Matthew 2 (NET)

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Matthew 2:1¹After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to JerusalemCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mic 5:2 John 7:42 Luke 2:4-7 Luke 2:11 Ps 72:9-12 Isa 11:10 Gen 49:10 Hag 2:6-9 Isa 60:1-22 Dan 9:24-25

Matthew 2:2²saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 24:17 Jer 23:5 Rev 22:16 Isa 9:6-7 Zech 9:9 Isa 60:3 Heb 1:6 John 18:37 Matt 2:10-11 Isa 32:1-2

Matthew 2:4⁴After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 23:9 Acts 6:12 Matt 21:23 Matt 7:29 Acts 4:5 Jer 8:8 John 18:3 John 3:10 John 7:32 John 8:3

Matthew 2:5⁵“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:42 Ruth 1:1 1 Sam 16:1 Ruth 2:4 Josh 19:15 Ruth 1:19 Ruth 4:11

Matthew 2:6⁶‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 34:23-25 Mic 5:2 Isa 9:6-7 John 7:42 Gen 49:10 Rev 11:15 Matt 28:18 Isa 40:11 Rev 2:27 2 Sam 5:2

Matthew 2:8⁸He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:19-20 Jer 41:5-7 Luke 20:20-21 1 Kgs 19:2 1 Sam 23:22-23 2 Kgs 10:18-19 2 Sam 17:14 Ezra 4:1-2 Job 5:12-13 Lam 3:37

Matthew 2:9⁹After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 2:2 2 Pet 1:19 Prov 8:17 Ps 25:12 Prov 2:1-6

Matthew 2:11¹¹As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 60:6 Ps 72:10 Luke 2:16 Matt 2:2 Ps 95:6 1 Kgs 10:2 Acts 10:25-26 Num 7:14 Ps 72:15 John 5:22-23

Matthew 2:12¹²After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 2:19 Matt 2:22 Matt 2:13 Matt 27:19 Gen 20:6-7 Gen 31:24 Matt 1:20 Acts 4:19 Acts 5:29 Dan 2:19

Matthew 2:13¹³After 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 flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 10:7 Acts 12:11 Acts 5:19 Exod 1:22 Matt 1:20 Matt 2:12 Job 33:15 Matt 2:16 Matt 2:19-20 Job 33:17

Matthew 2:14¹⁴Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 26:21 Matt 2:20-21 Matt 1:24

Matthew 2:15¹⁵He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 11:1 Exod 4:22 Num 24:8 Luke 24:44 Matt 1:22 Acts 12:1-4 Matt 12:16-18 Matt 2:17 Matt 2:19 Matt 2:23

Matthew 2:16¹⁶When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 59:7 Prov 28:15 Rev 17:6 2 Kgs 8:12 Dan 3:13 Dan 3:19-20 Gen 49:7 Hos 10:14 Isa 26:21 Judg 16:10

Matthew 2:17¹⁷Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 2:18¹⁸“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 31:15 Jer 9:17-21 Jer 4:31 Gen 35:16-20 Ezek 2:10 Gen 37:30 Gen 37:33-35 Gen 42:36 Job 14:10 Rev 8:13

Matthew 2:20²⁰saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 4:19 1 Kgs 12:1-3 Matt 2:13 1 Kgs 11:21 1 Kgs 11:40 Prov 3:5-6

Matthew 2:21²¹So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 6:22 Heb 11:8

Matthew 2:22²²But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 48:17-18 Luke 2:39 John 7:52 1 Sam 16:2 Acts 9:13-14 Gen 19:17-21 Isa 30:21 John 7:41-42 Matt 1:20 Matt 2:12-13

Matthew 2:23²³He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 13:5 John 1:45-46 Mark 1:24 Acts 24:5 John 18:5 John 18:7 John 19:19 Luke 1:26 Luke 2:39 Matt 1:22

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