Matthew 2:11–23

¹¹After 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 by God ^bin a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

¹³Now when they had gone, behold, an ^aangel of the Lord ^bappeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “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 left for Egypt.

¹⁵He ¹remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “^aOut of Egypt I called ^bMy Son.”

Herod Slaughters Babies

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 determined from the magi.

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

¹⁸“^aA voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

And she refused to be comforted,

Because they were no more.”

¹⁹But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord ^aappeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

²⁰“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

²¹So ¹Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

²²But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being ^awarned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

²³and came and lived in a city called ^aNazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a ^bNazarene.”