Matthew 2:20

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saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.'

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  • Exod 4:19 : 19 Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'
  • 1 Kgs 11:21 : 21 While in Egypt, Hadad heard that David had died and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead as well. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, 'Let me go, so I may return to my own country.'
  • 1 Kgs 11:40 : 40 Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.
  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3 : 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to crown him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this—he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he remained in Egypt. 3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

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  • Matt 2:21-22
    2 verses
    90%

    21Joseph got up, took the child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

    22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

  • Matt 2:11-19
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    88%

    11Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

    13After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

    14So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and departed for Egypt.

    15They stayed there until the death of Herod, to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called My Son.'

    16Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

    17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

    18'A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.'

    19After the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

  • Matt 2:7-9
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    7Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

    9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and behold, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

  • Matt 2:1-5
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    1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

    2They asked, 'Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'

    3When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    4He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet:

  • Exod 4:19
    71%

    19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'

  • Matt 1:24
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    24When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

  • Luke 2:15-17
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    15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

    17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

  • Luke 2:33-34
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    33The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

    34Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed.

  • Matt 1:20
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    20But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'

  • Mark 6:16
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    16But when Herod heard this, he said, 'John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead.'

  • Luke 2:43-44
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    43When the festival was over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of it.

    44Thinking he was in their traveling group, they went a day's journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.

  • Jer 41:17
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    17They went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, on their way to go to Egypt,

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-21
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    19During the night, this woman's son died because she lay on him.

    20So she got up in the middle of the night, took my son from my side while I was asleep, and laid him in her arms. She then placed her dead son in my arms.

    21When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I looked more closely at him in the morning light, I saw that it was not the son I had borne.

  • Luke 13:31
    68%

    31At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'

  • Acts 12:19
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    19After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

  • Mic 5:3
    68%

    3He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

  • Luke 2:4
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    4So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
    67%

    27Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living child to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'

  • Exod 1:17
    67%

    17The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    67%

    12Now, get up and go back to your house. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

  • Luke 24:5
    67%

    5The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why are you looking for the living one among the dead?"

  • Mark 13:12
    67%

    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Luke 2:12
    67%

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

  • Luke 2:48
    66%

    48When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!"