3. When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.
4. Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
5. They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
6. ‘Bethlehem in the landof Judea,you are very importantamong the towns of Judea.From your townwill come a leader,who will be like a shepherdfor my people Israel.’ ”
7. Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star.
8. He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I want to go and worship him too.”
9. The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10. They were thrilled and excited to see the star.
11. When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.
12. Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.