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St. Matthew
2
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.
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.
And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.
And assembling together all the chief priests and the
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ
should be born.
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it
is written by the prophet:
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.
Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned
diligently of them the time of the star which appeared
to them;
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.
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.
And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great
joy.
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.
And having received an answer in sleep that they should
not return to Herod, they went back another way into
their country.
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.
Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night,
and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death
of Herod:
That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the
prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
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.
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias
the prophet, saying:
A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning;
Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
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.
Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came
into the land of Israel.
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.
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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