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Matthew 2:20

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“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.”

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Matthew 2:20 in other translations

Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.

Matthew 2:20 · American Standard Version

Matthew 2:20 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
  3. 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.”
  4. 21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
  5. 22But 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,