Matthew 2:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

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  • 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Go youre waye now therfore, and be sure, that ye maye knowe and se in what place his fete haue bene, and who hath sene him there: for it is tolde me, that he is full of sotiltye. 23 Loke well and spye out all the places, where he hydeth him, and come agayne to me, whan ye are sure, and I will go with you. Yf he be in the londe, I wyl enquere after him amonge all the thousandes in Iuda.
  • 2 Sam 15:7-9 : 7 After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the kynge: I wil go and perfourme my vowe at Hebron, which I made vnto the LORDE. 8 For thy seruaunt made a vowe, whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria, and saide: Whan ye LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem, I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE. 9 The kynge sayde vnto him: Go thy waye in peace. And he gat him vp, and wente vnto Hebron. 10 But Absalom had sent out spyes in all the trybes of Israel, sayenge: Whan ye heare the noyse of the trompe, saye: Absalom is made kynge at Hebron. 11 There wente with Absalom two hundreth men called from Ierusalem, but they wente on symply, and knewe not of the matter. 12 Absalom sent also for Achitophel (the Gilonyte) Dauids counceler, out of his cite Gilo. Now whan he did the sacrifice, the conspiracion was mightie and the people ranne together, and multyplied with Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then sayde Absalom and euery man in Israel: The councell of Chusai the Arachite is better then Achitophels councell. But the LORDE broughte it so to passe, that ye good councell of Achitophel was hyndred, that the LORDE mighte brynge euell vpon Absalom.
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 The sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias, sayenge: The goddes do this & that vnto me, yf I tomorow aboute this tyme, make not thy soule as one of these.
  • 2 Kgs 10:18-19 : 18 And Iehu gathered all the people together, and saide vnto them: Achab did Baal but litle seruyce, Iehu wyll serue him better. 19 Call vnto me now therfore all Baals prophetes, all his seruautes and all his prestes, that there be none wantynge, for I haue a greate sacrifyce to do vnto Baal. Who so euer is myssed, shal not lyue. But Iehu dyd it craftely, that he mighte destroye all the mynisters of Baal.
  • Ezra 4:1-2 : 1 But whan the aduersaries of Iuda and Ben Iamin herde, that the children of the captiuyte buylded the teple vnto the LORDE God of Israel, 2 they came to Zorobabel & to the pryncipall fathers, and sayde vnto them: We wyl buylde with you: for we seke the LORDE youre God like as ye do. And we haue done sacrifice vnto him, sence the tyme that Assar Hadon the kynge of Assur broughte vs vp hither.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to perfourme the thynges that they take in hode: 13 which compaseth ye wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked:
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbor, they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte. 3 O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught, and turneth the deuyces of the people. 11 But the coucell of the LORDE endureth, and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion.
  • Ps 55:11-15 : 11 Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me, I coude beare it: or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me, I wolde hyde myself from him. 12 But it is thou my companyon, my gyde and myne owne familier frede. 13 We had swete and secrete communicacion together, and louyngly walked we together in ye house of God. 14 Let death come hastely vpon them, and let them go downe quick into hell, for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges. 15 As for me, I will call vnto God, and the LORDE shall helpe me.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes, and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe: 25 but wha he speaketh fayre, beleue him not, for there are seuen abhominacios in his herte.
  • Jer 41:5-7 : 5 there came certayne men from Sichem, fro Silo and Samaria, to the nombre off lxxx. which had shauen their beerdes, rent their clothes, & were all heuye, bringinge meatoffringes and incense in their hondes, to offre it in the house off the LORDE. 6 And Ismael the sonne of Nathamas went forth of Masphat wepinge, to mete them. Now whe he met them, he sayde: Go youre waye to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam. 7 And when they came in the myddest off the cite, Ismael the sonne off Nathamas (with them that were sworne vnto him) slewe them, eue at the myddest off the pyt.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 What is he then that saieth: there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES comaundement?
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 And he that betrayed him, had geuen them a toke, sayenge: Whom so euer I kysse, that same is he, laye hodes vpo him. 49 And forth withal he came to Iesus, and sayde: Hayle master, and kyssed him.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched hi, & sent forth spyes, which shulde fayne the selues perfecte, that they might take him in his wordes, to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of ye debite. 21 And they axed him, & sayde: Master, we knowe that thou sayest & teachest right, and regardest the outwarde appearauce of no man, but teachest the waye of God truly.
  • 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse. 20 And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.

