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

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

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Allora Erode, chiamati di nascosto i magi, s'informò esattamente da loro del tempo in cui la stella era apparsa; e, mandandoli a Betlemme, disse loro: «Andate e chiedete informazioni precise sul bambino e, quando l'avrete trovato, fatemelo sapere, affinché anch'io vada ad adorarlo».

Essi dunque, udito il re, partirono; e la stella, che avevano vista in Oriente, andava davanti a loro finché, giunta al luogo dov'era il bambino, vi si fermò sopra.

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