Matthew 2:5

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

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  • Gen 35:19 : 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  • Josh 19:15 : 15 It included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to live temporarily in the fields of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.
  • Ruth 1:19 : 19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"
  • Ruth 2:4 : 4 Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!" They responded, "The LORD bless you!"
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."
  • John 7:42 : 42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s line and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?'”}, {

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  • Matt 2:6-9
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    6'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'

    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 2:1-4
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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.

  • John 7:41-42
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    41Others said, 'This is the Messiah.' But some asked, 'Surely, the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He?

    42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s line and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?'”}, {

  • Mic 5:2-3
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    2Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.

    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.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

    23'Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' (which means, 'God with us').

  • Luke 2:3-8
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    3And everyone went to register, each to their own town.

    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.

    5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

    6While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

    7And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room available for them in the inn.

    8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

  • Matt 2:20-23
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    20saying, '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.'

    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.

    23He went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets, that He would be called a Nazarene.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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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.

    18And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.

  • Matt 2:17
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    17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

  • Matt 2:15
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    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.'

  • Matt 4:14
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    14This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

  • Luke 2:11-13
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    11Today, in the city of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

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

    13Suddenly, there was with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

  • Matt 21:4
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    4This took place so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

  • 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.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

  • Mark 1:2
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    2As it is written in the prophets: 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

  • Matt 12:17
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    17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

  • John 7:52
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    52They responded, 'Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.'

  • Luke 2:39
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    39When they had completed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Luke 4:17
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    17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

  • Matt 21:11
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    11The crowds answered, 'This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.'

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

  • Matt 11:10
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    10This is the one about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.'

  • Matt 2:12
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    12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

  • Judg 19:18
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    18The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • Luke 1:26
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    26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

  • Luke 2:32
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    32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel."

  • John 1:45
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    45Philip found Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and so did the prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.'