Matthew 2:5-7

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⁵ “Yes, in Bethlehem,” they said, “for this is what the prophet Micah^[a] wrote:

⁶ ‘O little town of Bethlehem, you are not just an unimportant Judean village, for a Governor shall rise from you to rule my people Israel.’”

⁷ Then Herod sent a private message to the astrologers, asking them to come to see him; at this meeting he found out from them the exact time when they first saw the star. Then he told them,