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Matthew 2.1 . After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 . and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 . When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 2.7. Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 9. After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 11 .On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2. 13. When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
Matthew 2.16 .When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
Matthew 2.19. After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 . and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
Matthew 2.22 . But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Luke 2.42 .When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
Lukács 2. 46 . After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 .Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 .When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”