Psalms 2:1-6

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ▼

▼Or  nations noisily assemble

and the peoples plot in vain?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^dAnointed, saying,
3“Let us ^eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who ^fsits in the heavens ^glaughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5Then he will speak to them in his ^hwrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6“As for me, I have ⁱset my King
on ^jZion, my ^kholy hill.”

Psalms 2:8

8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and ^lthe ends of the earth your possession.

Psalms 89:27

27And I will make him the ^mfirstborn,
ⁿthe highest of the kings of the earth.

Matthew 2:2-16

2saying, “Where is he who has been born ^oking of the Jews? For we saw ^phis star when it rose ▼

▼Or in the east; also verse 9

and have come to ^rworship him.” 3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ^sthe Christ was to be born. 5They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 ^t“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will ^ushepherd my people Israel.’”
7Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, ^vthey offered him gifts, ^wgold and ^xfrankincense and ^ymyrrh. 12And ^zbeing warned ^aain a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

13Now when they had departed, behold, ^aban angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15and remained there until the death of Herod. ^acThis was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ^ad“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Herod Kills the Children

16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Romans 8:17

17and if children, then ^aeheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^afprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Hebrews 1:2

2but ^agin these last days ^ahhe has spoken to us by ^aihis Son, whom he appointed ^ajthe heir of all things, ^akthrough whom also he created ^althe world.