Gen Z: Matthew 2
1So Jesus was born in Bethlehem, like, back in the day when Herod was king, and some wise dudes from the east rolled up to Jerusalem.
2They were like, "Where's the one born to be the King of the Jews? We saw his star, and we came to worship him."
3When Herod heard this, he was super stressed, and all of Jerusalem was shook too.
4He got all the top priests and scholars together and was like, "Yo, where's this Christ supposed to be born?"
5They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, that's what the prophet said, no cap."
6And Bethlehem, in the land of Judea, you're not the least of the cities; from you, a Governor will pop off and rule my peeps, Israel.
7Then Herod secretly called the wise men and was like, "When did that star show up? Spill the tea."
8He sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go find the kid and let me know when you do, so I can worship him too."
9After hearing the king, they bounced; and boom, the star they saw in the east was leading them right to the young child.
10When they saw the star, they were lit with joy, like, next level happy.
11They walked into the house, saw the young child with Mary, his mom, and straight up worshipped him; then they opened their gifts—gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12And after getting a heads-up from God in a dream not to go back to Herod, they dipped back home another way.
13After they left, an angel of the Lord showed up to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Get up, take the kid and his mom, and bounce to Egypt until I give you the word; Herod's coming for the kid."
14So he woke up, took the kid and his mom at night, and rolled out to Egypt.
15He stayed there until Herod kicked the bucket, so what the Lord said through the prophet could be lit: "Out of Egypt have I called my son."
16When Herod realized he got played by the wise men, he was mad mad and ordered all the kids in Bethlehem, two years and under, to be taken out, based on what he found out from them.
17Then what Jeremy the prophet said came true, periodt.
18In Rama, there was a voice heard, crying and weeping, with Rachel crying for her kids and not being comforted because they were gone.
19But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord popped up in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
20The angel said, "Get up, take the kid and his mom, and head to Israel; those who wanted to take the kid out are dead."
21So he woke up, took the kid and his mom, and went to Israel.
22But when he found out Archelaus was running Judea instead of Herod, he was lowkey scared to go there; still, he got warned by God in a dream and decided to chill in Galilee.
23He settled in a city called Nazareth, so what the prophets said could be fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."