Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 2:4 in context
Matthew 2:1–7
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Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
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“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
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When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
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They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
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‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah,
are in no way least among the princes of Judah;
for out of you shall come a governor
who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”
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Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
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