Matthew 2:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising,^[a] and have come to pay him homage.” ³ When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; ⁴ and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah^[b] was to be born.