Matthew 2 — BSB
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The Pilgrimage of the Magi
2Verse 1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,Verse 2asking, “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.”Verse 3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.Verse 4And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.Verse 5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:Verse 6‘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 rulerwho will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’+”Verse 7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.Verse 8And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”Verse 9After 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.Verse 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.Verse 11On 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.Verse 12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.The Flight to Egypt
Verse 13When the Magi 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.”Verse 14So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,Verse 15where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”+Weeping and Great Mourning
Verse 16When 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.Verse 17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:Verse 18“A voice is heard in Ramah,weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her childrenand refusing to be comforted,because they are no more.”+