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CHAPTER 2.
1 WHEN Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda,
in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem.
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Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to adore him.
3 And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
4 And assembling together all the chief priests and the
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
5 But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it
is written by the prophet:
6 And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the
least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain
that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned
diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and
diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word
again, that I also may come to adore him.
9 Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold
the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and
stood over where the child was.
10 And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy.
11 And entering into the house, they found the child
with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their
treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And having received an answer in sleep that they
should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the
Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his
mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will
come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
14 Who arose, and took the child and his mother by
night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by
the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise
men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias
the prophet, saying:
18 A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great
mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because
they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother,
and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the
child.
21 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and
came into the land of Israel.
22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the
room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in
sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
23 And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that
it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a
Nazarene.
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