Matthew 2:8

New American Standard Bible 2020

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the Lord to bring disaster on Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

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

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no understanding, And no plan against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there 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, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly called for the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

Matthew 2:9

After hearing the king, they went on their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on ahead of them until it came to a stop over the place where the Child was to be found.