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[1]WhenJESUS then was born at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came Wisemen from the East to Jerusalem,
[2]Saying,Where is the King of the Jews that is born? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him.
[3]WhenKing Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
[4]Andgathering together all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people, he asked of them, where Christ should be born.
[5]Andthey said unto him, At Bethlehem in Judea: for so it is written by the Prophet,
[6]Andthou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, art not the least among the Princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come the governor that shall feed my people Israel.
[7]ThenHerod privily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the star that appeared,
[8]Andsent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go, and search diligently for the babe: and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come also, and worship him.
[9]Sowhen they had heard the King, they departed: and lo, the star which they had seen in the East, went before them, till it came, and stood over the place where the babe was.
[10]Andwhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with an exceeding great joy,
[11]Andwent into the house, and found the babe with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him, and opened their treasures, and presented unto him gifts, even gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
[12]Andafter they were warned of God in a dream, that they should not go again to Herod, they returned into their country another way.
[13]Aftertheir departure, behold the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the babe, to destroy him.
[14]Sohe arose and took the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
[15]Andwas there unto the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
[16]ThenHerod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two year old and under, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
[17]Thenwas that fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[18]InRamah was a voice heard, mourning, and weeping and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not.
[19]Andwhen Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
[20]Saying,Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.
[21]Thenhe arose up, and took the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
[22]Butwhen he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee,
[23]Andwent and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That he should be called a Nazarite.
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