2 saying, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him.”
3 And when King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,
4 and after calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ was to be born.
5 So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you will go out a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and determined precisely from them the time when the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found him, report to me so that I also may come and worship him.”