Visit of the Magi
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Matthew 2:1-12
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to
Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king
of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to
worship him."
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem
with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief
priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ
was to be born. 5"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for
this is what the prophet has written:
6" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the
exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and
said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as
you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship
him."
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the
star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it
stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the
star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw
the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and
worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented
him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having
been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to
their country by another route.
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