Matthew 2:8

And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

In Context

7Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;

9Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:22Go therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.

2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Kings 10:18And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.

Job 5:12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

Psalms 33:10The Lord bringeth to naught the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:2-9

The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, 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 demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →

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