Matthew 2:20-23

The Return to Nazareth

²⁰ saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for _d those who sought the child's life are dead." ²¹ And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. ²² But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and _e being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. ²³ And he went and lived in a city called _f Nazareth, _g that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

1. Cross References
   Exodus 4:19
   And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 2:12
   And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 4:13
   And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Caper...
   Mark 1:9
   In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galil...
   Luke 1:26
   In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent f...
   Luke 2:39
   And when they had performed everything accordin...
   Luke 4:16
   And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brou...
   John 1:45
   Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We hav...
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 1:22
   All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: