Τότε Ἡρώδης ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων ἐθυμώθη λίαν· καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλε πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω· κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσε παρὰ τῶν μάγων.
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the Magi, he was very angry, and he sent forth, and kill all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had enquired from the Magi.