Matthew 2:16

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Judg 16:10 : 10 Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Dan 3:13 : 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
  • Dan 3:19-20 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
  • Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Hazael said, "Why do you weep, my lord?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child."
  • Job 12:4 : 4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
  • Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
  • Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
  • Gen 39:17 : 17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
  • Num 22:29 : 29 Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you."
  • Num 24:10 : 10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

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    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,

  • Matt 2:1-15
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    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.

    4 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

    5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

    6 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"

    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.

    13 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."

    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."

  • Dan 2:12-13
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    12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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  • Acts 12:1-2
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    1 Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

    2 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    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.

    18 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.

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    6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

    7 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

  • 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

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    17 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

    18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"

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    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.

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    5 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

    6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

  • 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

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

  • 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,

  • 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

  • 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

  • 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.

  • 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"

  • 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

  • 27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,