Matthew 2:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died -- those seeking the life of the child.'

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  • Exod 4:19 : 19 And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;'
  • 1 Kgs 11:21 : 21 And Hadad hath heard in Egypt that David hath lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad saith unto Pharaoh, `Send me away, and I go unto my land.'
  • 1 Kgs 11:40 : 40 And Solomon seeketh to put Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam riseth and fleeth to Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and he is in Egypt till the death of Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3 : 1 And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat's hearing (and he `is' yet in Egypt where he hath fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwelleth in Egypt), 3 that they send and call for him; and they come -- Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel -- and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. 6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 2:21-22
    2 verses
    90%

    21And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

    22and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,

  • Matt 2:11-19
    9 verses
    88%

    11and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

    12and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

    13And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

    14And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

    15and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, `Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

    16Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

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

    18`A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping `for' her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

    19And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

  • Matt 2:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

    8and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

    9And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

  • Matt 2:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

    2saying, `Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

    3And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

    4and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

    5And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

  • Exod 4:19
    71%

    19And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;'

  • Matt 1:24
    71%

    24And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

  • Luke 2:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, `We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

    16And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

    17and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

  • Luke 2:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

    34and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this `one' is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --

  • Matt 1:20
    70%

    20And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten `is' of the Holy Spirit,

  • Mark 6:16
    69%

    16And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

  • Luke 2:43-44
    2 verses
    69%

    43and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

    44and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

  • Jer 41:17
    69%

    17and they go and abide in the habitations of Chimham, that `are' near Beth-Lehem, to go to enter Egypt,

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

    20and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

    21and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

  • Luke 13:31
    68%

    31On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

  • Acts 12:19
    68%

    19and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command `them' to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding `there'.

  • Mic 5:3
    68%

    3Therefore he doth give them out till the time She who bringeth forth hath brought forth, And the remnant of his brethren return to the sons of Israel.

  • Luke 2:20
    67%

    20and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

  • Matt 1:22
    67%

    22And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 2:4
    67%

    4and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
    67%

    27And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she `is' its mother.'

  • Exod 1:17
    67%

    17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    67%

    12`And thou, rise, go to thy house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died;

  • Luke 24:5
    67%

    5and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

  • Mark 13:12
    67%

    12`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

  • Luke 2:12
    67%

    12and this `is' to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

  • Luke 2:48
    66%

    48And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'