Matthew 2:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ So Joseph took the baby and the baby’s mother and went to Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then he awoke and arose and [tenderly] took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Common English Bible

²¹ Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And rising up, he took the boy and his mother, and he went into the land of Israel.

Matthew 2:21 Cross References

Hebrews 11:8

God called Abraham to travel to another place that God promised to give Abraham. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But Abraham obeyed God and started traveling, because Abraham had faith.

Genesis 6:22

Noah did all these things. Noah obeyed all the things that God commanded.

Matthew 2:20

The angel said, “Get up! Take the baby and his mother and go to Israel. The people that were trying to kill the baby are now dead.”

Matthew 2:22

But Joseph heard that Archelaus was now king in Judea. Archelaus became king when his father Herod died. So Joseph was afraid to go there. Joseph was warned in a dream. So Joseph left there and went to the area of Galilee.