Matthew 2:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ Herod called a meeting of all the leading Jewish priests and teachers of the law. Herod asked them where the Christ {\cf2\super [19]} would be born.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

Common English Bible

⁴ He gathered all the chief priests and the legal experts and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And gathering together all the leaders of the priests, and the scribes of the people, he consulted with them as to where the Christ would be born.

Matthew 2:4 Cross References

Acts 23:9

All these Jews began shouting louder and louder. Some of the teachers of the law, who were Pharisees, stood up and argued, “We find nothing wrong with this man! Maybe an angel or a spirit really did speak to him!”

Acts 6:12

By doing this, these Jews upset the people, the older Jewish leaders, and the teachers of the law. They became so angry that they came and grabbed Stephen. They took him to a meeting of the Jewish leaders.

Matthew 21:23

Jesus went into the temple {\cf2\super [294]} area. While Jesus was teaching there, the leading priests and the older leaders of the people came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, “Tell us! What authority (power) do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 7:29

Jesus did not teach like their teachers of the law. Jesus taught like a person that had authority (power).

Acts 4:5

The next day the Jewish leaders, the older Jewish leaders, and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

John 18:3

So Judas led a group of soldiers to the garden. Judas also brought some guards from the leading priests and the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [226]} They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

John 8:3

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [129]} brought a woman there. The woman had been caught doing the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [130]} These Jews forced the woman to stand before the people.

John 7:32

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [113]} heard these things the people were saying about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some temple police to arrest Jesus.

John 3:10

Jesus said, “You are an important teacher of Israel (the Jews). But you still don’t understand these things?

Luke 23:10

The leading priests and teachers of the law were standing there. They were shouting things against Jesus.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of the law and the leading priests heard this story that Jesus told. They knew this story was about them. So they wanted to arrest Jesus at that time. But they were afraid of what the people would do.

Jeremiah 8:8

“You keep saying,\par ‘We have the Lord’s teachings!\par So we are wise!’\par But that is not true.\par Why? Because the scribes {\cf2\super [69]} \par have lied with their pens.\par

Mark 8:31

Then Jesus began to teach his followers that the Son of Man {\cf2\super [101]} must suffer many things. Jesus taught that the Son of Man would not be accepted by the older Jewish leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law. Jesus taught that the Son of Man must be killed and then rise from death after three days.

Matthew 27:1

Early the next morning, all the leading priests and older leaders of the people decided to kill Jesus.

Matthew 26:47

While Jesus was still speaking, Judas came there. Judas was one of the twelve followers. Judas had many people with him. These people were sent from the leading priests and the older leaders of the people. These people with Judas had swords and clubs.

Matthew 26:3

Then the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders had a meeting at the palace where the high priest {\cf2\super [393]} lived. The high priest’s name was Caiaphas.

Matthew 21:15

The leading priests and the teachers of the law saw what Jesus did. They saw that Jesus was doing great things and saw the children praising Jesus in the temple area. The children were saying, “Praise {\cf2\super [290]} to the Son of David. {\cf2\super [291]} ” All these things made the priests and the teachers of the law angry.

Matthew 13:52

Then Jesus said to the followers, “So every teacher of the law who has been taught \{the new things\} about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house. He has new things and old things saved in that house. And he brings out those new things with the old things.”

Malachi 2:7

A priest should know God’s teachings. People should be able to go to a priest and learn God’s teachings. A priest should be God’s messenger to the people.”

Psalm 2:2

Their kings and leaders joined together\par to fight against the Lord\par and against the king he chose.\par

Nehemiah 12:7

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These men were the leaders of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.

Ezra 10:5

So Ezra got up. He made the leading priests, the Levites, and all the people of Israel promise to do what he said.

Ezra 7:6

Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. Ezra was a teacher. {\cf2\super [45]} He knew the Law of Moses very well. The Law of Moses was given by the Lord, the God of Israel. King Artaxerxes gave Ezra everything he asked for because the Lord was with Ezra.

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the leaders of the priests and the leaders of the people of Judah sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord. They followed the evil example of the other nations. Those leaders ruined the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [453]} The Lord had made the temple holy in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:15

Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s house {\cf2\super [428]} !” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

Matthew 2:3

King Herod {\cf2\super [18]} heard about this new king of the Jews. Herod was troubled about this. And all the people in Jerusalem were worried too.

Matthew 2:5

They answered, “In the town of Bethlehem in Judea. The prophet {\cf2\super [20]} wrote about this \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [21]} \}: