Matthew 2:13-23 ▼

13 And on their having withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt. And be there until I should tell you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

14 And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt,

15 and there he was until the death of Herod, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

16 Then Herod, having seen that he was mocked by the Magi, was exceedingly enraged. And having sent forth, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its borders from two years old and under, according to the time that he learned exactly from the Magi.

17 Then was fulfilled that having been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and much mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are not.”

19 But on Herod having died, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the life of the Child have died.”

21 And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

22 But having heard that Archelaus reigns over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to depart to there. And having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee.

23 And having come, he dwelt in a city being called Nazareth, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through the prophets, that “He will be called a Nazarene.”