Matthew 2:8

The Passion Translation

And he told them, “Now go to Bethlehem and carefully look there for the child, and when you’ve found him, report to me so that I can go and bow down and worship him too.”

Cross References

Proverbs 21:30

All your brilliant wisdom and clever insight will be of no help at all if the Lord is against you.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can make anything happen unless the Lord is willing?

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in Bethlehem near Jerusalem during the reign of King Herod. After Jesus’ birth a group of spiritual priests from the East came to Jerusalem

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly summoned the spiritual priests from the East to ascertain the exact time the star first appeared.

Matthew 2:9

And on their way to Bethlehem, the same star they had seen in the East suddenly reappeared! Amazed, they watched as it went ahead of them and stopped directly over the place where the child was.