5. “In the town of Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. “For this is what the prophet wrote:
6. ‘Bethlehem in the land of Judah,you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah;for from you will come a leaderwho will guide my people Israel.’ ”
7. So Herod called the visitors from the east to a secret meeting and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8. Then 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.”