Matthew 2:14 - Plain English Version

¹⁴ So Joseph got up right then, in the middle of the night, and he got Mary and Jesus, and they left to go to Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And having risen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew to Egypt

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Joseph got up and, during the night, took the child and his mother to Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And getting up, he took the boy and his mother by night, and withdrew into Egypt.

Matthew 2:14 Cross References

Matthew 1:24

Joseph woke up and did what God’s angel told him to do. He married Mary.

Matthew 2:13

After those wise men went away, Joseph had a dream. He heard God’s angel messenger say, “Herod will try to kill the boy, so get up and take Jesus and Mary to Egypt country, and stay there until I tell you to come back.”

Matthew 2:15

They lived in Egypt until Herod died, and then they came out of Egypt and went back to Israel country. So it happened just like God told one of his men to write in God’s book, a long time ago. He wrote, “God called his son to come out of Egypt.”

Acts 26:21

And Paul said, “I told everyone this message, but some of the Jewish people didn’t like it, so they grabbed me, and they tried to kill me. They did that in God’s ceremony house.