The Visit of the Wise Men

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,

And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Teaching About Divorce

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.