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Matthew 2:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 2:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 Then Joseph[a] got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt(A) 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I have called my son.”
The Massacre of the Infants
16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi,[b] he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.[c]
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