Wise Men Seek the King

2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem,^(A)

² saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?^(A) For we saw His star in the east^[a](B) and have come to worship Him.”^[b]

³ When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁹ After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen in the east!^[a] It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.

¹¹ Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him.^[a] Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.^(A)

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

The Flight into Egypt

¹³ After they were gone, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy Him.”^(A)

¹⁴ So he got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and escaped to Egypt.

¹⁵ He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called My Son.^(A)[a]