Matthew 2

1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,Cross-references: Gen 10:30 · Gen 25:6 · Gen 49:10 · 1Ki 4:30 · Job 1:3 · Ps 72:9 · +14 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

2“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”Cross-references: Num 24:17 · Ps 2:6 · Ps 45:11 · Isa 9:6 · Isa 32:1 · Isa 60:3 · +21 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

3When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.Cross-references: 1Ki 18:17 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 23:37 · John 11:47 · Acts 4:2 · Acts 4:24 · +3 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.Cross-references: 1Chr 24:4 · 2Chr 34:13 · 2Chr 34:15 · 2Chr 36:14 · Ezra 7:6 · Ezra 7:11 · +22 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

5They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,Cross-references: Gen 35:19 · Josh 19:15 · Ruth 1:1 · Ruth 1:19 · Ruth 2:4 · Ruth 4:11 · +2 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

6‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”Cross-references: Gen 49:10 · Num 24:19 · 2Sam 5:2 · 1Chr 5:2 · Ps 2:1 · Ps 78:71 · +14 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

7Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.Cross-references: Ex 1:10 · 1Sam 18:21 · Ps 10:9 · Ps 55:21 · Ps 64:4 · Ps 83:3 · +5 more

8He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”Cross-references: 1Sam 23:22 · 2Sam 15:7 · 2Sam 17:14 · 1Ki 19:2 · 2Ki 10:18 · Ezra 4:1 · +11 more

9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.Cross-references: Ps 25:12 · Prov 2:1 · Prov 8:17 · Matt 2:2 · 2Pet 1:19Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.Cross-references: Deut 32:13 · Ps 67:4 · Ps 105:3 · Luke 2:10 · Luke 2:20 · Acts 13:46 · +1 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.Cross-references: Gen 43:11 · Ex 30:23 · Ex 30:34 · Lev 2:1 · Lev 6:15 · Num 7:14 · +22 more

12Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.Cross-references: Gen 20:6 · Gen 31:24 · Ex 1:17 · Job 33:15 · Dan 2:19 · Matt 1:20 · +8 more

13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”Cross-references: Ex 1:22 · Ex 2:2 · Josh 3:13 · Josh 3:17 · Josh 4:10 · Josh 4:18 · +19 more

14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,Cross-references: Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:20 · Acts 26:21Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

15and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”Cross-references: Ex 4:22 · Num 24:8 · Hos 11:1 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 2:17 · Matt 2:19 · +14 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.Cross-references: Gen 39:14 · Gen 39:17 · Gen 49:7 · Num 22:29 · Num 24:10 · Judg 16:10 · +11 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

17Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

18“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”Cross-references: Gen 35:16 · Gen 37:30 · Gen 37:33 · Gen 42:36 · Job 14:10 · Jer 4:31 · +4 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,Cross-references: Ps 76:10 · Ps 139:7 · Isa 51:12 · Jer 30:10 · Ezek 11:16 · Dan 8:25 · +4 more

20“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”Cross-references: Ex 4:19 · 1Ki 11:21 · 1Ki 11:40 · 1Ki 12:1 · Prov 3:5 · Matt 2:13

21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.Cross-references: Gen 6:22 · Heb 11:8

22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,Cross-references: Gen 19:17 · 1Sam 16:2 · Ps 48:14 · Ps 73:24 · Ps 107:6 · Ps 121:8 · +10 more

23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.Cross-references: Num 6:13 · Judg 13:5 · 1Sam 1:11 · Ps 69:9 · Isa 53:1 · Amos 2:10 · +11 more