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* And when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king , behold , wise men arrived from the east to Jerusalem , * saying , Where is He born King of the Jews ? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him . * But Herod the king having heard this , he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him . * And having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people , he asked of them where the Christ was to be born . * And they said to him , In Bethlehem of Judea , for so it has been written by the prophet , * "And you , Bethlehem , in the land of Judea , in no way are you least among the governors of Judah , for out of you shall come a Governor who shall shepherd My people Israel ." Micah . strkjv @5:2 * Then secretly calling the wise men , Herod asked of them exactly the time of the star appearing . * And sending them to Bethlehem , he said , Having gone , search carefully for the child . And when you find him , bring me word again so that coming I may also worship him . * And having heard the king , they departed . And , behold ! The star which they saw in the east went before them until it had come and stood over where the child was . * And seeing the star , they rejoiced exceedingly with a great joy . * And having come into the house , they saw the child with His mother Mary . And falling down , they worshiped Him . And opening their treasures , they presented gifts to Him : gold and frankincense and myrrh . * And having been warned by a dream not to return to Herod , they went back into their own country by another way . * And they having departed , an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph by a dream , saying , Rise up ! Take the child and His mother with you , and flee into Egypt . And be there until I shall tell you . For Herod is about to look for the child in order to destroy Him . * And rising up , he took along the child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt . * And he was there until the end of Herod , that might be fulfilled that spoken by the Lord through the prophet , saying , "Out of Egypt I have called My Son ." Hosea . strkjv @11:1 * Then seeing that he was mocked by the wise men , Herod was greatly enraged , and having sent , he killed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts , from two years old and under , according to the time which he exactly asked from the wise men . * Then was fulfilled that spoken by Jeremiah the prophet , saying : * "A voice was heard in Ramah , wailing and bitter weeping , and great mourning , Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted , because they were not ." Jeremiah . strkjv @31:15 * But Herod having expired , behold , an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph by a dream in Egypt , * saying , Rising up , take along the child and His mother and pass over into the land of Israel ; for those seeking the soul of the child have expired . * And rising up , he took along the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel . * But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod , he feared to go there . And being warned by a dream , he departed into the parts of Galilee . * And coming , he lived in a city called Nazareth , so as to fulfill that spoken by the prophets , He shall be called a Nazarene . No OT passage

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