Matthew 2:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Cross References

Genesis 10:30

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Genesis 25:6

But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

Genesis 41:8

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Genesis 49:10

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.

Job 1:3

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

Matthew 1:25

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:3

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Luke 2:11

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:15

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

John 7:42

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

Judges 17:7

Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.