Matthew 2:13

World English Bible (2000)

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

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  • Exod 1:22 : 22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 2:12 : 12 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
  • Acts 10:7 : 7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
  • Rev 12:6 : 6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
  • Rev 12:14 : 14 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
  • Acts 16:36 : 36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
  • Heb 1:13-14 : 13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?" 14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
  • Acts 7:19 : 19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
  • Job 33:17 : 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
  • Dan 3:25-26 : 25 He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods. 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire.
  • Matt 2:19-20 : 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
  • Matt 2:22 : 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
  • Exod 2:2-3 : 2 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
  • Josh 3:17 : 17 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
  • Josh 4:10 : 10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.
  • Josh 4:18 : 18 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.
  • Josh 3:13 : 13 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

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  • Matt 2:14-23
    10 verses
    91%

    14 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

    15 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

    16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

    17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

    18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."

    19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

    20 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

    21 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

    22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,

    23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

  • Matt 2:7-12
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    7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

    8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

    9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

    10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

    11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

  • Matt 1:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

    19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

    20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:22-25
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    77%

    22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

    24 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

    25 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

  • Matt 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

    2 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

    3 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Luke 2:15-17
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    72%

    15 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

    17 When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

  • Jer 41:17
    70%

    17 and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

  • Luke 2:6-9
    4 verses
    70%

    6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

    8 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

    9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

  • Luke 2:33
    70%

    33 Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 2:43
    69%

    43 and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

  • Luke 2:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

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

  • Luke 2:4
    69%

    4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

  • Luke 13:31
    69%

    31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

  • Gen 37:6
    68%

    6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Matt 4:12
    68%

    12 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

  • Matt 24:16
    67%

    16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  • Acts 7:18
    67%

    18 until there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.

  • Gen 37:19
    67%

    19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.