Matthew 2:16-18

KJV
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.


The slaughter of the innocents, one of the few tremendous events documented in the New Testament, none of which were documented anywhere else. No accounts of a strange star, no accounts of babies being killed.

There's something disturbing, something moving, about the fact that someone would make this up. To fulfill a prophecy, to cast a shadow upon Christmas.

The source of so many paintings.

Look at verse 18 in the New International Version (NIV):

18"A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more."

This is why I use the King James. There's just no comparison.