The Visit of the Magi

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been 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. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

The Preaching of John the Baptist

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan;

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Concerning Divorce

When Jesus had finished these words, He left Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;

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