and asked, "Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

When they saw the star, they were ecstatic with joy.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

"Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive in it and stay there until you leave.

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."