Matthew 2:17

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Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

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  • Matt 2:12-16
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    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.”

    14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

    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.

  • Matt 2:18-23
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    18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”

    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 2:1-10
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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.”

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

    4After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet:

    6‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

    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.

    10When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

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

  • 15The LORD says,“A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”

  • 9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:“They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    15When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another,“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”

    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,

    18and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

  • 4This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

  • 17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • 14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    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.

  • Mic 5:2-3
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    2A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

    3So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

  • 2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem.

  • 34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

  • 12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

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    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

    37Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

  • 12Then the LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.

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    22because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

  • 6The LORD’s message came to the prophet Jeremiah,

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

  • 20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

  • 17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • 12Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people.“The LORD sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

  • 31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

  • 29For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’