Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came certain wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Then Herod called the wise men to him privately, and inquired of them exactly the time of the star's appearing:

Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men.

For behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

For ye see by your calling, brethren, that not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

but God hath chosen things that are foolish in the eye of the world to put it's wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty;

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men:

I speak it to your shame. What! is there not one wise man among you, that is able to judge between his bretheren?

Let no one deceive himself: if any among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be truly wise.

Is there any wise and understanding man among you? let him shew his works by a good conversation in the meekness of wisdom:

Because the foolishness of God, as they call it, is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.