12.
The Wise Men Visit Jesus
(Location:
Bethlehem In Judea, In A Cave Known As The Milk Grotto)
MATTHEW 2:
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
during the time of Herod the king, Magi from the east came to
Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the One
Who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east
and have come to worship Him." 3 When
Herod the king heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When
he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers
of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 "In
Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the
prophet has written: 6 "'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 be the
shepherd of my people Israel.'" 7 Then
Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact
time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to
Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the
child. As soon as you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go
and worship Him."
MATTHEW 2:
9 After they had heard
the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in
the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where
the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they
were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they
saw the child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and
worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him
with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12 And
having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they
returned to their country by another route.
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