Matthew 2

MSTC^{(i) 1} When Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Jewry in the time of Herod the king, Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, ² saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him." ³ When Herod the king had heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And he gathered all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people, and asked of them where Christ should be born. ⁵ And they said unto him, "In Bethlehem in Jewry; for thus it is written by the Prophet, ⁶ 'And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Jewry, art not the least concerning the Princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come the captain, that shall govern my people Israel.'" ⁷ Then Herod privily called the wise men, and diligently enquired of them the time of the star that appeared, ⁸ and sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child. And when ye have found him, bring me word, that I may come and worship him also." ⁹ When they had heard the king, they departed; And, lo, the star, which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star they were marvelously glad; ¹¹ and went into the house, and found the child with Mary his mother, and knelt down, and worshipped him: and opened their treasures, and offered unto him gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh. ¹² And after they were warned of God in a dream that they should not go again to Herod, they returned into their own country another way. ¹³ When they were departed, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying,. "Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt, and abide there till I bring thee word: For Herod will seek the child to destroy him." ¹⁴ Then he arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; ¹⁵ and was there unto the death of Herod: to fulfill that which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, which sayeth, "Out of Egypt have I called my son." ¹⁶ Then Herod, perceiving that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, as many as were two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the wise men. ¹⁷ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, ¹⁸ "On the hills was a voice heard, mourning, weeping and great lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not." ¹⁹ When Herod was dead, Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ²⁰ saying, "Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the child's life." ²¹ Then he arose up, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²² But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Jewry in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, after he was warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: ²³ and went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: to fulfill that which was spoken by the Prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarite."