Matthew 2:5
Good News Translation
"In the town of Bethlehem in Judea," they answered. "For this is what the prophet wrote:

New Revised Standard Version
They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:

Contemporary English Version
They told him, "He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,

New American Bible
They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Genesis 35:19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

Joshua 19:15 And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

Ruth 1:1,19 In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. . . .

Ruth 2:4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

Ruth 4:11 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Context
The Pilgrimage of the Magi
4And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born. 5But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet: 6And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.…
Cross References
Matthew 2:1
When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:4
And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

John 7:42
Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was?

Matthew 2:4
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