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23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,*
which means ‘God is with us .’”
24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord
commanded and took Mary as his wife . 25 But he did not
have sexual relations with her until her son was born .
And Joseph named him Jesus .
Visitors from the East
Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the
reign of King Herod . About that time some wise men*
from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where
is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it
rose,* and we have come to worship him .”
3 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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6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities* of Judah,
for a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for
my people Israel .’*”
7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise
men, and he learned from them the time when the star first
appeared . 8Then 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!”
9After 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 . 10 When they saw the star, they were
filled with joy! 11 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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