Matthew 2:20

American Standard Version

Arise 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.

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Matthew 2:20 in other translations

“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

Matthew 2:20 · World English Bible

Matthew 2:20 in context

  1. 18A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.
  2. 19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
  3. 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.
  4. 21And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
  5. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,