Matthew 2:11–17

¹¹And after coming into the house they saw the Child with ^aMary His mother; and they ¹fell to the ground and ^bworshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

¹²And having been ^awarned ^bin a dream not to return to Herod, the magi departed for their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

¹³Now when they had departed, behold, an ^aangel of the ¹Lord ^*bappeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”

¹⁴So ¹Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and departed for Egypt.

¹⁵And he ¹remained there until the death of Herod, in order that what had been spoken by the ²Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, “^aOut of Egypt I called ^bMy Son.”

Herod Slaughters Children

¹⁶Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by ^athe magi, he became very enraged, and sent and ^bslew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully determined from the magi.

¹⁷Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,