Matthew 2:16

Good News Translation (US Version)

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:7

You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go,

Proverbs 28:15

Poor people are helpless against a wicked ruler; he is as dangerous as a growling lion or a prowling bear.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of those who were killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely amazed.

Hosea 10:14

war will come to your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed. It will be like the day when King Shalman destroyed the city of Betharbel in battle, and mothers and their children were crushed to death.

Daniel 3:13

At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the three men to be brought before him.

Isaiah 26:21

The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.

2 Kings 8:12

“Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked. “Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Judges 16:10

Delilah told Samson, “Look, you've been making a fool of me and not telling me the truth. Please tell me how someone could tie you up.”

Genesis 49:7

A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.

Proverbs 28:17

Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.

Job 12:4

Even my friends laugh at me now; they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless; but there was a time when God answered my prayers.

Numbers 24:10

Balak clenched his fists in anger and said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but three times now you have blessed them instead.

Numbers 22:29

Balaam answered, “Because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you.”

Genesis 39:17

Then she told him the same story: “That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.

Genesis 39:14

she called to her house servants and said, “Look at this! This Hebrew that my husband brought to the house is insulting us. He came into my room and tried to rape me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Matthew 2:1

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

Matthew 2:7

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

Matthew 2:17

In this way what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true:

Revelation 12:4

With his tail he dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as it was born.