1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
2 saying, "Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east and came to worship him."
3 When King Herod heard it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem along with him.
4 He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and began asking them where the Christ would be born.
5 They answered him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:
6 'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way the least among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come one who governs, who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
7 Then Herod privately called the wise men and found out from them exactly when the star had appeared.
8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and inquire carefully about the child. As soon as you find him, let me know, so that I also may come and worship him."
9 When they had heard the king, they set out, and look, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stood above the place where the child was.
10 At the sight of the star they rejoiced with an exceedingly great joy.
11 On entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him; and opening their treasure chests, they presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 Then, having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they withdrew to their own country by another road.
13 After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I give you word, for Herod is going to seek the child to destroy him."
14 So he rose, took the child and his mother during the night, and withdrew into Egypt.
15 He remained there until Herod's death, in order that what the Lord spoke through the prophet would be fulfilled, which says, "From Egypt I called my Son."
16 Then Herod, seeing that the wise men had made a fool of him, flew into a rage. He sent men and killed all the boys in Bethlehem and throughout its surrounding area who were two years old and younger, in keeping with the time he had carefully learned from the wise men.
17 Then what had been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
18 "A sound was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping and much grieving: Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not accept comfort, because they are no longer."
19 After Herod died, there appeared an angel of the Lord in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who sought the life of the child have died."
21 He rose, took the child and his mother, and entered the land of Israel.
22 But hearing that Archelaus ruled as king over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and after being warned in a dream, he went away into the region of Galilee.
23 He came and made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that the word spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene."