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He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah[a] was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

‘O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
    you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
because from you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd[b] my people Israel.’”[c]

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  1. Matthew 2:4 Or Christ
  2. Matthew 2:6 Or govern
  3. Matthew 2:6 Cf. Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2

When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem(A) in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd my people Israel.’[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:2,4