7. Then Herod had a secret meeting with the wise men and learned from them the exact time they first saw the star.
8. He sent the wise men to Bethlehem, saying, “Look carefully for the child. When you find him, come tell me so I can worship him too.”
9. After the wise men heard the king, they left. The star that they had seen in the east went before them until it stopped above the place where the child was.
10. When the wise men saw the star, they were filled with joy.
11. They came to the house where the child was and saw him with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their gifts and gave him treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12. But God warned the wise men in a dream not to go back to Herod, so they returned to their own country by a different way.
13. After they left, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, because Herod is starting to look for the child so he can kill him. Stay in Egypt until I tell you to return.”
14. So Joseph got up and left for Egypt during the night with the child and his mother.