⁷ Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

⁸ He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

¹² And having been warned^(A) in a dream^(B) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

² and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus,^(A) for they were afraid of the people. ³ Then Satan^(B) entered Judas, called Iscariot,^(C) one of the Twelve. ⁴ And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard^(D) and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

²⁹ For those God foreknew^(A) he also predestined^(B) to be conformed to the image of his Son,^(C) that he might be the firstborn^(D) among many brothers and sisters.