Matthew 2:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12 (Good News Translation)
1Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when
Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from
the East to Jerusalem
2and asked,
Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his
star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.
3When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so
was everyone else in Jerusalem.
4He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of
the Law and asked them,
Where will the Messiah be born?
5In the town of Bethlehem in Judea, they answered.
For this is what the prophet wrote:
6Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah;
for from you will come a leader
who will guide my people Israel.
7So Herod called the visitors from the East to a secret
meeting and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8Then he sent them to Bethlehem with these instructions:
Go and make a careful search for the child; and when you find
him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him.
9-10And so they left, and on their way they saw the same star
they had seen in the East. When they saw it, how happy they were, what joy
was theirs! It went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the
child was.
11They went into the house, and when they saw the child with
his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped him. They brought out their
gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.
12Then they returned to their country by another road, since
God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.
God bless you.
1Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when
Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from
the East to Jerusalem
2and asked,
Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his
star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.
3When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so
was everyone else in Jerusalem.
4He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of
the Law and asked them,
Where will the Messiah be born?
5In the town of Bethlehem in Judea, they answered.
For this is what the prophet wrote:
6Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah;
for from you will come a leader
who will guide my people Israel.
7So Herod called the visitors from the East to a secret
meeting and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8Then he sent them to Bethlehem with these instructions:
Go and make a careful search for the child; and when you find
him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him.
9-10And so they left, and on their way they saw the same star
they had seen in the East. When they saw it, how happy they were, what joy
was theirs! It went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the
child was.
11They went into the house, and when they saw the child with
his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped him. They brought out their
gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.
12Then they returned to their country by another road, since
God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.
God bless you.
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