Matthew 2:21 - Plain English Version

²¹ So Joseph did what God’s angel messenger told him. He got up, and he got Mary and Jesus, and they started to go back to Israel country.

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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

Genesis 6:22

Then Noah did all of that. He did everything that God told him to do.

Matthew 2:20

“Get up and take Mary and Jesus back to Israel country. The people that wanted to kill him are dead now.”

Matthew 2:22

But then somebody told him that Herod’s son Arkelayus was the new big boss over the part of Israel called Judea, and Joseph was too frightened to go there. Then he had another dream. God told him, “Go to Galilee country.”