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and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah[a] was to be born. They told him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:

“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
    who is to shepherd[b] my people Israel.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:4 Or the Christ
  2. Matthew 2:6 Or rule

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