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A:The story of the 'Slaughter of the Innocents' in Matthew's Gospel only requred Herod to have the babies born in or near Bethlehem killed, whereas Luke's Gospel says that John the Baptist was born in Jerusalem. More importantly, scholars can find no historical evidence that Herod ever had the babies killed. They say this was a literary creation intended to draw parallels between Jesus and Moses, and which was needed to explain the flight to Egypt and, years later, to Nazareth where Jesus began his ministry.
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The biblical birth of John the Baptist takes place in Luke's Gospel, and the Gospel does not necessarily place his birth in Bethlehem. The biblical slaughter by King Herod only takes place in Matthew's Gospel and seems from the context to only have applied to infants in and around Bethlehem.

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John the Baptist did not live in the area where orders were to kill babies. He was born and lived on the mountains on the outskirt of the area.

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