Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Matthew 1
²² So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
²³ "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
²⁴ Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
²⁵ and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.
Matthew 2
¹ Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
² saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him."
³ When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
⁵ So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
⁶ ’But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ "
⁷ Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.