Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,

Then Herod called the wise men secretly and determined from them what time the star had appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all its region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Be careful, then, how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise,

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.