World English Bible
Matthew 2:20
“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead.”
Verse in context — Matthew 2
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A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more.
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But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
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Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead.
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He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
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But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
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