Matthew 2:20 - Tree of Life Version

²⁰ saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are dead.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And said, Rise, [tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “Get up,” the angel said, “and take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel. Those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ saying: "Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

Matthew 2:20 Cross References

1 Kings 11:21

Now when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh: “Let me leave so I may go to my own country.”

1 Kings 11:40

Therefore Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam got up and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt. He remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

Exodus 4:19

Then Adonai said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men that sought your life are dead.”

Matthew 2:13

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of Adonai appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the Child, to kill Him.”

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of Adonai appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:21

So he got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.