . * And when they heard the king , they departed . And lo , the star that they saw in the east went before them until , having come , it stood over where the child was . * And when they saw the star , they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy . * And having come into the house , they saw the child with Mary his mother , and having fallen down , they worshiped him . And having opened their treasures , they brought to him gifts , gold and frankincense and myrrh . * And divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod , they departed into their own country by another way . * Now after they departed , behold , an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream , saying , After rising , take the child and his mother , and flee into Egypt , and thou be there until I tell thee , for Herod is going to seek the child to * And having awaken , he took the child and his mother by night , and departed into Egypt . * And he was there until the end of Herod , so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled , which says , Out of Egypt I called my Son . * Then Herod , when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men , was exceedingly angry , and having sent forth , he killed all the boys in Bethlehem , and in all the borders of it , from two years old and under , according to the time that * Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled , which says , * A voice was heard in Ramah , lamentation , and weeping , and great mourning , Rachel weeping for her children . And she did not want to be comforted , because they are not . * But when Herod perished , behold , an agent of Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt , saying , * After rising , take the child and his mother , and go into the land of Israel , for those seeking the child 's life have died . * And having awaken , he took the child and his mother , and came into the land of Israel . * But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod , he was afraid to go there . And divinely warned in a dream , he withdrew into the parts of Galilee . * And having come , he dwelt in a city called Nazareth , so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled , that he will be called a Nazarene .

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