2:1  Now after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

2:2  "Where do we find the one who has become born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him."

2:3  When Herod the king heard this, he felt troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

2:4  Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the birth of the Messiah would take place.

2:5  They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this the prophet has written:

2:6  'AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, HAVE BECOME BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.'"

2:7  Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

2:8  And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him."

2:9  After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child resided.

2:10  When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

2:11  After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

2:12  And having received a warning by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

2:13  Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod plans to search for the Child to destroy Him."

2:14  So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother at nighttime, and left for Egypt.

2:15  He remained there until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON."

2:16  Then when Herod saw that the magi had tricked him, he became enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who lived in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

2:17  Then what Jeremiah the prophet had spoken became fulfilled:

2:18  "WE HEARD A VOICE IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED COMFORT, BECAUSE THEY EXISTED NO MORE."

2:19  But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

2:20  "Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child's life have died."

2:21  So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

2:22  But when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he feared to go there. Then after receiving a warning by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

2:23  and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This fulfilled what God spoke through the prophets: "He shall have the name Nazarene."