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Matthew 2:17-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17. Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying,

18. “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they exist no longer.”

19. Now after Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20. saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead.”

21. So he got up and took the child and his mother and entered the land of Israel.

22. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the regions of Galilee.

23. And he came and lived in a town called Nazareth, in order that what was said by the prophets would be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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