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After the wise men left,
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Flight into Egypt
Nativity gathers the Christmas story into a path of promise, birth, witness, worship, and refuge so families can move slowly and remember how God came near in Jesus.
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Scripture: Matthew 2:13-15
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The Family Flees to Egypt
Each section is paired with the matching face from the story sheet. Read the six sections as one short story.
Side 2
an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt.
Side 3
Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the child to hurt him."
Side 4
Joseph got up and took the child and his mother away that night.
Side 5
They went to Egypt and stayed there until Herod died.
Side 6
This fulfilled the Lord's words through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."
Scripture anchor: Matthew 2:13 (closely adapted); 2:15
Key verse / Matthew 2:14
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt.