5. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto
the city of David which is called Bethlehem. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife.
22. Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly host praising God,
and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men.
24. The shepherds said one to another, let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and
see this thing which has come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
28. Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in the heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorified and praising God for all the that they had heard
and seen.
32. Soon afterwards, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem
and asked where is the baby born who be the king of the Jews? “We saw his star
when it came up in the east and we have came to worship him.
35. For this is what the prophet wrote Bethlehem in the land of
Judah, you are by no means the least of the leading cities of
Judah ; for from you will come a leader who will guide my
people.
37. And so they left, and on the way they saw the same star
they have seen in the east. When they saw it, how
Happy they were, what joy was theirs! It went ahead until
it stopped over the place were the child was.
39. They went into the house , and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt
down and worshiped him.
They brought out their gifts of gold ,frankincense and myrrh, and presented them to him.
41. After they had left, an angel of the lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said,’’
Herod will be looking for the Child in order to kill him.
So get up, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, and stay there
until I tell you to leave.
