⁴and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ^othe Christ was to be born. ⁵They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

⁶^p“ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for from you shall come a ruler

who will ^qshepherd my people Israel.’ ”

⁷Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. ⁸And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” ⁹After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. ¹⁰When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. ¹¹And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, ^rthey offered him gifts, ^sgold and ^tfrankincense and ^umyrrh. ¹²And ^vbeing warned ^win a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

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Matthew 2:10: When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Cross references

oSee ch. 1:17
pCited from Mic. 5:2
q Ezek. 34:23; John 21:15–17; [2 Sam. 5:2; Rev. 7:17]
r[1 Sam. 9:7; Ps. 72:10]
s Isa. 60:6
t Rev. 18:13
u Ex. 30:23; Ps. 45:8; John 19:39
vver. 22; [ver. 13, 19]
w[ch. 27:19; Gen. 20:6; 31:11; Num. 12:6; Job 33:15]