1. Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterwards, some men who studied the stars came from the east to Jerusalem
2. and 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.”
3. When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.
4. He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”