4 2:16Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi. 2:17Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; 2:18A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted because they were not.
5 2:19And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, in Egypt, saying, 2:20Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead that sought the young child's life. 2:21And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. 2:22But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, 2:23and went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that the word spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazoraean.
CHAPTER III.
CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION.
1 3:1AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 3:2Change your minds, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 3:4And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, 3:6and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
2 3:7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a change of mind; 3:9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham; 3:10and already the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 3:11I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire; 3:12whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.
3 3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 3:14But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me? 3:15But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him; 3:16and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him. 3:17And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
4 4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. 4:2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. 4:3And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. 4:4And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. 4:5Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. 4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. 4:8Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, 4:9and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. 4:10Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. 4:11Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.