Matthew 2:2

Good News Translation

and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.”

Cross References

Psalm 2:6

“On Zion, my sacred hill,” he says, “I have installed my king.”

Psalm 45:11

Your beauty will make the king desire you; he is your master, so you must obey him.

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will be drawn to your light, And kings to the dawning of your new day.

Jeremiah 23:5

The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.

Jeremiah 30:9

Instead, they will serve me, the Lord their God, and a descendant of David, whom I will enthrone as king.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Numbers 24:17

I look into the future, And I see the nation of Israel. A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation. Like a comet he will come from Israel. He will strike the leaders of Moab And beat down all the people of Seth.

Matthew 2:3

When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.

Matthew 21:5

“Tell the city of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Matthew 27:11

Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked. “So you say,” answered Jesus.

Luke 19:38

“God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!”

Luke 2:11

This very day in David's town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord!

Luke 23:3

Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “So you say,” answered Jesus.

Luke 23:38

Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”

John 1:49

“Teacher,” answered Nathanael, “you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 12:13

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!”

John 18:37

So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”

John 19:19

Pilate wrote a notice and had it put on the cross. “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews,” is what he wrote.

John 20:28

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 9:38

“I believe, Lord!” the man said, and knelt down before Jesus.

Hebrews 1:6

But when God was about to send his first-born Son into the world, he said, “All of God's angels must worship him.”

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star.”