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Matthew 2:18-20
International Standard Version
Matthew 2:18-20
International Standard Version
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah:
wailing and great mourning.
Rachel was crying for her children.
She refused to be comforted,
because they no longer existed.”[a]
The Return to Nazareth
19 But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. 20 “Get up,” he said. “Take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill[b] the child are dead.”
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- Matthew 2:18 Cf. Jer 31:15
- Matthew 2:20 Lit. were seeking the life of
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