Da Herodes så at han var blitt lurt av vismennene, ble han svært rasende, og han sendte ut folk og drepte alle guttebarn i Betlehem og hele dens omegn fra to år og nedover, i samsvar med tiden han nøye hadde spurt vismennene om.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.