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Matthew 2:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem

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The Lord says, “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.”

The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived.”

This very day in David's town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord!

A day is coming when the new king from the royal line of David will be a symbol to the nations. They will gather in his royal city and give him honor.

Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.

“In the town of Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. “For this is what the prophet wrote:

But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.

When the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us.”

During the time when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife's name was Elizabeth; she also belonged to a priestly family.

Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.

but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.

The land in which they lived extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country.

and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.

In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him.

At that same time there was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.

So Herod called the visitors from the East to a secret meeting and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

When Herod realized that the visitors from the East had tricked him, he was furious. He gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its neighborhood who were two years old and younger—this was done in accordance with what he had learned from the visitors about the time when the star had appeared.

his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.




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