1. When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem
2. and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
3. When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.
4. Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
5. They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
6. ‘Bethlehem in the landof Judea,you are very importantamong the towns of Judea.From your townwill come a leader,who will be like a shepherdfor my people Israel.’ ”
7. Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star.