Matthew 2:23 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And arriving, he lived in a city which is called Nazareth, in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "For he shall be called a Nazarene."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He shall be called a Nazarene [Branch, Separated One]. [Isa. 11:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.

Common English Bible

²³ He settled in a city called Nazareth so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.

English Standard Version 2016

²³ And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 2:23 Cross References

Numbers 6:13

This is the law of consecration. When the days that he had decreed by vow have been completed, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant,

Matthew 1:22

Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

Matthew 21:11

But the people were saying, "This is Jesus, the Prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

Matthew 26:71

Then, as he exited by the gate, another maidservant saw him. And she said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."

Mark 1:24

saying: "What are we to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God."

Mark 1:9

And it happened that, in those days, Jesus arrived from Nazareth of Galilee. And he was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Luke 1:26

Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

Luke 18:37

And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

Luke 2:39

And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their city, Nazareth.

John 18:5

They answered him, "Jesus the Nazarene." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.

John 18:7

Then again he questioned them: "Who are you seeking?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

John 19:19

Then Pilate also wrote a title, and he set it above the cross. And it was written: JESUS THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS.

Acts 2:22

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene is a man confirmed by God among you through the miracles and wonders and signs that God accomplished through him in your midst, just as you also know.

Acts 24:5

We have found this man to be pestilent, to be inciting seditions among all the Jews in the entire world, and to be the author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Judges 13:5

For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother's womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 1:11

And she made a vow, saying, "O Lord of hosts, if, in looking with favor, you will see the affliction of your servant and will remember me, and will not forget your handmaid, and if you will give to your servant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall pass over his head."