January 05, 2010

THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN

THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN
MATTHEW 2:11-18

And when they were come into the house,
they saw the young Child with Mary His mother,
and fell down, and worshipped him:
and when they had opened their treasures,
they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a dream
that they should not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country another way.


And when they were departed,
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother,
and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word:
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night,
and departed into Egypt:


And was there until the death of Herod:
that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,
was exceeding wroth, and sent forth,
and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem,
and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.


Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet,
saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation,
and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
and would not be comforted, because they are not.

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