Thematic Bible
Matthew 2:1 (show verse)
Now [after] Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:2 (show verse)
saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."
Matthew 2:3 (show verse)
And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,
Matthew 2:4 (show verse)
and [after] calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ was to be born.
Matthew 2:5 (show verse)
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew 2:6 (show verse)
'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you will go out a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
Matthew 2:7 (show verse)
Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men [and] determined precisely from them the time [when] the star appeared.
Matthew 2:8 (show verse)
And he sent them to Bethlehem [and] said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found [him], report to me so that I also may come [and] worship him."
Matthew 2:9 (show verse)
[After] they listened to the king, they went out, and behold, the star which they had seen at its rising led them until it came [and] stood above [the place] where the child was.
Matthew 2:10 (show verse)
Now [when they] saw the star, they rejoiced [with] very great joy.
Matthew 2:11 (show verse)
And [when they] came into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down [and] worshiped him. And opening their treasure boxes, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:12 (show verse)
And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their [own] country by another route.
Matthew 2:13 (show verse)
Now [after] they had gone away, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him."
Matthew 2:14 (show verse)
So he got up [and] took the child and his mother during the night and went away to Egypt.
Matthew 2:15 (show verse)
And he was there until the death of Herod, in order that what was said by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
Matthew 2:16 (show verse)
Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.
Matthew 2:17 (show verse)
Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying,
Matthew 2:18 (show verse)
"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because {they exist no longer}."
Matthew 2:19 (show verse)
Now [after] Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Matthew 2:20 (show verse)
saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."
Matthew 2:21 (show verse)
So he got up [and] took the child and his mother and {entered} the land of Israel.
Matthew 2:22 (show verse)
But [when he] heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the regions of Galilee.
Matthew 2:23 (show verse)
And he came [and] lived in a town called Nazareth, in order that what was said by the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene."