Matthew:2

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* Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king , behold , there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem , * saying , Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? We have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him . * When Herod the king had heard [these things ], he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him . * And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together , he asked them where the Christ should be born . * And they said unto him , In Bethlehem of Judaea , for thus it is written by the prophet , * And thou Bethlehem , [in ] the land of Juda , art not the least among the princes of Juda , for out of thee shall come a Leader that shall shepherd my people Israel . * Then Herod , calling the wise men unto him secretly , understood of them [with diligence ] the time of the appearing of the star ; * and sending them to Bethlehem , he said , Go there and search [diligently ] for the young child ; and when ye have found [him ], bring me word again that I may come and worship him [also ]. * When they had heard the king , they departed ; and , behold , the star , which they had seen in the east , went before them until it arrived and stood over where the young child was . * Seeing the star , they rejoiced with exceeding great joy . * And entering into the house , they saw the young child with Mary his mother ; and falling down , they worshipped him ; and opening their treasures , they offered him gifts : gold and frankincense and myrrh . * And being warned by divine revelation in dreams that they should not return to Herod , they departed into their own country another way . * And when they were departed , behold , the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in dreams , saying , Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and remain there until I bring thee word , for Herod will seek the young child to kill him . * And awaking , he 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 have I called my son . * Then Herod , seeing that he was mocked of the wise men , was exceeding wroth and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem , and in all the borders thereof , from two years old and under , according to the time which he had understood of the wise men . * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet , saying , * In Rama was there a voice heard , lamentation and weeping and great mourning , Rachel [was ] weeping [for ] her children and would not be comforted because they perished . * But when Herod was dead , behold , [the ] angel of the Lord appeared in dreams to Joseph in Egypt , * saying , Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel , for they are dead who sought the death of the young child . * And he arose and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel . * But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judaea in the place of his father Herod , he was afraid to go there ; notwithstanding , being warned by divine revelation in dreams , he withdrew into the parts of Galilee , * and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth , that it might be fulfilled , which was spoken by the prophets , that he shall be called a Nazarene .:

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