Matthew 2:15 - English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And remained there until Herod's death. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called My Son. [Hos. 11:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ He stayed there until Herod died. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I have called my son out of Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And he remained there, until the death of Herod, in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: "Out of Egypt, I called my son."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Matthew 2:15 Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Numbers 24:8

God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.

Matthew 1:22

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

Matthew 2:14

And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt

Matthew 2:17

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:23

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 21:4

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Matthew 26:54

But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Matthew 27:35

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

Matthew 8:17

This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 19:28

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”

John 19:36

For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”

Acts 1:16

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.