And thouBethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the leastamong the princes of Juda: for out of theeshallcome a Governor, thatshallrule my peopleIsrael.
And he sentthem to Bethlehem, and said, Go and searchdiligently for the youngchild; and when ye havefound him, bring me wordagain, that I may come and worship him also.
Whenthey had heard the king, theydeparted; and, lo, the star, whichthey saw in the east, wentbeforethem, till it came and stoodoverwhere the youngchild was.
And whentheywerecomeinto the house, they saw the youngchildwithMary his mother, and felldown, and worshipped him: and whenthey had openedtheirtreasures, theypresentedunto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
And whentheyweredeparted, behold, the angel of the Lordappeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the youngchild and his mother, and fleeintoEgypt, and be thouthereuntil I bringtheeword: for Herodwillseek the youngchild to destroy him.
And was thereuntil the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilledwhich was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypthave I called my son.
ThenHerod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceedingwroth, and sentforth, and slew all the childrenthatwere in Bethlehem, and in all the coaststhereof, from two years old and under, according to the timewhich he had diligentlyenquired of the wise men.
In Rama was there a voiceheard, lamentation, and weeping, and greatmourning, Rachelweeping for her children, and would not be comforted, becausethey are not.
But when he heardthatArchelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his fatherHerod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, beingwarned of God in a dream, he turnedasideinto the parts of Galilee: