Matthew 2:20
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.”
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- Exod 4:19 : 19 The LORD said to Moses in Midian,“Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
- 1 Kgs 11:21 : 21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh,“Give me permission to leave so I can return to my homeland.”
- 1 Kgs 11:40 : 40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.
- 1 Kgs 12:1-3 : 1 Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. 3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
- Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
- Matt 2:13 : 13 The 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.”
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- Matt 2:21-222 verses90%
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.
- Matt 2:11-199 verses88%
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.”
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.
17Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
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
- Matt 2:7-93 verses75%
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 2:1-55 verses71%
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:
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19The LORD said to Moses in Midian,“Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
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24When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,
- Luke 2:15-173 verses71%
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,
- Luke 2:33-342 verses70%
33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
34Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
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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.
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16But when Herod heard this, he said,“John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”
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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.
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17They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.
- 1 Kgs 3:19-213 verses69%
19This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.
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.
21I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”
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31Going to Jerusalem At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus,“Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”
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19When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
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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.
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20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
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22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:
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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.
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27The king responded,“Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”
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17But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
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12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.
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5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?
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12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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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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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.”