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Matthew 2:21
Matthew 2:21 is verse 21 of Matthew chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
King James Version
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
World English Bible
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
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Matthew 2:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 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, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.