Matthew 2:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 2:20-21 : 20 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.” 21 So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
  • Acts 26:21 : 21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
  • Matt 1:24 : 24 When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

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  • Matt 2:11-13
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    11As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.

    13The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, 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 stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”

  • Matt 2:19-23
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    19The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

    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.”

    21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

    22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

    23He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

  • Matt 2:15-17
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    15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”

    16When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

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

  • Matt 1:22-25
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    22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

    23“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

    24When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

    25but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

  • Matt 2:7-9
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    77%

    7Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

    9After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

  • Matt 1:18-20
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    18The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

    19Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.

    20When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:41-44
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    41Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

    43But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

  • Jer 41:17
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    17They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.

  • Luke 2:4-8
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    4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.

    5He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

    7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

    8The Shepherds’ Visit Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

    17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

  • Luke 2:33
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    33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

    2saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

  • Luke 2:51
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    51Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Luke 1:39
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    39Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

  • Gen 50:14
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    14After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.

  • Hos 11:1
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    1Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12Preaching in Galilee Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 3:20
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    20She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.

  • Exod 2:2
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    2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.

  • Luke 2:48
    68%

    48When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”