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King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in
Jerusalem. 4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious
law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:
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‘And you,
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O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities of Judah,
a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherdfor my people Israel.’”
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Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned
from them the time when the star first appeared. 8 Then he told them, “Go to
Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come
back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen
in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over
the place where the child was.
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star
filled with joy!
When they saw the
they were
They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they
bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and
gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another
route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
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THEN THEY
OPENED
THEIR
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treasure chests
A N D G AV E H I M
gifts of gold,
FRANKINCENSE,
and myrrh.
The Escape to Egypt
13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said.
“Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the
child to kill him.”
14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, 15 and
they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken
through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
16 Hero d was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted
him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were
two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first
appearance. 17 Herod’s brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through
the prophet Jeremiah:
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“A cry was heard in Ramah—
weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted,
for they are dead.”
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