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.”