Matthew 2:5

Modern English Version

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Matthew 2:1

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:4

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

John 7:42

Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the seed of David, out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?”

Joshua 19:15

and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite from Judah, and he stayed as a resident foreigner there.

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the land of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

Ruth 1:19

So they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women asked, “Is this Naomi?”

Ruth 2:4

Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” And they said to him, “May the Lord bless you.”

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from ruling over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for Myself from among his sons.”