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Matthew 2:8-14 Common English Bible (CEB)

8. He sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search carefully for the child. When you’ve found him, report to me so that I too may go and honor him."

9. When they heard the king, they went; and look, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the child was.

10. When they saw the star, they were filled with joy.

11. They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. Falling to their knees, they honored him. Then they opened their treasure chests and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12. Because they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route.

13. When the magi had departed, an angel from 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 tell you, for Herod will soon search for the child in order to kill him."

14. Joseph got up and, during the night, took the child and his mother to Egypt.

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