Matthew 2:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then he sent them to Bethlehem. He said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, come tell me. Then I can go worship him too.”

Cross References

Lamentations 3:37

No one can say something and make it happen, unless the Lord orders it.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no one wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah and said, “I swear that by this time tomorrow, you will be just as dead as those prophets. If I don’t succeed, may the gods do the same or worse to me.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the Israelites said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” Actually, Ahithophel’s advice was good, but they said this because the Lord had decided to make Ahithophel’s advice useless. He did this to punish Absalom.

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea during the time when Herod was king. After Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod had a private meeting with the wise men from the east. He learned from them the exact time they first saw the star.

Matthew 2:9

After the wise men heard the king, they left. They saw the same star they had seen in the east, and they followed it. The star went before them until it stopped above the place where the child was.