The Magi Visit the Messiah

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

That Which Defiles

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

Jesus Predicts His Death

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,

“We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.