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Matthew 2:13–23

The Escape to Egypt

2:13 After they had gone, an20 angel of the Lord21 appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod22 is going to look for the child to kill him.” 2:14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during23 the night, and went to Egypt. 2:15 He stayed there until Herod24 died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”25

2:16 When Herod26 saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men27 to kill all the children in Bethlehem28 and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men. 2:17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

2:18 A voice was heard in Ramah,

weeping and loud wailing,29

Rachel weeping for her children,

and she did not want to be comforted, because they were30 gone.”31

The Return to Nazareth

2:19 After Herod32 had died, an33 angel of the Lord34 appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 2:20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” 2:21 So35 he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus36 was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod,37 he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee. 2:23 He came to a town called Nazareth38 and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus39 would be called a Nazarene.40

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