Matthew 2

Matthew 2:1

• Jesus
• After Jesus
• Now after Jesus
• When Jesus
• Now when Jesus

• was

• born in
• born, in

• Bethlehem in
• Bethlehem of

• Judea in the
• Judea, in the
• Judea during the
• Judea, during the
• Judaea during the

• days of
• reign of
• time of

• King
• Herod the

• king,
• Herod,

• behold, wise men from the
• wise men from the
• magi from the
• Magi from the

• east
• East

• came to
• arrived in

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem
• Jerusalem,
• Jerusalem, asking,
• Jerusalem, asking:
• Jerusalem, saying,

Matthew 2:2

• “Where is
• Where is
• They asked, “Where is the
• They asked, ‘Where is the
• saying, “Where is the
• saying, “Where is
• and asked, “Where is the

• He Who
• he who
• He who
• one who
• child who

• has been
• is the
• is
• was

• born
• born to
• newborn

• king of the
• King of the
• be king of the
• be King of the
• be the king of the

• Jews?
• Jews? For

• We
• we
• We have
• we have

• saw
• seen
• have seen

• his
• His

• star in the
• star at
• star
• star when

• east, and
• East and
• East, and
• east and
• it rose and
• its rising, and
• its rising and
• rising and
• East.
• east.

• have
• We have
• we have

• come to

• worship
• pay
• do

• Him.
• him.’
• him.”
• Him.”
• him homage.’
• him homage.”

Matthew 2:3

• When King
• King

• Herod

• heard this
• heard this,
• heard about this,

• he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with

• him,
• him.
• him;

Matthew 2:4

• He called together all the
• Herod called a meeting of all the
• He called a meeting of the
• Gathering together all the

• chief
• leading

• priests and
• priests and the

• scribes of the
• teachers of the
• experts in the

• people
• people,
• Law.
• law.
• law,

• He
• he

• asked
• inquired of
• inquired from

• them where the

• Christ
• Messiah

• was to be

• born?”
• born?’
• born.

Matthew 2:5

• They
• So they
• “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they

• told
• said to

• him, “In
• him, In

• Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet

• wrote,
• wrote:

Matthew 2:6

• ‘And you,
• And you,
• “‘And you,
• “‘But you,
• ‘But you,
• ‘You
• You,

• Bethlehem in the
• Bethlehem, in the
• Bethlehem,
• O Bethlehem in the
• O Bethlehem, in the

• land of

• Judah,
• Judah, you

• Are by no
• are by no
• are
• Are
• are in no

• means
• not the
• way
• means the

• least among the

• rulers of
• leaders of

• Judah; For out of
• Judah; for out of
• Judah, for out of
• Judah: for out of
• Judah, for from
• Judah; for from

• you

• will
• shall

• come a
• come from

• ruler Who
• ruler who
• ruler—who
• ruler, who
• Ruler Who
• you who
• leader who

• will
• is to

• shepherd
• shepherd for
• shepherd of

• my
• My

• people
• people,
• people, the
• people the

• Israel.”
• Israel.” ’
• Israel. ”’
• Israel.’
• Israel.

Matthew 2:7

• Then Herod secretly

• called the
• summoned the
• called for the

• wise men, and
• wise men and
• magi and

• found out from
• determined from
• learned from
• asked

• them the
• them

• exact
• exactly what

• time the
• time when the

• star
• star had

• appeared;
• appeared.
• had appeared
• had appeared.

Matthew 2:8

• He
• Then he
• and he
• And he
• Then Herod

• sent

• them to
• them on to

• Bethlehem, and
• Bethlehem and
• Bethlehem,
• Bethlehem.

• said,
• said, “
• saying,
• saying, “
• he said, “
• He said, “

• Go and

• search
• look

• carefully for the
• diligently for the

• child. When
• Child; and when
• child, and when
• child; and when

• youhave found

• him,
• Him,
• him

• report to
• bring

• me
• me,

• so that
• word, that

• I,
• I

• too,
• too
• also

• may
• can

• go and
• come and

• worship
• pay
• do

• Him.
• him.
• him.’
• him.”
• Him.”
• him, too!”
• him too.”
• him homage.’
• him homage.”

Matthew 2:9

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 2:10

• When they saw the
• At the sight of the

• star
• star,

• they

• were
• rejoiced exceedingly with
• rejoiced with exceedingly

• great joy.
• great joy;
• filled with joy!
• filled with joy.
• overjoyed.

Matthew 2:11

• They went into the
• Entering the
• And going into the
• and going into the

• house
• house,

• they saw the

• child with
• child, with
• Child with

• Mary,
• Mary

• his
• His

• mother, and
• mother; and

• they

• fell
• knelt

• down and

• worshiped
• worshipped

• Him.
• him.

• Then
• Then,

• opening their

• treasures,
• treasure chests,

• they

• offered
• presented
• presented to

• Him
• him
• him with
• Him with

• gifts of
• gifts:
• gifts—
• gifts,
• treasures of

• gold,
• gold and

• frankincense, and
• frankincense and

• myrrh.

