God's Word Translation

Matthew 2:8-13 God's Word Translation (GW)

8. As he sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you have found him, report to me so that I may go and worship him too.”

9. After they had heard the king, they started out. The star they had seen rising led them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

10. They were overwhelmed with joy to see the star.

11. When they entered the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary. So they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12. God warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod. So they left for their country by another road.

13. After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. The angel said to him, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him.”