11 Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him.[a] Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.(A) 12 And being warned(B) in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

The Flight into Egypt

13 After they were gone, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy Him.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:11 Or they paid Him homage

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