{"id":366,"date":"2025-12-22T03:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2025-12-22T03:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:02:15","slug":"matthew-2-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 2: 1-12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of <mark style=\"background-color:#ffcfd2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Herod<\/mark> the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:2em\">2 saying, \u201cWhere is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his <mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">star<\/mark> when it rose and have come to <mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">worship<\/mark> him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:4em\">3 When Herod the <mark style=\"background-color:#90dbf4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">king<\/mark> heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:6em\">5 They told him, \u201cIn <mark style=\"background-color:#b9fbc0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Bethlehem<\/mark> of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:8em\">6 \u201c\u2018And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,<br>are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;<br>for from you shall come a ruler<br>who will shepherd my people Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:6em\">7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to <mark style=\"background-color:#b9fbc0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Bethlehem<\/mark>, saying, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:4em\">\u201cGo and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.\u201d 9 After listening to the <mark style=\"background-color:#90dbf4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">king<\/mark>, they went on their way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:2em\">And behold, the <mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">star<\/mark> that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the <mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">star<\/mark>, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and <mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">worshiped<\/mark> him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 And being warned in a dream not to return to <mark style=\"background-color:#ffcfd2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Herod<\/mark>, they departed to their own country by another way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, \u201cWhere is he who has been born king of the Jews? 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