“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.