Matthew 2:3-13

Goodspeed(i) 3 When King Herod heard of this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They said, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: 6 " 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' " 7 Then Herod secretly sent for the astrologers, and found out from them the exact time when the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, "Go and inquire particularly about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go and do homage to him too." 9 So they obeyed the king and went, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it reached the place where the child was, and stopped above it. 10 When they saw the star, they were very glad, 11 and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way. 13 When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."