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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 2:20 Catholic Bible: and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go back to the land of Israel, because those who tried to kill the child are dead." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/matthew/2-20.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/matthew/2-20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/matthew/2-20.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/1.htm">Matthew</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/2-19.htm" title="Matthew 2:19">◄</a> Matthew 2:20 <a href="../matthew/2-21.htm" title="Matthew 2:21">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/matthew/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/matthew/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go back to the land of Israel, because those who tried to kill the child are dead." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/matthew/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The angel said, "Get up and take the child and his mother back to Israel. The people who wanted to kill him are now dead." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/matthew/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.</p><p class="hdg">arise.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13</a> And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5,6</a> In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. . . . </p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/4-19.htm">Exodus 4:19</a> And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt; for they are all dead that sought thy life.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-21.htm">1 Kings 11:21,40</a> And when Adad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab, the general of the army, was dead, he said to Pharao: Let me depart, that I may go to my own country. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1-3</a> And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/matthew/2.htm">The Return to Nazareth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt, <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl">Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.</span> <span class="reftext">21</span>Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/2-19.htm">Matthew 2:19</a></span><br />But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/2-21.htm">Matthew 2:21</a></span><br />Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/daniel/2-8.htm">Attempting</a> <a href="/matthew/2-14.htm">Child</a> <a href="/matthew/1-25.htm">Child's</a> <a href="/matthew/2-19.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/matthew/2-14.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/matthew/2-14.htm">Risen</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/matthew/1-24.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/matthew/2-14.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/9-5.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Attempting</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Child</a> <a href="/mark/5-40.htm">Child's</a> <a href="/matthew/8-22.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Life</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Risen</a> <a href="/matthew/7-8.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/matthew/9-24.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/matthew/21-46.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/matthew/2-20.htm">Matthew 2:20 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and are child child's dead for Get go his into Israel land life mother of said sought take the those to trying up were who<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/matthew/2-20.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 2:20 Arise and take the young child (Matt. 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