^{Sermon Scripture - Mathew 2:1-12}

^{MT 2:1 After Jesus was born
in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east
came to Jerusalem ² and asked, "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."
^{MT 2:3} When King Herod
heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ When
he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the
law, 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:
^{MT 2:6} " `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.' "
^{MT 2:7} Then Herod
called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star
had appeared. ⁸ 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."}

^{MT 2:9} 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 stopped over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. ¹¹ 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. ¹² And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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