Bible verse
“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
Matthew 2:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 2.
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 ‘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.’”
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8 And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
9 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 stood over the place where the Child was.
KJV
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
ASV
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,
ERV
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
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