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He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah[a] was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

‘O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
    you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
because from you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd[b] my people Israel.’”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:4 Or Christ
  2. Matthew 2:6 Or govern
  3. Matthew 2:6 Cf. Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2