Matthew 2:8

New Living Translation

Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.”

Proverbs 21:30

No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.

Matthew 2:9

After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.