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Matthew 4

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Matthew 2

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

Matthew 3

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;