Matthew 2:12

• And being
• And having been
• But God

• warned in a
• warned the wise men in a
• warned them in a

• dream

• not to
• not

• return to
• go back to

• Herod,
• Herod; so
• Herod, so
• Herod. So

• they

• returned to
• left for
• went back to
• departed to
• departed for

• their own

• country by another
• country another

• way.
• road.
• route.

Matthew 2:13

• After they
• Now when they
• When they
• Now after they
• After the wise men

• had
• were

• gone, an
• left, an
• departed, behold, an

• angel of the Lord

• appeared to
• came to

• Joseph in a

• dream and
• dream,

• said, ‘
• said, “
• saying, “

• Get up!
• Get up,
• Get up.
• Rise,

• take the
• Take the

• child and

• his
• His

• mother and
• mother, and
• mother,

• flee to
• escape to

• Egypt!
• Egypt.
• Egypt, and

• stay
• Stay

• there until I tell

• you. For
• you, for
• you; for
• you.
• you, because

• Herod

• is
• will

• going to
• seek the

• search for the
• look for the
• young

• child, to
• Child to
• child to
• child and

• kill
• destroy
• do away with
• wants to kill

• him.
• him.’
• him.”
• Him.”

Matthew 2:14

• Joseph
• So Joseph
• So he
• And he
• And he,

• got up,
• got up and
• rose and
• arose and

• took the
• took the young

• child and
• Child and

• his
• His

• mother by
• mother during the

• night and
• night, and

• left for
• went to
• departed into
• departed for
• withdrew to

• Egypt;
• Egypt
• Egypt.
• Egypt,

Matthew 2:15

• He
• where he

• stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had

• said through the
• spoken through the

• prophet: ’
• prophet:
• prophet, “
• prophet: “

• I
• I have

• called

• my
• My

• Son out of
• son out of

• Egypt.
• Egypt.’
• Egypt.”

Matthew 2:16

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 2:17

• Then what was

• spoken through
• spoken by

• Jeremiah the prophet was

• fulfilled:
• fulfilled, saying,

Matthew 2:18

• “A voice
• ‘A voice
• A voice
• “A sound

• was
• is

• heard in

• Ramah,
• Ramah—

• weeping, and
• weeping and
• wailing and

• great
• loud

• mourning.
• mourning—
• mourning,
• lamentation.
• lamentation,
• lamentation;

• Rachel,
• Rachel

• weeping for
• was crying for
• cries for

• her

• children.
• children,
• children;
• children, and
• children; And
• children and
• children; and

• She refused to
• she refused to
• Refusing to
• refusing to
• She refuses to
• she refuses to

• be

• comforted because
• comforted, because
• comforted, Because
• consoled, because

• they
• her

• were no
• are no
• children are
• were

• dead.”
• dead.’
• more.
• more.”
• gone.”

Matthew 2:19

• After Herod
• But when Herod
• When Herod
• After King Herod

• died, an
• died, behold, an
• was dead, behold, an

• angel of the

• Lord
• Lord suddenly

• appeared in a
• came to Joseph in a

• dream to
• dream while he

• Joseph in
• was in

• Egypt
• Egypt:
• Egypt.
• Egypt,
• Egypt, and said:
• Egypt, and said,
• Egypt and said,
• Egypt, saying,

Matthew 2:20

• and said, “Get up,
• and said, ‘Get up,
• and said, “Get up!
• “Get up,
• The angel said, ‘Get up.
• The angel said, “Get up!
• saying, “Get up,
• saying, “Get up!

• take the
• Take the

• child and
• Child and

• his
• His

• mother and
• mother, and
• mother.
• mother

• go to the
• Go to the
• go into the
• go back to the

• Land of
• land of

• Israel, for those who
• Israel; for those who
• Israel, because those who

• sought the
• were seeking the
• were trying to take the

• Child
• child
• young child
• young Child

• ’s life

• are
• are now

• dead.”
• dead.’
• dead.

Matthew 2:21

• So Joseph
• So he

• got

• up and
• up and,

• took the
• taking the

• child and
• Child and
• young child and
• young Child and

• his
• His

• mother and
• mother, and

• went to the
• came into the
• returned to the
• went into the
• entered the

• Land of
• land of

• Israel,
• Israel.

Matthew 2:22

• But when he
• But he

• heard that Archelaus

• was reigning over
• was ruling over

• Judea in
• Judea in the

• place of his

• father,
• father

• Herod,

• he
• Joseph

• was afraid to go

• there, and
• there. And
• there.
• there. After

• Being
• being
• Having been

• warned in a

• dream
• dream,

• he

• withdrew to the
• went to the
• left for the
• withdrew into the

• region of
• regions of
• area of
• country of
• district of

• Galilee,
• Galilee
• Galilee.

Matthew 2:23

• And he
• There he
• He

• made his home in a
• went and lived in a
• came and lived in a
• settled in a
• went and dwelt in a

• town
• city

• called

• Nazareth so that what
• Nazareth, so that what
• Nazareth, that what

• was
• had been

• spoken through the
• spoken by the

• prophets might be

• fulfilled: “
• fulfilled:
• fulfilled, “
• fulfilled, that

• He
• he

• will
• shall
• would

• be called a

• Nazarene.”
• Nazarene.’
• Nazarene.
• Nazorean.”
• Nazorean.