CHAPTER 2
After
Jesus
was born
in
Bethlehem
in Judea,
during
the time
of King
Herod,
Magi
from the
east
arrived
in
Jerusalem,
asking,
“Where
is
the One who
has been born
King
of the
Jews?
We saw
His
star
in
the
east
and
have come
to worship
Him.”
When
he had assembled
all
the
chief priests
and
scribes
of the
people,
he inquired
where
the
Christ
was to be born.
‘But
you,
Bethlehem,
in the land
of Judah,
are
by no means
least
among
the
rulers
of Judah,
for
out
of you
will come
a ruler
who
will be the shepherd
of My
people
Israel.'"
And
sending
them
to
Bethlehem,
he said:
“Go,
search
carefully
for
the
Child,
and
when
you find Him,
report
to me,
so that
I too
may go
and worship
Him."
After
they had heard
the
king,
they went on their way,
and
the
star
they had seen
in
the
east
went ahead of
them
until
it stood
over
the place where
the
Child
was.
On
coming
to
the
house,
they saw
the
Child
with
His
mother
Mary,
and
they fell down
and worshiped
Him.
Then
they opened
their
treasures
and presented
Him
with gifts
of gold
and
frankincense
and
myrrh.
And
having been warned
in
a dream
not
to return
to
Herod,
they withdrew
to
their
country
by
another
route.
When
they
had gone,
an angel
of the Lord
appeared
to Joseph
in
a dream.
“Get up!”
he said.
“Take
the
Child
and
His
mother
and
flee
to
Egypt.
Stay
there
until
I tell
you,
for
Herod
is going
to search for
the
Child
to kill
Him.”
where
he stayed
until
the
death
of Herod.
This
fulfilled
what
the Lord
had spoken
through
the
prophet:
“Out
of Egypt
I called
My
Son.”
When
Herod
saw
that
he had been outwitted
by
the
Magi,
he was filled with rage.
Sending orders,
he put to death
all
the
boys
in
Bethlehem
and
its
vicinity
who were
two years old
and
under,
according to
the
time
he had learned
from
the
Magi.
“A voice
is heard
in
Ramah,
weeping
and
great
mourning,
Rachel
weeping for
her
children,
and
refusing
consolation,
because
they are
no more.”
“Get up!”
he said.
“Take
the
Child
and
His
mother
and
go
to
the land
of Israel,
for
those
seeking
the
Child’s
life
are now dead.”
But
when he learned
that
Archelaus
was reigning in
Judea
in place of
his
father
Herod,
he was afraid
to go
there.
Having been warned
in
a dream,
he withdrew
to
the
district
of Galilee,
and
he went
and lived
in
a town
called
Nazareth.
So
was fulfilled
what
was spoken
through
the
prophets:
“He will be called
a Nazarene.”