Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

An Angel Tells Joseph To Flee From Herod To Egypt, Fulfilling Hosea

¹³ And they having gone away, behold— an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt, and be there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek-for the Child that he might destroy Him”. ¹⁴ And the one, having arisen, took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt, ¹⁵ and was there until the end^[a] of Herod— in order that the thing might be fulfilled having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying “I called My Son out of Egypt” [Hos 11:1].

Herod Kills The Boys In Bethlehem, Bringing Another Fulfillment of Jeremiah

¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he was tricked^[b] by the magi, became very furious. And having sent-out men, he killed all^[c] the boys— the ones in Bethlehem and in all its districts from two years old and under— in accordance with the time which he learned-accurately from the magi. ¹⁷ Then the thing was fulfilled having been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet saying ¹⁸ “A voice was heard in Ramah^[d], weeping and great mourning— Rachel weeping-for her children. And she was not willing to be comforted, because they are no more” [Jeremiah 31:15].