Matthew:2

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* Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea , in the days of Herod the king , behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem , saying , * Where is the king of the Jews that has been born ? for we have seen his star in the east , and have come to do him homage . * But Herod the king having heard [of it ], was troubled , and all Jerusalem with him ; * and , assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people , he inquired of them where the Christ should be born . * And they said to him , In Bethlehem of Judaea ; for thus it is written through the prophet : * And thou Bethlehem , land of Juda , art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda ; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel . * Then Herod , having secretly called the magi , inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing ; * and having sent them to Bethlehem , said , Go , search out accurately concerning the child , and when ye shall have found [him ] bring me back word , so that I also may come and do him homage . * And they having heard the king went their way ; and lo , the star , which they had seen in the east , went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was . * And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy . * And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother , and falling down did him homage . And having opened their treasures , they offered to him gifts , gold , and frankincense , and myrrh . * And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod , they departed into their own country another way . * Now , they having departed , behold , an angel of [the ] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph , saying , Arise , take to [thee ] the little child and his mother , and flee into Egypt , and be there until I shall tell thee ; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it . * And , having arisen , he took to [him ] the little child and his mother by night , and departed into Egypt . * And he was there until the death of Herod , that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the ] Lord through the prophet , saying , Out of Egypt have I called my son . * Then Herod , seeing that he had been mocked by the magi , was greatly enraged ; and sent and slew all the boys which [were ] in Bethlehem , and in all its borders , from two years and under , according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi . * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet , saying , * A voice has been heard in Rama , weeping , and great lamentation : Rachel weeping [for ] her children , and would not be comforted , because they are not . * But Herod having died , behold , an angel of [the ] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt , saying , * Arise , take to [thee ] the little child and its mother , and go into the land of Israel : for they who sought the life of the little child are dead . * And he arose and took to [him ] the little child and its mother , and came into the land of Israel ; * but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea , instead of Herod his father ,' he was afraid to go there ; and having been divinely instructed in a dream , he went away into the parts of Galilee , * and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth ; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets , He shall be called a Nazaraean .

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