Matthew 2:16–23

Herod Kills the Children

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. ¹⁷Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

¹⁸“A ⁿvoice was heard in Ramah,

Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children,

Refusing to be comforted,

Because they are no more.”

Jesus Returns to Nazareth

Luke 2:39

¹⁹Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ^20osaying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who ^psought the young Child’s life are dead.” ²¹Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

²²But 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 ^qdream, he turned aside ^rinto the region of Galilee. ²³And he came and dwelt in a city called ^sNazareth, that it might be fulfilled ^twhich was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”