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  • Matt 2:9-17
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    9 When they had heard the kynge, they departed: and lo, the starre which they sawe in the east, went before them, tyll it came, and stode ouer the place where the chylde was.

    10 When they sawe the starre, they were maruelously glad:

    11 and went into the house, and found the chylde with Mary his mother, and kneled downe and worshipped hym, & opened ther treasures, and offred vnto hym gyftes: gold, franckynsence and myrre.

    12 And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they shuld not go ageine to Herod, they returned into their awne countre another waye.

    13 When they were departed: beholde, the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame, sayinge: aryse, and take the chylde and his mother, and flye into Egypte, and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym.

    14 The he arose, and toke the chylde and his mother by night, and departed into Egypte,

    15 and was there vnto ye deeth of Herod, that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoke of the LORDE, by the Prophet, which sayeth: out of Egypte haue I called my sonne.

    16 Then Herod perceauynge yt he was disceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes there of, as many as were two yere olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men.

    17 Then was yt fulfilled which was spoken by ye Prophet Ieremy sayinge:

  • Matt 2:1-7
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    1 When Iesus was borne at Bethlee in Iury, in the tyme of Herode the kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusale,

    2 saynge: Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues? We haue sene his starre in the east, and are come to worship him.

    3 When Herode ye kynge had herde thys, he was troubled, & all Ierusale with hym,

    4 and he gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of ye people, & axed of them, where Christ shulde be borne.

    5 And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet:

    6 And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda. For out of ye shall come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel.

    7 Then Herod preuely called the wyse men, and dyligently enquyred of them, what tyme the starre appered,

  • Luke 2:12-18
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    12 And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger.

    13 And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde:

    14 Glory be vnto God an hye, & peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.

    15 And it fortuned wha the angels were gone from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which ye LORDE hath shewed vnto vs.

    16 And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.

    17 And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe.

    18 And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.

  • Matt 2:19-23
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    19 When Herode was deed: beholde, an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte,

    20 sayinge: arise and take the chylde and his mother, & go into ye londe of Israel. For they are deed, which sought the chyldes life.

    21 And he arose vp, and toke ye chylde and his mother, & came into the londe of Israel.

    22 But whe he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury, in ye rowme of his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thither. Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned asyde into the parties of Galile,

    23 and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth, to fulfill yt which was spoken by the Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20 And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.

  • Luke 2:6-9
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    6 And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.

    7 And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

    8 And there were in ye same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge their flocke by night.

    9 And beholde, ye angell of the LORDE stode by the, and ye brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed.

  • Luke 2:42-46
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    42 And whan he was twolue yeare olde, they wente vp to Ierusalem, after the custome of the feast.

    43 And whan they had fulfilled the dayes, and were gone home agayne, the childe Iesus abode styll at Ierusalem.And his elders knewe it not,

    44 but thought he had bene in the company, and they came a dayes iourney, and sought hi amoge their kynss folkes & acquataunce.

    45 And wha they founde him not, they wete agayne to Ierusale, and sought him.

    46 And it fortuned after thre dayes, yt they founde him in the temple, syttinge amonge the teachers, hearynge the, and opposynge them.

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    4 Then Ioseph gat him vp also fro Galile, out of the cite of Nazareth, in to Iewry, to ye cite of Dauid, which is called Bethleem, (because he was of ye house and lynage of Dauid)

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    27 And he came by inspiracion in to the teple.And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus in to the temple, to do for him after ye custome of the lawe,

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    39 And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE, thy returned i to Galile, to their owne cite Nazareth.

  • Luke 23:7-8
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    8 When Herode sawe Iesus, he was exceadinge glad, for he had longe bene desyrous to se him: because he had herde moch of him, & hoped to se a miracle of hi.

  • Luke 19:32
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    32 And they that were sent, wete their waye and founde euen as he had sayde.

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    2 And thou Bethleem Ephrata, art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda, Out off the shal come one vnto me, which shall be ye gouernoure i Israel: whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge, and from euerlastinge.

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    22 All this was done, yt the thinge might, be fulfilled, which was spoken of the LORDE by the Prophet, saynge:

  • Luke 2:48-49
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    48 And whan they sawe him, they were astonnyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: My sonne, why hast thou done this vnto vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge.

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