Micah 5:2
2 1 dBut you, O eBethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of fJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
Matthew 2:5–6
5 They told him, m“In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 n“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will oshepherd my people Israel.’”
John 7:42
42 sHas not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the toffspring of David, and comes ufrom Bethlehem, vthe village where David was?”
