Matthew 2:1-6

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2 Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.

At about that time some astrologers from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, ² “Where is the newborn King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in far-off eastern lands and have come to worship him.”

³ King Herod was deeply disturbed by their question, and all Jerusalem was filled with rumors.^{[a] 4} He called a meeting of the Jewish religious leaders.

“Did the prophets tell us where the Messiah would be born?” he asked.

⁵ “Yes, in Bethlehem,” they said, “for this is what the prophet Micah^[b] wrote:

⁶ ‘O little town of Bethlehem, you are not just an unimportant Judean village, for a Governor shall rise from you to rule my people Israel.’”