Matthew 2:1-6

The Visit of the Magi

Now after Jesus was ^aborn in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of ^bHerod the king, behold, ¹magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is He who has been born ^aKing of the Jews? For we saw ^bHis star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 And when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the ¹Christ was to be born. 5 And they said to him, “^aIn Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written ¹by the prophet:
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‘^aAnd you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,

Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;

For out of you shall come forth a Leader

Who will ^bshepherd My people Israel.’”