18 November 26, 2014 2014 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
‘In Bethlehem in Judea,’ they replied,
‘for this is what the prophet has written:
But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of
Judah,
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people
Israel.’
Then Herod called the Magi secretly
and found out the exact time the star had
appeared.
He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ‘Go
and make a careful search for the child.
As soon as you find him,
report to me, so that I too may go and
worship him.’
After they had heard the king,
they went on their way
and the star they had seen in the east went
ahead of them,
until it stopped over the place where the
child was.
When they saw the star, they were
overjoyed.
On coming to the house, they saw the child
with his mother Mary,
and they bowed down and worshiped him.
Then they opened their treasures
and presented him with gifts of gold and of
incense and of myrrh.
And having been warned in a dream not to
go back to Herod,
they returned to their country by another
route.”
Matthew 2: 1-12 (NIV)
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