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Matthew 2:16-23
New American Standard Bible
Matthew 2:16-23
New American Standard Bible
Herod Slaughters Babies
16 Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by (A)the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and (B)killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity [a]who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. 17 Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
18 “(C)A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”
19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord *(D)appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, 20 “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” 21 So [b]Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being (E)warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and settled in a city called (F)Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: “He will be called a (G)Nazarene.”
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- Matthew 2:16 Lit from two...and under
- Matthew 2:21 Lit he
Matthew 2:16-23
New International Version
Matthew 2:16-23
New International Version
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:(A)
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(B) weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”[a](C)
The Return to Nazareth
19 After Herod died, an angel(D) of the Lord appeared in a dream(E) to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(F)
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream,(G) he withdrew to the district of Galilee,(H) 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.(I) So was fulfilled(J) what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.(K)
Footnotes
- Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15
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