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AnswerThe oldest gospel, Mark's Gospel, does not mention the circumstances of Jesus' birth. However, Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel, both of which are otherwise largely based on Mark's Gospel, say that Jesus was born of a virgin during the reign of King Herod the Great. Matthew's Gospel says that magi, or "wise men", alerted Herod to the birth of Jesus. In Matthew's Gospel, Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Egypt until after Herod's death, then returnned to Judea and decided to migrate to Galilee. There is no mention of the magi or of the flight to Egypt in Luke's Gospel, instead Joseph and Mary came from Galilee to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, were greeted by shepherds who had been alerted to the birth of Jesus by angels, then returned peacefully to Galilee.

Modern Christians manage to believe in most of what is found in Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel. They believe that Joseph and the virgin Mary came from Galilee to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born and greeted by both the magi and the shepherds, then fled to Egypt. After the death of Herod the Great, they returned to Galilee.
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