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The Book of Jesus Chapter One: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
The Visit of the Wisemen
NARRATOR.
Now after Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of King Herod, some wisemen came from the East to Jerusalem.
WISEMEN.
Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him.
NARRATOR.
When King Herod heard these things he was deeply troubled and all Jerusalem with him. He called a meeting of the chief priests and
the scribes of the people and enquired [demanded] of them where the Christ was to be born.
CHIEF PRIESTS.
In Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet Micah wrote:
'And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judaea, you are by no means least among the clans of Judah, for out of you will come a Governor
who will shepherd my people Israel.'
NARRATOR.
Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, asked them the time when the star had appeared. When he found out what he
wanted to know he sent them to Bethlehem.
HEROD.
Go and find the young child and when you have found him, let me know so that I may also go and worship him.
NARRATOR.
Having heard what the king had to say, they left for Bethlehem. There in front of them was the star they had seen in the East. The star
went before them and stood over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were filled with great joy. Going into
the house they saw the young child with his mother Mary. Falling down on their knees they worshipped him. Then, opening their
treasure, they presented him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. But being warned of God in a dream, they did not go back to
Herod, but returned to their own country by another way.
Matthew 2:1-12
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The Flight into Egypt and Return to Nazareth
NARRATOR.
When they'd left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.
ANGEL.
Get up and take the child and his mother with you and escape into Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, because Herod will search for the
child to destroy him.
NARRATOR.
So Joseph got up, took the young child and his mother and left for Egypt in the night, where he stayed until Herod's death. This was to
fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet Hosea:
'I called my son out of Egypt.'
Herod was furious when he realized that the wisemen had mocked him. In Bethlehem and its surrounding districts he had all the male
children killed who were two years old or under, reckoning the time from the information he had carefully extracted from the
wisemen as to when they had first seen the star. It was then that words of the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled:
'In Ramah a voice was heard, wailing, sobbing and great mourning. It was Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforting
because they were no more.'
NARRATOR.
After Herod's death, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
ANGEL.
Get up, take the young child and his mother and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead.
NARRATOR.
So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother and went back to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Herod's son, Archelaus,
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