Matthew 2:13

Easy To Read Version

After the wise men left, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. The angel said, “Get up! Take the baby and his mother and escape to Egypt. Herod {\cf2\super [25]} will start looking for the baby. Herod wants to kill him. So stay in Egypt until I tell you \{it is safe\}.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:17

But at that time Hadad was only a young boy. So Hadad ran away to Egypt. Some of his father’s servants went with him.

1 Kings 3:5

While Solomon was at Gibeon, the Lord came to him during the night in a dream. God said, “Ask for anything you want. I will give it to you.”

Job 33:17

God warns people to stop them\par from doing wrong things,\par and to stop them from becoming proud.\par

Exodus 1:22

So Pharaoh [5] gave this command to his own people: “Let all the girl babies live. But every time a {Hebrew} boy baby is born, you must throw him into the Nile River.”

Matthew 1:20

But after Joseph thought about this, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, son of David, {\cf2\super [11]} don’t be afraid to accept Mary to be your wife. The baby that is in her is from the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [12]}

Matthew 10:23

When you are treated badly in one city, go to another city. I tell you the truth. You will not finish going to all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man {\cf2\super [129]} comes again.

Matthew 2:12

But God warned the wise men in a dream. God warned them not to go back to Herod. {\cf2\super [24]} So the wise men went home to their own country a different way.

Matthew 2:14

So Joseph got up and left for Egypt with the baby and the baby’s mother. They left during the night.

Matthew 2:16

Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.

Matthew 2:22

But Joseph heard that Archelaus was now king in Judea. Archelaus became king when his father Herod died. So Joseph was afraid to go there. Joseph was warned in a dream. So Joseph left there and went to the area of Galilee.

Acts 10:22

The men said, “A holy angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house. Cornelius is an army officer. {\cf2\super [208]} He is a good man; he worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house so that he can listen to the things you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

The angel who spoke to Cornelius left. Then Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier. This soldier was a good (religious) man. The soldier was one of Cornelius’ close helpers.

Acts 12:11

Peter realized then what had happened. He thought, “Now I know that the Lord really sent his angel to me. He rescued (saved) me from Herod. {\cf2\super [238]} The Jewish people thought that bad things would happen to me. But the Lord saved me from all these things.”

Acts 12:7

Suddenly, an angel of the Lord stood there. A light shined in the room. The angel touched Peter on the side and woke him up. The angel said, “Hurry, get up!” The chains fell off Peter’s hands.

Acts 16:36

The jailer said to Paul, “The leaders have sent these soldiers to let you go free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”

Acts 5:19

But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail. The angel led the apostles outside and said,

Acts 7:19

This king tricked (deceived) our people. He was bad to our ancestors. The king made them put their children outside to die.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the Box of the Lord. [11] The Lord is the Master of the whole world. They will carry that Box in front of you into the Jordan River. When they enter the water, the water of the Jordan River will stop flowing. The water will stop and fill behind that place like a dam.”

Joshua 3:17

The ground at that place became dry, and the priests carried the Box of the Agreement [13] of the Lord to the middle of the river and stopped. The priests waited there while all the people of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.

Joshua 4:10

The Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. Those were the things Moses had said Joshua must do. So the priests carrying the Holy Box [16] continued standing in the middle of the river until all those things were done. The people hurried across the river.

Joshua 4:18

The priests obeyed Joshua. They carried the Box with them and came out of the river. When the priests’ feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. The water again overflowed its banks as it had before the people crossed.

Revelation 12:14

But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. Then she could fly to the place that was prepared for her in the desert. In that place she would be taken care of for three and one-half years. There she would be away from the snake.

Revelation 12:4

The snake’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. The giant snake stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth to the baby. The snake wanted to eat the woman’s baby when it was born.

Revelation 12:6

The woman ran away into the desert to a place that God prepared for her. In the desert she will be taken care of for 1,260 days.