Joseph Goes from Egypt to Nazareth ^(A)

¹⁹ After Herod died, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream while he was in Egypt. ²⁰ He said, “Get up. Take the young Child and His mother and go into the land of the Jews. Those who tried to kill the young Child are dead.” ²¹ Joseph got up. He took the young Child and His mother and came into the land of the Jews. ²² Joseph heard that Archelaus was the king of the country of Judea. Herod, the father of Archelaus, had died. Joseph was afraid to go there. God told him in a dream to go to the country of Galilee and he went. ²³ Joseph stayed in a town called Nazareth. It happened as the early preachers said it would happen. They said, “Jesus will be called a Nazarene.”