The Pilgrimage of the Magi
(Micah 5:1–6)

1Now on Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, 2saying, “Where is the One having been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east† and came to worship Him.”

3And King Herod,† having heard, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the Christ is born.

5And they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:

6‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you will come forth One leading,

who will shepherd My people Israel.’†”

7Then Herod, having called the Magi secretly, learned exactly of them the time of the appearing star. 8And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Having gone, search carefully for the Child; and when you⁺ shall have found Him, report to me, so that I also, having come, may worship Him.”

9And having heard the king, they went, and behold, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the Child was. 10And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11And having come into the house, they saw† the Child with His mother Mary, and having fallen down, they worshiped Him. And having opened their treasures, they offered to Him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

12And having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, through another way they withdrew to their country.

The Flight to Egypt
(Hosea 11:1–7)

13And on their having withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt. And be there until I should tell you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

14And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt, 15and there he was until the death of Herod, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”†

Weeping and Great Mourning
(Jeremiah 31:1–25)

16Then Herod, having seen that he was mocked by the Magi, was exceedingly enraged. And having sent forth, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its borders from two years old and under, according to the time that he learned exactly from the Magi. 17Then was fulfilled that having been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

18“A voice was heard in Ramah,

weeping† and much mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

and she would not be comforted,

because they are not.Ӡ

The Return to Nazareth
(Luke 2:39–40)

19But on Herod having died, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the life of the Child have died.”

21And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel. 22But having heard that Archelaus reigns over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to depart to there. And having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee. 23And having come, he dwelt in a city being called Nazareth, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through the prophets, that “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Footnotes:

2 Or in the rising; that is, the rising of the sun; also in verse 9.
3 BYZ and TR Herod the king
6 Micah 5:2; see also 2 Samuel 5:2.
11 Stephanus TR they found
15 Hosea 11:1
18 BYZ and TR lamentation and weeping
18 Jeremiah 31:15