Matthew 2:15-17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.^[a](A)

The Massacre of the Innocents

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.^{(B) 17} Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: