Matthew 2:8

Modern English Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring me word again, so that I may come and worship Him also.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom or understanding or counsel can stand against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

Matthew 2:1

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, carefully inquired of them what time the star appeared.

Matthew 2:9

When they heard the king, they departed. And behold, the star which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the young Child was.