Matthew 2:15-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called My Son.^(A)[a]

The Massacre of the Innocents

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years^[b] old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.^{(B) 17} Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: