Wise Men from the East

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,

So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

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

Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him

Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Marriage and Divorce

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

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