1   When ^{note note} Iesvs then was borne at Bethleem in ^note Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the King, beholde, there came ^note Wisemen from the East to Hierusalem,

2   Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? for wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

3   When King Herod heard this, he was ^note troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.

4   And gathering together all the ^note chiefe Priestes and ^note Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

5   And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,

6    ^noteAnd thou Beth-leem in the lande of Iuda, art not the ^note least among the Princes of Iuda: For out of thee shall come the gouernour that ^note shall feede that my people Israel.

7   Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

8   And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

9   ¶2; So when they had heard the King, they departed: and loe, the starre which they had seene in the East, went before them, till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe was.

10   And when they sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy,

11   And went into the house, and founde the babe with Mary his mother, and ^note fell downe, and worshipped him, and opened their ^note treasures, and presented vnto him giftes, euen golde, and frankincense, and myrrhe.

Herods crueltie. Iohn Baptist.

12   And after they were ^note warned of God in a dreame, that they should not go againe to Herod, ther returned into their countrey another way.

13   ¶2; ^note After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

14   So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

15   And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the ^note Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

16   ¶2; Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.

17   Then was that fulfilled which is spoken ^note by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,

18    ^noteIn Rhama was ^note a voyce heard, mourning, and weeping, and great howling: ^note Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not.

19    ^noteAnd wh&ebar; Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,

20   Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.

21   Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22   But wh&ebar; he heard þt; Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

23   And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.

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