Matthew 2:1-16 ▼

1 Now on Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

2 saying, “Where is the One having been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and came to worship Him.”

3 And King Herod, having heard, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the Christ is born.

5 And they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:

6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come forth One leading, who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

7 Then Herod, having called the Magi secretly, learned exactly of them the time of the appearing star.

8 And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Having gone, search carefully for the Child; and when you? shall have found Him, report to me, so that I also, having come, may worship Him.”

9 And having heard the king, they went, and behold, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the Child was.

10 And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

11 And having come into the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and having fallen down, they worshiped Him. And having opened their treasures, they offered to Him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

12 And having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, through another way they withdrew to their country.

13 And on their having withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt.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.