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‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
for from you shall come a ruler
    who is to shepherd[a] my people Israel.’ ”(A)

Then Herod secretly called for the magi[b] and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2.6 Or rule
  2. 2.7 Or astrologers