Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,

And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!