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  • Matthew 2:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 And when they went into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and falling down, they did obeisance* to him. They also opened their treasures and presented him with gifts—gold and frankincense and myrrh.

  • Matthew 2:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 καὶ And ἐλθόντες having come εἰς into τὴν the οἰκίαν house εἶδον they saw τὸ the παιδίον young child μετὰ with Μαρίας Mary τῆς the μητρὸς mother αὐτοῦ, of it, καὶ and πεσόντες having fallen down προσεκύνησαν they did obeisance αὐτῷ, to it, καὶ and ἀνοίξαντες having opened τοὺς the θησαυροὺς treasures αὐτῶν of them προσήνεγκαν they presented αὐτῷ to it δῶρα, gifts, χρυσὸν gold καὶ and λίβανον frankincense καὶ and σμύρναν. myrrh.

  • Matthew 2:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 And when they went into the house they saw the young child with Mary its mother, and, falling down, they did obeisance to it. They also opened their treasures and presented it with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

  • Matthew 2:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 And they came to the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, and prostrated themselves and did him reverence; and they opened their coffers and offered gifts to him, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

  • Matthew 2:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

  • Matthew 2:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 and coming into the house they saw the child, with Mary its mother,—and falling down prostrated themselves unto it, and opening their treasures offered unto it gifts—gold and frankincense and myrrh;

  • Matthew 2:11
    King James Version
    • 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 2:11 ijwbq article 163; it-1 935; w15 3/1 13-15; w10 4/1 13; g99 12/8 14-15

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:11 w79 12/15 30; w77 740-741; w75 739; g73 12/22 5; ad 223, 654, 1241-1242; g67 12/22 28; g65 7/8 20; w63 723; w31 205

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:11

      Bible Questions Answered, article 163

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 935

      The Watchtower,

      3/1/2015, pp. 13-15

      4/1/2010, p. 13

      Awake!,

      12/8/1999, pp. 14-15

  • The True Light of the World
    The Good News According to Jesus—Video Reference Guide
    • Astrologers’ visit and Herod’s murderous plan (gnj 1 50:25–55:52)

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:11

      house: The reference to a house shows that the astrologers did not visit Jesus when he was a newborn baby in a manger.

      the young child: Jesus is here not referred to as “an infant,” as he is at Lu 2:12, 16.

      did obeisance: Or “bowed down.” The term often denotes respect to a human, such as a king, not worship.​—See study notes on Mt 2:2; 18:26.

      gifts: When presenting Jesus at the temple 40 days after his birth (Lu 2:22-24; Lev 12:6-8), Joseph and Mary were poor, indicating that these gifts were given sometime after that occasion. The gifts may have been timely, useful for financing the family’s stay in Egypt.

      frankincense: See Glossary.

      myrrh: See Glossary.

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