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23 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory—this was during Herod's kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East.
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1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
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2They asked around, "Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We're on pilgrimage to worship him."
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2“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
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3When word of their inquiry got to Herod, he was terrified—and not Herod alone, but most of Jerusalem as well.
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3When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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4Herod lost no time. He gathered all the high priests and religion scholars in the city together and asked, "Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?"
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4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
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5They told him, "Bethlehem, Judah territory. The prophet Micah wrote it plainly:
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5They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
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6It's you, Bethlehem, in Judah's land, no longer bringing up the rear. From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule my people, my Israel."
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6‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”
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7Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the East. Pretending to be as devout as they were, he got them to tell him exactly when the birth-announcement star appeared.
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7Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
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8Then he told them the prophecy about Bethlehem, and said, "Go find this child. Leave no stone unturned. As soon as you find him, send word and I'll join you at once in your worship."
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8He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
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9Instructed by the king, they set off. Then the star appeared again, the same star they had seen in the eastern skies. It led them on until it hovered over the place of the child.
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9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
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10They could hardly contain themselves: They were in the right place! They had arrived at the right time!
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10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
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11They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.
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11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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12In a dream, they were warned not to report back to Herod. So they worked out another route, left the territory without being seen, and returned to their own country.
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12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
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13After the scholars were gone, God's angel showed up again in Joseph's dream and commanded, "Get up. Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt. Stay until further notice. Herod is on the hunt for this child, and wants to kill him."
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13Now when they had departed, behold, an 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 stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
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14Joseph obeyed. He got up, took the child and his mother under cover of darkness. They were out of town and well on their way by daylight.
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14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
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15They lived in Egypt until Herod's death. This Egyptian exile fulfilled what Hosea had preached: "I called my son out of Egypt."
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15and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
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16Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from information he'd gotten from the scholars.)
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16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
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17That's when Jeremiah's sermon was fulfilled:
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17Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
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18A sound was heard in Ramah, weeping and much lament. Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace, Her children gone, dead and buried.
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18“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
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19Later, when Herod died, God's angel appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt:
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19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
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20"Up, take the child and his mother and return to Israel. All those out to murder the child are dead."
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20“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.”
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21Joseph obeyed. He got up, took the child and his mother, and reentered Israel.
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21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
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22When he heard, though, that Archelaus had succeeded his father, Herod, as king in Judea, he was afraid to go there. But then Joseph was directed in a dream to go to the hills of Galilee.
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22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
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23On arrival, he settled in the village of Nazareth. This move was a fulfillment of the prophetic words, "He shall be called a Nazarene."
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23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”