Matthew 2:6

Wise Men Visit Jesus

⁵ “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet: ⁶ And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the leaders of Judah:
because out of you will come a leader
who will shepherd My people Israel.” ⁷ Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

My People

Shepherd My People

By No Means

Feed My People

Not At All

Rule My People

Beth-lehem

Bethlehem

Israel

Judah

Judea

No

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah,
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin is from antiquity,
from eternity.

John 7:42

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 40:11

He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.

Ezekiel 34:23-25

I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 37:24-26

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances, and keep My statutes and obey them.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

Revelation 2:27

and he will shepherd them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery—

just as I have received this from My Father.

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of His Messiah,
and He will reign forever and ever!

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah
or the staff from between his feet
until He whose right it is comes
and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.

Numbers 24:19

One who comes from Jacob will rule;
he will destroy the city’s survivors.

2 Samuel 5:2

Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 5:2

Although Judah became strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright was given to Joseph.

Psalm 2:1-6

Why do the nations rebel
and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 78:71-72

He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.

Matthew 2:1

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem,

John 21:16

A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.

Jeremiah 23:4-6

I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

Ephesians 1:22

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,